Dear mom (no, really, I need to give a disclaimer to my mom before she reads this email because I know she will read this email and I love her for that, but I also don't want her feelings to get hurt)
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Mom, when you read this email about how I really needed other women in other seasons of motherhood to be in my circle, it's not because you weren't enough, it's just that I needed someone who wasn't you, wasn't so emotionally involved in my choices and my wellbeing, to practice saying hard things out loud to.
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Someone who wasn't as emotionally invested in me and what I say out loud. So that I could practice saying
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"I really need more help, I'm just not even sure what would be helpful right now"

Someone not in the same trenches as me, but a few paces forward, to whom I could admit "you know, I really thought this would be like a smooth ride, but sometimes it sucks and honestly there are days when I dream about running away and being in a disguise on a beach with a pina colada and a book in my face and sunglasses... just somewhere that no one needs me."
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because saying those things out loud matters.
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but too many times wee don't get to get those things out of our head because anyone we could say it too feels to close to the situation to risk saying something that's "too much."
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and that's why I've created this experiment, Circles.
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because I needed people a few paces ahead and, eventually, I needed people a few paces behind.

So that we don't get stale in our own bubbles, but we keep expanding.
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because we need each other, women do.
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And the isolation and comparison keeps us apart, and that' so convenient.
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circles is a mission to break more walls and build more bridges.
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saying the hard things so it doesn't just live in your head.
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spending more time talking to other humans who get what you're going through than you do chatgpt.
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If you're feeling it, there is a short video on this application page. Watch it to understand the mission I'm trying to convey here and if you feel like you want to give it a try, fill out the interest form. ​
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let's gather more.
let's build bridges.

let's make circles. ​

we need each other. let's see how this deepens connection and confidence. experiment with me?

-Chels