last week I stepped away from a business partnership, because our values were no longer aligned. Being deeply trauma informed isn’t a nice extra in my work. It’s the foundation of everything I do. I’d been feeling the misalignment for months, and eventually I realised that staying was costing me more than leaving. Walking away meant losing a big chunk of my monthly income. It also meant leaving a community I genuinely loved. That wasn’t an easy decision. But since making it? So much has shifted. New opportunities have appeared. New ideas have landed. I feel more creative, more energised and, most importantly, so much lighter. Sometimes the thing we’re clinging is just delaying what’s waiting on the other side. If you’ve been putting off making a decision because you’re scared of what you’ll lose… This is your sign. Trust yourself. The peace waiting for you on the other side might be worth far more than what you’re holding onto. 🖤

We have a NEW Resident Expert joining us... All will be revealed later today. Can anyone guess the person or niche in the meantime? (Resident Experts not allowed to guess!) You ARE allowed to ask for clues that require a YES / NO answer.

I am just feeling so grateful today for everything. I actually started my weekend in Friday morning because I didn't feel like working in the morning as the garden was calling again, and it was my Mum's birthday in the afternoon and i'd arranged a small family get together since dinner plans had been cancelled as she's just come out of in hospital the day before. So after a lovely swim and film day yesterday, today I was without my wife, as she was busy making plougmans for the judges in the community village show, so after setting up down there, and collecting my daughter from her sleepover, my middle 12yr old son expressed an interest in helping remove that stump, so we tackled it together. We had so much fun doing it, drinking a few cold pepsi and zero alcohol lagers as we worked and laughed together, and got the thing out! We discussed what we should do with it, and decided it would probably make quite a cool table that we could put in the woods. We also worked around the garden pruning a couple other trees, talking about what we could plant where and putting back together the pond filter, and he said he wanted to wash the car, so we did that together after tea. Now he wantss to wax it tomorrow. Think he had a good time. And he's not even mentioned about getting paid! Such a lovely day having some quality father and son time.🥰 Something I never experienced as a boy growing up with my mum and two sisters. (Before evil stepdad came onto the scene) Hope you are having / had a fabulous weekend. 😍 Tell us what you've been up to? .

It's Friday! Even though I'm lucky enough to choose however I spend each day. I still quite like Fridays because weekend is time dedicated to my friends and family and it's gorgeous weather out there, so I reckon a swim in the sea and social barbecue is definitely on the cards. So for me Friday is all about just wrapping up all the loose ends and finishing jobs from the week ready to start afresh on Monday morning. I noticed it was really cool outside and that tree stump was in shade so I took the opportunity to have a little digging session while I my subconscious can process and prioritise the days tasks for me. Suddenly, the mammoth task of removing this tree stump has become so easy because it can be like a big business where it's easy to get overwhelmed, thinking of trying to do everything all at once, or not knowing where to start. It's now broken down into manageable chunks, So with the nip of a battery chainsaw I'll be able to pop through each one and lift it out. I've been out there every day this week, mindfully enjoying just an hour or so exposing a little more root each day. I compare this to showing up everyday and doing one step towards your main business goal everyday. I talk more about chunking down tasks in the very first module of my classroom. So let me see how your day is progressing. Whatever you're doing, take a pic or two right now, share it below and write anything you like.

I just got off an absolutely fantastic Skool Extension Q&A call today! A massive shoutout to our very own Resident Experts, @Kristine Alise, who is an admin over in our fellow expert @Marco Berlin 's Skool Extension community. I thought I knew my way around this extension pretty well, but learning about some of the new features of this awesome software today completely blew my mind. If you are building a community right now and you haven't installed this extension yet, you are leaving hours of your week on the table and doing things the hard way! Every day's a skool day! Here are just a few of the game-changing features I didn't even know about that I learned about on the call: - 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗩𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗗𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱𝘀 - You can automatically save your live recordings directly into a classroom. I was up up until 3 AM spending 45 minutes downloading and re-uploading each Resident Expert meeting videos last night. (Skool makes them like over 1gb each - Not ideal on UK Cornish internet speeds!) This feature completely eliminates that hassle! I just wish I had known it was there yesterday! - 𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺 𝗞𝗮𝗻𝗯𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 - You can open up to 12 different panels and drag-and-drop a personalized project management board right inside your Skool window. You can even collaborate with your team, assign tasks, and track project progress without ever needing an external app. - 𝗔 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁-𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗥𝗠 & 𝗧𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 - You can create custom visual tags for your members (like "Warm Leads," "VIPs," or "Coaching Clients") and even apply these tags in bulk. The CRM also lets you see exactly when a member was last active and tracks their course progress at a glance. - 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 - You can batch your content, schedule posts days or weeks in advance, repeat them and even set them to automatically pin to the top of your community when they go live. Perfect for when you need to take a well deserved holiday! (Shame it can't actually do the fire for you, but at least it does show you visually)