I forgot my birthday, but there's still time to CELEBRATE!

So much to CELEBRATE- Happy New Year and Happy 4th Birthday to The Roots Group!
 
I launched my Coaching & Consulting Practice back on January 9, 2020. Truth be told, most people still don't know I have this business. (friends, family, colleagues) I haven't "shared" it (i.e. market consistently based on a comprehensive and well thought-out strategy) as much as I would've liked because I've kinda had my hands full over the past 4yrs.
 
Where I've been...
Loooong story short- in June 2023, I closed on the sale of Branching Out, the floral design and event production Company I founded on January 9, 2009. (BONUS points for anyone who just noticed I launched both of my businesses on the same exact day in January) 2023 was a BIG year, but I'll spare you the details here. You can read more about how it all went down in my blog post titled: The End of a Beautiful Journey.
 
Where I am...
Well currently, I'm sitting in our guest bedroom at the corner desk my Dad made me back in 1983. I can still see where I carved my initials in the top "Debby '89!" (yes, I added exclamations marks to everything back then, too). Our two young adults have gone back to college for a new semester, and I'm looking forward to a week with lots of breathing room and open space. 

I'm also currently in a fortunate position, having sold my "big" business, which frees me up for even more time and space. I get to focus on "work" that sets my soul on fire! So naturally, one of the first things I'm choosing to do with breathing room, time and space is connect with YOU for the first time in ages. To me, this isn't just another blog post. It's a new beginning to CELEBRATE!
 
Where I'm going... (FYI: I'm taking you with me)
Here's the deal-eo, I've got ideas out the wah-freaking-zoo for The Roots Group! And while I want to implement ALL THE IDEAS right now, I also have been down that path to building a business before. That approach (the "be all, to all, at all times") left me exhausted and on the verge of burn-out. 

Instead, my approach this year is to slow down and build a solid foundation (something I talk to all my Clients about). I'm thinking outside the box and taking a grass roots approach, focusing on INTRODUCING! (that's my word of the year and I'm kinda excited about it)

I'll be sending out Roots Weekly Wisdom newsletter, posting weekly to my blog and INTRODUCING new:
• perspectives to ponder
• frameworks to explore
• distinctions to contemplate
• questions to consider
• opportunities to grow, change and transform

I'll also be INTRODUCING myself and The Roots Group to people weekly (I joined a networking group), monthly (I joined a professional organization) and spontaneously for coffee-talk or lunch-dates or good old fashioned phone calls. (I've met some really amazing women recently!)

I'm staying aligned with my value of AUTHENTICITY and committing to INTRODUCING me and The Roots Group to people in the most real way possible- voice to voice, face to face, big squeezy hug to big squeezy hug! I've also got plans to send a few handwritten notecards in the mail. Yep, good ole USPS. (remind me to tell you the marketing strategy I used for the first floral company I started back in 2002. it involved a handwritten notecard)
 
What I need from you... (this is the part where I take you with me)
INTRODUCING, for me, is all about building relationships. And building relationships is about building trust. I know you're inundated with emails, newsletters, all the things promising to help make X, Y, Z better for you or your business (or your health and well being, but I think you get the point).

I ask that you trust me to share really valuable "stuff"- personal development, life operating stuff, business development, business operating stuff. I love to call what I share on my coaching call the "you don't know what you don't know stuff." Because once you know, you can create change- FOR GOOD! 

Anywho...I ask that you hang in there with me, subscribe to my weekly Roots Weekly Wisdom newsletter and check in every week. Read the newsletter, read the blog posts and see the value in what I'm sharing. and connect with me about how it's impacting your life and business. And then, share it with a friend.

Today is only the initial "oh Hi, remember me?" Next week, let's get after it!
 
Until then, I'll be sending GOOD VIBES!
Debby J
 
P.S. Want to know how I arrived at my "word of the year" and outlined actions to "live out" my word? Stay tuned for next week, where I share steps you can take to choose 1 powerful & inspiring word and live out the most powerful & intentional year yet!