B Social

23/04/2026

Looking forward to sharing the stage with an awesome line up of presenters.
Nelson Pecha Kucha at the Theatre Royal Nelson next week! Who is coming?

Introducing our eighth PechaKucha presenter for 2026, Bea Pole-Bokor.

Bea’s professional life spans from diplomacy to marketing, social media education and coaching, to living and working in 8 countries, exploring different ways of being.

Building connection with people, and bodies (especially back in the day as a competitive ballroom dancer) has been always close to her heart - she loves how it keeps bringing new perspectives and infinite new knowledge into every day.

She believes the secret sauce to it all is visibility and connection. With others. And ourselves.

That’s why she is excited to bring to the stage this time something more personal, and experiment with making something that is often so invisible, more visible.
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08/03/2026

There is a Bhutanese saying I just learned about that says that it takes a lot for paths to cross, stemming from the Buddhist concept of karmic connections.

That it is never by coincidence that certain people meet and connect in certain places and situations in life.

That these are destined moments of connection.

Moments shared between us.

How cool is that!

A super cool inspiration as I close some big chapters and open new ones in my life, both personally and professionally.

And lots of gratitude for all the connections shared in these moments in time!

Thinking of all the amazing people, clients, collaborators, colleagues, bosses who I worked together with - what did it take the Universe to literally organise these connections…

Not to mention how fascinating it is to think about who we get to share life with as partners, parents, siblings, kids…

Just wow…

06/03/2026

Today is a big day. It’s my last day with B!Social. As a business owner. The way it used to be. For now. “Officially”.

To be fair, my business has been transitioning since it’s inception 8 years ago. We went through a lot. The only constant thing is change, I learned that early.

This business has been like a baby for me. I grew it, I took care of it, I nurtured it. At times, I also feel like I was the baby that needed to grow, be taken care of and be nurtured by it.

This business sprang from seeing and looking for opportunities at the time of my life when I went through massive change - moving to a new country, becoming a brand new mum who quit her dream career for a dream lifestyle change. My choice, and a choice with huge consequences and the best journey ever.

This business helped me fulfilling deep needs that I was 100% I could get fulfilled by through it, but my heart was sore as I didn’t know how to fulfill them in the places I wished for the most.

Thanks to this business, I found the way how to uncover blind spots I tried to ignore really hard, because they were so painful, and it became my biggest teacher, and spiritual guide.

To getting to know, accept and love myself.
To see myself as I am.
And to eventually beautifully reconnect with my Mum, who I tried to please all my life.

Hardcore visibility. That’s why I have been such an advocate for this topic throughout all these years.

Yesterday I was unpacking some old boxes and I found this booklet. Full of memories from my colleagues at UNESCO, from my final days in Paris. They wrote me goodbye messages & beautiful wishes for my farewell. I got so touched.

I never fully closed that chapter until only a few months ago. Through my grief journey I wrote about in my previous post.

I never fully grieved letting go of my high profile international career that I loved so much. Was it because I was so excited for the lifestyle change I was about to experience as a fresh parent? Or because the excitement was so huge for moving countries and continents to my new spiritual home?

I realised a few months ago that I needed to allow myself that grief & heartache to resurface and feel it all.

I realised I had to feel all the closures and griefs for all my past projects, big jobs, and even big client works that came to an end, willingly or unexpectedly.

Because grief has its time.
Because grief cannot be achieved.
“Just felt”.

So today, with a full heart, that is happy, excited & curious for the next big chapter, I am allowing myself to feel the grief, the beautiful heart-opening grief of this chapter closing, with gratitude & grace for all that it’s given for me. +Yet to come.

Will I close B!Social, will I quit? No. It’s my baby, I will not abandon it. Let’s say, we are going on a holiyay!!!

Will it stay/ come back? Maybe. In a year, or five, or ten… for a client session here & there… a Theta workshop, definitely. When?

The Universe will take care of that, I know! 🤩

05/03/2026

Hello World! I’m back from maternitity leave.🤩 I’m excited to announce that I birthed… MY WANTS! It was a process, and the best I can compare it to is pregnancy, yes.

