I Almost Gave Up On My Business

Caneel Joyce
2 min readDec 14, 2021

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I collapsed on the floor, got into child’s pose and said “I can’t do it. I just can’t do this anymore. I think I need to pull the plug on everything.” And I was thinking to myself, “I think I might just need to shut down my whole entire business.”

Life changed very suddenly in March 2020. It was super intense and it brought about new challenges.

I kept trying to deal with it but found myself authentically below the line. I was out of integrity with myself, my family, and my team.

I was unwilling to break agreements with myself but I was also unwilling to fulfill those same agreements. It was causing me stress — lots of stress.

In the episode, Getting Back into Integrity with Clear Agreements on my podcast Allowed I share my story of being in drama and what I did to overcome it.

If you have fallen out of integrity or broken agreements in some areas of your life you too can regain balance. It all starts with being a little more gentle with yourself.

Highlights:

  • 3:53 — The importance of integrity in leadership, especially during hard times.
  • 4:39 — Caneel’s personal struggle with being below the line.
  • 6:58 — Caneel found herself stuck in the Drama Triangle.
  • 11:37 — How Caneel shifted to be above the line after her internal crisis.

Originally published at https://caneel.com.

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Caneel Joyce
Caneel Joyce

Written by Caneel Joyce

Transformational executive coach to founders & CEOs of fast-growth companies. Mom, wife, speaker, former professor & startupper. Caneel.com, The Allowed Podcast

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