Surround yourself with beauty. Indulge your senses.

Place a bunch of fresh cut flowers on your desk – ones that smell nice are an added beauty bonus! Display inspiring art or photography in your creative space. Play soothing or uplifting music to create just the right mood. Drink a relaxing cup of chamomile tea. Ahhhh!

Take one dose of Right-Brain Booster as needed to enhance your creative intuition.

Name: Kiernan Antares
Company Name:  Soul Whisperer & Soul Mastery Mentor
Website: www.kiernanantares.com
Blog: http://kiernanantares.blogspot.com
Twitter: @KiernanAntares

Note from Jenn: It’s always fun to see the different ways people make their Right-Brain Business Plan®. Here’s a peek at Soul Whisperer Kiernan Antares’ lovely plan. Even though Kiernan has a background in business, doing this visual and creative approach helped her develop an inspiring plan that she updates regularly. Congrats on all the goals that you’ve accomplished already, Kiernan!

What is your business and what makes your business unique?

Kiernan Antares is a Soul Whisperer and Soul Mastery Mentor helping people to discover their Soul Purpose and transform their lives for the past 15 years. Kiernan’s unique and powerful presence is expressed by combining and bringing balance to spiritual and real-world living. Whether through the written and spoken word or through her healing touch this modern day mystic and visionary is becoming widely known as a pure source of love. As the Soul Whisperer, Kiernan has an uncanny ability to get to the core essence of any matter and transform it into an expression of infinite love, beauty and wisdom. In your time together, she takes you into a sacred space of Spirit where she accesses your soul’s agreements and reveal your soul’s path; your purpose, lessons, and obstacles. She looks at where you’ve been, where you are today, what is out of alignment, and what you need to do to overcome your blocks and live the life of your dreams. At the same time, powerful transformational energies are at work clearing these blocks and aligning you directly with your soul and Higher Self so that you can move forward manifesting your purpose ~ with ease, grace and the full support of the universe behind you.

How has the Right-Brain Business Plan® helped you? What is different for you and your business after approaching planning in a creative, visual way?

I thoroughly enjoyed creating my Right-Brain Business Plan®! With a background in the business world, I’ve written my fair share of business plans and my biggest complaints were that they were rarely realistic or living and ultimately ended up in a binder, shelved until the next year – they were dry and uninspiring. With the Right-Brain Business Plan® I loved creating something that suited and inspired my inner artist and it is actually something I keep by my desk and review regularly. In simple terms – it makes me happy!

I update it regularly as I add or revise my business offerings because it inspires me to live up to my purpose of inspiring others. New ideas flow in more easily and as I open to the creative spirit it urges me to expand myself – to think bigger.

The words and images in my plan have meaning to me and I refer to it in everything I create. It’s allowed me to organize my thoughts in a way that keeps me focused, and yes, inspired.

What goals (big or small) on your business plan have you already accomplished or have made progress on?

I have completely redesigned my website and ezine with new branding that reflects my purpose and mission. I have a new Soul Purpose service offering that I am so excited about; in a creative download I was able to see how I could bring all my gifts together in a way that would make a far more powerful difference in people’s lives. I am in the process now of writing my next book, with plans repurpose it into a series of Soul Mastery coaching programs.

I’ve gotten more active with social media and relaunched my internet radio show. With my focus clear and concise my messages are now targeted and in alignment with my goals.

In addition, I’ve created a new ezine subscription gift – an eBook titled ‘The Master Key to Igniting and Unleashing Your True Calling with 5 Essential Strategies to Activate It.’

How do you use your creative intuition in your work?

I’ve learned not to force things. When I find myself pushing too hard and feeling frustration building I walk away from what I’m doing and give it to Spirit. Often when I do this I receive the creative inspiration I was looking for almost immediately. When I have questions, whether ideas or next steps I’ll sit in front of my alter to meditate, when I honor Spirit in this way the answers flow in before I’ve even gotten the question formed properly in my mind.

Is there anything you’d like to share about your Right-Brain Business Plan® in terms of what it’s made out of or how you made it?

I chose to create mine in a scrapbook format. Beautiful background paper helped to inspire my creative spirit. I clipped and pasted images and words from magazines or the internet. I added tables, charts and text for the content. My fun little extra was creating 10 cards that reflect my values all tied together with a ribbon. I keep them in an envelope pasted to a scrapbook page.

What’s your big vision for your business?

My big vision is to help thousands of people worldwide to discover, claim and live their PURPOSE, PASSION and POWER through writing books, radio, public speaking, coaching and leading workshops.

What advice do you have for other creative entrepreneurs?

Get clear on your passion and purpose, then get out there and live it. Let your Spirit guide and inspire all that you do. There’s never been a better time for the creative genius to be fully authentic and share their gifts so don’t wait or hide out anymore.

Is there anything else you’d like to share?

I highly recommend the Right-Brain Business Plan®! It’s an amazing process that is both practical and creative – what a fantastic and winning combination!

Creative Resources

Click here for more information about Kiernan Antares. See her blog post about her Right-Brain Business Plan®.

Want to create your own Right-Brain Business Plan®? The Right-Brain Business Plan® Kit includes supplies to make your own accordion book style visual business plan.

For more support with developing your RBBP, check out the Right-Brain Business Plan® Home Study program.

A helpful and concise post by Todd Henry about how to keep your creativity flowing – Bolster Your Creative Output by Bolstering Your “Red Zone.”

I’m featured in a recent US News & World Report post called 9 Money Strategies for Creative Thinkers: If you’re a visual person, standard financial strategies probably don’t work for you. There are some helpful right-brain tips for managing your moola.

