i told the moon about you

a new offering and an opportunity to spend more time together.

My sweet reader,

I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about you lately, and how we could grow intimacy with ourselves and each other, and I came up with a new offering that I’m thrilled to be sharing with you: our very own sharing circle! It’s a virtual hangout, a new way for us to connect no matter where we live, how we’re feeling, and what our accessibility needs are. It’s a spot for us to just be, when the outside world feels like it’s too much. I want it to be the kind of space that we can join from our beds, with warm tea, under a pile of blankets or while we’re on a hot girl walk, something that we can jump into whenever we want to, depending on what we need that day. There’s no pressure to share, or have your camera on, it’s a place for us to disconnect from the world, by reconnecting with each other. Think of it as a spot to share our wins, our losses, our dreams and our goals and just exist with each other for a brief minute.

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While individual therapy can be a crucial place for us to grow, something inside of my brain always short circuits when I hear it listed as the ultimate solution for folks who are struggling, because it’s deeply inaccessible. I know that for me, being in therapy can even add more stress to my life because of the financial toll it can take. So even though I’m a massive proponent and frequent user of it, I believe community-support can be just as effective in bettering our lives. And besides, as I’ve written about before, doing too much therapy can also backfire. It can further isolate us and get us stuck in the self-improvement loop. I’m always so touched by the connection that I see so many of you have in the comments on both substack, tik tok and instagram, so I thought that creating a physical way to connect with faces, rather than avatars, could be good for us.

I also find that the requirement in most peer-lead support groups that we steer away from political conversations, can severely limit the potential for growth and community. For many of us the political is personal, and what’s going on in the world, can’t be divorced from our mental health. That’s why I wanted to create something special that’s just for us, where we can freely discuss how politics is impacting our health, and vice-versa.

In the last year, I’ve been so thirsty for your perspectives, your opinions, and how you’re feeling about the state of the world. So while every sharing circle will begin with me, the rest will be filled with you! Every session will have a specific theme on which I’ll first share, and the rest of our time together will be spent reflecting on it as a group.

Our sharing circle is a place for you to connect with me, but it’s also a place for you to connect with each other. It’s hard to make new connections when we’ve lost community centers and places of worship, so consider our sharing circle your new third place. It’s a way to reset and reflect and will leave you feeling more at peace and energized to take on the week. It’s a space for us to support each other, and discuss our dreams, our wins, our fails and everything in between.

I’m not exactly sure how this will go or what it will exactly feel like yet, but that’s the beauty of community, we get to create it together.

Please note that our sharing circle is only be available to paid subscribers, so make sure to become a member to get access to the link so you don’t miss out. Unless you’re a paid subscriber, you won’t know that this is happening and won’t be present for our launch! And if 5$/month is too much for you, please get in touch because I want our sharing circle to be a place where all are welcome. Please note that those who take on service positions for our meetings can also get discounts and free memberships too, so if you become an active member of Airplane Mode, it comes with perks! Subscribe now! Your first link is coming soon and I can’t wait to see you there!

x

Liz