The Transformative Power of Community: Lessons from Emotion Fitness & Yoga Studio

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Tyler (Me): Welcome back to

the Whiskey and Wisdom Podcast.

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This week we're bringing out

an old episode that was shared

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exclusively for our Build Your

Community Summit in early: 2024

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We hope you enjoy this great episode.

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Brought to you by Troy and

Macy Cole, the owners of E

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Emotion Fitness and Yoga Studio.

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Enjoy.

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byc__troy & macy_raw-synced-video-cfr_riverside_0088:

Welcome, my name is Macy Cole.

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And I am Troy Cole.

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And we are the owners of Emotion

Fitness and Yoga Pilates Bar.

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Community is so important because it's

a chosen family that works through a

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common thread that brings us all together.

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And the power of community is

that two is greater than one.

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And when you are surrounded by people that

are Working towards a common goal you can

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utilize that strength and the opportunity

of multiple people working together to

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build and grow whatever it is that you're

wanting to work towards more efficiently,

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effectively, and in a lot more fun way.

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Yeah, and community has

hugely impacted our business.

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When it comes to our fitness and

our studio, community is everything.

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aN example of that is recently,

and tragically, one of our students

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underwent a tragic situation

where she was shot multiple times.

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And it affected our entire

community and really made us realize

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that when one of us is hurting.

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We're all hurting and it was so

amazing to watch everyone come together

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in their own unique way and really

rally around her every single day.

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People were showing up at the

hospital, sharing stories, figuring

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out ways to help and within four

days from a tragic situation that

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she wasn't even supposed to survive.

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She was actually able to leave the

hospital and now she is walking.

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She attended a yoga class here in town.

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And we really feel like.

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It was through the community

and the support of like minded

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individuals coming together in the

power of love that gave her that

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strength and she owes a lot to that.

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Shout out to Shelly

Lancaster, you're the best.

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So that's just one example of the power of

community and what it is to be surrounded

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by people that are here to encourage,

lift you up, and love you no matter what.

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Yeah, and three awesome tips that we could

help you use today to grow your community.

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Are clarification, connection.

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And really clarifying who you are,

what you're wanting to build in

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this world, and the type of people

that you want to build it with you.

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Connection, just meaning that when people

are starting to join your community

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and being about what you're about,

you're creating those deep and genuine

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connections with them, that you don't

just see them as a number or a dollar

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sign, but as a genuine person there

to help make the world a better place.

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And then for that third one, if you

want to touch on that engagement.

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So there's so many ways these days

that we can engage with our community.

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We have this powerful tool online.

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Instagram is, has been fun and

we use it as a tool of engagement

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rather than a profiting tool.

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So how can we get more people involved in

anything that we're doing in a quick way?

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And be thinking of those things.

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Things that you can do outside together,

maybe unrelated to your business at

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all, that just brings people together.

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So that's where engagement comes

in in any way, shape or form.

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And so really just to wrap it all up is

if you are looking to build a community,

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it means that you are looking to build.

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And in this world, and there are a lot of

people and a lot of companies and podcasts

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and things being built right now, but more

than ever, we are in need of community

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people every single day may interact with

others and still feel alone, they may feel

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undervalued, unseen, misunderstood, and

so to build a community is really to say,

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I'm ready to make an impact, and I'm ready

to create positive change, and I want to

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link arms with other people Who resonate

with the way that I want to make that

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impact on when you do that, you create

an environment for those that come after

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us to kind of rest in the shade of our

hard work through the power of community.

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And if joining our community is

something that sounds really awesome

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to you, we have everything you

need for fitness, family, and fun.

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And all you need to do that

is simply visit our website.

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You can follow us on Instagram.

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You can even download our branded

app, sign up for your first

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class using an intra offer.

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It's 25 for 15 days of unlimited

access to our community.

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And if that's something you jive

with and want to keep going, then

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we have multiple ways that you can.

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Keep solving those problems that

you have within fitness with us.

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And we just want to say thank

you for being interested

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in the power of community.

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I can honestly say that it's been

one of the most special gifts beyond

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anything we could have ever imagined.

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And we are so excited for you

to have the opportunity to.