#48 In conversation with Lorraine Murphy

Business owners often feel overwhelmed, exhausted, and stressed trying to wear several different hats. Often when we feel these draining emotions it can be caused by a lack of clarity on where we need to focus our energy. This can then lead us to try to spread our attention across many different areas to try and get everything done.

I’m very excited today to be chatting with my very first mentor, Lorraine Murphy. Lorraine was instrumental in getting me out of my head and thinking clearly about what I wanted to achieve in this business and my ideal client. Lorraine is a serial entrepreneur who has written three books with her fourth book coming out in January 2022, ‘Step Into You’.

In this episode, we discuss Lorraine’s journey through running a number of very successful businesses and the experiences she has learned along the way. We chat about when I was her client and how she then became a client of mine.

Check out Lorraine’s ‘Wheel of Life’ to learn more about where you need to focus your energy to achieve clarity. You can bring your life into balance by working through this exercise and engaging with Lorraine’s resources.

We can often get stuck and need permission to slow down and have fun. You don’t have to hustle all day every day. I can’t wait for you to listen to Lorraine’s sage wisdom and benefit from her years of experience. Enjoy!

TOPICS DISCUSSED AND WHERE TO FIND THEM:

[2:37]: Lorraine shares her background in Public Relations and Communication Strategies. She started her first business in 2011 - an agency for bloggers/social influencers in Australia. Lorraine ran the business successfully for 5 and a half years and it went on to win many awards.

[3:25]: When her first child was born, she decided she wanted to sell the business to her partner and start a new business mentoring, speaking, writing books, and creating online programs. She’s been running this business for just over 3 years.

[4:19]: Lorraine’s 4th book is coming out in January - ‘Step into you’. It includes mindset, energy management, goal setting, and staying on track with new habits.

[5:33]: Lorraine also has an online course called ‘Step into you’. Working with Lorraine includes all aspects of life, not just business. She first introduced me to masculine and feminine energy.

[6:57]: Lorraine focuses on supporting and empowering women.

[7:09]: If our energy isn’t there and we’re exhausted, we’re not going to get the best out of our businesses.

[8:04]: I first met Lorraine at a speaking event for ‘Get Remarkably Organised’. When we started working together, I found it profound diving into my clarity.

[9:26]: When Lorraine is feeling overwhelmed, it means she’s unclear about something in her business. If she knows what the problem is, then she’s clear on what she needs to do.

[11:50]: Lorraine has a useful technique called ‘The Wheel of Life’ that had 8 different areas of life.

[13:46]: This tool gives us a visual representation of where life is at right now. It identifies the areas that we need to focus on to raise the performance of our lives.

[15:22]: Lorraine became my client as well when she needed help with a legal situation.

[16:22]: Go to Lorraine’s website to check out all of her books.

[16:43]: The best business advice Lorraine has received was to hire slow and fire quickly.

[17:50]: The worst advice she received was to outsource sales.

[18:53]: She would tell her younger self to enjoy it more.

LINKS:

Where to find Lorraine:

Website: https://lorrainemurphy.com.au/

Instagram: @lorraineremarks

Lorraine’s free resources: Worksheets - Lorraine Murphy
Lorraine’s new book: https://lorrainemurphy.com.au/presale/

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