Blog #2 - New Group Intentional Encounters Launched

 Intentional Encounters Launched!

Congratulations and Gratitude

We want to offer our wholehearted congratulations to Intentional Encounters for their launch! We encourage all who feel led to do so to join this group. We support what they are doing and are deeply grateful to those who committed countless hours to forming this group! We will not be joining at this time, as we remain deeply engaged in our accountability process. To any that are curious, Charity and myself have not participated in any of the planning meetings, although 100% support their endeavors. Our only involvement has been offering the use of this Facebook page and the Empowered Pleasure Meetup for announcements so that those who were previously members of Empowered Pleasure can stay informed on the happenings in the community. 

 

If you are interested in joining the new Intentional Encounters community, here is how to reach them:

 

Mailing list:
https://gaggle.email/join/intentional-encounters@gaggle.email

Facebook group:
facebook.com/groups/IntentionalEncountersCommunity

If you’re interested in being an early volunteer, please email Volunteer@IntentionalEncounters.org

 

For those of you interested in following the Empowered Pleasure accountability process, there will be several upcoming blog posts addressing the process and what I have learned. 

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