Humor, Kindness, Faith, Courage, Light, and Healing -- esp from childhood sexual abuse.
End of 1st Quarter Highlights
Today marks the end of the 1st quarter of 2025, and a cause of pause and review of my enhanced communications about healing from sexual abuse in Mormon Neighborhoods.
At the end of 2024, I introduced my plan for the enhanced offerings here. During the last 90 days, here are the highlights:
Mondays, Sales Techniques
Offered not to curate professional sales people—but to help others understand these techniques. Having this awareness and knowledge can help one to not e coerced into believing or buying a product or service they don’t want or need.
The Number One thing to remember is that people buy emotionally and defend that decision with logic.
Manipulators and/or professional salespeople use various techniques to get their prospect into an emotional state.
Then, they lead with questions (or online via sales funnels and clicks) to get one to the ultimate buy.
Please remember, that these same techniques can be used to help elevate people for the better. Coaches, leaders and motivational speakers use these same techniques to help evoke emotion and get their team or students to take action to bette themselves.
And lastly, please do not be afraid, it’s okay to buy and be coached. If you sense you are being manipulated to do something you don’t want to do: PAUSE. Take a break. You can always pause and review. There are very few things that require you to take action instantly.
Tuesday: Puppy Love
This is just my way of sending some fun stories and joy. It can be argued that our species wouldn’t have survived without our canine companions. After all, we don’t smell much, can’t run that fast, and certainly don’t have sharp teeth. However, I’m not going that far, but I do know that petting a dog helps many relax.1
Frequently, I use my own dogs’s imaginary perspective to offer a bit of therapeutic commentary:
My dog Henry complained that he was being discriminated against for being big.
Olaf’s commentary on boundaries.
Please know, one doesn’t need to have a dog. Dogs are just something I have and enjoy.
Wednesday: Sincere and Sober Messages about Healing from Childhood Sexual Abuse.
Middle of the week and the center of Paperdolls.today. Poignant messages about awareness and healing from Childhood Sexual Abuse.
Thursday: Humor
Sometimes the Wednesday message can be heavy. I intentionally chose Thursdays for humor. I pick light hearted humor, that doesn’t make fun of anyone. I don’t think that’s funny or healthy. The message that has gained the most traction is “Extremely Stupid” from Saturday Night Live. Here it is again, because sometimes you just gotta laugh:
Friday: Everyday Acts of Kindness
Being kind helps our mental well being. Typically, I highlight acts of kindness provided from one of our subscribers. It’s been uplifitng and heartfelt. The missive I have received the most feedback is:
"I am the one who is grateful." | “Takk for maten.”
Weekends: Art
Art helps are mental health and mental wellbeing. Ironically, the missive that garnered the most feedback was sent out yesterday, featuring the stunning video of Violinist, Janine Jansen.
Every Business Day: Market Barometer Report
I stopped emailing out the Market Barometer Reports, because it is only available to paid subscribers and a couple wrote to me saying, “You lost me at math.”
Hence I decided to post it each business day, just not mail it to everyone. It is posted every business day that the stock market is open. And, the accuracy of the weather report AKA Market Barometer Report of what’s happening or going to happen in the stock market is stunning. I’ve had feedback about how much sense these reports bring to the market. It’s not a forecast of exact, but it is very close to a weather report.
An example, if you know it’s going to be bright and sunny outside, you might want to apply some extra sunscreen before you go outside.
If you know it’s forecast to rain, you might want to take an umbrella.
These reports aren’t telling you what to do or even if you want to initiate a trade, but knowing the overall weather report has been very valuable for many. For me, it’s one of the most exciting aspects that Paperdolls.today has brought this year. The chaos of the market, makes sense. My co-author’s daughter once told me that the sexual abuse of children is chaos. Maybe mathematically we will be able to predict the timing, severity and variables of these seemingly arbirtory and chaotic occurrences. I wrote about the Fibonacci numbers and it’s possible relationship to childhood sexual abuse when I wrote about SAPREA’s SAFE Symposium.
Anyway, if you want to know more about this, please let me know. Seriously, the stock market is not that hard to understand2 and it’s fun.
You see, I don’t want to write only about sexual abuse, especially childhood sexual abuse. Paperdolls was initially published in 1992, and I’ve spent the last decades creating and expanding my own authentic life. My message is simply: if I can do it, so can you. My missives illustrate the multifaceted dimensions of my life. I don’t send these out to brag, but simply to show ways I’ve developed myself and my life. It doesn’t mean you have to do exactly what I’ve done. Please, do it your own authentic way. Healing is possible and life is sacred and beautiful.
There is a learning curve. For me, it was like learning a new language and jargon. And, every single person must develop their own trading strategy which fits their comfort level. It’s much like I feel about healing from Sexual Assault. Develop it your way!