Today we’d like to introduce you to Deborah and Tim Bateman.
Deborah and Tim, can you briefly walk us through your story – how you started and how you got to where you are today.
Through their blog and social media posts, Deborah and Tim Bateman share their Risk Blossoming adventures with the world. As a happily-married, baby-boomer couple, they’re truly grateful for their abundant and blessed life as members of the generation known for being active, adventurous and engaged in a fit-focused lifestyle. They’ve found inspiration, hope, and a genuine expectation that the world, and their lives, will improve with time.
However, there’s more to their love story than meets the eye. Yes, they have been married for a long time – almost 40 years – but they have been married to each other twice. The first time they were married for 25 years. They married young and thought it would be their fairytale romance, but then life happened.
Divorced and living separate live, they somehow found their way back to each other. This time they were not wearing rose-colored glasses. They knew what they wanted in life and in love. They married a second time at sunset on the picturesque Poipu Beach in Kauai, Hawaii. And today, their love story continues to blossom.
As they neared “retirement” they dreamed together and envisioned the type of life they wanted to life. They dreamed it, they planned it, and now they are living it. They believe that travel is transformational and enables personal growth. So they have created a life to live their dreams and to continue growing as individuals and a couple and they are blossoming.
Three years ago, they purchased a Motorcoach, which they affectionately call BAM (Big A$$ Motorhome). Together, BAM has enabled them to enjoy the opportunity to live their dreams and to continue to Risk Blossoming. Tim and Deborah enjoy exploring North America and making a difference in the lives of those with whom they interact in person and online. Theirs is a life of love and adventure where they share their love of love to EXPLORE, DISCOVER and GROW every single day, with the intention of inspiring others to envision their dreams, and then make plans to move toward that goal, and then live it.
Overall, has it been relatively smooth? If not, what were some of the struggles along the way?
First, just learning to live with someone in 350 square feet on wheels can be a challenge all by itself. Space priorities and organization can become issues. Patience, time, and understanding lessons learned along the way have helped them to become much better at this endeavor.
While Tim and Deborah both experienced success in their separate careers, they’ve had to learn to be “partners” in their Risk Blossoming Adventures. Their business partnership continues to evolve, but it has allowed the two to leverage each other’s strengths and gifts.
Deborah began as the author of the blogs, but it wasn’t long before Tim began to add comments and stories, and eventually took over as the lead author. And, Deborah had to learn to surrender her control of the blog. It wasn’t an easy transition, but they now champion each other’s contributions and gifts.
They are still settling into their respective roles within Risk Blossoming – but it’s nothing like they had envisioned in the beginning. Their lessons learned have been built on the foundation of listening, talking with each other, establishing mutual goals, and agreeing who is best equipped to lead or manage the effort. More than ever, they understand and respect each other’s contributions to the partnership, and they’ve become enthusiastic champions of each other’s contributions. Rather than celebrating individual wins – they now celebrate their partnership.
They’ve also learned to outsource and delegate. They have put together a virtual team that is able to support them with the technology, marketing, financial, legal, and other needs that they have. When they tried to do these things themselves, they were not meeting their own expectations of the way they wanted to manage and run a business.
Risk Blossoming – what should we know? What do you guys do best? What sets you apart from the competition?
Risk Blossoming was three unique channels and lines of business. We refer to them as Explore, Discover and Grow.
“Explore” is our Risk Blossoming Blog. We leverage our blog and social media posts to share our journeys, adventures, and life’s lessons learned. Our intention is to inspire others to live their dreams. As the popularity of the Risk Blossoming Blog continues to grow, the opportunities to be influencers for various products and services, that we believe in and support, has increased. www.riskblossoming.com/blog
“Discover” is our Wisdom Quests. Wisdom Quests are travel masterminds that allow participants to remove themselves from their day-to-day responsibilities to focus on themselves and their personal growth. Unlike anything most people have experienced, a Wisdom Quest opens doors you not only didn’t know were closed, but probably didn’t even know were present in your life. Some of our previous excursions have taken us to Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Nepal, Bhutan, Italy, Peru/Machu Picchu, Russia, and Portugal. In 2020 we are starting off the year by traveling to Morocco in April. www.riskblossoming.com/wisdom-quests/
“Grow” is our Coaching. Deborah is a best-selling author, speaker, and coach who is still transitioning from a career banker to a life and leadership coach. She believes that her “why” is to help people identify and embrace their passion, purpose, and potential. And her coaching is an authentic, intentional and profound experience that empowers one to LIVE THE LIFE YOU DREAM. www.riskblossoming.com/coaching
What is “success” or “successful” for you?
For Tim and Deborah, success is living the life that they dream. It’s working and playing together, continuing to learn and grow, and enjoying their family. It’s the desire to continue to dream, it’s about having a business that is a part of us and our lives.
Perhaps Tim summed it up, in a recent blog, when he wrote:
“During one of our last nights of the summer, we sat on a bench overlooking the Puget Sound and reflected on our travels. What a magical trip it has been. We bought BAM three years ago to travel. We created Risk Blossoming to share that travel and photo blog with the intention of inspiring others to dream it, plan it, and experience it. Little did we know, at that time, that the greatest benefit would be how much our love for each other would grow. Our careers had taken us in different directions. The small space inside BAM, coupled with the teamwork it takes to work, travel, and function together, has truly created a personal growth experience.”
Pricing:
- Sign up for our Risk Blossoming Blog ……… FREE
- Check out our Wisdom Quest 2020 – Morocco ……… Multiple Price options
- Work with a Coach Deborah Bateman who is a proven leader and Influencer ……. Prices Varied
Contact Info:
- Address: 200 West Portland Street #1021
Phoenix, AZ 85003 - Website: www.RiskBlossoming.com
- Phone: 6023151659
- Email: Deborah@RiskBlossoming.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/risk.blossoming/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/riskblossoming/
- Other: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborahjbateman/
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