Business Breakfasts - Working on Business Solutions

Relish are really pleased to have been asked to work in partnership with the new breakfast business meeting alton4business in Alton.

The first event "Working on your Business, not in it - the Challenges of the Small Business" was a great success.

Nearly 20 people turned up and there was quite a buzz in the room. Once breakfast was over, the group was divided into small teams and were given some questions to answer and discuss, in particular what they could do to work more on their business.

Feedback so far has been very positive including "it really made me think", "it was very informative" and "I think you are on to a real winner with meetings like this and I will be recommending businesses to start to come along!"

The next one I will be hosting will be 24th October and will be on Business Planning for 2008! These events are a great way of supporting other businesses, whilst raising our profile in the business world.

Pause for Thought

For me, one of the great things about running events like this is that you always learn something new. I find no matter how many times you run an event, something new will always present itself!

So I am looking forward to the next event ...with Relish!

Psycademy Spritual Development Events

For those closest to me, you will already know that I have always been interested in spiritual matters. Having lost a mum when I was very young, who was very interested in such things, I have long held an interest in having my cards read or my 'fortune' told.

Last year, my health was making life difficult, and having started practising the work that I now preach, I found myself drawn to Psycademy, run by a fabulous lady called Lisa Turner! Having met her and been inspired by her, I instantly knew that I needed to know more about this side of life.

For the past 10 years, since my divorce, I have been 'sorting' myself out, looking for something and having addressed much of the mental turmoil, and some of the emotional stuff from that time, my physical and spiritual wellbeing needing addressing. ( I am a Libran, and having balance in our lives is something we constantly strive for!)

I had a 'Breakthrough' session with Lisa in January regarding weight, poor health and sudden energy losses that just left me exhausted in front of the tele at a weekend. This 'Breakthrough' session turned out to be a real turning point for me - I signed up for her Spiritual and Psychic practitioner course and I have not looked back!!

For those of you who are pooh poohing all this as nonsense, I completely understand, I too would have said the same, even a few years ago, however, there are some really valuable practices, that we as human beings seem to have lost in our evolutionary journey.

One of the biggest benefits I have picked up (and let me tell you there are many), I have found that meditating on a regular basis has added a sense of calm to my life, that I honestly have not experienced before. Taking time out to focus on you, the real you, the internal you, is one of the best habits you can learn. Even if it is just for 5 minutes a day, this small amount of time where you focus on say your breathing, an image, or just daydream and allowing your mind to just switch off for a few minutes, is incredibly powerful.

The one thing that clearly drew me to Lisa is her practical and pragmatic approach to spiritual way of being - she uses her previous life as a technical engineer to explain how it works, her no- nonsense approach weaves in key elements of NLP (responsiblity, cause and effect & perception is projection) to demonstrate how we create much of what we experience.

So when Lisa said she was going to run development evenings to build upon what we already knew, plus extras - I did not hesitate. After one of these evenings, I always feel on a bit of a high and this week was no different! I have had a busy few weeks, as you can see from the earlier entries to my blog, and I was feeling quite weary - however, after being at this event - I became fully awake and alert! Woohoo!!

I would highly recommend some time with Lisa if this is something you are interested in!

Relish partner with new networking group!

Wendy and I are really excited!

We have teamed up with a new business club in Alton and once a month, we will be leading one of their meetings!

a4b (alton4business) is a new business breakfast club, all about building better businesses! The team leading this new group (Andy Manning, David Woodroofe, David Baker, Paul Susans and Rob McCusker) are all seasoned networkers, and were really keen to create something more local and focused on helping businesses grow!

The launch meeting on the 19th September, was well attended by over 16 people, many of whom, expressed an interest in joining the group.

After taking time for networking and breakfast, Andy Manning, the group leader, stood up to explain how this group proposed to differentiate itself from other networking groups, by providing a variety of interesting speakers, business growth sessions (run by Relish People), and activities to stimulate, encourage and develop those who come along!

For the last part of the session, the tables were divided into 3, to allow each person to introduce him or herself to the rest of the table, and to encourage more discussion.

The meeting closed at 9am prompt, and it was great to see so many remain behind and continue to network and talk!

A real success!

I am really excited about the opportunity to show how Relish People can help businesses, and the first session I will run on the 3rd October is about 'Working on your Business or In it? - The Challenges facing small businesses'.

Get yourself along in order to find out how this group can help your business, or better still get in touch with Relish People and see what we can do to help!