Castle Quest

risk management made magical

If you think risk management is dull, boring, scary or irrelevant to your small business, I'm about to blow your mind!

Dear brilliant (but over-anxious) business owner...

The potential problems you need to deal with feel endless.

Everything feels dangerous.

You are overwhelmed by the weight of your own worries.

Not to mention the constant drain of what others demand from you.
BUT
Your business dreams are so big and beautiful,
YOU. JUST. CAN’T. QUIT.

When you don't have the time and mind-space to prioritise the confusing, boring, nitty gritty details of business ownership and life admin (like those set out in detail below), they keep slipping down your important but not urgent list, while you go on building your business on foundations that feel shaky and incomplete.

You fully intend to come back to patch the holes and deal with the dangers, someday, when the craziness of constant creation and delivery settles down. However, that day just never seems to come. You've made it this far without any major problems, so why mess with your vibe and risk manifesting problems by looking at what might go wrong?

The thing is - those cracks still weigh on your mind, even when you're ignoring them.

In Castle Quest, I use my extensive experience as a lawyer, mediator, problem-solver, and intuitive mentor to help you lighten the load! Together, we combine traditional risk management principles with imagination and intuition to transform threats into opportunities, make wise, proactive decisions about confusing or complicated challenges, and identify and resolve the difficult issues you will never otherwise make time to deal with (because you are too busy being brilliant). 

Take a moment to be completely honest with yourself. How many of the boxes below do you tick?

Ugh! Feels awful to admit that, right? 

What if instead...

Ever heard the saying "a stitch in time saves nine"?
Or the cost of "shutting the door after the horse has bolted"?
How about "trust in God but tie your camel"?

WHATEVER you have been avoiding,
in Castle Quest, I will help you get clarity about what needs to be done
and guide you to take confident strategic action aligned with your integrity…
No judgment, no blame, no guilt or shame.

Ready for risk management? Here's what you need to know...

~ Price ~ Dates ~ Terms ~

~ why it's called Castle Quest ~

Need real-world examples of risk management that's relevant to you?

Here are just some of the nasty dangers that can pile up

while you are focused on achieving your goals…

It's ok! BREATHE! Help is at hand! 

If you want your business to be one of the 20% that survive more than 10 years, AND you want peace of mind as a business owner, then you are in the right place. Risk management is the missing piece of the puzzle, so let me make that fun, easy, accessible and relevant for you!

Let me tell you a little risk management story...

Once upon a time, there was an incredible leader who built a shining castle to attract visitors from far and wide.

(That leader is you! The castle is your business, and the visitors are your clients.)

None of the visitors know – and you’ve been trying hard to forget – in the caves under your castle, there is a nest of dragons.

(Those dragons are problems like the ones listed above.)

You’re ruling like a queen, serving people who love you, successfully expanding your thriving realm into a powerful empire.

But why are there mysterious clouds of smoke flooding your castle?

This invasive smoke is from the horde of dragons you’ve never made time to deal with, and it shows up in your business as paralysis, anxiety, overwhelm, disconnection, procrastination, and self-sabotage. 

(The smoke is your uncertainty & fear.)

If you continue to let those dragons grow huge and ferocious in captivity, they have the power to break free, destroying your whole castle.

How can you promote your business to its full potential with your subconscious screaming that it is not safe?

You can’t.

So, you stop following up on potential clients, hold back on launching, shrink from visibility and delay delivery until the last moment. 

All the while, frustration claws at your heart because you know you are better than this.

You deserve to be out there, leading the revolution, leaving your legacy… not choking on the smoke of despair.

What if I told you we can free those dragons, taming even the most ferocious of them to become supportive protectors and guardians of your business?

(Remember, the dragons are the problems in your business you’ve ignored.)

Yes, it’s risky to deal with them, but it’s even riskier to think you can avoid dealing with them.

The longer you leave them, the bigger and more dangerous they can grow.

Fantasy's fine, but how does this approach to risk management really work?

Let me introduce myself! My name is Michelle Whitehead, and over the past decade, I’ve worked with a wide range of businesses that don’t fit in boxes – holistic coaches, alternative health service providers and heart-centred entrepreneurs – to transform overwhelm, uncertainty, anxiety, avoidance and resistance into solid, safe foundations through calm, confident, conscious choices.

I love the power of myth and metaphor for taking the mundane, boring, scary or complicated things we don't want to deal with and transforming them into something magical and fun - if we can engage our imagination, resistance decreases and fearsome tasks feel less dreary or dangerous.

Using the language of fantasy and poetic imagery removes the threat from topics that can otherwise be highly sensitive and difficult to discuss. Metaphor is proven to be an extremely powerful method for accessing your inner wisdom and for transforming complex concepts into common sense that stay in your mind.

Throughout the process, we are:

• actively calming your business nervous system
• improving your decision-making skills, and
• preparing you to build your business to its full potential.

In Castle Quest, you will build your resilience & confidence in the safety of your business so you can trust yourself to be ready for anything - not just for now, but far into the foreseeable future.

I've shared some testimonials below - this is proven value - and my participants keep coming back year after year!

Access for the life of the program keeps you grounded while you fulfil your potential as the visionary business leader you are here to be, because this kind of work is never “one & done”.

Want to meet some actual risk management dragons we have tamed?

These are just some of the toothy dragon problems that participants have dealt with in past rounds of Castle Quest…

Identify and let go of limiting belief dragons - those heavy "what ifs" and worries dragging you down:

• what if my business gets too big too fast and I can't cope? 
• what if I'm not good enough to do this work?
• what if I get into trouble I didn't see coming?
• what if I disappoint those who rely on me?

Take URGENT DRAGON ACTION on real world dangers - all those things you need to do, and you need to do NOW - but they're scary, uncomfortable, or you don't know where to start, so you just keep putting them off until it's too late:

• firing a clingy client who is conflict waiting to happen
• strategically searching & taking action to stop copyright infringement
• mapping out the complex chaos of how your offers interact so you have an easy path to follow in future
• raising your prices so your profit margin makes sense & communicating that to your clients
• dealing with major change (divorce, death, chronic illness, obligations to elderly parents) without breaking your business

Deal with the less urgent but still threatening dragons. Things that need you to take action, but you can't do anything about right now. Things that need to be watched in case they become a problem. Things that need a long-term approach:

• streamlining systems & creating workflows so you can stop reinventing the wheel
• succession planning & knowing what needs to happen if your business loses you
• transitioning to a business that is bigger than just you
• getting your legals sorted and protecting your boundaries
• building consistency in creativity, communication and client care

Castle Quest was created for you if:

All prices in Australian dollars, inclusive of GST. There's a money-back guarantee below.

Before you enrol, you must read & agree to the 

It is for your benefit as much as mine, and contains important information to help you get the most out of Castle Quest. 

*LIFETIME ACCESS = the life of my business. I have no plans to stop working until I am physically incapable of sitting at my desk, and as long as I am operating, I am going to keep turning up each year and applying these risk management principles to Carefree Counsel! If I am no longer operating for any reason, you will be given as much notice as possible and a reasonable opportunity to download all of the program materials & resources.

If you want ongoing risk management but without the DIY time commitment, ask me about my bespoke 1:1 retainer, Castle Keeper.
Castle Keeper is personalised deep dive mentoring, support and accountability to strategically support your business for next-level growth.

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