Community takes commitment

We opened The Well to allow space for women to gather and share stories, rise together, and influence the world for good. These are all the positive aspects of this practice, but there is a lot of in-between that happens to get to this point. 

I’ll get to that. 

Our desire was that women would step into each others lives in a way that allows for building up, understanding, and ultimately grace.

Here’s the thing. If you don’t engage in community, you won’t receive these things. As well, your expectations of others will get the best of you and your experience. 

This has happened at The Well. We are experiencing growth in membership, but we aren’t necessarily seeing growth in engagement. Our intention was never to just gather members in numbers, but to actively influence & improve personal and professional development.

Community is hard. It’s time consuming. It’s not fast, it takes time. Growth takes time, it takes investment. We cannot experience growth without putting in the time and effort.

Have you ever tried that? 

Tried to reap the benefits without first sowing the seeds? 

Ya, me too. 

Did it work for you? 

Me neither.

You start making assumptions about others or the community, spend time validating your own thoughts, and never really engage in community.

Here’s the flip side, when we gather and truly listen to one another, our little hurts and offences rise to the surface, and are able to be seen, dealt with, and eventually swept away. 

This is the hard way to do it.

It’s easier to complain, be a victim, expect so much of others, without even leaving the house. 

Do I sound like a hard ass? Truly, it’s not my intention. I just know how messy & beautiful it can be to rise together. I’ve done it, I am constantly having those difficult conversations, and I am loving myself a little more after each one. I am getting stronger, I am rising, I am more confident in my ability. I want you to feel that way too.

The Well is here for you. It’s created to allow beautiful space to truly engage and connect, and rise. But you must get here. You must offer yourselves, your imperfect selves. You must have grace for our imperfections too. We want to be here for the long term, this only works if you are willing to come and share yourself with us. Remember, you are SO welcome here.