Holiday Check-in Event!
The holidays can be challenging for many of us. Whether it's spending time with an unpleasant family member or worrying about being judged... it can really bring us down.
One thing that can help is the 7 Cups community. Let's make an effort this holiday season to support one another through all of the holidays up & downs.
Here is how to participate:
1) Go to your My Progress Page.
2) If you are like me, you have many listeners on your contact list! The oldest contacts are at the bottom of the list. Start at the bottom & work your way up. Find a few you'd feel comfortable reconnecting with!
3) Send them a holiday check-in message.
Sample message you could send:
"Hello XX, I can't believe the holidays are finally here. I am feeling worried about XX this holiday season. You were so kind to me in the past & I was wondering if you'd set up a time to chat with me again. Sending you a hug. Sincerely, XX"
Note: For those of you who want to participate, but are nervous about not getting a reply back from your old listener, don't worry! It's true, some listeners do come and go and may not get back to you. But that is okay. Checking back in or trying to reconnect never hurt anyone!
4) If you participate, please post in this thread and let us know! Do not list names, but list the number of past listeners you've sent a kind message to!
5) Earn the "Holiday Kindness" badge when you participate!
I wanted to reconnect with my listener scenic hero20. It was an accidental disconnection and I miss our talks. I hope you have a good Holiday season.
I'm already having serious mood swings about the holidays. I'm happy at one point freaking out at another and I'm just so stressed and upset and on the verge of crying. NO ONE in the family knows or understands what I'm going through, and it's really hard and it sucks.
Now living in the big city, I am really needing to face my lonliness, shame of lonliness, fear of lonliness. Since I can't conceal it anymore in visits to relatives, some people can now see how lonely I feel. That is terrifying. And some do push me away. But overall it is liberating. I feel that I have less to hide now. My lonliness is my last great secret of many.
I feel like my family would be perfect if I wasn't a part of it.
Awwwwwww, I'm sure that's not true. When we are down, our heads tell us that no one cares but that's a lie!!!!!!!!! Hang in there, you are special. @Heavenleeangel
Did it!
The holidays are always challenging for me..I am alone and quite a few of my family members have passed. The 7 cups community helps me to feel connected.
8 past listeners
@Laura
New but I reached out to my listener.
I've never done thanksgiving by myself before. I've only ever made the pie, but I'm a newlywed and my husband and 3 daughters are wanting a traditional meal, (as do I). But I have no idea what I'm doing and I have no family that I can call.
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