Leanne Jones

I would like to ask for some help and share an experiment with you all. I have not been one to engage in social media as I have seen a harmful impact in my work, with youth and adults alike. I feel it spreads a message of cultivated image and promotes the idea that we must appear happy, and successful with our main focus being on our wealth, status, or beauty.
I believe those values are flawed, incorrect and harmful. The result is people who are rapidly disconnecting from community. They are separating from society. This system makes the disenfranchised more likely to lash out in retaliation for their isolation and pain. This only feeds the “everyone for themselves”, mentality. This also promotes target shifting where people bully or hurt others to shift the target off themselves or feel a sense of control and power. Additionally, acceptance, community, support, therapy, and connection become much less accessible. More people are harming themselves and harming others. It ripples through all of us, it impacts all of us. We need to care and make some changes.

My goal with this is for everyone to be welcome, and be met with empathy, compassion and grace, while also working towards the common goal of social connections. This is a place that encourages connections, promotes healthy and effective communication, and provides some strategies for managing our brains, our behaviour, and our feelings. By participating in discussions that assess our value systems and share our perspectives, we will learn from each other. It is all relative because we learn from each other and through sharing but we learn even more when we don't agree and our perspectives are challenged.

We don't have to agree to be connected or accepted. Looking at how we manage our disagreements provides better data to gauge our success. This is about coming together, sharing skills and strategies. We can learn from our differences. We can analyze our own behaviours and discuss what is working, what is not working, and what needs change or a different approach. We can all be empowered, feel seen, feel heard, feel valued. We can discover peace, enjoy community, and increase our happiness.

This is not me providing the answers, I want to facilitate us all sharing our skills. We can share our individual perspectives and experiences to benefit each other. I want to do this in a safe space that can acknowledge our differences but still meet each other with acceptance and respect. This is not about judgement, we can end the fear and need to change those who are different by just getting to know eachorher. I'm not going to change others nor force change but I can encourage change when people want it. We can also be the change we want for this world and go deep into ourselves to discover what we truly value and how we want to conduct ourselves.

So my long winded ask...
If want to support this or participate, please engage with this content. The algorithms require engagement. There are specific views, subs, comments and likes required to even livestream or show up in searches, recommended, hashtags etc. It is a very specific numbers, data, engagement based system. I do not want to push anyone but do need help to become visible and accessible. Currently the videos must be shared to access them at all. So please share them, subscribe to the channel, like the videos, comment, engage, and participate. Share with someone you think may enjoy or benefit from it. Post or share the videos on your own socials, with your friends and family directly. However you connect with community, I would greatly appreciate you sharing it to support the idea and grow the space.
Should you not want to participate or be involved, let me know. I respect everyone and will do my best to ensure no one is forced to engage with, or bothered by, any content I create. I truly appreciate all of you. I feel we need each other, regardless of our individual opinions. Thank you. 💜💜

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