What do you think?

I will be adding a premium tier to this community starting on July 1st, and you have an opportunity to get in for free for life. All you have to do is be at level 5 on or before June 30th. It's that simple. Lot of you are already at level 3 and 4 and you can make it level 5 by being active in the community, because that is what a community is all about. Currently at level 4 are @Shawn Ziem @Stefan Bösebeck @Rena Nicole @Lisa Black @Christina Brady @Katinka van Kan @George Benson @Guy Bandy @Abe Bray @Rebecca Bautista At level 3 and climbing are @Tarek Badr @Krista Melanson @Caroline Fransz @Krista Brea edited: @James McDonald @James Bansbach @Harold Faulkner @Georgiana D @Val Vosburg @Angel Conway @Joshua Tennefrancia @Mitchell Allen @Mark Lawrence Did I miss anyone? In all fairness, I am stealing this idea from @Caroline Fransz who runs the amazing Skool Made Simple community. If you have a community of your own and you don't belong to her community, all I can say is WHY?

Please help me welcome the two new members that joined our community today. @Tom Peracchio and @Jill Hart Please take a moment to introduce yourself to the community. Who you are? What you do and why you decided to join the community.

As I am planning what to offer in my premium tier, a thought across my mind. I wondered, what is it that you would like to be included in the premium tier? In other words, if you are to pay for something what is it that you would be willing to pay for? What is the major obstacle that you're facing in your pursuit of a freedom lifestyle - living life on your torms? Help me out, please. And while we're at it, tell me what it is that you expect as a given for being the member of the community?

Can attention become an addiction? I think it can. And before anyone gets defensive, I’m not talking about people who are genuinely struggling, trying, and doing the hard work to heal. Life is heavy sometimes. Mental health is real. Pain is real. Seasons of struggle are real. But so is this: Some people don’t actually want help. They want rescue. They want sympathy and validation from pity.. They want the emotional spotlight that comes from always being in some sort of crisis. And here’s the uncomfortable part: many of them don’t even realize they’re doing it. Because if they help themselves, it might actually work. And if it works, they may not be able to keep telling the same story about how stuck, broken, mistreated, overwhelmed, how helpless they are, or what a shitty life they have. And if they can’t keep telling that story, the attention starts to dry up... That’s a scary thing for someone who's built an identity around being the person everyone worries about. Now let’s be honest about the other side, too. Some of us love being the savior. We love being needed. We love being the strong one. We love rushing in with the advice, the comfort, the solution, the rescue rope, the emotional bucket, the cape, and probably a snack. But sometimes our “help” is not helping. Sometimes we are feeding the very pattern we claim we want them to break. There comes a point where compassion without boundaries becomes participation. You can love someone and still stop rescuing them. You can care about someone and still refuse to be their crisis manager. You can send love without sending your peace, your energy, your sanity, and your entire afternoon along with it. The hard truth is this: Healing requires ownership. Support matters. Love matters. Community matters. But at some point, every person has to decide whether they want to get better, or whether they just want people gathered around the wound. I used to try to save those people. Now I send them love.