Dealing With One Ticket Anxiety

Putting your first ever group Hypnobirthing course on sale might feel scary. Shall I tell you what’s even scarier?!

Getting your first booking! Yes, really.

You think…

“arghhh it’s really going ahead!!”

“But I’ve only got one booked on!!”

“What if I don’t get anyone else!”

“I bet they want to meet loads of pregnant pals”.

“Maybe I should just refund them now to save any disappointment?!”

I call this one ticket anxiety.

One ticket anxiety is a real thing. It can stop you speaking with confidence about your course and ultimately it can prevent you getting consistent bookings.

You freeze and crawl into hiding and then no one else has a chance of hearing about your course and booking.

So here’s how to overcome this anxiety:

 1. Be clear with yourself how many clients you want booked on. Say it to yourself, each day visualise those people in front of you on your course .

Now, I’m not sure I believe this magically magnetises the people but I do know this makes YOU believe it will happen and then you will speak about it differently and with more impact.

You’ll see it as a done thing so you are not speaking from a place of desperation and fear but a place of excitement and optimism.

 2. Have your own way of remembering just how many women must be pregnant right now. This makes getting 4 more couples (or whatever) feel easy!!

For me this was thinking about my children’s school. I lived in a small town called Mirfield. There’s probs about 5 primary schools with around 60 kids per year group. That’s a lot of kids the same age! That means there was lots of pregnant women to fill that school. The same will be happening each year. It was my reminder of how just on my door step there were likely to be lots of expectant parents.

I then considered that actually my clients came from around 15 miles radius so that’s A LOT of pregnancies!

 3. Celebrate each and every booking!

Do a happy dance. Raise a glass. Pat yourself on the back. Whatever you want to. Allow it to make you feel good and even more excited about your course. Be excited for you and them!

This keeps you in the joy rather than the fear 😃

 4. Pre-schedule posts on social media, marketing emails etc talking about your course. That way you are not relying on motivation, energy, and inspiration. It’s already done so it’s going out however you feel and there’s a constant visibility of what you offer.

Remember that one ticket anxiety happens to so many of us. Especially us overthinkers.

Once you’ve got a few courses completed you’ll see how bookings can show up when you least expect it.

Keep going, you are doing great work. Do share this with someone that might need to read it

Abby ❤️