Last week I brought my daughter back to college. This weekend I cheered at my first soccer tournament of the new season. Yesterday my other two kids started school and the day began with a breakfast for my son and his friends kicking off their senior year. Today we flipped the calendar from August to September.

Dear Founders & Business Owners, as you prepare to step into September, please know we would love to brave the wilderness with you.

It’s acorn week for Erin and The Bird & Bear Collective. This is the time of year I collect as many perfect acorns as I can ~ ensuing that they each have a firmly secured cap.

Today we get to {officially} officially welcome Beth Orsini of Hygge House Books “back” to The Bird & Bear Collective!

We are excited to officially introduce Amanda Cannarella of The Everyday Enchantress to The Bird & Bear Collective!

Climbing my way back into Monday after a few days of beautiful views with my favorite crew in Acadia.

Last night we bedazzled our books, and today we will business network, write + co-work together, celebrate the launch of a new business, and play mahjong.

A huge shoutout to the amazing team of key-holders at the Bird & Bear!

Just a few postcard images of what summer has looked like within the Bird & Bear wilderness!

We really wish you could have been there. You would have loved the conversation and felt the beautiful sense of simplicity, belonging, bravery and leadership that defines this community.

Congratulations to Lauren Mottley on the official launch of Brightlight Business Co ~ created to help business owners and leaders navigate challenges, make informed decisions, and create practical solutions that fit the realities of their business.

Memoirs, poetry, mysteries, romance, children’s books and more. This is what is being written by the authors who gather behind the barn doors at the Bird & Bear.

We are pleased to spotlight Explore & Soar member Rebecca Caruso, Founder of Sifted with Love.

We hear it almost every day ~ “How did I not know that you guys were here?”

We celebrated on the backyard bucket golf course and with lots of laughs in the Bird & Bear Clubhouse.

Tonight we turn the page to another chapter at the Bird & Bear ~ with the first of many new ribbon cutting celebrations.

A few pics and an invitation to be a part of nights like these at The Bird & Bear Collective.

As you look through these snapshots, I think it’s pretty clear why we call this space The Bird & Bear Collective.

Today on Memorial Day we express deep gratitude and remembrance to those who died defending our freedoms with bravery and courage.