Business Leaders of Colors

Business owners are often treated as if the business can be separated from the person carrying it but both are connected.

Exhaustion affects decisions. Grief affects concentration. Stress affects creativity. Major personal changes can alter what someone has the capacity to lead, build or manage.

Not every difficult season can be solved with a new strategy, productivity system or marketing plan.

The new BLOC Business Sanctuary is a space to explore other forms of support. It brings together healers, guides and wellness practitioners working across spiritual guidance, energy work, movement, coaching, ceremony, creative practice and personal reflection.

Visitors can learn about each practitioner’s approach and connect directly with the person whose work speaks to them.

Sometimes supporting the business begins with supporting the person making every decision.

Explore the Business Sanctuary on our website businessleadersofcolors.com/business-sanctuary

The Right Time to Review Your Insurance

The worst time to discover a gap in your insurance is after something has already happened.

Coverage that made sense a few years ago may no longer fit after you add an employee, introduce a new service, purchase equipment, move locations, sign a major contract or buy another vehicle.

The same is true outside of business. A new home, rental, pet or family responsibility can change what needs to be protected.

That is when having an actual person to call makes a difference.

Zach Clark’s State Farm office has received more than 400 reviews from clients who frequently mention quick assistance, clear explanations and the ability to reach a local team when they need help.

Insurance should not only exist on paper. You should understand what it covers and know who to call when something changes.

Connect with Zach and his Ithaca team myfingerlakesagent.com

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Ithaca Artist Market

📅 Friday, August 14
🕛 12:00–7:30 PM
📍 Beautiful lakeside Ithaca Farmers Market

Discover the work of 80+ local artists at the 34th Annual Ithaca Artist Market, a juried show and sale featuring outstanding fine and functional art from across the region.
🎶 Enjoy live music by the East Hill Jazz Group while exploring the market, and treat yourself to delicious food, wine, beer, cider, and desserts from local vendors.
🎁REGISTRATION with over 50 CHANCES TO WIN ARTIST ITEMS!

Visitors can register in advance and be entered into an amazing raffle with 50+ chances to win artwork from participating artists or tickets from local arts organizations.

Learn more, register, and view the full list of participating artists at artspartner.org
The Ithaca Artist Market is a program of the Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County. Thanks to our Sponsor, Thaler & Thaler P.C.

Photo: Perri LoPinto by Rachel Philipson Photography

BLOC Connections Online - Tuesday, August 4
12:00–12:45 PM ET Online via Zoom

This week's focus: The Ask

Every member will have one minute to introduce their business and share one specific ask with the group.

Looking for referrals? New customers? Strategic partnerships? An introduction to someone in a particular industry? This session is designed to help you make your ask clear so other members know exactly how they can help.

Come prepared with:
A one-minute introduction to your business
One specific ask for the group

The Zoom link is below. We look forward to seeing you there.
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/oe3-lelORAex136WXQC5Hw

BLOC Connections Online returns Tuesday, August 4, from 12:00–12:45 PM.

Next week's focus continues to be The Ask.

Every member will have a chance to introduce their business and share one specific ask with the group.

Who would you like to meet? What kind of referral would be most valuable? What opportunity are you looking for next?

The more specific your ask, the easier it is for others to recognize opportunities, make introductions, and connect you with the right people.

Join us to sharpen your ask, hear what other members are looking for, and continue building a stronger network together.

We look forward to seeing you Tuesday at noon. Register & Join for free https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/oe3-lelORAex136WXQC5Hw

$50 Back-to-School Physicals in Trumansburg

One thing families can cross off the August list now: school and sports physicals.

Getting required physicals completed before classes, practices and tryouts begin can help avoid the last-minute rush and leave time to address any forms or health questions that come up.

Homesteady Health is currently offering back-to-school and sports physicals for $50.

No membership is required.

Contact Homesteady Health to schedule HomeSteady Health Direct Primary Care
or call 607-882-6001

Ravindra Walsh of HeartPath Institute is offering an online Multidimensional Healings & Journeys session this Thursday.

Some answers do not arrive while you are pushing harder. They arrive when you become still enough to notice what has been waiting underneath the noise.

The experience combines guided inner meditation with multidimensional energy work, creating space to slow down, listen inward, release what you have been carrying and reconnect with greater clarity.

There is nothing you need to prepare or already understand. The session is offered at no cost and is open to anyone who feels called to join.

Thursday, July 30
7:30–9:00 p.m.
Online through Zoom

Connect with Ravindra to join
Website: www.hearpath.institute

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Twenty years of healing, growth and community.

Senator Lea Webb recently honored Rasa Spa with a New York State Empire Award, recognizing the business’s service to the Finger Lakes, its contribution to the wellness field, and its commitment to the health of both its clients and the planet.

Since 2006, Rachel Hogancamp and the Rasa team have built a trusted place for massage therapy, skincare, energy work, wellness education and personal restoration.

Their impact has also grown beyond the spa. Through the Living Essence Massage Institute, Rasa created a local pathway into the massage therapy profession while helping address a shortage in the field.

We are proud to see a longstanding BLOC member receive this well-earned recognition.

This week, BLOC Connections Online is all about the ask.

Who are you hoping to meet? What kinds of customers, referrals, partnerships, or introductions would help your business right now?

People may know what your business does without knowing what you are specifically looking for. They may know you own a salon, for example, but not that your team provides on-site hair and makeup for weddings. Without a clear ask, people may not recognize the opportunity to connect or refer you.

Everyone who joins will have a chance to share what they are looking for, strengthen their ask, and hear what other BLOC members need.

When people clearly understand how they can help, they are much more likely to deliver.

Tuesday, July 28 at 12:00 PM

Register https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/oe3-lelORAex136WXQC5Hw #/registration

Join us this Tuesday for BLOC Connections Online. Brian Ortiz will build and edit a BLOC member profile live, showing where to add your description, photos, links, videos, contacts, and special offers, and how to use each section effectively.

Register and join link here https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/oe3-lelORAex136WXQC5Hw #/registration

We’ll also explain how stronger wording and better visuals can help more people understand your business, remember what you offer, and take the next step, whether they find you through the BLOC Directory, your website, Google, or social media.

This will be an interactive, live session. Bring your questions about your profile or online presence. We’ll answer questions, look at real examples, and work through problems together.

Join us this Tuesday, July 21 • Noon