Are you yearning to get your gifts out in the world in a big way, but fears and business “details” are bringing you down? Learn how to start implementing practical stuff in easy, fun systems infused with flow and co-creativity AND boldly and confidently face areas you avoid so you can translate your amazing ideas into a rockin’ reality.
Leela Somaya has put together a totally unique and groundbreaking no-cost Online Event, going on now through November 18th – Evolutionary Biz Basics for “Non-BizMinded” World Changers. I’ll be speaking on Wednesday, November 16th at noon PT, and I will be joined by over 30 luminaries. And don’t worry if you can’t make the calls! Sign up anyway and receive the recordings of all live calls in your inbox!

Doodle and see what emerges.

November’s Art Every Day Month Challenge hosted by Leah Piken Kolidas is a great way to build some structure and community around daily doodles. Think of it as a month-long Right-Brain Booster!

Take one dose of Right-Brain Booster as needed to enhance your creative intuition.

Next month is Art Every Day Month hosted by my dear friend Leah Piken Kolidas. I participated in the annual challenge for the first time in November 2007 and that’s when the first Right-Brain Business Plan® was born. To help you keep your creative juices flowing throughout the month, Leah developed the AEDM Survival Guide.

If you’re an Instagram addict like me, you might enjoy designing your own iPhone case with your IG photos through Casetagram. Could be a cool way to make a portable Right-Brain Business Plan® that’s on your phone!

Check out this interview that I did with Cory Huff of The Abundant Artist. Cory and I swapped stories about things like limiting beliefs around money and how to not be skeezy when it comes to marketing. Cory also shared his artist’s business plan. It’s a great resource so be sure to check it out.

How you approach creating your Right-Brain Business Plan® can provide you important clues to how approach running your business. Remember the RBBP process is not about making a pretty plan. Rather, it’s about making something that’s meaningful to you and empowers you to take action to make your vision real.

Below are some common scenarios I’ve come across. Do you relate to one or more?

Is your first thought to head over to the art store to pick up supplies for your RBBP? When setting out to make your RBBP, do you rush over to Michael’s to stock up on fancy paper, new ribbon, a set of colorful markers, and anything other goodies that catch your eye. While you’re there, you might even grab a book to learn about visual journaling because you’re thinking about doing collage and mixed media for your plan, but you’re not really sure how to do that. Or maybe you should take a class instead so you can get more hands on instruction? Believe me, I hear these comments a lot!

If this sounds like you: You are always thinking that you need something else before you get started. There’s always one more training intensive or yearlong certification program to take before you can offer your services or raise your rates. Or maybe you think you can’t move forward with making your products because you don’t have quite the right equipment or tools yet.

Suggestion: The reality is you can start from wherever you are. So just start!

Are you spending too much time trying to figure out the best format for your RBBP? You waver back and forth, “Hmm, should it be an art journal or an accordion book? Or would a big wall sized collage be more inspiring? Oh, but I need it to be really creative and unique, so maybe it needs to be a 3-D diorama made out of a shoebox and construction paper.” Sound familiar? If you find yourself spinning over how many choices and ideas you have, I bet this pattern shows up in your business, too.

If this sounds like you: You probably are the type of person who has so many ideas for products you can make and services you can provide that you’re so busy brainstorming that you haven’t gotten around to actually implementing any of your ideas.

Suggestion: Pick the simplest format (even just a piece of scratch paper and a colorful pen to make mind maps) and start from there. You’ll gain momentum and clarity the more you get into it. The other thing to realize is that just like your vision and your business, your RBBP is going to grow and evolve, so don’t get too attached to how it looks now. You can always add to it later.

Are you getting hung up on the details or seduced by the process? Perhaps you’ve picked your format, but you’re obsessed with getting that decorative ribbon to attach just so. Or you’ve become so enamored with adding sparkly embellishments that you’ve delayed taking any real action and you’ve lost sight of why you’re making your plan in the first place.

If this sounds like you: You may be too heads down designing a product or program without ever taking action. Or you’re focusing only on the bells and whistles and not on why your customers would benefit from what you have to offer.

Suggestion:  Work on your plan while listening to a 30-60 min. fun and inspiring playlist. Once the music is up, put your supplies down and then ask yourself what’s an action from your plan you need to take now and do it. You can do the same practice with working on your product or program. Spend an hour or two working and then stop to ask yourself what’s one action that will move your project forward and take that action now. Also, keep in mind how your plan and actions fit into your bigger vision.

Are you not ready to show your RBBP until it’s totally complete and 100% figured out? Maybe you’ve been making progress on your RBBP and you’re feeling pretty good about where it’s heading. But, it’s not totally finished yet so you avoid sharing it with anyone else. Geez, you wouldn’t want anyone to see something half-baked, right?! Well, here’s the thing… your plan will probably always be a work in progress and will never be 100% done or figured out. And in fact, the more you share your ideas with others and get feedback and support, the clearer and more real things will become.

If this sounds like you: You avoid talking about your business, engaging with others, getting customers, etc. until you have the perfect thing to say or show. Unfortunately that means you’re most likely missing out on opportunities now.

Suggestion: Stretch yourself and share your plan or idea with at least three supportive people this week. You could ask for some specific feedback, you could make an offer to someone to be a beta tester, or you could request some encouragement or help. Your plan, your business, and your life don’t happen in a vacuum, so make sure you’re getting others involved

Even though the above scenarios describe working with your Right-Brain Business Plan®, these can also apply to your life in general. The RBBP here can be a metaphor for one of your personal goals and how you might be preventing yourself from bringing that dream to life.