In this episode, I’m tackling a spicy one: the story so many of us were sold, that going out on your own and doing it all yourself is the path to freedom and financial abundance. As someone who has studied business formally, I was shocked to see how many heart-centered founders were never given the fundamentals that would show them otherwise.

I break the myth into three parts: capacity (why one person can’t do all eight core areas of business well), capabilities (knowing what you’re skilled at, what you actually want to do, and where you need support), and the money itself. I share how I made my first hires, an assistant and a bookkeeper and fractional CFO, from day one of the incubator, even though I have a finance background. And I get into a stat from the IRS that stopped me in my tracks the first time I saw it.

If you’ve been grinding as a solopreneur and wondering why the freedom and income haven’t shown up, this episode is your permission slip to question the story you were told.

In This Episode:

• The solopreneur freedom story is a myth, and the data backs that up.
• A business has eight core areas, and one person can’t give them all equal energy.
• Capability isn’t the same as desire. You can be able to do something and still shouldn’t.
• The average solopreneur earns around $50K a year, but teams of three to five see over $300K.
• Revenue grows faster than headcount when you add skills, not just hands.
• Adding team or partners works best with a plan, not a blind hire.

Resources:

Sign up for Momentum By Design Event October 23rd (Live in Littleton, CO) or October 30th (Online)
https://www.spiritualbusinessincubator.com/momentumbydesign

Learn more about the Spiritual Business Incubator:
https://www.spiritualbusinessincubator.com

Purchase my book here!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1966346050/

Podcast website:
https://www.spiritualbusinessincubator.com/newageceopodcast

View the full show notes for this episode:
https://www.spiritualbusinessincubator.com/blog/episode22

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I'm sharing something a little different: two energetic exercises that have profoundly shifted my relationship with money, and why this inner work matters just as much as the practical side of building a business. I get honest about my own money wounds, rooted in my family's immigration story and old beliefs about earning money for things I didn't actually want to do.

I walk you through two exercises I've personally practiced: first, visualizing the embodiment of your relationship with money (and being willing to look at what shows up, even if it's uncomfortable), and second, identifying the size of your energetic "vessel" for receiving and holding money. I share vulnerable stories from both, including a childhood memory of church collection bowls that shaped my early relationship with giving and receiving.

This episode is a reminder that expanding your capacity to receive isn't just a mindset shift. It's an ongoing practice, just like the practical financial planning we teach inside the incubator and at Momentum by Design.

In This Episode:

• Our early experiences around money (family, culture, religion) often shape subconscious beliefs we're still carrying as adults.
• Visualizing the "embodiment" of your relationship with money can surface wounds you didn't know you were carrying.
• We each have an energetic "vessel" with a symbolic capacity for how much money we can receive and hold.
• A container too small for the flow of money you're calling in can create overwhelm, not abundance.
• Expanding your capacity to receive is an ongoing practice, not a one-time fix.
• Energetic work and practical financial planning aren't separate. They work together to move your business forward.

Resources:

Sign up for Momentum By Design Event October 23rd (Live in Littleton, CO) or October 30th (Online)

https://www.spiritualbusinessincubator.com/momentumbydesign

Learn more about the Spiritual Business Incubator:
https://www.spiritualbusinessincubator.com

Purchase my book here!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1966346050/

Podcast website:
https://www.spiritualbusinessincubator.com/newageceopodcast

View the full show notes for this episode:
https://www.spiritualbusinessincubator.com/blog/episode21

LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/annanicholsmba

Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/annanicholsmba

Connect with Anna Nichols:
Instagram: @iamannanichols (https://www.instagram.com/iamannanichols/)

I'm digging into a stage so many founders find themselves stuck in: solopreneurship. It's an amazing place to start a business, but for many of us, it was never meant to be the final destination. I talk about how to know when solopreneurship has stopped being aligned, why so many of us stay stuck delivering everything ourselves instead of stepping into the next level, and what it actually takes to evolve rather than burn out or dissolve.

I break down the real reasons solopreneurship becomes misaligned (your vision was always bigger than one person, your human design points to partnership or team, or your life circumstances are shifting) and share a personal example using my husband's journey as a manifestor to illustrate how understanding your own energy changes how you build. I also share a wild statistic on why founders inside structured incubators are far more likely to still be in business five years from now.

This episode is an invitation to stop asking "how do I do more" and start asking "what's the aligned next structure for my business."

In This Episode:

• Solopreneurship is a powerful starting point, not necessarily the end goal.
• There are three real reasons solopreneurship stops being aligned: your original vision, your human design, or your life circumstances.
• Businesses inside structured incubators are 85% more likely to still be operating five years later.
• Taking action without a comprehensive plan disperses your energy instead of building real momentum.
• Understanding how your unique energy flows (hello, human design) changes how you structure your business.
• Evolving past solopreneurship requires both internal work and practical, structural business decisions.

Resources:

Sign up for Momentum By Design Event October 23rd (Live in Littleton, CO) or October 30th (Online)

https://www.spiritualbusinessincubator.com/momentumbydesign

Learn more about the Spiritual Business Incubator:
https://www.spiritualbusinessincubator.com

Purchase my book here!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1966346050/

Podcast website:
https://www.spiritualbusinessincubator.com/newageceopodcast

View the full show notes for this episode:
https://www.spiritualbusinessincubator.com/blog/episode20

LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/annanicholsmba

Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/annanicholsmba

Connect with Anna Nichols:
Instagram: @iamannanichols (https://www.instagram.com/iamannanichols/)