That's not a warning. It's an observation, and an invitation. NaturWise Living Substack blog is my ongoing exploration of cultural transformation through the timeless lens of ecological thinking. Rooted in 29 years of gardening, 15 of herbal practice, and 14 of permaculture design, I write for people who sense that the old story is ending and want to help shape what grows in its place. Philosophical. Seasonal. Grounded. This is the kind of writing that takes its time, because the ideas deserve it. Come think with me. 🌾

Sometimes we don’t just need new strategies… we need a mindset reset. Here’s the some truth bombing 💣: Sometimes results aren’t our fault. And sometimes… they are. Most of the time? We’re just getting in our own way. If you have a negative mindset around selling, that’s the bottleneck. Not your audience. Not the algorithm. Not the platform. You. If you genuinely have something that serves your people, then selling is a service. Period. It’s not money grabbing. It’s not gatekeeping. It’s not being “salesy.” It’s service. And that includes having clarity on what to sell and how to sell it. When you truly frame it that way, something shifts. You actually want to sell more—because you understand that selling equals helping. Now let me ground this in reality. Across 7 launches (and relaunches) on Skool—even when I had as few as 44 members—I’ve almost always sold at least one offer during a launch. (First and third launch? No sales. Yep. That happened.) It wasn’t luck. It was how I approached selling. I work the launch with confidence, a heart of service, and a commitment to finish the process—even when it feels uncomfortable. I stay flexible, but I don’t disappear. I complete the launch. And that completion builds trust. Because knowing what to sell isn’t enough. You also have to know how to walk people through the decision process in a clear, repeatable way. Here are some truths you need to understand about selling inside a community: • You need to hit all parts of the buyer journey—even if people don’t read every post. • Repetition builds clarity. You must repeat your offer details. • Consistency builds trust. • You might hear crickets… but people are watching. • Selling should feel normal in your community—including at the beginning. • Not everyone needs to buy—but everyone should know you have offers. • Selling is service—stop apologizing for it. • Their buy-in lets you help them at a deeper level (this is good for both of you). • You pay for this platform. You are not required to give everything away for free.

I want to recommend @Tiffany Noel Taylor community BYOB for any woman who is serious about growth and done with scarcity thinking. One of the things I respect most about her is that she’s truly abundant-minded. She talks about money and wealth unapologetically… no weird shame, no shrinking, no playing small. It’s clean and direct. She’s also incredibly supportive and encouraging, and very organized. You can feel that structure in the way she runs her space. It’s steady and intentional. Seeing how she organizes her community is itself such a value. And what I personally appreciate? She’s down to earth while still carrying herself with style. The way she presents herself, polished while so down to earth, reflects the experience she brings into her coaching. It’s not just talk. It’s embodied. Omg if she could be my daily stylist! We become like the rooms we sit in. I’m at a place where I only want to be around expansive, abundant minded energy .. and I know that kind of mindset rubs off. If that resonates, her community may be worth exploring. https://www.skool.com/byob/about?ref=23c72b908f7340649108ce5e13580654

It was never meant to be information. It was meant to be relationship. Relationship with soil cycles. With plant intelligence. With the patterns that show up in your garden the same way they show up in your body, if you learn the language. Modern food culture gave us data instead of discernment. Products instead of practice. We became consumers of knowledge rather than holders of it. This community is about becoming a holder again. Not by going backward, but by integrating what our ancestors understood about living systems with where we actually are today. Grow food. Make medicine. Read the patterns that make it all cohere. This is the work. 25 years deep. 🌱 Ready to shift from consumer to holder? NaturWise Living

What you need is a solution to a real problem, that users will see value in and be willing to pay for it. Harder said than done! But, if you can do it with a community and someone that has done it before, won't that save a lot of time and pain? That's what the Product Traction Accelerator is all about, and we do it with the Product T.R.A.C.T.I.O.N framework I put together from 35 years experience. I just launched it last week, so early stage founders will get the most - right here on Skool's Product Traction Accelerator