095: Why You Know What to Do But Can't Do It
The hidden pattern behind business struggles (plus new audio reveals your personal breakthrough point)
What's Really Causing Your Business Suffering (And How to End It)
After coaching tons of entrepreneurs over the past decade, I've noticed something that might surprise you: the reason traditional business advice feels so exhausting isn't because you're not working hard enough or following the right strategy in many cases.
It's because most business advice treats symptoms instead of root patterns.
Think about your last few months in business. Whether you're building your first six-figure year, scaling past seven figures, or transitioning from corporate success to meaningful work - you've probably consumed hours of expert content, implemented new systems, maybe even hired coaches or consultants. Yet despite all this effort, something still feels... incomplete.
You might feel you know exactly what to do next, but something prevents you from taking action. Working harder isn't creating proportional results anymore. Success in one area doesn't translate to the breakthrough you really need.
Here's what I've discovered: these aren't actually business problems in the traditional sense.
The Hidden Source of Business Breakthroughs
Every marketing challenge, every pricing decision, every moment of visibility resistance is your soul asking you to grow into who you're meant to become.
When Carolina works with entrepreneurs in our Energetic Support Sessions, we see the same pattern over and over: the places where their business feels stuck are exactly the places where their personal evolution is being called forward.
It's never a coincidence.
Your business challenges and your personal growth challenges are the same challenge wearing different masks.
When you can't stick to consistent content creation, it's not a time management issue - it's a Discipline frequency pattern that affects your follow-through in every area of life. When you resist charging premium prices, it's not a market positioning issue - it's a Love frequency pattern about your capacity to receive. When you overthink every business decision, it's not an information problem - it's a Faith frequency pattern about trusting your inner guidance.
Whether you're a high-achiever who's mastered strategy but lost connection to joy, or you're deeply connected to your purpose but struggling to build sustainable systems - you're capable of so much more than your current patterns allow.
Most entrepreneurs are trying to build businesses despite themselves. They're fighting their own patterns while simultaneously trying to grow revenue, serve clients, and create impact.
This creates what we call the "fragmented approach" - where you separate your personal growth from your business growth, your spiritual development from your professional success, your inner world from your outer results.
And this separation could be the only thing standing between you and your next level.
How to Access Your Breakthrough
Here's what most coaches and marketing consultants miss: breakthrough results require addressing both the inner patterns that create resistance AND building the outer systems for sustainable growth.
We're business strategists who use spiritual principles. Most consultants focus on one or the other. We've learned that sustainable success requires both.
The solution isn't more strategy. It's not another marketing framework or productivity system. The solution is recognizing your business as a sacred container for your personal evolution.
Your business isn't separate from your spiritual path - it IS your spiritual path.
Every day gives you opportunities to practice new patterns. Every client interaction, every content creation session, every pricing conversation becomes a chance to rewire your nervous system for higher levels of success and fulfillment.
But here's the counterintuitive part: the area where you're experiencing the most resistance - your biggest business challenge - isn't your weakness. It's your breakthrough point.
Think of it this way: every frequency that's out of harmony is holding trapped energy. When you consciously work with that pattern, you're not just improving your business metrics - you're literally freeing life force energy that's been locked in old survival patterns.
This is why some entrepreneurs can follow the exact same strategy with completely different results. The strategy isn't what creates success - your capacity to embody the energy of that strategy is what creates success.
Through our Sacred Business Harmony Map Assessment, we've identified 9 fundamental frequencies that determine business success: Connection, Growth, Vitality, Discipline, Service, Simplicity, Faith, Love, and Bliss. When these frequencies are in harmony, entrepreneurs don't just build profitable businesses - they build sustainable, fulfilling enterprises that reflect their highest potential.
The Foundations of Real Truth
After years of working with entrepreneurs across every industry and business stage, Carolina and I have identified what we call the 5 Foundational Truths of Sacred Business:
Everything is connected. Your personal evolution and your business evolution are the same journey. The patterns limiting your income are the same patterns limiting your impact and fulfillment.
Your inner world creates your outer results. No amount of external strategy can overcome internal resistance. But when you transform the inner pattern, the outer systems naturally align.
Transformation happens in the body, not just the mind. You can understand intellectually that you need to raise your prices, but until your nervous system feels safe receiving more money, you'll sabotage yourself every time.
Your business is meant to be an extension of who you are. When you stop trying to build despite yourself and start building through yourself, work becomes a source of energy rather than a drain.
The path forward isn't more complex - it's more integrated. Instead of adding more strategies, systems, and tactics, the breakthrough comes from bringing all parts of yourself into coherent alignment.
Most entrepreneurs I meet are incredibly capable people who've simply been approaching their challenges from a fragmented perspective. You're not broken, lacking, or behind - you're simply working with incomplete information about how transformation actually works.
