Vicky Shilling is a coach, helping wellness entrepreneurs turn their business ideas into reality. Vicky supports her clients through 1:1 coaching, online masterclasses and runs a thriving online community of health and wellbeing business owners. She teaches and lectures about starting a wellness business in both the UK and Ireland.
Vicky is also the co-founder of wellness and retreat brand The Reset and writes her own healthy living blog The Flourishing Pantry, which won Health Blog Of The Year 2019 at the Nutrition Health & Fitness Awards.
This is a really interesting insight to her journey so far as an entrepreneur and how she’s helping others on their own path!
Summary of the discussion:
•Growing up exposed to the world of classical music
•Working in the Music Industry but sensing a change was needed after a decade working in London & the UK
•Realising that looking after her own health and wellness had to become a priority
•Starting from my blog and sharing my own journey to find health overcoming IBS
•Introducing meditation and mindfulness into her routine to help with the IBS
•Out of looking at ways to be more healthy and eat better, the new world of wellness opened up for Vicky
•A move into the area of Wellness followed
•Moving to Ireland and starting out with a new community
•Getting comfortable with being an entrepreneur
•Building out her own brand and developing new skills
•A new mindset – this was the biggest challenge faced!
•Personal Development Tools used – 750words website & journaling
•The importance of having a coach herself
•The role project management, planning and focus plays in her business – Communication at the core
•Dealing with the voice inside your head
•Lesson learned so far!
•Coaching Experiences and Key Tools to use
oThe Model – Brooke Castillo – https://thelifecoachschool.com/video/video-the-model-part-1/
oCreating goals and breaking these down into small manageable steps
•Knowing that we can change our thoughts if we give ourselves a chance!
•Dealing with the Perfection v Good enough struggle
•Learning new skills and becoming a teacher to others
•Sales - Moving from being uncomfortable about Selling to be feeling less icky?
•Making Sales a conversation and listen more (coaching) – not about the hard sell!
•Social Media Learning & growing her network
oGetting clear on where your audience it?
oWhat do you enjoy doing and match that to your platform
oBuild a Know, Like and Trust factor into the work
•Creation of content and looking at ways how to reuse it
•Starting out with Podcasting and how to reuse content
•Biggest challenges you’re finding in business?
•Goal setting and discipline to help when working from home
•How to plan for the week and day ahead?
•Influencers and Mentors – keeping things simple as a key message!!!
•Dealing with Fear – for herself and helping clients? – What am I afraid of?
•Listening to her own advice is key

You can find Vicky and her brands online:

The Flourishing Pantry
Healthy living for busy entrepreneurs
www.theflourishingpantry.com
www.vickyshilling.com
www.thereset.me