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Starting a Business & navigating Self Worth

Author
Chenee
Published
Sat 30 Aug 2025
Episode Link
https://cheneetharpe.substack.com/p/starting-a-business-and-navigating

Hello Beautiful People!

I spend a lot of time alone and often don’t share the intricacies of my day to day life with others.

I feel like Instagram only offers snippets. Aesthetically pleasing photographs with generic captions.

Social media definitely tends to assist in the loss of attention spans.

However, I understand not everyone has the time to watch or listen to someone yap on about life.

I have some family friends in this space though, so I hope these episodes bring insights into my daily life, personality and thoughts to them or others who may be interested in my unconventional lifestyle.

Like I stated in my other video, one day, I would love to host tours in Egypt. But I feel to be successful (in my eyes) I need to master the art of communication alittle more swiftly.

Clarity. Punctuality. Focus. Speed. What do you think?

Anyways, this morning I was quite reflective on my hesitancy with pricing my products and feeling some type of guilt.

What is this? I asked… As I delved into it-along with some minor distractive segues and tangents…

Once again, clarity. Punctuality. Focus. Speed.

I reflect on being an empath, I kind of want to just give things away or discount them straight up (and trust me I will).

I have an elderly man as a neighbor at camp, he cracks me up with his perceptions and conspiracy theories and I can’t wait to gift him one of my balms because I know he is on government assistance, but also I see the lacerations in his skin and can’t wait to give him some magic medicine that will help him heal!

But in automatically jumping to discounts or give aways I simultaneously sell myself short and don’t give people the chance to have their own discernment and accountability of what they like to spend their money on.

What they feel is worthy.

After all, money is just a form of currency and energetic exchange… But am I worth it?

Aha!

That old chestnut! We meet again, dear friend.

You come wrapped up in all sorts of fabulous expressions and identities

Isn’t it funny, I mean, I have been joyfully fruitful and empowered so much recently.

The business has helped my self esteem and self trust and yet my dear friend, self worth has this sneaky way of disguising itself and creeping up when I least expect it.

Hamdullah Habibi. Salam Malaykum or “Thank God, my darling. Peace be upon you.”

I meet it with grace and curiosity.

A humble approach I hope, that is not too self depreciating or too overly confident.

An opportunity to look at what lays before my eyes…

An empath AND a business women?

Is there such thing?

Well, that is going to take some discipline to balance out, but I am sure like everything, they can co-exist in a harmonious relationship.

Or perhaps, I am not cut out for it!

Never try, never know… I guess I shall see :)



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