Michelle Whitehead | Public figure
Michelle Whitehead
Phone: +61 436 291 346
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25.01.2022 Having firm boundaries for your membership does not make you a meanie! It increases the sense of safety for your members, allows them to trust you, and enhances the feeling that you are holding a sacred space for them. It is perfectly reasonable to state that unacceptable behaviour will mean a warning or termination of their membership, so you can shift repeat offenders out of your space. However, in order to ensure that your policy is fair, put yourself into your members shoes and consider having the penalties applied against you. How would it feel? What would your concerns be? Is there a way that you can address those concerns without compromising the comfort and security of the other members?
24.01.2022 Have you ever received a nasty "Copyright Infringement" letter?
24.01.2022 One of the lesser known functions of Australian Consumer Law is the protection it provides against unfair contract terms for consumers. In this blog from my archives, I explore what that means for you as a consumer: https://www.michellewhitehead.com.au/unfair-contract-terms/
24.01.2022 If you are craving connection and deep discussions about your business, have you thought about joining my Serenity Connective membership? This month we are unpacking ethics and best practice, next month we are exploring reflective practice, and in December we are diving into communication and client relationships. This is really powerful work that will revolutionise your attitude towards being in business and your confidence in yourself as as a sovereign business owner. I don't give you the answers - I present research and ask the hard questions - and then we all explore, rumble with vulnerability and grow stronger together. https://www.michellewhitehead.com.au/the-serenity-connecti/
24.01.2022 Kudos to Instagram for their new delightfully clear & readable T&Cs! https://help.instagram.com/1215086795543252
24.01.2022 Unfortunately, nothing is ever simple, especially in the context of global consumerism. To a large extent, the laws of intellectual property are still based in the world of brick and mortar businesses, so our boundary crossing, international entrepreneurship can create some interesting dilemmas. Don't brush your anxieties under the carpet just because it is complicated - join me for an IP Strategy Session, and together we will look at what is worrying you, investigate your rights and responsibilities and work out what to do! $385 for an hour, invoiced at the end of the session. Book here: https://buff.ly/2SvLN2X
23.01.2022 Are you so busy dealing with drama and putting out fires that you end up running around like a chook with its head cut off? Do you crave deep connection and space to contemplate what being a business owner really means? Are you looking for inspiration and motivation to realign yourself with your vision of a business that exists to change the world? What if you could have all of that, plus practical support - regular opportunities to brain-storm and problem-solve with intellig...ent peers, and daily co-working for accountability? As a connective, we are stronger than all of our excuses, and we are supporting each other to evolve beyond our individual limitations. Dedicated to being the best of the best, we choose to strip away all of the stories that stand in our way. Are you up for the challenge? Join us for $55 / month - satisfaction guaranteed. See more
23.01.2022 When you were little, did you ever worry about the monster under the bed? These days, maybe its the monster under your business that keeps you awake at night. Imagine your business as a castle. It is shiny and beautiful, pennants snapping in the breeze, calling your ideal clients in to spend time with you. Now, look at the foundations underneath. Is there a solid, supportive structure there, or just a jumble of "must-have"s and "should-do"s that you never find time for? Eve...ry time you shove something down your important but not urgent list, every time you suppress anxiety and carry on regardless, every time you tell yourself you will "think about that later" and then dont... these worries and fears dont go away. They just get locked up under your castle, in the caves of your subconscious. Worse still, while some may be only limiting beliefs, some of them represent real world dangers that really need you to take action. Lets call these issues "dragons", because it makes it easier for us to interact with them. So, now imagine your glorious castle, perched on its shaky foundations, with the smoke and flames of trapped, unhappy dragons curling around its base. Does it still feel safe to invite people in? If you are experiencing ongoing self-sabotage, or feeling paralysed by procrastination, or unable to expand your business towards your goals, this may be the reason why. It is because at the deepest levels, your business does not feel safe. I am here to tell you that those dragons are your friends. They have only your best interests at heart. In Castle Quest - The Serenity Shift, I will hold your hand as we invite all of those dragons to come out into the sunshine and be sorted. Those that represent limiting beliefs, we will bless and let fly away. In other cases, urgent dragon action may be required, to deal with their very real warning of danger. Some dragons might need to be given new homes around your castle, so you can keep an eye on them while they watch out for you. By the end of this 12 week program, those scary unknowns will be your best friends, and your castle will be safer, shinier and more secure than ever before. Are you brave enough to step into your sovereignty, clear your caves and take ownership of your castle so you can confidently create the legacy of your dreams... or do you choose to stay small and shiver in fear, waiting for that inevitable day when your castle collapses around you? We start in August. Reserve your seat now for big savings. The price goes up on July 1st. https://www.michellewhitehead.com.au/castle-quest/ If this sounds intriguing but you have questions, PLEASE ask them - I would appreciate the opportunity to explore any holes in my messaging as this is a unique offering that is a little hard to describe but super powerful if you are prepared to play! Just check out the testimonials on the sales page for proof.
