Our cafe with Joan Dwyer of All that Matters, on September 21 showcased Joan's story and through the journey of building a business, asking for help, and allowing others to step into their capabilities, she was able to let go and move to a new phase in her life. She has earned a "Ph.D" on this journey and is ready to share with the world what she has learned from experience.
We learned how she evolved her leadership practice to not only thrive in a holistic business but also to take this know-how and help others to grow their businesses. This is her 15th year in business, and recently just received the best of RI Monthly for "Best Yoga Studio in South County" in two consecutive years.
(This cafe was co-sponsored by All that Matters and The New England Holistic Chamber of Commerce)
Even more, attendees further added to her story their own insights about the following:
- How much is too much, and how do you know when it is "good enough"?
- How do I attract people to my work without losing my integrity or "soul"?
- How can one become a touchstone to the community...and what does the community need?
- How do you align other's goals for the team or organization with your to achieve the balance?
- Wildcard: Are you motivated by someone else's dream/ fear? What is your own dream?
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About Joan:
Joan Dwyer is the co-creator and owner of All That Matters in Wakefield, RI, New England’s largest non-residential yoga and holistic education center. A student of the healing arts since 1975, she began teaching classes on food and healing in 1982. Joan was coordinator of the East-West Macrobiotic Center in St. Louis and, since opening ATM, has crossed the country lecturing on holistic health. Her enthusiasm for the subject is positively contagious. She co-leads ATM’s “40-Days of Yoga,” a transformative program in which people do the healing work of eating well, meditating, and doing yoga in community.
Joan draws on her decades of holistic education and business experience as strategic consultant, empowering new yoga studios and other clients to succeed. In addition, she shares her expertise on television, in magazine articles, and in workshops on “The Business of Yoga” at Kripalu and elsewhere.
Mother of five “healthy, brilliant, cool children” with husband David Dwyer, Joan is also an active supporter of community life in southern Rhode Island. She has sat on numerous boards – including the South Kingstown Chamber of Commerce and the advisory board for The Thundermidst Health Center – and, through ATM, she supports the local food bank and women’s resource center as well as other non-profit agencies committed to health. She is excited about helping make the world a healthier place, one person and one community at a time. Joan believes that inner peace leads to world peace – and that is all that matter.