Think Healthy Act Healthy Be Healthy Networking Evening (EVENT)

By Yael Stark

 

Think Healthy Act Healthy Be Healthy 's Health Practitioners Networking Evening

 

 I never used to like networking events; I used to find them useless for two main reasons;

1- I loved getting into a deep conversation with one person at a time so I ended up speaking with a small number of people and it left me with the feeling of 'I missed out'..

2- More often than not people were 'puking' their sales pitch on me, I must have done it myself too,  and I ended up going home with a 'never again' feeling.

Both reasons were a huge barrier to effective networking.

I was very fortunate to come across a dear friend who taught me about networking and how to overcome those two challenges, now I thoroughly enjoy networking.

The major lesson that helped me enormously was the golden rule- 'temporarily suspend all thoughts of personal gain.'  Bottom line of this rule- your wishes are not to be considered while you are listening to what other people are saying.. Ask yourself what can I give that person? rather than what can I gain from that person?

When you apply it, and don't get me wrong, it is hard, especially when you are so passionate about what you do and know it can change so many lives, magic happens; people stay longer to say goodbye to you and are eager to hear more from you.. I was dumbstruck the first time it happened to me.

So why write about networking when we are a health group? Well, THAHBH group consists of two main subgroups- Health Seekers and Health Practitioners.

Remember the group's mission? " Our mission is twofold: to help Health Seekers- members who want to better their mental, emotional and physical health, make well informed choices and to connect between Health Practitioners, who are aligned with our core values and are following our guidelines, and Health Seeking members. "

The first step to was to create our Practitioners' List where Health Seekers can read about the practitioners; not only about their coaching background, but also about their vision and how they view the world. The health practitioners that are on the list, were already informed about the event, now it is your turn.

The second step was to create this blog...

The third step was to network...

We have been networking in the past at events and over dinners but this time is different; this is our first (hurray) networking event only for our THAHBH's Health Practitioners. The evening is designed so we can meet one other, know what each practitioner does and how we can support one other- it is all about collaboration really.

I will also be explaining about 2014 projects to help the practitioners get the word out and connect with our Health Seekers.

We are meeting on Friday 4/4 at the Royal Festival Hall at 18:30

No Eventbrite link.. Email thinkhealthyacthealthybhealthy@gmail.com if you wish to attend.

Free to attend.


See you all there :)
Yael


Yael Stark, entrepreneur, passionate about Health, Ethical Business and Education, created Think Healthy Act Healthy Be Healthy ( THAHBH ) community back in October 2011 with the aim to help people understand the connection between mental, emotional and physical health, which she was privileged to experience from the age of 7 throughout her journey.