Stay ConnectedLet’s build community care, social responsibility, and allyship into every aspect of your business — not as an afterthought, but as a core foundation. Because business isn’t neutral. The way we sell, market, and structure our offers either upholds oppressive systems or actively works to dismantle them.
We’re here to have honest, nuanced, and sometimes uncomfortable conversations about what it really means to run a business that is both profitable and radically principled.
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In this final episode of our series on finding your people, we explore why slow growth is the only real growth — and why the obsession with speed is actually working against your long-term success.
In this episode, you'll learn about:
In a world where everyone else is burning out chasing the latest growth shortcut, find out why patience might be your best friend in business.
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Instead of asking "Is this working?" based on follower counts or viral posts, assess your actual business fundamentals — the underlying factors that predict long-term success.
1. Do you actually enjoy the work itself?
Reflection questions:
To do: Identify one change you could make to enjoy your work more.
2. Are you getting better at your craft?
The craft of your actual work:
The craft of marketing and selling:
To do: List 3 specific ways you've improved in the last 6 months:
3. Are you actually building relationships?
Remember: Growth starts with people closest to you. Don't dismiss connections from friends, family, or colleagues as "not real."
To do: List 5 real connections/responses from the past month (no matter how small).
4. Are you actually showing up consistently?
Are you doing the work or just stressing about the work? Track time spent this week on actually creating and sharing something that matters to you, having real conversations with human beings, helping someone solve a problem vs. stressing, analyzing, researching, overthinking.
What foundation are you building that you can't see yet?
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I’m Simone Grace Seol. Let me help you build community care, social responsibility, and spirituality into every part of your business.
📩 My emails — my most intimate writing, sent in real time: simonegraceseol.com/get-emails
📷 Instagram — @simone.grace.seol
In the third episode of our 4-part series on finding your people, we explore why marketing is actually an art form, not just a business strategy — and why this shift might change everything about how you attract the right people to your work.
In this episode, you'll learn about:
Let me show you why you don't need to figure out something new to be more magnetic -- you just need to stop hiding who you actually are.
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I’m Simone Grace Seol. Let me help you build community care, social responsibility, and spirituality into every part of your business.
📩 My emails — my most intimate writing, sent in real time: simonegraceseol.com/get-emails
📷 Instagram — @simone.grace.seol
You've probably heard this advice a million times: "give value."
Offer something helpful, useful, desirable... so that you can build trust, establish authority, and strengthen relationships. Sounds good, right?
Well, weirdly enough, this popular advice might just be exactly what's keeping your people from finding you.
Listen to this episode to explore:
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I’m Simone Grace Seol. Let me help you build community care, social responsibility, and spirituality into every part of your business.
📩 My emails — my most intimate writing, sent in real time: simonegraceseol.com/get-emails
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Let me help you find your people online (Worksheet included below!)
The biggest mistake I see people making? Talking too much about your work — and not enough about the human being YOU are. This is a huge mistake... but it's one you can fix!
Stop hiding behind "professional" content (e.g. your expertise, frameworks, tips and tricks) and give people a chance to find out: do I actually vibe with this human being?
Listen to this episode to discover:
Unless you prioritize this, you'll keep attracting lukewarm followers who never buy anything.
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Worksheet: five questions for leading with who you are
Question 1: What's your natural way of speaking that you edit out to sound more professional?
Examples: Maybe you're naturally blunt and tell people exactly what they need to hear, but you soften everything because you're terrified of being called mean. Maybe you use crude humor but sanitize everything because you're afraid people will think you're inappropriate. Maybe you explain things through weird pop culture references but force yourself to use boring, generic examples instead.
Question 2: What aspects of how you actually work and became who you are, are you hiding because you feel like it's not relevant?
Examples: Maybe you have ADHD and work chaotically, but you're ashamed and spend hours forcing your content into logical order. Maybe you started your business after getting fired for being "difficult to work with" but craft some vague story about turning setbacks into opportunity. Maybe you grew up in foster care and that trauma is exactly what makes you good at helping people, but you never mention it.
Question 3: What part of your personality do you think would make people unfollow you?
Examples: Maybe you're ruthlessly competitive but exhaust yourself trying to sound zen and balanced. Maybe you have a dark, pessimistic outlook that makes you great at spotting problems, but you force yourself to sound positive and sunny. Maybe you're judgmental as hell with strong opinions but act nonjudgmental because being judgmental is "bad."
Question 4: What gets you genuinely excited that you think is too weird to share?
Examples: Maybe you're obsessed with reality TV but fear it makes you look stupid. Maybe you're fascinated by serial killers but don't want people to think you're disturbed. Maybe you're still obsessed with Disney movies at 45 but fear no one will take you seriously.
Question 5: What beliefs do you hold that you intentionally avoid mentioning because it feels like too much?
