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Community Conversation: Co-existing with a Frightening World

Hosted By
Lisa Marie A.
Sunday, Oct 27, 2024 | 06:00pm - 07:00pm CDT
Free
Meeting Full
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About this meeting
Nowadays, feeling fearful and anxious to step outside your home is incredibly normal. With all that is going on in the world on a global level, a national level, a state level, personal level, cultural level, identity level, so many levels - is it any wonder so many feel isolated and alone? What if we gathered and TALKED about all of this? Comfort is found in community and for this hour we'll remind each other to have compassion for ourselves as we navigate a very messy, scary world. AND ALSO - there is enormous beauty to be experienced in very tiny, holdable moments. I'll share with you tips on sitting in the mess while also holding onto the momentous.

About the host
I'm a Wisconsin Certified Peer Specialist also certified in Intentional Peer Support, and a Poetry Therapy Practitioner who uses creativity to approach everything I do. I'm passionate about normalizing mental health struggles as a human experience in need of compassion, inclusivity, and creativity. I'm a published poet, nonfiction writer, and teacher who loves my cat, eclectic musical instruments, and holding space for other people to come into their own sense of belonging. I especially love facilitating groups around a variety of topics and have been leading a writing and wellness group for 5 years strong!
Motivation for help
Connection has been the way I feel like I belong more in the world. I seek to find the humanity in all of our experiences, thereby normalizing a lot of things that are typically pathologized or stigmatized. "Help" means different things to different people. I choose to think of the work I do as providing a place where people can come into their own knowing of themselves in ways that feel meaningful to them. I think this world is a HARD place to live in and whatever connection, compassion, and creativity I can offer would certainly be mutual.
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SmallRiot Darkfirefly96 Peachy Keen Surabhi GoofSphere Sue csalmeida71 CJ jericolinc Shadow2022 Gypsyprincess30 Djay Jim Missy Hanchi CJH