389: How to Stay Grounded as a Business Owner (No Matter What’s Going On)

Do you ever feel like your mind is running faster than your business can keep up? When everything feels urgent, noisy, and heavy, staying grounded can feel impossible. In this episode, Dr. Sabrina Starling and Melissa Kay share their #1 grounding ritual: the simple, repeatable practice they return to–no matter what’s going on in business or life. This kind of grounding is all about creating a moment of steadiness that helps you lead with clarity rather than reacting from stress. You’ll learn why grounded leaders make better decisions under pressure, how one small daily ritual can calm your nervous system and sharpen your focus, how to stay centered when your business feels chaotic, and why consistency matters more than complexity when it comes to mindset. If you’re tired of being pulled in a hundred directions and want a leadership rhythm that actually supports you, this episode is for you!

Profit by Design is a Tap the Potential production.

Show Highlights:

  • Unique challenges for business owners that bring pressure
  • The #1 muscle entrepreneurs need to build is the ability to ground ourselves.
  • Melissa’s #1 tip for time management: Create a time block every day in your schedule to connect with yourself.
  • We aren’t good at slowing down and allowing space for nothing-ness.
  • The benefits of journaling to make time for yourself
  • Breathwork is valuable in grounding and calming yourself. (Use cues and smells to train your body to do deep breathing and slow down.)
  • Self-talk is critical! We need to celebrate our wins!
  • Ground yourself with essential oils, powerful affirmations, artwork, plants, low light in the evening, intentionally planned healthy dinners, and focused efforts to promote good sleep.
  • Give yourself permission to put your phone down.
  • A good night’s sleep is the doorway to much calmer, grounded, fully present mornings.
  • Taking care of yourself models to your team members that it’s okay for them to take care of themselves.
  • Your clear, compelling vision for your business should help keep you grounded as you make all the decisions that follow. (“Does this decision take me toward or away from my vision?”)
  • Take ONE of our tips and implement it today to better ground yourself and experience more calm.

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About The Author

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Sabrina Starling, Ph.D., PCC, BCC, The Business Psychologist, is the international bestselling author of the How to Hire the Best series and The 4 Week Vacation®.

The third generation in her family impacted by entrepreneurial hustle culture, Dr. Sabrina is transforming the story of success from long hours and grinding it out to work that supports and enhances life.

Hustle culture often means sacrificing our health, well-being, and relationships, all for the sake of success. Dr. Sabrina’s research shows this leads to burnout and pain in our relationships. There is a better way. Work supports life, not the other way around!™

Dr. Sabrina is revolutionizing the workplace with concepts like Work Supports Life™, 4 Week Vacations®, $10,000 an-hour activities, 25-hour workweeks, and unlimited vacation and sick time in highly profitable businesses winning the war for talent. She inspires transformation in a world where work often overshadows life, sharing insights from her ongoing research with over 650 entrepreneurs and their high-performing teams.

Featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur.com, and Thrive Global, Dr. Sabrina is the founder of www.tapthepotential.com and the globally top-ranked Profit by Design Podcast. Listed in The Daily Hustle’s Top 50 Entrepreneurs to Watch in 2022, Dr. Sabrina is on a mission to get 10,000 business leaders taking the Work Supports Life™ Pledge.

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