Functional Elements to Be, Do, and Connect Remarkably Well.
An awareness building exercise.
If gaps exist, be encouraged; awareness is the starting point to creating new or better outcomes as desired.
Gaps can often be bridged. Sometimes fast. Not always though.
PART 1:
BE WELL (WELLBEING) SUPPORT FACTORS:
SAFETY: Without safety the nervous system goes into survival mode. Little else matters.
BELONGING: This is the most important factor for functionality and wellbeing to emerge.
trk will bridge this for foster youth as there is no real safety or support for them without addressing these enormous gaps of consequence.
Belonging comes in different ways for different people.
Belonging occurs when unified around a common purpose or mission.
Doing well belonging is golden when organized effectively = although not common.
Some people have a sense of belonging in families but that certainly isn’t true for everyone.
Familia belonging is unnatural for many.
Some people feel a sense of belonging with community engagement, organized groups, or even gaming.
Gaming generates mass attention and more revenue than tv, movies, and music combined as it fills the void of belonging that many experience but can’t always name.
Brene Brown’s research on belonging suggests that the opposite of belonging is fitting in. Society approved standards encourage fitting in to belong. The majority (65% ) are happy to comply. 35% can’t, won’t and don’t because square pegs weren’t made to be stuffed into round holes. This gap is consequential for all humanity when not understood and it isn’t well understood. We waste trillions of dollars by not addressing these consequential gaps in understanding.
Brown’s research found true belonging begins with self.
There are over 100 layers of identity development that get explored in The Launch Lab for foster youth and eventually in trk to know themselves remarkably well. These Human Factors are most significant in enhancing wellbeing/being well and efficiency. Chapter 1 in Launchpad speaks about how this gap of great consequence impacts upwards of 92% of society.
Spiritual belonging can provide tremendous belonging, security, and support but isn’t enough alone without other embedded supports.
Spiritual community rarely provides this same sense of belonging however. New research by Barna’s State of Marriage report reveals only those in resilient marriages (14%) feel a sense of belonging at church. This is a hard gap to reconcile and many don’t realize this consequential gap exists.
Nurture environments (schools, churches, and even families) have been in an idle state for decades. Steve Jobs recognized this 41 years ago when he was just 28 years old. Check out this fascinating video to learn more about that.
The mother/child bond is an unbelievably strong belonging factor.
This is why it is so hard for mothers that can’t support their children and for children that can’t be supported by their mothers. The attachment exists even when the ability or safety to properly care for them doesn’t. These gaps cause tremendous emotional distress to both parties. HEALING IS AVAILABLE. xo
I took in a homeless, addicted young woman twice. Every second of everyday she was worried about her kids. They are being raised by other family members but she isn’t allowed anywhere near them and SHE ACHES DEEPLY FOR THEM. She gets exploited daily and her concern remains for her children. It is a heartbreaking situation for all involved. Addictions and severe trauma have taken control. This becomes harder to undo with the compounded terrors even though she does have a strong spiritual relationship intact.
trk will work diligently to minimize early pregnancy traumas that are very common for our most vulnerable youth. Without belonging people look for love in all the wrong places and the exploiters take advantage of this vulnerability greatly. These are a few of the many gaps of tremendous consequence that trk will work to intentionally minimize. Additional development explorations can be found here.
PART 2:
CONNECT WELL:
RELATIONSHIPS: They can create a sense of belonging especially when supported with skills in communication, conflict resolution, and the ability to create secure attachments.
This development is supported and explored deeply in The Launch Lab, trk, Launchpad, and The 3 Hour Relationship Intensive trainings.
Only 14% in committed relationships are considered resilient according to recent Barna research in The State of Marriage report. Relationship quality impacts quality of life tremendously according to the longest running wellbeing study ever conducted by Harvard, spanning more than seven decades.
PART 3:
DO WELL FACTORS:
CHOICE OR CLARITY: Do I have the freedom to decide and or the willingness to do what is necessary?
Without this understanding people and systems participate in expensive wheel spinning through trial and error and cleaning up messes rather than advancing skillfully.
CONFIDENCE: Do I have the ability to handle what is in front of me?
Being willing and able are both required to get successful outcomes. When we know what is missing (awareness) and why it matters (understanding)we can fill the gaps (skillfully).
These gaps exist in 84% of systems/organizations. They are most consequential in child welfare.
Sunday Dread impacts wellbeing and 80% experience this.
BE, DO, AND CONNECT WELL FACTORS:
EMBEDDED SUPPORT SYSTEMS: Having embedded people, systems, and resources readily available to minimize gaps and support functionality is essential for wellbeing, especially for our most vulnerable youth that don’t have the protections they desperately need and they are children.
The Launch Lab and trk will fill these gaps of great consequence and launch tomorrow’s world changers by equipping them to lead by architecting stability, cultivating resilience, and accelerate releasing human potential.
GET INVOLVED AND SUPPORT THE BUILD. THEY NEED US.
Chapters in Launchpad address all of these consequential gaps. Get your copy/copies today to release potential and support this cause.