Hello Friends, Family, Clients & Colleagues!

 

It has come to my attention that there is an area of my life that I need to continue healing. My ability to ask for help. Yup, this is me, asking for help. It is so much easier for me to support others than to reach out for help from my community. 

 

What I am asking for will ensure that my living expenses are covered for the next couple of months. Ultimately I will need support through graduation in June 2023 and possibly through whenever my licensing exam is in 2023.

 

I have coaching/consulting/speaking for my business, Resilient Fat Goddex (RFG), about 10-15 hours a week, my unpaid social work field placement aka internship with Portland Public Schools approximately 12-16 hours a week, and 11 graduate hours of classes plus homework. This doesn’t leave much time for social media content creation and management for RFG, marketing, creating and/or offering workshops and groups. This barely leaves me with enough energy to feed myself, keep my apartment relatively clean, and live.

 

The past few years have really drained my  business and physical capacity. I am a a single person living alone (with Rebel and Callie of course!) while supporting queer, fat, trans folks with low resources and complex needs living through a pandemic and civil, trans, & women’s rights have continued to be threatened or taken away throughout the country.

 

My brain works better when I have financial stability. I have so often not had financial stability that I forget that I can ask for help. I am a part of so many amazing communities and really value practicing what I teach. This is why community is so important. This is why community works.

 

With your help, I can be a student & entrepreneur and not be distracted by my bank account. I will be able to continue to do this crucially important work.

 

You can help me by:

Donating to this Go Fund Me

Liking, sharing, commenting wherever you see my GFM

Attending the IG Live on Feb 14th that I am doing with Rawiyah Tariq 

Attending the ADHD webinar  that I am doing in March

Becoming a monthly Patron 

Sending money to my Venmo or PayPal and choosing the family/friend option

Referring people to my coaching or consulting services 

Becoming a coaching or consulting client 

Hiring me to speak  at your school, organization or business this summer

 

Thank you for taking the time to read this. I’m deeply thankful for your support in who I am, trusting me, and supporting my continued life-saving work within our communities.

 

In fat, queer solidarity,

SJ