Everyone starts from zero, right?
That’s the deal … share your ‘thing’ with a new crowd and you start again. That’s scary … or thrilling. Or both. We started ‘Encourage Meant’ in November last year. It was thrilling … a gorgeous space here in Substack, a community of creative souls … mm, thrilling but …
We published a couple of posts, quietly, no e-mails … just testing the water, seeing where the ripples went.
16 November, [deep breath], press SEND to 62 curious souls (thank you, thank you for being there … as the post said ‘even encouragers need encouragement’).
Here we are, 9 months on … what have we got to show for it?
We thought it might be time to remind ourselves.
The story so far: In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
Douglas Adams
In The Beginning, there was a manifesto.
Ten simple reminders to us about the way we want to live:
In 2020, we asked some folk to write about the values … pick a value, any value, say what you see feel:
With all that generosity offered to us, we thought it would be good to reciprocate, so in 2021 we shared words of encouragement for 365 days:
It was amazing - slightly mind-blowing - to find out just how many people needed those simple acts of encouragement. It made us think; maybe specific people need some specific encouragement.
Hey, we’ve got time, energy, experience, and the inclination … maybe WE could do some encouraging.
We put the call out … if anyone needs some encouragement, book a session.
What should we call them, Mrs Feasts?
What about The Encouragement Sessions, Mr Fables?
We have offered a LOT of encouragement in the past couple of years. Over 150 Zoom calls (and a handful of face-to-face conversations), all free at the point of use. It has been our chance to sprinkle some enthusiasm over folk when they need it most.
Encouragement is a Superpower, pass it on
People need a boost, fact - do you?
Can you help us by spreading the word? Can we help you … why not book a session?
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We wrote a couple of ‘Lessons Learned’ articles to make it easier to pass them on:
10 things we learned from over 150 Encouragement Sessions
9 People + 9 Encouragement Sessions = 9 Lessons
(go on, do pass them on to folk who need to see them … it can be your kindness or encouragement, your chance to be the pebble in the pond)
PS … there are 455 of you kind souls peeking in now. Amazing!
It’s a lovely thing you’re doing.
Fabulous to read about your journey and your successes! I think your manifesto is pure joy!