We want to talk with you! (Yes you!)
Two things we ask of you on this fine feelings Monday:
1) press a couple buttons to help us out would ya? and
2) if you're a keen bean, chat with us on the phone!
Wait what??? Read on…
The feeling wheel keeps on turnin'
Since we started this weird little club last year, it's gone from being an experiment in our living room, to being A FULLY FLEDGED FEELINGS EMPIRE PEOPLE.
(Well, kind of.)
Just this year we’ve had a few hundred of y’all rock up to real-life meet ups in Melbourne and Sydney. We made a private Facebook discussion group, where another few hundred of you shared your good good brain-thoughts about surviving big feelings.**
And we made a podcast that is the rawest thing we’ve ever gone and done, debuting at #4 on iTunes (it isn’t even a true crime show!!) and reaching hundreds of thousands of big feelers around the world.
Phew.
**(before we realised we’d bitten off more than we could chew and pressed pause on our chat space for the rest of the year. hoo boy)
All this experimenting has taught us two things:
First thing we've learned: People want help dealing with what goes on in their brains. Help that doesn’t make them feel like a broken human. (Yay!)
Second thing we've learned: We’re still working out how best to offer that help, practically speaking.
Our experiments have taught us *a lot* about what we do well. But we've realised we want to know more about *YOU*. Why you're here, what you want from something like this.
So, as this big, hairy year lumbers to a close, we're doing a whole lot of listening.
There are two ways you can massively help us out right now:
The simple thing: just press some buttons
Click the button below to update your mailchimp profile.
Specifically, we’d love you to scroll down to the bottom of that update profile page, and tell us which of the following groups apply to you:
I have big feelings
My kid has big feelings
My friend or family member has big feelings
I work in mental health
Tick as many as apply. Also would be great to know what town and country you're in.
Want to chat with us, about life, the universe and feelings?
If you're up for it, we would *love* a chance to call you up and have a good ol’ fashion yarn. About things like:
What’s the hardest part about having big feelings in this world (or supporting someone through that experience?)
What things have you tried, when you feel sad or scared a lot?
What do you love about the things you’ve tried? What don’t you love?
Your answers will help us shape whatever this feelings boat turns into. Maybe it’ll be a feelings yacht, maybe a feelings catamaran. (Maybe even a feelings pirate ship 💗☠️)
Love what we do? We’re keen to hear why.
Intrigued by what we do, but don’t feel like it fully scratches your itch yet? We’re keen to hear why!!
Reply to this email if you want to chat
If you’re keen for a chat, reply to this email with the following details:
Your phone number if you’re in Australia. Or your skype / facetime details outside Australia.
Your timezone, and a rough idea of what days / times are generally best
One sentence about why you’re on this list. Like, ‘my dog has big feelings, and I signed up to understand him better.’
We may be in touch in the next two weeks. We might not get to everyone, but please let us know if you’re keen :))))