When the external world naturally ceases to exist and all your attention goes inwards as you grow a beautiful baby. Visibility from very different perspectives…

Well, in this case, I had no idea that I was growing something, I just knew I needed to take a break and slow down.

To my surprise, it all hit me by surprise.
To my surprise, it took me much longer than I thought.
To my surprise, I realised I had much more work to do with allowing myself to feel my grief than I thought I did.
And to my surprise, I realised that from my beautiful grief, I birthed my wants.

So it happened.
I pressed pause.
To go through grief.

The process took exactly 9 months.

Weirdly, my Mum died half way in. Some of you know how unexpected that came for me and how it made me reevaluate a whole lot of things in my life… Maybe that’s when all of the past months’ & years’ compiled grief became also really visible and tangible. Kind of when your pregnant belly literally starts to show…

Then the full 9 months passed. And I birthed my wants. It all happened in my birthday month. What a gift to myself.

Took this pic on the last day of Feb, the last day of my birthday month. That day, I celebrated.

I celebrated that everything can be a possibility. Like birthing my wants. 🤩😂

Pictured in my Mum’s stripy top. She always said everything is possible. Love you Mum. 🫶

22/07/2025

An absolute pleasure to host this workshop retreat together with you!!! 🧡🧡🧡

29/05/2025

Thank you all!🧡

That's a wrap, and with this we conclude, with our very last event today! As May comes to an end, here is the month in pictures, with our final ICIB BizBreak, NBS Lunch & Learn and Apex Accounting "Just Talking" Series, all going down memory lane.

As you all know, Business Assist - Nelson Tasman Business Trust is in the process of closing down.

Our events and business consultations are not available anymore.

If you’d like to enquire about mentoring services or sign up for a mentor, please get in touch with Business Mentors New Zealand.

We would like to take this final opportunity to thank you all who showed up, came along, participated, partnered with us, worked with us and supported us - this month, over the many many years, and today, on this very rainy day.

What a journey it's been!

Thank you! We wish you all the very best from the Team at Business Assist.

22/05/2025

This was a very emotional session. Not just because it was the last one of this series. Jacquie is a true inspiration. I am so grateful for her open heart and being the best guest to crown the event. Much love to you all who came. Thank you!

20/05/2025

Tomorrow! Business networking, inspiration, fun! See you!

We have only 4 spots left for our final Apex Accounting "Just Talking" Businesswomen's Series with our incredible guest speaker, PR legend businesswoman, Jacquie Boer, who will be sharing her business journey & story about starting a business amidst challenges and trauma.

Prepare for a deep dive, some tears and laughter, and if we are lucky, we might get to hear Jacquie share a couple of songs, too!

Just Talking is a heart-felt, approachable and supportive space for local businesswomen to come together, network and listen to stories from inspiring women in business.

Booking is essential for catering and as this will be our last event, please make sure you register and let's make it a great one!

We look forward to kicking off with our networking session at 11.45 and Jacquie in the hot seat form 12!

https://www.businessassist.org.nz/event/just-talking-businesswomens-series-may25

14/05/2025

This was such an epic way to end our Lunch & Learns! My heart is full of gratitude!!! Thank you all for making it so special!!! I will miss you all!

14/05/2025

Come & join us for our popular event series where we aim to create a heart-felt, approachable and supportive space for local businesswomen to come together, network and listen to stories from inspiring women in business.

Drumrolls please as we announce our guest speaker, local PR legend Jacquie Boer.

Jacquie has worked in public relations, journalism, and marketing for the past 30+ years, running her own consultancy in Nelson since 2012, with more than 150 clients around New Zealand, Australia, the USA, and the UK!
She is known as a straight talker and for having a calm, strategic head in a crisis. She's also known for her commitment to ethics and transparency.

Alongside her business activities, she is a recording artist and singer-songwriter, a passionate runner, and an enthusiastic mother of two teenagers. She married for the second time last year after 10 years of single parenting and still has trouble remembering her new surname when introducing herself.

We are very excited to have her join us as this will definitely be a special occasion to hear personal insights from Jacquie's diverse business & life journey. Prepare for laughters, tears, connection, maybe some music, and lots of networking fun!

Please book your spot via our website, and we can't wait to see you!
https://www.businessassist.org.nz/event/just-talking-businesswomens-series-may25