Welcome to Season 2 of Ditch The Hustle, and welcome to a new year and a new decade! thank you very much for being here with us. And we can't wait to share this new year with you in this new decade. And we'll see you in the next episode.

In this episode, Naomi, Nic and Mandy share a little bit about having a gentle New Year: what they've been up to during the break and the rituals they've been using to support them all in doing business gently.

Mandy and Naomi share how they both ended up working more than they planned over the break, because they found the time out from 'business as usual' gave them space to be inspired and dig into some projects and plans that otherwise get put off. Nicola shares how she spent much of the break engaging with and feeling heartbroken about the bushfire crisis in Australia, and the daily practices that helped restore her during time of such bad news.

All three mention some resources that they've been inspired by or finding useful and helpful during the holiday season and beyond, including for daily gratitude practices, content planning and business reflection and leadership for the new year. They discuss some of the struggles they've experienced over the holiday period and how they support themselves and each other through those as well.

Naomi also tells us her words for the year, and Nic and Mandy explain the rituals they do in the new year. All agree on the power of and importance of community and connection, and how much they enjoyed connecting with Gentle Business Masterminders in the new year too.

If this conversation stirred up a desire in you to explore what doing business gently might mean to you, you can get direct support, guidance and tools in the Gentle Business Mastermind. It's an experience that support new entrepreneurs and existing business owners to grow their businesses gently, sustainably and consciously. Along the way you'll meet an incredible community of guest mentors and other gentle business masterminds from around the globe who you can get support from and offers support in return, while you explore growing your own business in alignment with your heart, vision, values and energy.

Registration for the gentle business mastermind is open in Feb-March 2020. You can find out more about it at gentlebusinessmastermind.com where you can also download the free 'Grow your Business the Gentle Way' ebook. It's full of inspiring tips and prompts to help you do business gently in your own way.

Thanks for being here, it's been great sharing this adventure with you. Choose your own adventure in the business world and let's ditch the hustle together.