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Thank you so much for writing this beautiful piece Brian, it speaks right to the heart and it makes sense to me on so many levels. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

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Aug 2, 2022Liked by Brian Stout

Hi Brian! Thanks for writing and sharing something that needs to be spoken about. We have to heal our inner ecosystems and our outer ecosystems together. A community of belonging is the bridge. So much of what we are exploring and discovering through this emergent, unfolding process of the Wellbeing Movement resonates your four key-points. People often ask "Why are you doing this work?" Isn't helping people feel safe, belonged and supported an end in itself? Of course, everything that emerges as a function of those relationships is a by-product. Enjoy your break.

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Hi Brian, I absolutely love these sentiments. They resonate completely with what I've been feeling as of late. Thank you for expressing them!

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Aug 1, 2022Liked by Brian Stout

Thank you. I so needed to read this, today. I am going to make a list of the fall vegetable seeds I want to purchase. Growing food is restorative, and hopeful, for me. I am going to reread this and follow the links, and keep practicing. Blessings on your time away!

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Aug 1, 2022Liked by Brian Stout

Brian, thank you for this. Your newsletters often seem to come just at the right time.

I've been intuitively reorienting myself through steps 1 and 2, and after a recent trip to a Bahá'í Learning School in Maine, I came back deeply feeling the change and void in step 3. -- Strengthening supportive friendships. I have "survived" most of life on surface level socializing, and this coming into clarity of a deep longing for social support that co-desires collective transformation through reflection, action, and friendship, is where my heart is most thirsty. Thank you for these insights, I think I will be reading a lot of Alfred Alder's work!

Happy travels, in community,

Greta

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