22.01.2022 Such an incredible conversation with Ricci-Jane Adams - the Principal of the Institute for Intuitive Intelligence - about the reasons why your business legals are so important - from a spiritual as well as a practical perspective. I would love to hear your thoughts and questions - this was an amazing opportunity to unpack why I do what I do - and hear feedback from a long-term client about how my work and support have helped her business succeed.
22.01.2022 My interview with Leah Kearns for Business Legals 101 :D
21.01.2022 I just received the best testimonial EVER - I love my job - especially because I get to support amazing women like these as they change the world! +++++++++++++ To our favourite lawyer Michelle Marie Whitehead. ... We love this brilliant woman for many reasons. Her: Magical backdrop Love of unicorns Imagination and use of language Commitment to working on herself Dedication to her kids Understanding of lots of cool legal stuff Understanding of start up and growing online businesses Understanding of how deep and vulnerable change work can be You would have to go a very very long way to find a lawyer with this same breadth of knowledge, skills and insanely good value when it comes to working with people in the alternative health arena. If we didnt have Michelle to work with, we wouldnt know where else to go. We needed someone with an intricate knowledge of our field and an ability to speak our language. We now feel extremely comfortable that we have created a safe container for our clients moving forward. If you have been thinking of anything at all to do with your business boundaries or legal requirements, please check out Michelles services. We give her five purple maned unicorns for service, professionalism and understanding exactly what we needed!!!! Big love from Ilka and Jo https://www.facebook.com/groups/656088284967032
20.01.2022 My sister just sent me this video - I cant remember when I last laughed this hard :D Anyone else with me? https://youtu.be/8Gv0H-vPoDc
20.01.2022 I am a Creator with WE-Being, and I have to say that working with Leah has brought forth some of my most significant work! If you are curious, check out this opportunity to make a significant contribution to an innovative idea that has the potential to grow into a magnificent community service connecting online entrepreneurs. And if you would like to know more about the self-directed Sovereign Legals for Leaders courses that I have created for this platform, you can find them... here: Conflict with Compassion: https://we-being.com/upskilling/conflict-to-compassion/ Setting Intentions with Integrity: https://we-being.com/up/setting-intentions-with-integrity/
20.01.2022 Who's with me???
19.01.2022 Do you want a golden future for your business? It is definitely within your power, but it takes more than wishing and intention. It requires strategic thinking and proactive problem solving. Join me for my challenge Future Proof Your Business 5 Ways in 5 Days, starting on 29 June. http://bit.ly/futureproofchallenge (Feel free to share!)
