Announcing Activate
Dear Team Joy,
Hi there :) — long time, no see. I’ve missed you and missed writing to this community… for anyone who has missed the blog these last few weeks, I appreciate your patience and am glad my writing has been of service to you in some way.
Whether you’ve joined Team Joy in the last few months, or have been reading my thoughts for the last 2 years, I am really grateful you are here.
Where did we leave off? Back in August, I decided to take a break from writing my weekly blog. A large part of this decision was the need to prioritize the creation of a long-time dream of mine: a group coaching program for highly-ambitious, heart-driven leaders. I was struggling to balance writing/publishing weekly and focusing my creative energy on bringing this dream to life.
But after 6 weeks off, I am so excited to finally share Activate with you.
Many of you have helped me build Activate in some capacity— by providing feedback, sharing the early description with your friends, or even signing up to be part of it. From the deepest part of my dreaming and driven heart, thank you. 💚
Activate is the culmination of everything I have personally traversed over the last few years— recovering from burnout, managing a chronic illness, prioritizing my well-being — and hundreds of hours of individual coaching. Creating this program has pushed me to articulate and synthesize what this journey has been all about — the pursuit of integrity.
Integrity - the state of being whole and undivided.
Integrity to me is having the courage to move through the world while being true to ourselves. Being disintegrated (i.e. broken up into small parts) leads to internal tension, anxiety, and burnout. Having the courage to listen to ourselves (both our dreams and our limitations) not only paves a way out of burnout, but also leads us to the pursuit of our authentic goals. Stepping away from what we believe we are supposed to be doing allows us to step towards what we know deep down we want to be doing.
Activate brings together the best of my individual coaching offering with the power of community. The kind of community I have always craved that values both ambition AND integrity. Excellence AND well-being. Impact AND truth.
The kind that makes you feel seen, challenged, and supported.
The kind that holds space for the dreams you only ever share as a whisper because you fear the capacity of your own desire and power.
The kind that encourages you to tell the truth to the people closest to you, especially when it’s hard.
The kind that helps you discover your true ambitions and helps you realize them.
The kind that holds space for the real you.
Activate will be comprised of 6-8 leaders, meeting weekly for 6 months. I am looking for a few more incredible humans who want to be part of this pilot program to join. If you think you might be a good fit for Activate after reading this, please book time with me here to learn more.
Activate’s promise: You will find and maintain the ability to live from the inside out— to stay in alignment with who you are and the impact you want to have in the world. Living this way will lead to more love, health, energy, and impact in your life.
I have hand-selected the first few humans that have said yes to Activate for this pilot program.
Their “official” demographic stats show that they are:
Aged 25-35
Working across sectors in business, government, law, and non-profits
Aspiring people leaders or first time managers
But to me, the essence of who they are is more important. They are:
Deeply kind.
Deeply ambitious.
Deeply hopeful.
Deeply generous.
Deeply thoughtful.
They are leaders, not because of their title, but because of how they show up for the people around them. They are capable of imagining a future that is more beautiful for their organizations. They are willing to admit the hard truth, when others won’t. They are willing to create space to listen to themselves and others.
Activate’s true power is in bringing these leaders together. Shifting toward listening to ourselves is scary, but it’s easier when we know we are not doing it alone. Furthermore, I know the connections that will come from each leader knowing each other, is far more than I can create alone.
Are you right for Activate?
Activate leaders are kind, ambitious, hopeful, generous, and thoughtful.
But because of their strengths, they often fall into these traps:
Bearing too much responsibility for the emotional well-being of the people around them
Sticking up for others, but struggling to stick up for themselves
Feeling like the energy they need to pour into themselves is always just slightly out of reach
Struggling to create the boundaries they need that would allow them to truly thrive
If you identify as a young, highly ambitious, heart-driven leader, I want to get to know you. Message me or sign up for a time to speak live. If you know someone in your life who you think would be a good fit for this, please forward this to them.
Thank you for being on this journey with me, I am excited to continuing sharing it with you.
As always, with love,
Isabel