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Spotlight on Sharing Circle Hosting Heroes: Jan & Feb 2025

by ASilentObserver

2 days ago

Sharing Circle Heroes: New Leaderboards & Recognition System is here!

by ASilentObserver

Wednesday

...See more Hello all Please join us in celebrating the wonderful contributions to the Sharing Circle sessions. We are excited to share the brand-new, dynamic leaderboards and a tiered recognition system for Hero Hosts and Supporters. 🙌 A Huge Thank You! 🙌 We are grateful to everyone who makes Sharing Circles such a vibrant and valuable space to share and feel heard. Your passion, enthusiasm, and commitment make Sharing Circle so special. T h a n k Y o u!! Every effort, big or small, makes a difference. To better recognize our Sharing Circle members' dedication, we're launching a tiered leaderboard that tracks nominations. This will celebrate their ongoing support and the impact they have on others. A. Here is the Nomination Board for Hero Hosts with the total nominations received to date [https://www.7cups.com/forum/groupmod/MemberSharingCircles_2109/AnnouncingSharingCircleHeroHostInitiative20_346497/] B. Here is the Nomination Board for Hero Supporters with the total nominations received to date [https://www.7cups.com/forum/groupmod/MemberSharingCircles_2109/AnnouncingSharingCircleHeroHostInitiative20_346497/] This interactive leaderboard makes it easy to see and appreciate the commitment of our most active hosts and supporters over the past month, quarter, or year. How to Nominate: We encourage you to actively nominate any host or member/listener who exemplifies the qualities of a Hero Host or a Hero Supporter. Please watch out and nominate someone to appreciate and recognize their efforts. Let's celebrate their dedication and show our appreciation. Fill out this form to submit your nominations for both Hero Hosts and Hero Supporters. (Click here!) [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd9XkpdLoA5azGd28ydtzPx8jE9hFXWIUnRbswPx1Puwuli5A/viewform] Why This Matters: We are committed to recognizing and valuing all contributions to the Sharing Circle. Whether leading a sharing circle session or offering words of encouragement, each participant makes a difference. This new system is designed to foster a stronger sense of community and inspire increased support and empowerment. We encourage you to begin considering your nominations. Start thinking about who you'd like to nominate! [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd9XkpdLoA5azGd28ydtzPx8jE9hFXWIUnRbswPx1Puwuli5A/viewform] Thank you all nominated Hosts & Supporters for making Sharing Circle an empowering space for all. @CommunityModAaron @Lou73 @CalmRosebud @ShadowFaerie @ZenArashi @Heartsandrosesandpaws @EasyBreezyPeace @JosiahCooper @Brighteststarinnightssky @SerenityAnchor @Treetop21 @Michael205 @spongbobishappy @BaggageClaim @CommunityModAlex @darkiya @DiagonalDragon @Disneywoman @FewFearless @Geminieyss4unz @iampapaya @innateJoy9602 @InsightfulPhoenix @Peacefulwings2392 @Takitoteka @ThoughtfulGrapes1163 @WonderlandAlice00 @FuzzySimba @LilTadpole @TesonL @ZenArashi

Apply to join The Playground Team! Discover everything you can do within the team.