18.01.2022 Businesses evolve and grow over time. You tweak your niche, raise your prices, introduce a new offering, pivot your focus - and you are so busy looking after your clients and making the most of your marketing that your legals get left behind. Before you know it, it is months or years down the track, and you are still squeezing your beautiful business into legal boundaries that it has well and truly outgrown. You stop giving your clients your lovingly created contract that ca...res, because it feels so utterly neglected it is no longer relevant. "Ill get to it eventually," you mutter, acknowledging that no contract at all is better than one which is so terribly misaligned with your current practice. It doesnt need to be that way! Committing to simple tune up session once a quarter can ensure that all of your legal foundations stay strong, supportive and ready to serve. I am offering a 2 hour UPDATE YOUR LEGALS workshop. Find out more here: https://www.michellewhitehead.com.au/update-your-legals/
17.01.2022 Is there a little nagging voice in your head letting you know that your legals need updating? Have your values and vision for your business evolved since they were created? Have practical details changed? If so, here is the perfect opportunity for you to check in with them and bring them into alignment with your business as it is currently operating. Check in with your boundaries - are they working the way you expect them to? Are they easy to apply or do they make you feel un...comfortable? Have you been trampling over them? Do you even know what boundaries your legals set around your business? (If you are one of my clients, then I know you do, because you chose them for yourself!) How about your processes for dealing with refund requests, scope creep, needy clients or other less than comfortable situations? Are you managing your clients expectations sufficiently? Have you changed address or contact details? Are you offering something new? Join us for a 2 hour co-working session to check in with your legals, polish up the bits that arent serving you, ask a lawyer lots of questions, pick my brain and profit from my eloquent prose-polishing. Find out more here: https://www.michellewhitehead.com.au/update-your-legals/
16.01.2022 Looking for a lawyer who keeps it real and knows all about the challenges you face as an online business owner working from home? In my first ever webinar, I had to excuse myself for a moment because my darling daughter decided it was the perfect time to fill her potty. It could only get better from there, right? All my webinars (other than that one) are freely available here on my Youtube channel: http://bit.ly/mmw_youtube If you have a question or topic for me to explore in an upcoming webinar, please SHARE in the comments!
16.01.2022 I absolutely love creating courses as a WE-Being mentor with my Sovereign Legals for Leaders courses hosted on the We-Being platform - this is the real deal, folks. Leah and her team are absolutely committed to best practice, quality content, supporting their course creators AND consumers, and providing a revolutionary new platform capable of changing the business world. With Leah's corporate and tech background combined with her intuition and spiritual practice, she is ideal...ly placed to deliver on her promises. Her inspiring process will make your course better than you ever dreamed on your own - I use it for everything now - I am even using it to map out my ideas for a PhD thesis!!! When I first became a creator, I came in with a plain and slightly boring idea for a course on contracts and client communication, and with Leah's guidance, her ability to recognise gold through the dirt, and her knowledge of what her community truly needs, I ended up creating a course that uses legal foundations to heal the trauma of broken boundaries, making business safer on every level. It's incredibly exciting Imagine what you could create? If you are curious, Leah is running a Q&A session where you can meet some of the other course creators and find out all about how it works. It is so great to focus on the creative stuff you do best and leave all the infrastructure to a professional team who knows you and totally understands how you and your clients communicate. https://www.facebook.com/events/415012519529650
16.01.2022 It is vital to make sure that your contracts comply with Australian consumer law, but what does that mean? This handy guide from the NSW Department of Fair Trading might help you understand what your obligations are and how to make sure you are doing the right thing: https://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au//guarantees,-/contracts
16.01.2022 Next Tuesday, I am honoured to be helping one of my most amazing clients celebrate the 5th anniversary of the founding of the Institute of Intuitive Intelligence. We will be sharing how a fierce commitment to best practice and boundaries, combined with caring contracts and strategic support, can take an idealistic castle in the air and ground it on the solid legal foundations needed to grow an expanding empire. https://www.facebook.com/events/208775210511148/
15.01.2022 I have recently completed a foundational piece of work for the We-Being platform - Sovereign Legals for Leaders: Setting Intentions with Integrity. In this interview with Leah Kearns, I explain why I think this work is so very important. https://youtu.be/0Q8Gahz6RWI You can find the course here:https://we-being.com/up/setting-intentions-with-integrity/
15.01.2022 Damsel in distress or powerful decision maker? When trouble comes, which one will you be? Your business needs you to step up and take charge. Join me for my challenge Future Proof Your Business 5 Ways in 5 Days, starting on 29 June 2020. http://bit.ly/futureproofchallenge... Sonic screwdrivers optional.
