Lisa, I am just continually so grateful for how you share your perspectives here. I grew up "working poor". As an adult, I help LGBTQ+ folks like myself to recover from religious trauma: learning to set boundaries, heal our deep attachment wounds, and by extension, to have healthier relationships with ourselves and others.
I'm absolutely committed to working with people at all income levels, and I don't always know how to structure that, but I just keep bumbling along, feeling my way through it, trying new things. Your openness about how WCA works, and how it has changed over the years, gives me confidence that I'll keep figuring it out as I go along. I will continue to grow and change, while serving my "anchor clients", regardless of their income levels.
There's so much advice out there for "how to earn six figures" and not a lot of advice for following our hearts and staying attuned to our values while serving people at all incomes (which is where my heart is). There is also a lot of posturing and fake professionalism out there, and it hides what it's really like to be a human being, doing work that heals, building community, and figuring it out as we go along.
Thank you so much for the kind words, Mary. I'm glad WCA's experience is helpful. Over and over we've had the experience of wishing for a road map but all we've ever done is to feel our way through the process. I don't think there are a lot of models for serving people at all income levels, especially if you're trying to offer them all the same thing. That goes double if you're trying to do it without being subsidized by anybody. So you really have to experiment and iterate. And I don't know if this is your experience, as someone with a similar background, but the posturing and fake professionalism just really doesn't work for me. Like, at all. I can't do it. So the candor isn't optional ;) I'm glad it lands well for you.
Lisa, I am just continually so grateful for how you share your perspectives here. I grew up "working poor". As an adult, I help LGBTQ+ folks like myself to recover from religious trauma: learning to set boundaries, heal our deep attachment wounds, and by extension, to have healthier relationships with ourselves and others.
I'm absolutely committed to working with people at all income levels, and I don't always know how to structure that, but I just keep bumbling along, feeling my way through it, trying new things. Your openness about how WCA works, and how it has changed over the years, gives me confidence that I'll keep figuring it out as I go along. I will continue to grow and change, while serving my "anchor clients", regardless of their income levels.
There's so much advice out there for "how to earn six figures" and not a lot of advice for following our hearts and staying attuned to our values while serving people at all incomes (which is where my heart is). There is also a lot of posturing and fake professionalism out there, and it hides what it's really like to be a human being, doing work that heals, building community, and figuring it out as we go along.
Thank you for your candor!
Thank you so much for the kind words, Mary. I'm glad WCA's experience is helpful. Over and over we've had the experience of wishing for a road map but all we've ever done is to feel our way through the process. I don't think there are a lot of models for serving people at all income levels, especially if you're trying to offer them all the same thing. That goes double if you're trying to do it without being subsidized by anybody. So you really have to experiment and iterate. And I don't know if this is your experience, as someone with a similar background, but the posturing and fake professionalism just really doesn't work for me. Like, at all. I can't do it. So the candor isn't optional ;) I'm glad it lands well for you.