by Antonio7Cups

Tuesday

...See more Dear Community, As some of you may know, The Playground Team [https://www.7cups.com/forum/groupmod/ThePlaygroundZone_2682/IntroducingThePlaygroundTeam_345799/] is already part of the 7 Cups Community. As a quick reminder, the Playground Team is dedicated to hosting fun game sessions like "This or That", "Riddles", "Continue the story" and many more in The Playground room [https://www.7cups.com/forum/groupmod/CommunityManagersOffice_2008/IntroductiontothePlaygroundGroupChat_333337/], thus ensuring fun for the teens on the teen side of 7 Cups! 📌 Now the question that many ask themselves... What can I do within The Playground Team? Within the team there are many ways in which you can be very useful by providing essential work for both the team and the community. Below is a brief description of each of the roles you could apply for: * Playground Team Host: The role of the Playground Team Host is to provide The Playground Room with a fun and supportive environment through games and other creative activities that adhere to the 7 Cups Community Guidelines and the Playground Chat Room Rules. (vacancies available) * Playground Team Quality Project Agent: The role of the Playground Team Quality Project Agent is to provide the opportunity to give feedback on a certain session to the participants who attended. (vacancies available) * Playground Team Forum Project Agent: The role of the Playground Team Forum Project Agent is to thank you for attending and participating in a team session. (no vacancies available) * Playground Team Recruitment Project Agent: The role of the Playground Team Recruitment Project Agent is to recruit future members to join the team as Hosts. (vacancies available) 📌 It is important to note that each role has certain requirements to apply and a monthly quota (with cheers to recognize your work 🌟). Please, before applying for any of the roles click HERE [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AD-W0wr1dr4l9SGVTIzQzi5C-6YgyxPEB7SI7dwyU0A/edit?usp=sharing] to obtain the necessary information. 📌If after reading all the information you have been convinced by one of the roles, you can apply by clicking HERE [https://forms.gle/KhufjXhJJLo7jV8K9] and you will receive news very soon! 📌If you are not sure about joining the team but want to know all their updates, click HERE [https://forms.gle/rHW81Gjti3i91CSC8] to join the Tag List! Any questions? Please contact me [https://www.7cups.com/@Antonio7Cups]! @ASilentObserver @Suryansh @Lou73 @JustSophia

Transformative experience w/ Sharing Circle: Justmiles

...See more Why I am not seeking any support in groups anymore. Trigger Warning: mention of suicide (other people, not myself) Yesterday in the afternoon, I sought support on a group chat, my beloved Sharing Circle. At least, it used to be “beloved.” I did bring up my issue I was hoping to toss into the group for what is usually intelligent and supportive feedback. Very quickly, the topic of the group conversation became: Bullying. Which was fine, when it was us exploring our own attitudes towards bullying and what we were doing about them, but less so, when one of the participants in the Sharing Circle started engaging in vicious bullying of their own. I felt compelled, in my mind, to defend a person I knew well, who was not standing down, and who called out the bully. I am proud of that person. I didn’t, at that moment in time, have the personal resources to do or say anything beyond that. I tried to share a story about a bully who got Karma, but then later, after exiting the Sharing Circle, my mind turned to another case, that had a much less rosy ending, where the boy turned to suicide as his solution for long-lasting bullying he was enduring at his school. My mind also turned to a beloved co-worker, who took her own life after being bullied by, of all people, her own husband. These thoughts made me feel very sad. And the sadness has persisted to today, when I am still feeling this mourning of the loss of these two souls, along with other souls (would you like me to list them?) who have died at their own hand because of being bullied: by others, by society, by their own families, by their terrible feeling of unworthiness. Sometimes I am sad anyway about the turn society seems to take, with bullies being rewarded for their bad actions. Also, I didn’t like it that it took at least fifteen minutes for a Community Mod to show up after they had been called. I’m tired of reporting this sort of thing. I’m tired of taking screen shots. I’m tired of trying to keep up with people who have rogue accounts or who create accounts just to pester, bother and torment other people who are coming here for support. Some really mean and manipulative people out there. Who needs that energy? I’m tired of seeing my friends leave this site because they have been bullied terribly. All of this is wearing out my soul. I will take a rest now. Perhaps I will deactivate my account. Perhaps not. I have a choice. I already know that it will do no good to “report.” This has proven to be like a Timeless and Endless Vortex of Shame and Uselessness when I have done it. So, I will withdraw from this site until I have found my own Center and Ground again. Which will surely happen. In the meantime, to the Bullies, I would like to say this: 1. Don’t mock people. 2. Don’t taunt or tease people about the things they are sensitive about. That’s mean. 3. If you have nothing nice to say here, don’t say anything. 4. Stop picking fights. 5. Leave this site for people who are seeking support. 6. Your actions as a Bully are not welcome here. 7. I am angry at your actions, and I choose to not engage. 8. I will not mute you, because you are, sadly, part of society. 9. I will tolerate you, but in the case of this website, I have a choice, so I will not enter groups for now. 10. I will continue to live, and I will live well in spite of your sad attempts at mocking and meanness. 11. Go away. 12. When you figure how to act better, maybe you can come crawling back. 13. You possibly will find people to help you, or you will find people who Remember and who seek Justice. And Justice will be Served. Sincerely yours, Patience