15.01.2022 Have you heard about We-Beings Upskill community? We-Being commissions and hosts value-packed courses created around their conscious learning framework which you can buy for a low fixed fee, and there is a community platform for support and access to the course creator, plus discounted access to consultations with them if you need more personalized support or to go even deeper. I have written a course for We-Being that explores how to deal with the trauma that comes with cli...ent complaints and refund requests, how to protect yourself and your client to minimize the likelihood of such situations happening, and how to observe and process your emotions so you can resolve the conflict with compassion - for yourself and for them - when something does go wrong. You can find it here for only $127: https://we-being.com/upskilling/contracts-that-care/ It is some of my best work to date - I highly recommend it.
13.01.2022 Deborah Ricketts from Versatile VA is a client and affiliate of mine. She is featuring my work in her latest blog post: https://versatileva.com.au/dont-put-your-business-at-risk-/
10.01.2022 Creating your own Client Service Agreement gives you the opportunity to explore and set intentions for every element of your customers experience - for when things are going perfectly - and for when something unexpected happens. When you share the Agreement with them, you give them the clarity and certainty of knowing exactly what they can expect when they work with you. Starting at only $137.50 for a basic DIY pack, your Client Service Agreement is a tiny investment in your business that will keep on giving - to both you and your clients. #contractsthatcare https://www.michellewhitehead.com.au/contracts-that-care/
09.01.2022 You have probably thought about what might happen to your family if you pass away, but what about your business? If making a Will keeps slipping down your important but not urgent list, and you are thinking about DIY, then George Kao has an amazing course for you. For US$60 he will guide you to think about Caring for Your Legacy: 1. Your Last Will -- as well as supplemental documents, such as your living will, beneficiary designations, and power of attorney. 2. Your Professio...nal Will -- to make sure your clients and work are taken care of, e.g. website passwords, how to contact your clients, what happens to money owed for your services and products, etc. 3. Your Ethical Will -- the final message that you leave with your community about your life and most important lessons. https://www.georgekao.com/3wills.html This is an affiliate link. I have not taken this particular course myself, but I have benefited from other courses he has presented and I trust the quality of his material. However, please make your own enquiries to determine whether this course is right for your needs.
09.01.2022 I have just released my first new DIY Pack in a long time! The Doula Client Service Agreement! https://www.michellewhitehead.com.au/produ/doula-agreement/... Whether you provide prenatal services, support during labour or help families settle in with their newborns, this contract will make sure you and your clients know what to expect from each other and everyone feels safe, respected and cared for. If you are not a Doula, you might like to check out my other DIY Legal Document packs. https://www.michellewhitehead.com.au/contractsthatcare/ Next on the list is the Graphic Designer Agreement, and the VA Agreement DIY Packs.
08.01.2022 Stand in your sovereignty and integrity as a business owner. Learn to reduce subconscious sabotage, automate aligned boundaries and step into your full potential as an empowered business owner with my latest course on the We-Being Platform = Sovereign Legals for Leaders: Setting Intentions with Integrity. https://we-being.com/up/setting-intentions-with-integrity/
08.01.2022 Fear of the unknown will keep you small, but it doesnt need to be that way. Join me for my challenge Future Proof Your Business 5 Ways in 5 Days, starting on 29 June 2020. http://bit.ly/futureproofchallenge (I would be delighted to have you join me to learn just how playful, fun and relaxed your inner CEO could be!)
08.01.2022 My latest work for the amazing We-Being platform in now launching - Sovereign Legals for Leaders: Setting Intentions with Integrity - and you can get a 20% launch discount using the code pic20 https://we-being.com/up/setting-intentions-with-integrity/
07.01.2022 What happens in the future depends - to a large extent - on what you do today. Step up as the confident decision maker your business needs and take it to the next level in style. Join me for my challenge Future Proof Your Business 5 Ways in 5 Days, starting on 29 June 2020. http://bit.ly/futureproofchallenge (Feel free to share!)
07.01.2022 Do you have what it takes to be #seriouslysafe? Join me for my challenge Future Proof Your Business 5 Ways in 5 Days, starting on 29 June 2020. http://bit.ly/futureproofchallenge (Your business doesnt need you to be a boring corporate CEO tied up in red tape - it needs you to embrace a connected, feminine, playful model of practical, mindful ownership, to support you in building a business that exceeds all expectations. You are not just another CEO, satisfied with shining your little light. Step safely into your full supernova potential!)
