Brainz Magazine: How To Create A Community With Peer Support
I’m an Executive Contributor to Brainz Magazine. Find this article and more on my contributor page.
"It takes a village," they say, to raise a child. It takes a community of support to surround that village and raise them up in the good times and the challenging times. Your peer support community is right before you if you ask, look, and listen. You create it for yourself.
It may include the family doctor that listens to what ails you or the next-door neighbor who is always there for your kids after school so you can work to pay the bills. It may be the parent you connect with in the hospital emergency room when your kids are going through something similar and need care or the mural artist whose creation makes you smile every time you pass by. Your yoga instructor, soccer coach, or hair stylist might also be a part of your support community. The key word here is community. You are connected to people daily, so what does your peer support community look like?
Everyone has a journey; no two are the same. Only some people will understand your journey, and that is okay. Surround yourself with people who have similar lived experiences. That is the key to creating a community of peer support.
