How I attracted my first $20k client working 3 hours a day, 3 times a week

The strategy, mindset, and energetic recalibration behind calling in high-caliber clients without burnout or overgiving.

At the height of my business, when I attracted my first $20k client, I wasn’t working very hard.

I worked about 3 hours a day, 3 times a week, and spent the rest of my time in spiritual practices.

Connecting with Source was my best strategy.

Before this moment I’d spent the last few years toiling over different business ideas, plans, strategies and succumbing to the “work hard, sleep later” bro marketing mentality that infested the online business landscape.

If you weren’t sleep deprived, starving to death and sacrificing your first born child, you weren’t considered a “real” entrepreneur. You weren’t hungry enough. And you damn sure weren’t seen as qualified or respected in the industry.

After leaving corporate in 2017 I’d worked hard to embrace my new remote work lifestyle. I set my own schedule, followed my own rules, but still found myself dabbling in toxic work habits.

I was still “green”, the industry was fresh, and the scent of opportunity was intoxicating. I was getting high on my own entrepreneurial supply, and the more information I consumed, the more powerful I felt.

The idea of working for yourself, and at home, was still new at the time. So was the idea of being an “influencer”. I dabbled in influencing during my time in corporate and to this day, dip my toe into a brand partnership or two for revenue or to receive a complimentary product or experience I really love.

No one was sharing how any of it worked at the time, you just figured it out or looked to the few who seemed to have mastered the game. All of this to say, I’m not new to the online business game and, I’ve tried it all:

• Funnels

• Coaches

• Webinars

• Courses

• Group programs

• Workbooks

• Downloadable templates

• YouTube University

• Masterminds

• Conferences

• Personality tests

The list goes on. If there’s a method, I’ve likely tried it. And while I learned a lot, it got to a point where I felt as if I was learning the same information, but from different sources.

I kept investing in different solutions, but experiencing the same issue.

Over time I became overwhelmed by the amount of information I’d consumed, and I didn’t know how to apply it all to my specific vision.

I took bits and pieces from here, applied a strategy or two over there, but it left me feeling exhausted and quite frankly, confused.

I watched online coaches and marketing experts report their first $10k client, then their $100k month, then their $1M year.

I couldn’t understand what was missing. I was following all of the strategies, yet my results weren’t even close to theirs. In fact, my first year in business I made a whopping $5,000—for the year.

Now, you may be wondering if I followed the directions, and I can assure you I did. I pride myself on my ability to put together complex things easily with years of building directionless Ikea furniture in my 20’s as proof.

Eventually I found my flow in freelancing, putting my art degree to good use creating websites for other women in business, and I worked my way up to $20k/year.

Between my new income and savings, I was making just enough to pay for my first apartment in Washington, D.C. and I was officially living my entrepreneurial dreams. Freedom, here we come!

I was on a mission, and I could feel it in my bones that I too, was about to become a M I L L I O N A I R E. If you’re laughing, good.

There was a duality in my mind I couldn’t see at the time. I believed I’d be a millionaire soon, yet couldn’t charge more than $1,200 per client. I slowly worked on my money mindset and eventually, I’d worked my way up to 7 clients at a time.

I hadn’t yet mastered the concept of cashflow so I was accepting drawn out payment plans, small deposits with final payments due net 90, and my MRR (monthly recurring revenue) never surpassed $1,500/month. Even with a full roster of 7 clients, I was living invoice to invoice, and working 15+ hours/day.

I loved my work and in my mind, I was killing it! I had no business experience, and essentially created this business out of thin air. The idea of a even making $2,000 in one month from my business was a dream, let alone $20k from one client in one month!

Even though I was content, I could see the obvious disconnect between where I was and where I wanted to be—making more, working less, and becoming a master of my time and energy. I wanted more time to do the things I loved, and to just live life.

So how did I go from scraping by with $1,500/month to landing a $20k client? I learned about myself as a human being and the power that flows within me and is available to me when I connect with Source.

I discovered metaphysics and the power of the mind, and I began learning how to channel strategy directly from the Divine. Strategy that was specifically designed for me, my unique gifts and the purpose I feel I have while I’m here on Earth.

I stopped outsourcing my power to others and learned how to harness my own, how to ask for guidance and listen for answers. I learned how to trust the direction I was being shown and to believe that it was enough, even if it looked different.

I developed my spiritual gifts and practices, and mastered the art of being in flow with life, rather than trying to dominate and control it. I took note of the moments when Divine ideas flowed through me, and once I experienced it fully, I fell in love with my connection to Spirit.

I felt like I’d found a secret, my own cheat code to life and business, and I was eager to explore it more. I fell in love with meditation, metaphysics and others tools like human design that helped me to access the energy I felt.

Walking, being in nature, creating art and journaling were other ways I was able to access my connection. Really, any time I felt happiness, peace and joy, I felt Source. And in those moments, ideas, creativity, and strategy poured through me.

I’d accessed the frequency of Divine alignment, and in doing so, attracted my most aligned client. I didn’t work harder, do more or send cold emails. I spoke my truth, unfiltered. I allowed myself to do things my way. To flow, to experience ease, and to create a life and business on my terms.

Things that I’d previously hid, like working less hours and being anti-hustle culture, are what made me stand out. I wasn’t able to access this level of confidence through peers—everyone was still very much drinking the hustle mode coolaid.

It was my connection to Source that gave me the confidence to do things differently. And to trust that I was enough. I felt the love, connection and energy flowing within me. Between that feeling, and the obvious difference in my results, that was enough proof for me, to know that what I felt and saw was real.

I trusted it, followed my intuition, and spent the majority of my day in flow—either studying or in spiritual practice. Not pushing, not forcing, not performing.

Then the Instagram DM came and I closed the sale right there. They’d been watching and waiting for the right moment to reach out. And it was in the maintaining of my aligned frequency, they were able to resonate with me.

It was the easiest money I’ve ever made, and to this day, still feels like a magical moment. Not because I didn’t believe it was possible, but because of how it came with such ease.

It was then I knew what I’d been sold from others was a ruse—that the idea of hustling, for most of us, was a scam. An outdated way of thinking that wants us to believe we can only receive abundance if we self-sacrifice, self-abandon and suffer for it.

It’s not true.

Let this be your sign it can be simple. Not always easy. Not without challenges or obstacles. But, simple. They key is within you and your connection to Source. Find it inside and let it guide you to your destiny.

You are the blueprint.

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If you’re in a season of transition, evolution or shifting into greater alignment and seeking guidance on your journey, I’m here to support you.

I’m a Spiritual Life & Business Guide for high-achieving women, and there are currently two paths in which I’m available to guide you:

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Stay aligned.