When you recognize that your business is actually a sacred container for your evolution - that every challenge is an invitation to grow into who you're meant to become - everything shifts.
You stop seeing obstacles as problems to solve and start seeing them as patterns to transform. You stop fighting against your own nature and start building from your authentic essence. You stop treating symptoms and start activating root transformation.
The entrepreneurs who breakthrough aren't the ones who find the perfect strategy. They're the ones who recognize that their business is the vehicle through which they become the person capable of creating what they're called to create.
Your business is waiting for the version of you that's no longer limited by these old patterns. I know you're capable of this transformation - you wouldn't be reading this if you weren't already sensing what's possible.
The question is whether you're ready to use your business as the sacred container for both your evolution and your financial freedom.
Because here's what I know for certain: when you align the inner patterns with the outer systems, when you build through yourself instead of despite yourself, when you recognize that everything is connected - your business doesn't just grow.
It becomes sustainable, fulfilling, and aligned. It becomes a true reflection of who you are and what you're here to contribute.
And that's not just business success. That's the foundation of a life well-lived.
A Personal Note About Your Next Step
Speaking of connecting the inner patterns with outer results, Carolina and I just released something we're really excited about.
If you've already taken our Sacred Business Harmony Map Assessment, we've created a personal audio integration guide that helps you understand exactly what your results mean and how to work with them.
This isn't generic business advice - it's a deep exploration of how the patterns revealed in your assessment are showing up in your business, and more importantly, how to transform them into your competitive advantage.
If you've already taken the Harmony Map: Check your email for the permanent link to your results page, where you'll now find the audio integration track. If you can't find it, just reply to this email and we'll share it with you right away.
If you haven't taken the Harmony Map yet: There's never been a better time. In just 8 minutes, you'll discover which specific frequency is seeking the most balance in your business - and how to turn it into your breakthrough point.
The assessment reveals something most entrepreneurs never realize: your lowest score isn't your weakness. It's where your next level of success is hiding.
Take the Harmony Map Assessment Here
Everything is connected. Your personal evolution and your business evolution are the same journey.
With Love,
Phil Powis
P.S. The entrepreneurs who experience the most dramatic breakthroughs are the ones who stop treating their business challenges as separate from their personal evolution. Your Harmony Map results reveal exactly where these two paths converge - and your audio integration shows you how to work with that convergence intentionally.
Happenings
Honored to Present at Ron Reich's Cartagena Mastermind
Two weeks ago, Carolina and I were deeply honored to contribute to this transformative Mastermind that took place off the Caribbean coast of Colombia.
has created something truly extraordinary - his ability to bring together visionary entrepreneurs is second to none.Carolina guided the group through powerful embodiment practices focused on Connection, contributing to beautiful heart-opening moments. I shared our insights on Substack as one of 2025's top opportunities for creators. But honestly, we learned more than we taught - Ron's curation of both content and community creates magic.
Thank you, Ron, for inviting us into this incredible container and for the important work you're doing to elevate conscious entrepreneurship.
Who We Are Celebrating
One of the gifts of the Cartagena Mastermind was reconnecting with Dr. Cindy Childress, someone we've admired for years. Seeing her light shine even brighter in person reminded us why she's such a force for good in the world.
Cindy leads the A-List Author Studio, where she doesn't just help experts write books - she helps them birth their legacy onto the page. Her clients don't just publish; they create bestsellers and win awards. But what strikes us most about Cindy is how she sees the sacred in every story, treating each author's message as the gift it truly is.
We're thrilled that Cindy will be joining us next month as a guest on Sacred Business Stories, and even more excited that she'll be hosting a special workshop in September for our Sacred Business Network members about the opportunity for creators writing their first book.
Thank you, Cindy, for being a beautiful example of Sacred Business in action.
Here is what I want to share this week …
One of our Sacred Business Network members,
just released his very first Substack post and it’s definitely worth a read! Brad shares a profoundly honest exploration of the writer's inner landscape, courageously examining how his body creates resistance to protect him from potential rejection.This is sacred work, showing us that creativity flourishes not through force, but through creating internal safety where our authentic voice can emerge.
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What’s next?
Carolina and I are ready to support you in creating a business that aligns with your heart's calling. Here's how we can help:
Discover Your Sacred Business Alignment (Free): Take the Harmony Map Assessment and read our Sacred Business Manifesto to understand where you are on your path and how to move forward with clarity and confidence. Perfect for entrepreneurs wanting to understand how everything in their business connects.
Read the Sacred Business Manifesto (Free): Learn the core principles of building a Sacred Business through our founding story and framework. See how we transformed our approach to business by understanding that everything is connected.
I'm so honored to be celebrated in this post! I was blown away by your Assessment. My top strength was "vitality," which I later remembered is one of my "brand voice style guide" elements. How very fitting!