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The Groundwork Application

A 90-day live container with Sydney Harbosky and Mariah Mueller

The Groundwork is a 90-day live cohort for solo business owners who are generating revenue but feel buried in the operational layer of their business. It pairs nervous system coaching with operational systems work, run live by Sydney Harbosky (Beyond Idling) and Mariah Mueller (Sacred Ops Studio).

This application exists because the cohort is small and the work is custom. We read every application together. We are not looking for the most polished answers. We are looking for honest ones. The questions take most people 30 to 45 minutes to answer well. You can save and return.
If you have a question while filling it out, write it in the final field and we will respond when we review.

Section 1: Getting to know you and your WHY

These questions help us understand who you are and where you are working from. There are no right answers.

1. Your full name

2. Your business name

3. Your email address

4. Social links

5. How long have you been in business, and what do you do?

6. Tell us in a few sentences. Who do you serve, what do you offer, and how do people pay you?

7. What is your approximate revenue range over the last 12 months?

7. What is your approximate revenue range over the last 12 months?

Section 2: Your current ecosystem check in.

These questions help us understand what is actually happening in your business and your body when you sit down to work.

8. Are you the only person doing the operational work in your business right now?

8. Are you the only person doing the operational work in your business right now?

9. Describe what your operational backend looks like right now. What systems do you have? What is held together with tape? What lives only in your head? What do you avoid touching? Be honest, you do not have to try to impress us here.

10. What is the operational problem that, if it were solved in the next 90 days, would change how your business feels? Try to name one main thing, even if there are many. Specific is better than broad.

11. When you sit down to work on the operational layer of your business, what happens in your body?

12. What have you already tried to solve this, and what happened?

Courses, hires, software, productivity systems, mindset work, anything. Be specific about what stuck and what did not.

Section 3: Readiness and commitment.

These questions help us understand whether the timing is right and whether you can actually show up.

13. The Groundwork runs for 90 days and includes weekly live group calls, async Circle support, and a Systems Library you can pull from throughout. Realistically, how many hours per week can you commit to this work?

13. The Groundwork runs for 90 days and includes weekly live group calls, async Circle support, and a Systems Library you can pull from throughout. Realistically, how many hours per week can you commit to this work?

14. What is happening in your life over the next 90 days outside of work? Anything we should know?

15. On a scale of 1 to 10, how regulated do you feel in your body and your business right now?

1 means constantly overwhelmed, dysregulated, in fight or flight. 10 means grounded, clear, and steady most days.
15. On a scale of 1 to 10, how regulated do you feel in your body and your business right now?

16. What does coachability look like for you? When someone reflects something back to you that you did not see, how do you usually respond?

Be honest. We are not looking for the right answer. We are looking for self-awareness.

Section 4: Alignment with how we work.

These questions help us understand whether how we run this container is a fit for how you want to work.

17. How do you feel about doing this work in a small group rather than 1:1?

The Groundwork is a cohort, not a private container. You will be seen by other people. You will see them. What is true for you about that?

18. What part of this offer feels like a stretch, and what part feels like an obvious yes?

If both parts feel obvious, this question may not apply. If both parts feel like a stretch, that is also useful to know.

19. Have you done EFT or any nervous system work before? No experience required, just curious.

19. Have you done EFT or any nervous system work before? No experience required, just curious.
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Section 5: A few more things

20. Why now? Of all the things you could spend the next 90 days on, why is this the work that is calling? What changes if you say yes? What changes if you say no?

21. Is there anything you want us to know that we have not asked about?

22. How did you hear about The Groundwork?

22. How did you hear about The Groundwork?
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23. Do you have any questions for us?

24. Are you interested in a 90-minute private session with both Sydney & Mariah on the deepest knot in your business?($444 add-on)

What happens next

We read every application together within 48-72 business hours of submission. If we feel there is a fit, we will invite you to join the cohort with everything you need to enroll. If we feel another path would serve you better, we will tell you, and where possible we will point you toward what we think would help.

Either way, you will hear from us.

Sydney & Mariah