Newsletter; September, 2023
Happy September! Each month we strive to provide you with a variety of helpful resources, tips, and practices to support your continued success, both personally and professionally. Because we work with a diverse demographic of clients, industries, and backgrounds, we aim to provide content equally as diverse. If a particular section doesn't resonate with you, that's okay! Our hope is that everyone can find at least one gold nugget per issue.
Below, you will find information on this month's article from Crum Consulting, this month's development challenge, as well as general wellness reminders. We have a number of knowledge-forward articles available that explore a variety of professional and personal topics, all of which will challenge your current perspective, and push your continued growth. Each month, we aim to provide you with a new challenge to help facilitate your ongoing growth. These challenges will range in topics and applications, in an effort to focus on a variety of aspects of your life. If you are a recurring client with us, we will be following up on this month's challenge with you in session. If you don't currently have any sessions set up with us, and would like to discuss this challenge and others like it, please feel free to reach out to schedule a session with us! You can reply directly here if we have worked together in the past. If you are a new client, please click here to fill out a consultation form, and we will be in touch to schedule a session with you. We also provide new wellness reminders in the form of our stretch of the month, and wellness tip. Regardless of your background, these reminders will help improve your day to day health and wellness.
September Article: This month's article is: Scaling through Accessibility - Part I. It can be incredibly tempting to scale your business by increasing your number of employees, opening a new location, onboarding a new product/service line, or even diversifying your products/services. While these strategies can be effective, they are also very time consuming and costly methods. There is a path of less resistance to explore first. Perhaps the most cost effective, and logical, next step would be to scale your business through accessibility. Taking your business from a local presence to a regional, national, or even global presence can be achieved by building a website for your business. If you have any questions surrounding this month's article, or would like to further explore opportunities, please feel free to reach out to schedule a session with us! You can reply directly here if we have worked together in the past. If you are a new client, please click here to fill out a consultation form, and we will be in touch to schedule a session with you.
September Challenge: I challenge you to shower yourself - mind, body and soul - with self-care!
Choose a minimum of 3 activities per category (feel free to come up with your own).
→Mind: practice mindfulness, be present, take brain breaks, nurture your gray matter, make time to write out your thoughts throughout the day, quiet time, breathwork, meditate, engage in positive self-talk, use white/brown noise to reset your nervous system, implement a skin-care routine, partner with a therapist/life coach, do absolutely nothing on one day off
→Body: take a nap, stretch/yoga daily to improve circulation and avoid injuries, get a massage, meal prep for clean eats during the week, add more fruits and veggies to your menu, exercise, increase your water intake, get a pedicure/manicure, get a facial, get your sleep cycle in sync with your circadian rhythm and wake up at the same time each day, get acupuncture/hot stones, try a new workout class, strengthen your core
→Soul: laugh, make others laugh, immerse yourself in nature, engage in self-reflection, write your thoughts, connect with loved ones, turn on and up your favorite music, dance like no one is around, make a gratitude board and fill it up with what you’re grateful for, go for a drive with the windows down, hand write a letter to someone, treat yourself, drive to a body of water and spend time reflecting on your life, tend your garden
Stretch of the month: Hero pose - this pose stretches the thighs, knees, and ankles, strengthens the arches, improves digestion and relieves gas, helps relieve the symptoms of menopause, reduces swelling of the legs during pregnancy (through second trimester), and is therapeutic for high blood pressure and asthma. Click the (external) link to learn more, or simply google "hero pose"!
Wellness tip of the month: Schedule your personal life with as much dedication and follow-through as you do with your professional life. These days, anyone who's been in the workforce for at least one year, is likely conditioned to live by their calendars. With the overwhelming amount of activities we commit to and engage in on a daily basis, it is almost impossible to remember everything without some kind of reminder and/or cue. This is true of both our personal and professional lives. Maybe you're already in the habit of scheduling your personal activities; especially as a parent that manages their professional and personal lives, along with their kids' schedules. But, what about the activities that are crucial to our wellbeing? When was the last time you scheduled a date with your significant other? What about scheduling a self-care day for yourself? How about scheduling lunch with a friend? Because we are already conditioned to living by our calendars, it is all-too-easy to let these crucial activities fall by the wayside when they are not displayed prominently on our calendar; whether we plum forget, or schedule over the agreed upon time with something else because it isn't visible on our scheduling tool (the calendar). Using the challenge above, schedule your activities on your calendar to make sure that you are honoring yourself as much as you do everyone and everything else. You're worth it!
"You have to want your dreams more than you want your drama." -Jen Sincero
Thank you for being a pivotal part of our journey here at Crum Consulting. We would be nothing without you, and your continued support. Please feel free to share our content with others to pay it forward. We relish in receiving feedback, so if you have any suggestions or if you'd like to share your opinion on any of the content we have provided here, please let us know! If you have any questions about anything we covered here, or if you'd like to explore potential opportunities with Crum Consulting, we are here for you! Reach out anytime!
Until we meet again, take care of yourself, and others. Thank you.