Book Discussion: The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy (Yalom and Leszcz)

by CalmRosebud

March 22nd, 2024

...See more Hi, Friends and Readers, I would like to discuss the book, "The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy," (6th edition) by Irvin D. Yalom and Molyn Leszcz, (2020). Why? Because writing my thoughts helps me to process what I am reading. Perhaps you will find some of my thoughts interesting, perhaps not. Historically, books I'm reading and my so called discussion fly over here somewhat like a lead balloon. So, I'll say honestly, I'm doing this for myself, for my own self-knowledge about the way an "ideal" group can function to actually help the participants to actualize our lives in a better way. I've been reading this book, in my way, which is the ADHD way, haphazardly, skipping around to something that interests me, focusing on a chapter that seems especially relevant at the moment, really "digging into" some of the stories that are told here. Because of who I am, I will not take a methodical chapter by chapter approach. Rather, when I read something that I find interesting, and I have a reflection about it, I will write here about it. I expect little to no input here. Please don't feel obligated to write something if you don't feel strongly moved to do so. I will only ask that you do me the honor of using your own words rather than relying on artificial intelligence to do it for you. I'm interested in fresh and interesting, "real" (as it were) thoughts. I already know my own thoughts are "real," and I trust myself, so I'll place my thoughts here. In other words, please, no canned platitudes or attempts at "making me feel better." I feel okay! I hope you feel okay too! Being interested in the workings of the human mind, and how we can feel "better," whatever that means, is really what I'm interested in exploring here. And, I'm willing to learn something from reading this book! So, here goes Nothing! Love and Courage, Rose

Host a sharing circle

...See more Almost a year ago I went on my first solo trip to Shillong just to make sure that I could. Because I knew that less than a month later I’ll be in Pune, my first time being in Maharashtra, and I’ll be looking for a house to rent because I have already made my mother pay a hefty amount for my admission. So there was no going back. And to top it off, I was all alone. But the best part about the whole thing was that, be it in Shillong or Pune, I wasn’t unreasonably scared. Nor did I have a full blown panic attack and fall behind on my house hunt. I was house hunting, going to university and doing long assignments all at the same time while staying at a hotel. And I wasn’t scared. A year later, I’m in my hometown, at the comfort of my house, enjoying a three month long vacation, with my dogs around and I am scared beyond my wits. I’ll be turning 23 a week from today and I am scared with the feeling of getting old. So scared that I’ve been losing sleep. I’d step out of my shoes and look at me from a distance and laugh at my face because my fear is irrational and but I can’t. It’s making and not making sense all at the same time. So I took a walk today, early. Like sunrise early. And as I was soaking in my vitamins, I tried to frantically go back to my school days when I’d wake up early to go to school with a sigh most mornings wishing fervently to be in my twenties sooner than ever. I’m at the age little me coveted for. And life’s now good. I have almost achieved all the dreams 13 year old Aayushree had dreamt of for now. Well, the realistic dreams. Because 13 year old Aayushree also believed she’d be married or at least dating Sidharth Malhotra by 2023. So, if you’ve come with me so far, I’d like to ask you, where do you put a pin on the irrationality of your fears? Where’s the point where you draw the line? I’ll look for your answers in the comments. I have always believed a fear is a fear is a fear. Fear fuzzes you. Probably I’ll laugh about it one day. But for now, that day couldn’t come soon enough.

Start up

by carefulNest7366

August 19th, 2022

Changes to Teen Member Sharing Circles

Co-host communication thread: Stars and Leader

by bookworm274

January 11th, 2022

Announcing New Hosts!

by bookworm274

December 13th, 2021

New updates & Recruiting New STLs and PAs for Teen Sharing Circle team!

by Suryansh

November 18th, 2021

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