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Maybe it’s finally time…
👉 Time to focus your energy on your areas of expertise that move your business forward!
Whether you’re feeling on top of everything in these first 2 weeks of 2022 or like everything is getting piled on top of you, the start of a new year is a great time to consider what you really want - and need - to focus your time & energy on to grow your business, and what you can ask someone else to help you with.
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What do you choose to focus on in 2022?
🎊 Best wishes for 2022 🎊
What do you want to focus on this year, personally and professionally?
Last year, I chose GROWTH as my guiding word and 2021 really was a period of growth for me as a person and as an entrepreneur, with many valuable lessons learned. The Social Palm also took on twice as many clients & generated 3x the revenue compared to 2020. 🎉
So what word to choose for 2022? 🤔
I decided to go with LOVE.
Why?
Because I truly believe we can achieve great things when we lead with love in our personal life and our work, when we put love into our thoughts, actions and interactions, when we focus on loving our planet and every form of life on it, setting aside judgment, fear, envy, etc.
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How about you... What word do you want to focus on to guide you through the next 12 months?
(If you need some inspiration, feel free to screenshot this animation and see what word you get)
So my client & friends @_mapatho hit 5k Instagram followers this week & passed 30k members on their website!
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I got a little emotional in this video sharing why it means so much to me when my clients & I hit milestones like that together.
Getting to create content and foster communities around shared passions, values and/or experiences means so much to me.
And Mapatho is one that strikes an extra special chord for me. They’re a French online platform offering free collaborative toolboxes for different chronic illnesses & handicaps.
Did you know 20 million people in France have a chronic illness - how mind blowing is that?!!
It can be hard finding a good healthcare provider for your chronic illness, one who listens, believes in you, helps you find the best solution & treatment for you. So having toolboxes with lists of healthcare providers recommended by people with the same illness / handicap as you makes such a difference!
Why does that mean so much to me personally?
A few years ago, my body suddenly went haywire and started attacking itself (mainly my heart and thyroid - a hellish experience I wouldn’t wish on anyone!). I went to see so many doctors. Had so many tests and was met with some pretty awful doctors (one told me “well if your thyroid is bothering you we can just remove it” even though nobody had any idea what was causing the massive inflammation attacking that organ).
It was a traumatic and lonely experience.
So when we get comments & dms on Instagram or Facebook of people saying they feel understood by our posts, or that they were able to find a great doc after seeing one of our posts, or saying thank you for giving them a space to simply share their stories judgment free... well it makes this lady feel very warm and fuzzy and grateful 🥰🥰🥰
So... when someone asks me why I do what I do. That’s why.
Helping businesses & individuals connect over shared values. Help people find products or
That feeling when your work and your values align
Let me tell you a secret…
💃 I used to dance ALL THE TIME. With friends, by myself, in clubs, in concerts, at home, in public transport… There was always something that would lift my spirit and bring on that irresistible urge to dance (or at least bop my head).
😨 But, without even realizing it, a few years ago the dancing stopped.
“Real life” had kicked in, filled with work and exhaustion, conflict and stress.
😕 Turns out, that wasn’t actually real life so much as just living a life that wasn’t for me. It was crushing my wonderfully weird, eccentric dancing soul by trying to conform to expectations and chase after goals that didn’t fit with my values.
💕 And then, just over a year ago, I started down a different path, one where I could use my social media & business background working with entrepreneurs who were building brands around values that deeply resonated with my own (sustainability, ethics, health, diversity…).
🌴 That’s the story behind The Social Palm - and guess what? In spite of a global pandemic & all the recent months has thrown our collective way 😅… I started dancing again. 😄
👯 And don’t we all deserve to live a life where you can’t help but bop your head, shake your booty and suddenly have yourself a full on dance party at home because what you do and who you are are finally aligned?
ps: Since it’s #InternationalDanceDay today, what are your fav go-to songs guaranteed to get you dancing? My current fav is Head & Heart by Joel Corry ft. MNEK!
It’s International Happiness Day. As an entrepreneur, what makes you happy & motivates you to get up in the morning, not just today but every day?
For me, it’s getting to work & interact with entrepreneurs who have aligned their businesses with their values, placing people and the environment at the heart of everything they do.
Not just in the products or services they sell but even in the little details.
I love getting to translate that brand purpose, harmony & optimism into a social media post, a response to a comment, etc. for each of my clients.
Want to take your brand’s social media to the next level while connecting with your audience over your shared values?
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...but there’s still so much work to be done to ensure that
👉the rights we have acquired are maintained (reproductive rights, I’m looking at you! People, stop trying to control someone else’s uterus!)
👉that we get treated, paid, raised, given opportunities and protected by the systems in place equally!
👉For ALL women. Whatever the gender they were initially assigned at birth, the color of their skin, nationality, religion, heritage, sexuality, profession, etc.
📚 That’s why I love this poem by the amazing Brenda Shaughnessy from her book The Octopus Museum, an incredible work of poetry that comments on our excessive consumerism, gun violence, racism, sexism & so much more in a post-apocalyptic world dominated by cephalopods 🐙. I highly recommend reading the whole thing!
What does International Women’s Day mean to you?
Who are some of the women you admire most?
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