Hey sweet friend!
I am so excited to have you as a member of our community! This is going to be a sweet space full of vulnerability, encouragement, and growth. I can’t WAIT to get started!
Before we go any further, I just want to lay out a few tips, thoughts, and ground rules. I find that communities work so much better when we have a common understanding of what the group is about and how we use it. And so in order to make this community the safest, most encouraging, most positive place it can possibly be, here are a few things I want us to keep in mind:
I think that’s how community always happens. The more we put into it, the more we share, engage, put ourselves out there, the more we’ll get out of it. So speak up, we’d love to hear from you. Comment on other girls’ posts. Encourage them, pray for them, get to know them. This will be an awesome place of connection and encouragement if we all decide to join in!
I’ve been in groups where people share the wonderful things they have to say all in the comments under a post and they’re almost impossible to find! So if you’re responding to someone, go ahead and use the comments. But if you’re popping in with an update from one of the videos, or starting a new conversation, go ahead and create a new post so we can find it more easily!
I have to be honest, I sometimes find Facebook groups to be a bit overwhelming. There are so many voices, and so many comments and I find myself wanting to give up when I’ve fallen behind.
Don’t worry about that. Trust that whenever you can pop in and say something, or respond, or contribute, that’s totally good enough. Trust that you’ll connect with the women you should connect with, that you’ll read the comments you need to read, and that you’ll contribute the way you need to contribute. It is not necessary for you to read every single thing. Just participate the best you can. :-)
In Facebook groups, just like normal groups, there are people who tend to talk more, and people who tend to talk less. We want to hear from everyone, and give everyone a chance to share. So if you’re a talker, make sure you’re allowing other people’s stories to be heard, and if you’re on the quiet side, make sure you’re speaking up!
If you are on the talkative side, please keep yourself accountable to not over-posting. There might be things you want to say (updates about your day, personal details about your life etc.) and we want to get to know you! But some of those things might be better to share on your own social media or even in a text to a friend. We just want to make sure that we're not sharing more or more often than is appropriate for a Facebook community like this one.
This group is meant to be a positive one. I do not expect anything less from you sweet friends, but I just want to mention that if I see anything that feels to me to be mean, or negative, or demeaning, or judgmental, or inappropriate, I will delete the comment, and if it continues, I will ask that person to leave the group. (Also, please, please, please, no politics!!)
One of my favorite things about the women in our community is that they’re brilliant and creative. But while I want to celebrate that in each other, I do want to protect our Facebook group from being a place that feels like one big advertisement. So please join me in protecting this space by not posting links to your blog posts/shops/Instagram etc.
I am SO excited for what this community can become. I've seen women connect in the most beautiful way in Facebook groups in the past — sharing beautiful things about their lives, finding out that they're not alone in what they're going through, and having encouragement as they walk through that particular season. But, because this is an online community instead of an in-person one, there are some topics, subject-matters, and even depths that are just not best for this kind of setting.
There are certain subjects in life that we need a little extra help with— where we need someone in person to help us through. We need someone who can come over and sit on the couch across from us. We need someone who can be there to talk back to us, to ask us questions, and to answer our questions. We need consistency, personal attention, and follow-up. Sometimes we might even need professional counseling (which I am such a fan of!). When we're going through things like this, it can be tempting to bring it to a Facebook group as kind and supportive as this one. But really, those things are beyond the scope of what this community is here for, and beyond the scope of the help I can provide.
No part of the Facebook group is a substitute for in-person community or professional counseling. I am not a licensed counselor or psychologist. I'm here to provide lifestyle guidance. Nothing located on or accessed through the Facebook group is intended to, and does not constitute, legal, professional, medical or healthcare advice or diagnosis, and may not be used for such purposes. ALWAYS consult a professional before taking action that could result in legal or physical or emotional medical consequences.
And so before you bring up a topic in the group, please ask yourself this question:
- Is this a Facebook-level topic? Or is this an in-person-level topic?
If it's a Facebook-level topic, we'd love to hear about it. But if it's an in-person-level topic, we will ask that you seek out in-person community or support instead of posting in the group.
We just want you to have the full support that you need.
Please know that if we feel a post has crossed any of these guidelines, we will go ahead and remove it from the page. If that happens, we will do our best to let you know that it was removed, and why! And truly, we are not wanting you to feel bad or hurt. We just want to make sure we stay on the same page as a community as to what we expect from each other.
Also, if you violate these rules, we do reserve the right to revoke and terminate your access to the community if we think it necessary.
I will be joining in the conversation as much as possible. But sometimes I don’t see the posts I’m tagged in. So if you have any questions along the way, instead of tagging me and posting it in the Facebook group, here’s what to do:
If you have a logistical question, a billing question, a technical question, or a question about the community or the content itself, or if you need help in any way or for any reason, send us an email! Our email is [email protected], and our Community Manager, Kate, and I will be there to answer any question you have!
Friends, thank you so much for reading. We're so excited about these guidelines because we know they'll help us all be on the same page, creating a community where we can each truly thrive.
If you have any questions about these guidelines, please don't hesitate to reach out.
All my love,
Stephanie
P.S. Last, but certainly not least, we want to make sure y’all have had a chance to read through our official Terms and Conditions and our Privacy Policy. By participating in this community, you are signifying that you’ve read and agreed to both of these documents, so we just want to triple check that y’all have had a chance to read through them!
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