Wishing you a soft, delicious ending to 2023 ✨

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Hello beautiful human

We made it. The holidays are almost here.

This will be my last post for this year, so I just wanted to take a moment to thank each of you sincerely for being on this journey with me.

No matter how well we know each other, I truly appreciate you all.

2023 was the year I launched Bloom, and I am really proud of the impact so far ✨

✳️ Two successful cohorts of the Bloom leadership accelerator (get access to Bloom Together membership included when you sign up today) ✨

✳️ Winning Pfizer as my first US client and getting to deliver Bloom workshops to their team ✨

✳️ 22 1:1 coaching clients who empowered themselves to claim exactly what they wanted in their career for the season they are in ✨

✳️ Through Bloom, women have found their perfect next roles, negotiated pay rises, and are ending the year feeling confident in the value they bring ✨

✳️ Relaunching the Bloom podcast, getting ready for season two in January! This year, I’m hoping to get it sponsored… send me your positive vibes!

✳️ Created the first Bloom content series of incredible videos with amazing women in HR called Women Who Lead. I was thrilled that Lalita Sharma, Liz Afolabi, Natalie Harmon-Tatton, Chez Rueda, JooBee Yeow, Nicole Hall, Joanne Atkins, Delia Bogues, Merita Ramadani, Hannah Atack and Imani Carroll said yes!

✳️ Gearing up to relaunch Bloom leadership accelerator as a course and community mid January 2024 (it's all set up - find out more)

2023 was also a year of tremendous personal growth ✨

❤️ Building a solid foundation in my marriage, this year has been truly foundational for us.

🏡 We almost bought a bigger home, but at the last minute decided to renovate our current home… and we love it!

🤍 The bitter sweet challenges of trying to create a family in your mid 40’s… to anyone who has had fertility challenges, you are amazing!

2023 was also a year of great, deep, wrenching pain and suffering in the world. If you are reading this newsletter and are someone who is made a little like me, my guess is you feel most of it just like I do.

My wish for 2024 starts with health, safety and protection for all humans.

But for you, my beloved sisters, here’s what I wish for 2024:

💫 More women in HR with a meaningful seat at the leadership table

💫 A thriving, bursting community of women in HR supporting each other and living in Bloom (having completed by leadership accelerator)

💫 Each one of those women in Bloom, with a career that truly inspires them, and offers them whatever they need in this season of life

💫 That some of you have even become coaches within the Bloom community and we keep spreading the magic from there

If you put it out there it’ll come true right…?

Here’s a little something from Nicole Hall, taken from Women Who Lead, because I think it is the perfect reminder of just how amazing you are.

You can listen to the rest of the podcast season, wherever you listen to your podcasts.

Rooting for you in 2024 ✨

Big love