One of the most important things I've learned since becoming an online entrepreneur is that the most important thing you can do to grow your business is to build relationships. Many of us (myself included) have rushed to promote our groups and services that we care so deeply about. And it only makes sense - we are excited about what we are doing! Today, I'd like to invite you to take a step back and introduce yourself to the group by answering the following questions: 1. Who are you personally? 2. Who are you professionally? 3. What is something you love doing outside of work? 4. What is something surprising about you? As you open up and make more connections, you will find that not only are people more interested in what you do, but they will also be more interested in helping you make connections with other people they know! 😉 After you introduce yourself, please scroll through the other introductions and add a comment to someone you have something in common with or would like to know more about. 😊 Please add your introduction in the comments below! ⬇️

“I feel like you’re the only one who really gets me.” For a mix of personal and ‘world-gone-mad’ reasons, I retreated into semi-isolation for a few years, and found it difficult to keep up more than a handful of my online friendships. Two of my closest, with whom I’ve had separate video calls many times, are, it turns out, INFP personality types — just like me. We didn’t know that, that wasn’t why we stayed in touch. We just ‘get’ each other in a way that feels affirming, safe and ‘good’. All three of us are non-stop learners. We’re endlessly curious about diverse things. We have each, in different ways, changed tack many times in the years we’ve known each other. We don’t judge each other for that. It’s just how we’re made. In other ways, we’re different. We began life on different continents, in different decades. None of us have lived in the same countries. We’re all women, but our pattern of close relationships has been different. We dress differently. And the ways we’ve earned a living have been different. All three of us love nothing more than helping other people, not in superficial ways, in life changing ways. We hate conflict or confrontation. We’re creative. A fountain of ideas. We need plenty of ‘alone time’. We’ve each done a lot of self-work to shed the conditioning that takes us away from who we really are underneath. We’ve each been through varying degrees of trauma and nervous system issues which we’ve had to rise above. And, we have our challenges. Not knowing when to stop. Risk of burn-out. Waxing and waning enthusiasms. Waxing and waning energy. So many ideas and interests, it’s sometimes impossible to choose. Waves of self-doubt. At times, hopefully now in our past, crippling perfectionism. None of these traits or life experiences are exclusively INFP, of course, but because we share the same combination, when we talk about how we went about things, how we felt, what we couldn’t tolerate any more, we understand each other. Skool is full of really fab communities where people are finding common ground because of a shared approach, or because they all want to learn the same topic, or shared skills, hobbies, interests or professions.

Ever wonder how you can let people know about your Skool community? Feel like you have so much to offer but don't know how to get people involved? Wish there was somewhere you were actually allowed to promote yourself and talk about your offer? Look no further! The Skool Classifieds are the place where you are not only allowed to promote yourself, but you are actually encouraged to do so! Like the Classifieds section of your local newspaper or the Community Message Board at the gym, this is the place to let people know what you do and what you offer. Here's how it works: 1. Invite other Skoolers you know to join the group using your invite link. The more people join, the more people there are to promote to! 2. You can post once a day only. This is to keep the group from getting spammy. If it's spammy, people won't read and you won't get noticed. Post as many days in a row as you want, but please do not post the same thing day after day - mix it up! 3. Make sure you add your post to the appropriate group/heading. Please see below for a description of what each group is for. If you don't see a group that is appropriate, message me. 4. Self-Promotion is what this group is all about, but please do not DM people with your offers. You will be removed from the group for doing this. 5. Introduce yourself in this thread, and then scroll up and find someone you have something in common with. Reach out. There are some really amazing people here! 😉 This is a place for us to support each other for our mutual benefit. Hate speech, offensive language, or general negativity will be deleted, and you will be removed from the group. *Please check out this post for more tips on how to get great results from your posts. And also this post by one of our own community members who has had great success growing his group through the CLASSIFIEDS.

(N’ those Unexpected patterns I didn’t see coming) Over the past week, I offered a handful of Christmas community audits to the epic members in THE BACKROOM. I went in thinking I’d mostly be supporting other community owners, helping them spot gaps, tweaks, missed opportunities. What I didn’t expect was how much it would teach me too.(this bit surprised me more than I thought it would, if I’m honest) Seeing different communities from the inside, back to back, gave me an outside perspective I didn’t have before. When you’re inside your own space every day, you often stop seeing certain things. You assume things are obvious, and forget what it feels like to arrive like a newbie, slightly awkward-ish, not wanting to get it wrong. (that slightly hover-y feeling… we’ve all been that person, right?) [did-you see my POSTAPHOBIA post?] We cannot make assumptions, all the answers are often there for us, through the comments, the data, the analytics etc… (and yet we STILL assume… iykyk) Basically none of what I’m sharing here is right or wrong. This defo ain’t judgement. It’s just PATTERNS I noticed repeating and looping, and a few things that made me have those little LIGHTBULB moments where I stopped and went… huh… ok then… and rethink how I build and lead community too.(also yes, I saw myself in some of these, not exempt here) ➖➖➖➖➖ THE BIGGEST SURPRISE GOING IN… I kinda expected to see lots of content problems. Weak posts. Not enough value, conversations etc etc. Messy structure all that jazz.(you know, the usual suspects) But what I actually saw, over and over again, was this: almost nobody has a content problem. What most people have is a MOVEMENT problem…. Beautiful spaces. Gorg solid branding. Thoughtful heart-led badass leaders. But many members sitting quietly, watching, unsure what to do next. (lurking, saving posts, thinking “I’ll come back later”… and later never comes pfffttt) ➖➖➖➖➖ PEOPLE DON’T ENGAGE BECAUSE THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO NEXT (often)

Where do you feel your intuition in your body? Share below… 1. Gut 2. Heart 3. Neck 4. Skin 5. Whole body 6. In many different ways... Many of us can feel our intuition… but do you really understand the messages? Or maybe you only notice it occasionally when making a big decision? But, what if you could start to understand the language of your body… and know how it communicates with you every day? From this place, you can find clarity, make decisions more easily, and begin to trust the path that’s unfolding for you. Come join us inside The Body Wisdom Way and start learning the language of your body.