Slow Pour Marketing
Redefining Slow Pour’s Vision for Sustainable Brand Growth
The Founder Challenge
As the founder of Slow Pour Marketing, Kate was no stranger to strategy. Her work helped conscious e-commerce brands grow without burning out or compromising their values. Yet heading into 2026, she knew her own business needed the same clear direction and a steadier rhythm to support her rebrand and its next chapter.
Kate wasn’t looking to grow bigger. She wanted to grow better. Her vision was a business rooted in aligned relationships, sustainable marketing and long-term momentum. The challenge? Ensuring every part of the business, from positioning to delivery was ready to support that rebrand.
We partnered with Kate for a founder-first strategy session to realign Slow Pour around what mattered most: supporting curated, conscious e-commerce brands in food, beauty, pets, and lifestyle.
Using a reflective TMF business curated Wheel of Life session, we reviewed each layer of the business from brand clarity, ideal clients, service delivery, marketing, financial flow, systems, capacity, and self-leadership.One key insight surfaced: her delivery model needed stronger boundaries to protect her energy, productivity and focus.
Together, we mapped a clear, values led vision for 2026, translating intention into practical behaviours, boundaries, and rituals. What emerged was a slower, smarter path forward, a strategy that mirrored the method and gave Kate the confidence to lead, refine and grow without chaos.
The TMF Approach
We partnered with Kate for a business strategy intensive workshop, designed not just to clarify her brand, but to help her reconnect with the founder role she wanted to lead from in 2026.
Together, we ran a reflective session anchored in TMF’s adapted “Wheel of Business Life”, an eight-part framework that helps founders assess and realign every part of their business: from brand clarity and client fit to delivery, visibility, income, and capacity.
Instead of jumping straight into deliverables, we made space to look back on 2025 and ask deeper questions: Where does the business feel unsteady? Where am I overextending? What do I want to build from here and how will I support it?
From that foundation, we worked collaboratively to shape Kate’s vision for the year ahead. That included defining priority focus areas and setting up rituals and boundaries to sustain them over time.
We treated strategy not as a one-off plan, but as a practice, something Kate could continue to refine and return to, with sustained confidence.
What We Did
The session was designed as a space for Kate to step back from day-to-day execution and reconnect with the deeper “why” behind Slow Pour. Through coaching-style guidance and reflective prompts, we explored how her business had evolved in 2025 and where she wanted it to go in 2026.
We invited Kate to assess not just operations and offers, but how she felt within the business: where energy was leaking, where alignment was strong, and what needed to be reclaimed. Rather than rushing to solve problems, we created room for curiosity, perspective shifts, and honest conversation.
What emerged was a more anchored vision, not just for what Slow Pour offers, but how it’s run and led. With each insight, we gently shaped a strategy that reflected Kate’s values, energy, and ambition helping her leave the session grounded, focused, and ready to grow.
“This workshop was incredibly valuable. Shiv took the time to break down every pillar of my business and really look at what was working, what wasn’t, and where there was room for improvement. It wasn’t rushed or surface-level and felt very considered, supportive, and genuinely helpful.”
— Kate Burgess, Slow Pour Marketing
The Result
By the end of the session, Kate had:
- A renewed connection to her vision, not just what she’s building, but how she wants to lead
- Systems and boundaries to support delivery without draining capacity
- Founder rituals and visual frameworks to keep momentum without burnout
- A 2026 roadmap of focus areas to support her strategic direction
Most importantly, she left feeling empowered, clear on what mattered most, confident in her strategy, and excited to move forward on her terms.
“I walked away with clear priorities, a realistic timeline of goals, and a practical plan for how to achieve them. I could have talked about my business all day, but what we covered in just one session has already changed how I’m thinking and working.”
Why It Matters
Kate is exactly the kind of founder The Mindful Facilitator is built for; intentional, visionary, and deeply values led. Helping her recalibrate her own business reminded us that even strong strategic leaders and founders need space to reflect, simplify, and reconnect with why they started.
At TMF, we support founders like Kate to align their brand with their beliefs and build businesses that feel as good as they look. This case shows how powerful that recalibration can be when clarity, structure, and leadership all work together.
