A calm place to land.
The Circle’s community space isn’t another noisy feed. It’s a quiet, private corner of the app for the inner side of living abroad, with five small spaces, room to start your own post whenever you need to, and Stephanie Johnson, a licensed clinical social worker who lives abroad too, as your host. It’s new and still small, so the people who join now help shape what it becomes.
An illustration of the layout. The example question is mine, not a post from a member.
Five quiet spaces, and room to start your own.
Welcome
Say hello and share where you are, on the map and in the move. It’s the easiest first post.
This month
The featured workshop and its prompt, with room to talk about what it stirred up.
What I’m navigating
Start a post about whatever you’re carrying right now: the missing, the friendships that haven’t happened yet, the form you’ve filled out three times.
Small wins
The small victories that deserve a witness: a friend made, a form survived, a whole sentence understood at the pharmacy.
Ask Stephanie
Bring me your questions and I’ll answer through the week. Support and perspective, never therapy.
No scheduled calls. No pressure. Just a place that’s there when you need it.
On your time
It’s asynchronous, so it works in every time zone. Drop in at midnight or once a week. There’s nothing to keep up with.
Start a post anytime
Carrying something heavy? Put it in What I’m navigating. You don’t have to wait for a meeting or find the perfect words first.
“Me too,” not “how exciting”
It’s made for people living the same in-between to answer each other honestly. The Circle is small and new, so the people who join now set that tone.
A host who lives this too
I’m Stephanie, a licensed clinical social worker who’s living abroad too. I host the space: sharing prompts, keeping it safe, and answering questions. It’s support and education, never therapy.
What keeps it safe and warm.
- What’s shared here stays here. Confidentiality is our one firm rule.
- Come as you are. No pressure to perform being okay.
- We support; we don’t diagnose. This is lived-experience support and education, not therapy or crisis care.
- Presence before advice. “Me too” goes further than fixing.
- Be kind; assume good intent. We’re all tired and far from home.
- Share your own story. Leave other people’s names and details out of it.
There’s room for you here.
The Circle is small and still new. Join now and your $19 a month stays the same for as long as you stay, with a real say in what the community becomes.
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