Examples: Maybe you think having kids isn't for everybody but avoid the topic because you don't want people to think you hate children. Maybe you think most people complaining about being "triggered" are avoiding personal responsibility but don't want to be insensitive. Maybe you believe people who are constantly broke are making terrible financial decisions but won't say it out loud because you don't want to look like an asshole.
This week's challenge: Pick ONE question and share something real about it in your next post, story, or email. Watch what happens.
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I’m Simone Grace Seol. Let me help you build community care, social responsibility, and spirituality into every part of your business.
📩 My emails — my most intimate writing, sent in real time: simonegraceseol.com/get-emails
📷 Instagram — @simone.grace.seol
The promise of "personal branding" has become gospel in online business circles. Build your brand, they say. Package yourself for maximum market appeal. But what if this entire approach is not just wrong, but actively harmful to both your business and your humanity?
Listen to explore:
Discover why the most sustainable and effective business strategy isn't about crafting the perfect brand image, but about having the courage to be genuinely, inconveniently, beautifully human.
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I’m Simone Grace Seol. Let me help you build community care, social responsibility, and spirituality into every part of your business.
📩 My emails — my most intimate writing, sent in real time: simonegraceseol.com/get-emails
📷 Instagram — @simone.grace.seol
In this final episode of our 3-part series on overcoming your fear of being cancelled for good, we'll explore why "cancellation" isn't real... and even if it is, it has far less power to hurt you than you think.
In this episode, you'll learn about:
This episode will give you the shot of permission, relief, and courage to do your most intentional work that you've been waiting for. Because what's inside you matters.
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I’m Simone Grace Seol. Let me help you build community care, social responsibility, and spirituality into every part of your business.
📩 My emails — my most intimate writing, sent in real time: simonegraceseol.com/get-emails
📷 Instagram — @simone.grace.seol
What if everything you think you know about being "canceled" is wrong?
Your fear of being canceled is based on two common misconceptions about how the world works. Today I'm addressing those misconceptions with evidence that might surprise you.
In this episode:
Ready to stop creating from fear? This is part 2 of 3 in my series on overcoming the fear of being canceled once and for all. Enjoy this episode, and tune in next week.
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I’m Simone Grace Seol. Let me help you build community care, social responsibility, and spirituality into every part of your business.
📩 My emails — my most intimate writing, sent in real time: simonegraceseol.com/get-emails
📷 Instagram — @simone.grace.seol
The biggest threat to your voice isn't the internet mob.... it's YOU!
If you are so afraid of being canceled that you're keeping yourself small, adding 47 disclaimers to every opinion, and editing your every message until it feels nothing like what you really wanted to say...
... let's be clear. You're not being strategic... or professional... or considerate. You're committing slow-motion creative suicide. In other words, you're cancelling yourself before anyone else has a chance to cancel you.
The first step to becoming un-cancellable?
Developing an un-cancellable relationship with yourself.
Let me show you how.
This is Part 1 of a three-part series on disarming the fear of being cancelled to do your most courageous work. Next week we're getting into the messy reality of what actually happens when you put yourself out there. Tune in again!
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I’m Simone Grace Seol. Let me help you build community care, social responsibility, and spirituality into every part of your business.
📩 My emails — my most intimate writing, sent in real time: simonegraceseol.com/get-emails
📷 Instagram — @simone.grace.seol
Reality check! Most coaching programs will tell you that building a sustainable business is just a matter of mindset, skills, and persistence.
But the rarely-discussed truth? There are deeper structural barriers at play that make life coaching one of the most challenging ways to earn reliable income.
My brother Billy Seol, a software engineer and coach, breaks down exactly why life coaching businesses face such steep odds, even when coaching itself is transformative.
Listen to learn more about:
Let us be clear: we love coaching, believe in coaching, and our aim is NOT to discourage anyone. Instead, we want to equip you with the information you need to approach this work strategically and sustainably, so that coaching enhances your life rather than draining it.
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I’m Simone Grace Seol. Let me help you build community care, social responsibility, and spirituality into every part of your business.
📩 My emails — my most intimate writing, sent in real time: simonegraceseol.com/get-emails
📷 Instagram — @simone.grace.seol
Having to go back to working a "normal job" means you've failed in your business? Oh hell no. We're thoroughly debunking that dastardly lie in this episode.
Listen to learn more about:
If you are seeking a job, or already have a job that supports you as you work on your business, this episode will help you to feel proud of yourself. Because your path is one of wisdom, self-respect, and sharp strategy.
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I’m Simone Grace Seol. Let me help you build community care, social responsibility, and spirituality into every part of your business.
📩 My emails — my most intimate writing, sent in real time: simonegraceseol.com/get-emails
📷 Instagram — @simone.grace.seol
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