Elizabeth Ocean's Insights: The Naked Truth About Pleasure, Power and Sustainable Success
“The women who create lasting success are not the ones who sacrifice themselves for their business. They are the ones who build a business that supports the life they truly want to live.” - Elizabeth Ocean, Holistic Business Coach in Canada | Founder of Women's Holistic Business Academy | Mentor for Women Entrepreneurs and Leaders
As a Holistic Business Coach in Canada, I've learned that the most successful women entrepreneurs are not necessarily the ones working the hardest. They're often the women who have learned how to reconnect with themselves, trust their inner wisdom, and build businesses that support their lives rather than consume them.
That is why my conversation with pleasure coach Vireo Karvonen during the Women's Spirit Festival was so powerful.
At first glance, a discussion about pleasure and sexuality may seem unrelated to business growth. But as the Founder of the Women's Holistic Business Academy, I've seen a recurring pattern among women entrepreneurs. Burnout, over-giving, people-pleasing, self-abandonment, and disconnection from personal needs often show up in business long before they show up anywhere else.
Vireo's message challenged women to examine a fundamental truth: many women have been conditioned to disconnect from themselves.
When women lose connection with their bodies, desires, intuition, and personal power, that disconnection doesn't stay confined to one area of life. It often affects leadership, confidence, decision-making, boundaries, visibility, sales, relationships, and business growth.
One statement that stood out to me was when Vireo said:
"It is your birthright to reclaim pleasure." - Vireo Karvonen, Pleasure Coach
While she was speaking about pleasure, I found myself thinking about purpose, fulfillment, and business ownership.
How many women have built businesses that look successful from the outside while feeling disconnected on the inside?
How many women have convinced themselves that exhaustion is simply the price of success?
How many women have postponed joy, freedom, health, relationships, and personal fulfillment until "someday" after the next launch, client, certification, or revenue milestone?
As a mentor to women entrepreneurs, I believe sustainable business success requires something deeper than strategy.
It requires self-leadership.
It requires knowing what truly matters.
It requires creating a business that aligns with who you are instead of forcing yourself into a model of success that was never designed for you.
Another powerful moment came when Vireo challenged the belief that women's power diminishes with age.
Instead, she boldly stated:
"Your power is in menopause." - Pleasure Coach Vireo Karvonen
I couldn't agree more.
Some of the most impactful women leaders I know are in midlife and beyond. They are wiser, more confident, less concerned with external approval, and more committed to living authentically than ever before.
This stage of life is not a decline.
It is an awakening.
It is often the moment when women stop asking for permission and start leading from experience, wisdom, and truth.
At the Women's Holistic Business Academy, we support women in creating businesses that honor every aspect of who they are—not just their professional goals, but their wellbeing, relationships, purpose, and personal growth.
Because true success isn't about building a business that demands everything from you.
It's about building a business that supports the life you're here to live.
My biggest takeaway from this conversation is simple:
Don't wait.
Don't wait to feel worthy.
Don't wait to trust yourself.
Don't wait to create the business, life, and impact you know you're capable of.
The women who change the world are often the women who finally decide to stop abandoning themselves.
And from that place, everything changes.
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