06.01.2022 Theres nothing wrong with being rewarded for doing good. My affiliates know that they are helping their clients and friends to create quality legal documents that come from the heart of their business, they know they are helping me take care of my family, and they know that I love rewarding them for sharing their belief in me and the quality of my work. Everybody wins! If you would like to know more, check out my Affiliate Program (and dont forget to read the T&Cs!) https://www.michellewhitehead.com.au/affiliate-program/
04.01.2022 Great advice from Russell Brand on avoiding conflict by dealing with your own stuff first :D https://www.facebook.com/RussellBrand/videos/2466145970360820/ If you are looking for a likeminded community to support you in this area, check out The Serenity Connective: https://www.michellewhitehead.com.au/the-serenity-connecti/
04.01.2022 Don't miss this! So much gold - courses created by amazing, experienced women (including me LOL) and curated on the WE-Being Platform. My course on Business Legals 101 will set you up with all the basics that you need to know as a responsible business owner - consumer protection, intellectual property and contracts - so you can have the confidence of knowing that your foundations are strong! https://yay.we-being.com/upskill-launch/?reciprocity=4 Leah Kearns really brings out... the best magic in people so I highly recommend listening in to this series of free interviews - I guarantee you will learn something useful and be inspired... and you can snag a bargain 20% off for any of the courses you want using the code pic20. Find them all here: Here's the run down of the launch: Leah Going Live for 5 mins! 9am ~ Live for 5 :: Our Why and Why Upskill 11am ~ Live for 5 :: Our Courses, Our Creators and their experiences. 3pm ~ Live for 5 :: Q+A and Our Special Launch Offer Daily Lunchtime Learning Interview Series - 1pm - 1:20pm Streamed live daily on the WE-Being Facebook page, on YouTube and in the WE-Being community. Creator Illuminate Learning Sessions - Tues 6/10: Suzanne Culberg ~ Lean Biz Startup, Startup lean and keep them keen. Wed 7/:10: Mel Ryan ~ Live Without Self Judgement, Remove judgement from your life, judgement free. Thur 8/10: Joy Truscott ~ In Honour of Life, Claim your new life contract. Fri 9/10: Michelle Whitehead ~ Business Legals 101, Start legal with Sovereign legals for leaders. Mon 12/10: Nicole Ashton-Brooks ~ Creating your sensory brand for connection Tue 13/10: Clare Bedford ~Your Worthy Body Wed 14/10: Leah Kearns ~ Design your Business to Fit your Life, The Macro Business Model life
02.01.2022 Are your legals living in the past? How long ago did you last really read them? How much has your business changed since they were created? Isnt it high time you gave them some loving? Join us for a 2 hour co-working session to check in with your legals, polish up the bits that arent serving you, ask a lawyer lots of questions, pick my brain and profit from my eloquent prose-polishing. Find out more here: https://www.michellewhitehead.com.au/update-your-legals/
02.01.2022 A contract that cares is grounded in your values and vision, supporting you to do business YOUR WAY. That starts with understanding what is important to you. Working with someone is a two-way relationship, so you also need to approach the task with COMPASSION for your client and consideration of what they need to feel safe and cared for. Finally, there is no magic in legal jargon. Your clients will thank you for a contract that is easy to read and understand!
01.01.2022 If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride. (Do you know that old nursery rhyme?) This is your chance to stop wishing, step up and take charge. Join me for my challenge Future Proof Your Business 5 Ways in 5 Days, starting on 29 June 2020. http://bit.ly/futureproofchallenge... (Feel free to share!) See more
01.01.2022 LAST CHANCE FOR EARLY BIRD PRICING!!! You have designed your business to last a lifetime and leave a legacy of positive change. You have poured your heart and soul into getting this dream off the ground, and you are more than ready for it to expand to the next level, but for some reason you are stuck on a plateau of resistance that you just cant shift. The problem is not lack of skill or dedication - it is the inherent insecurity that comes from ignoring all of those niggli...Continue reading
