book launch learning + how it has forever changed the way I will operate in my business

I'm writing you from the other side...

Of book launch week and little big beautiful things being out in the world.

It has been a radical and magical thing to witness these words meeting you.

Your shares and excitement over the book has been the stuff of miracles, truly.

Thank you - to everyone who shouted the book out and purchased it! 

Last week was, admittedly, stretchier than I anticipated it being.

I got momentarily swept up - in the rankings - in my husband joyfully and feverishly refreshing to see where it was landing - in too many shout outs and shares to adequately keep up with.

Is there such a thing as too much joy? 

I wouldn't have thought so, but it turns out there is a capacity within each of us that meets the bigness of things - even in the great moments - that kicks in. 

I felt embarrassed to admit that this felt true last week.

The celebration and love was at an all-time high and it was euphoric.

And like with anything, there was a counter balance that met me and leveled me off and up at a new threshold.

The best part, though, has punctuated how I will market/sell/share in my business forever. 

And I am excited about this in ways that feel like a hearty exhale. 

I wrote an Instagram post all about it with 6 key takeaways you can read about here. 

My favorite highlight is the one where I talk about "vulnerability as the price of admission." <<< honestly, what a relief to say the real thing. 

Like how being a poet is the single most important part of me that I bring to business coaching.

Like how the ability to hold the juxtaposition of joyful expansion and real-life challenges is the realest thing there is and gone are the days of pretending this is not true - especially as we build and grow our businesses.

Like how my clients are able to feel safe, supported and accepted in rapid fashion in our work together - so we can get to the good stuff and start implementing changes in the way that the human brain handle over space and time. 

The other really big thing I learned in the last few weeks and with this launch - is the importance of asking for help and then subsequently empowering myself to do that in a way that feels energetically aligned and mechanically matched with how my brain operates.

Think: visual, count by touching, seeing the whole picture...calendars I can see, collaborative connection and simple systems. 

I started using Basecamp with my team and my husband to organize everything behind the scenes in the business in on place - think podcast, launch strategy, holiday specials (forthcoming!) and odds and ends - and it's changed my life overnight.

As someone who classically struggles with asking for help, hello, lone wolf syndrome, enneagram 9, eldest daughter, generator...

I've absolutely held more than is mine to hold and it's, naturally, held me, the business and all of us back.

The reach and impact of the book launch swept in and up-leveled our whole world as we know it...

Ben and I are using it for our financial planning - assigning tasks related to our taxes and life insurance/etc. - all the fun stuff in one place.

All this to say - knowing how you tick and letting the bigness of the vision expand your capacity - in the way that it must is a ride! >>> 10/10 recommend.

ps - I am not an affiliate of Basecamp, just a gracious customer. 

On the other side of the launch, I have some exciting holiday specials we will be dropping into your inbox first thing tomorrow morning...

This is one of my favorite things we do in the year and you can expect that - like last year - they will give you an opportunity to receive up close and personal support at wild pricing so you can lock-in and get your biz ducks in a row for the new year...

Keep your eyes peeled for that announcement tomorrow at 9:00 am ET. 

Make note - because the offers include some 1:1 options, there will be a limit on how many spots I have available.

Wishing you a gentle and sacred Sunday...

I thought I'd leave you with a poem from little big that captures the essence of the season I am in.

Perhaps you can relate...

.....

Bow & Carry

Stealing moments alone,
Slices of sunrise in a season that asks for more than I have to give.

I rise and greet the day with an aching back no sum of cracks or needles seem to touch.

There are waffles to be made, lunches to pack, snuggles and sweetness to offer,
nestled beside my most urgent and holy needs.

Maybe it’s all sacred, though, the sunrise and the ache.

The knowing how fleeting it is.

The choice to bow and carry - what these bones are here for.

.............

To bowing and carrying,

xo

Amber