It's the very people who can't afford to do the free things who want to be able to do the free thing-that's not lost on me! I know our social workers are on the front line of it all and thankfully there are more channels everyday. I'm also aware of the battle some of us fight in re asking for what we're worth. It's such a complicated time to be a human. Constant tears. Glad I ran across your channel, thank you!
Thank you! I appreciate you acknowledging that complexity, it’s very real! There are so many of us who are in insurance-based helping professions, who worked at non-profits for years, who have been grossly underpaid and undervalued for our entire working lives, so we haven’t been able to amass any real cushion for times like these. It’s almost like the systems are designed this way.
$50 to access to community and support just broke my disabled heart. Not your fault of course! But the people who are most in need of these spaces are locked out by that. Our collective consciousness wails out in pain to the capitalistic abyss.
Yeah, I feel that and am wailing with everyone. I want to get to a place where I can offer things at rates that are more accessible to more folks. I truly see and know this need. For all the reasons I recently outlined in the piece on my sickbatical, because of how limiting my Long COVID has been over the last 5 years, and the fact that I don’t have an income at the moment, the sliding fee to $25 is what I can offer while also attempting to live in these unforgiving systems. It’s deeply discounted from what the same amount of time would be at my therapy/consultation/coaching rates, which are already significantly lower than many of my professional peers. Still, I’m also aware discounts only do so much if you don’t have $25.
I’m mulling over how to offer different formats of this information at a variety of price points (including free) that people can also do at their own pace. I’m pondering downloadable worksheets, livestream AMAs/“office hours”…I’m open to ideas! I was going to look into grants to support me while develop these resources and make them available…but, well *gestures at everything*
Please know I’m eager to offer things in additional ways to try to better address the need, I’m also needing to get some traction.
Yes! Reading about pacing in counseling articles for clients with chronic pain, chronic illness, or other disabling experiences, I always tense up a little bit, worried that clinicians unfamiliar with this experience will take pacing out of the context of our experience.
Yeah, I totally understand that concern. I don’t think many understand the realities of how hard it is to downshift like this, or how many things some people really need to pace, unless they’ve had some lived experience with it.
Will the workshop run on any other dates, or is it possible to buy access to the recording? I can't make that date (ironically because I'll be working my second job around my weekday job :/ )
It will be recorded and available to participants! I also plan to have it up on my website to purchase on demand in the future, and will likely run it again, but it may be a bit for both of these for capacity reasons.
"...feelings like fear, despair, rage, and overwhelm are normal, appropriate responses to rights being taken away, societies in collapse, and a world on fire."
It's the very people who can't afford to do the free things who want to be able to do the free thing-that's not lost on me! I know our social workers are on the front line of it all and thankfully there are more channels everyday. I'm also aware of the battle some of us fight in re asking for what we're worth. It's such a complicated time to be a human. Constant tears. Glad I ran across your channel, thank you!
Thank you! I appreciate you acknowledging that complexity, it’s very real! There are so many of us who are in insurance-based helping professions, who worked at non-profits for years, who have been grossly underpaid and undervalued for our entire working lives, so we haven’t been able to amass any real cushion for times like these. It’s almost like the systems are designed this way.
$50 to access to community and support just broke my disabled heart. Not your fault of course! But the people who are most in need of these spaces are locked out by that. Our collective consciousness wails out in pain to the capitalistic abyss.
Yeah, I feel that and am wailing with everyone. I want to get to a place where I can offer things at rates that are more accessible to more folks. I truly see and know this need. For all the reasons I recently outlined in the piece on my sickbatical, because of how limiting my Long COVID has been over the last 5 years, and the fact that I don’t have an income at the moment, the sliding fee to $25 is what I can offer while also attempting to live in these unforgiving systems. It’s deeply discounted from what the same amount of time would be at my therapy/consultation/coaching rates, which are already significantly lower than many of my professional peers. Still, I’m also aware discounts only do so much if you don’t have $25.
I’m mulling over how to offer different formats of this information at a variety of price points (including free) that people can also do at their own pace. I’m pondering downloadable worksheets, livestream AMAs/“office hours”…I’m open to ideas! I was going to look into grants to support me while develop these resources and make them available…but, well *gestures at everything*
Please know I’m eager to offer things in additional ways to try to better address the need, I’m also needing to get some traction.
Yes! Reading about pacing in counseling articles for clients with chronic pain, chronic illness, or other disabling experiences, I always tense up a little bit, worried that clinicians unfamiliar with this experience will take pacing out of the context of our experience.
Yeah, I totally understand that concern. I don’t think many understand the realities of how hard it is to downshift like this, or how many things some people really need to pace, unless they’ve had some lived experience with it.
Will the workshop run on any other dates, or is it possible to buy access to the recording? I can't make that date (ironically because I'll be working my second job around my weekday job :/ )
It will be recorded and available to participants! I also plan to have it up on my website to purchase on demand in the future, and will likely run it again, but it may be a bit for both of these for capacity reasons.
Amazing, thank you!
"...feelings like fear, despair, rage, and overwhelm are normal, appropriate responses to rights being taken away, societies in collapse, and a world on fire."
Say it louder, Steph 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