a conversation on clarity
full series feature speaker on clarity Sept 29—dr. meghan walker
Christine recently sat with Dr. Meghan Walker, one of our Full Series speakers, on clarity. Meghan shared about the importance of clarity in building a better, healthier business and self.
Enjoy our conversation.
Christine: Thank you for agreeing to do this fireside chat. Our theme to kick off in September is clarity. So the first thing I’d like to ask is, what’s setting your heart on fire?
Meghan: That's a great question. We're launching a few new offerings that will make people's lives easier and are fun and creative for me. Think entrepreneurial art. I was feeling stagnant, so I said, "Let's plant some other gardens and see what happens." I’m also just really excited about hanging out with my kids right now. They’re at an age where they’re fun.
Christine: What's your favourite time about this time of year?
Meghan: I love the fall. I love the freshness and shift in the air. I love the restart. I also really like fall clothes :).
from our live preview event
Christine: Agreed. What would you say is your top wellness ritual?
Meghan: For me it’s working out. Working out is the first domino. If I'm committed to not just going to the gym but really working out, it also means I'm going to bed on time. It also means I'm consuming four litres of water a day. It also means I'm drinking less wine. Working out is the catalyst for all of these other subsequent changes.
I always ask myself, "What is the linchpin health habit?" Because there are all these other little things we could do, but there's one that will inform your other moves.
So you must find the one thing to commit to, and then all the other pieces fall into place.
Christine: What about business-wise?
Meghan: Consistent content creation. I committed to post every day for 100 days. If I've missed three days, which means I have to post twice a day on the days. This is also a linchpin habit. Daily means it can’t be perfect, and I can’t plan it all. It's hot, messy, and imperfect.
Christine: I feel that way now in life, especially with kids going back to school. It’s all hot and messy and you' have got to just ‘be with it’ and hold steady. “Hold steady.” That’s my word from now until the end of the year. As a woman in business right now — what is one thing you're thinking about?
from our live preview event
Meghan: The way that people are making money online and the way people are spending online is shifting quickly. I think the landscape is shifting quickly, so I’m looking at lead indicators on trends so I'm not wasting my time doing things that won’t work in six months. And also so I am not reliant on old systems. I’m watching this carefully.
There are a lot of women making money online, and many women are told it's easy to make money online, so they're making that pivot. I think that women tend to be attracted to aesthetically exciting businesses, which are the first to not have revenue move into them when the economy shrinks.
We're throwing women this line of what entrepreneurship is and can look like, and we need to change that. The unsexy businesses tend to be the ones we need no matter what. You can have an unsexy business but a super sexy entrepreneurial journey.
from our live preview event
Christine: From my perspective, it must've taken you great clarity to pivot the way you did: "I'm no longer going to be an ND. I'm no longer going to have my clinic. I'm going to go do this other thing that's never really been done before." What was the moment of clarity for you?
Meghan: It literally was a moment. I think the quality of your life is tied to the quality of your questions, so I try to ask good questions of myself and other people. For instance, whenever I stand in front of a lottery sign flashing a significant amount of money to win, I stop and ask myself, "What would be different tomorrow if you won this money?" My answer was always nothing. I love my life. I would take that $50 million and carry on as I am.
But one day, after I finished work in the clinic, I walked into the Rexall down the street. I saw the lotto sign, and before I could even finish asking myself my ritualistic question, my subconscious replied, "You will stop seeing patients."
It was so clear — as if I was dying to tell myself that seeing patients isn’t serving you anymore. You're bored of it. You can contribute in a bigger way.
So I went back to my office and emailed my director of operations and told her I was going on a sabbatical as of Labor Day weekend. This was back in June, and after Labor Day weekend, I never saw patients again.
I was so used to asking myself that question that I trusted my answer when I asked it to myself that day. I was done.
from our live preview event
Christine: That's so interesting — you asked the question that day and felt the answer in your body. It wasn't just a floating thought.
Meghan: And with this clarity, I am thinking about what my next move will look like. I’d like my next move to be more of a legacy lifestyle move than a building move. How can I leverage what I have built to have more blank space and do more of what I want?
If I don't make space, those ideas will not come. So, I have a responsibility to make some more space for myself. I need to clean up things in my own business to create that space to have that clarity.
Christine: Yes, what’s interesting about clarity is it’s something you seek… it doesn’t just come to you. I can’t wait for our fireside chat around clarity.
Meghan: We will talk about the balance of intuition and proof — the feminine and masculine energies. How to integrate both of those pieces in finding clarity. Also how to move forward with a lack of clarity. Sometimes, you have to step into the fog and feel your way around. I’m looking forward to talking about that more during our session.
Experience—on Friday is an offering we created if you’d like to join us, with Meghan IRL, on September 29 for a one-time session. Or, we’d love to welcome you for season one of the Full Series.
