Intuitive Warrior Community Guidelines

This community was created to give Highly Sensitive People (HSPs), also known as Intuitive Warriors, a space to converse and connect with each other in a warm, supportive environment.

It is also meant to be a platform to discuss the topics covered in the course as well as any others related to learning and growing as an HSP.

For this to remain a safe place to share and give and receive support, we request the following:

Do:

• Do stay on-topic: generally, content should center around your experiences as a HSP/Intuitive Warrior.  For example, instead of talking about your car breaking down, see if you can share how you are dealing with the stress/anxiety/emotions/etc.
• Do be Civil: Personal attacks and harassment will not be tolerated. Sexist, racist, misogynist, homophobic, and broad, offensive generalizations about groups of people are simply not allowed. Comments or discussions written intentionally to provoke will also be removed.
• Do introduce yourself. Feel free to look around and listen before posting. We’d like to know who you are and encourage you to take a minute and introduce yourself if you are new to our community.
• Do be kind. We believe that sharing your observations and opinions about a subject is appropriate. We can all do this in a way that is civil and promotes the overall feeling of safety, comfort, and support we value.
• Do understand we all make mistakes. It takes time to learn the rules of engagement in an online community. Ask questions. Be understanding of each other and yourself.
• Do respect the privacy of your fellow group members. Respect the vulnerability and courage it takes to share our experiences with a group. Treat what you hear with love and kindness and follow the mantra, "what's shared here, stays here".
  

Don’t:

• Don’t give advice:  It’s fine for people to ask for suggestions, but if it hasn’t been asked for, please share how you relate to what someone says vs. telling them what they should think/do/feel (ie. If someone says they feel like no one understands them, you might say, “I’m so sorry you’re feeling like that. I’ve been there” instead of, “that’s not true; I’m sure some people understand.”)
• Don’t gossip: hold whatever you hear as sacred. If it isn’t yours to share, don’t.
• Don’t be rude: while we fully support members having different opinions and perspectives, anything less than complete civility is unacceptable. 
• Don't talk about information that isn't yours to share: it's healthy and good to share with the group your experience as an HSP on the Facebook group, live calls, etc. Just like you wouldn't want anyone talking about what you shared, please respect the privacy of others in the group.

If you see comments that we may have missed please report to a leader/moderator. We work hard to maintain a comfortable space for support, encouragement and connection.

** We have a zero-tolerance policy for these behaviors. Members who violate our comment policy will be addressed. We accept that this is sometimes accidental.

We always let people know when they have broken our guidelines and often give them a chance to course correct. We do this as part of our commitment to creating an environment of learning and growth.

If guidelines continue to be broken, however, more significant action may be taken to protect the integrity of the community.

Finally, This is not an appropriate forum for asking for clinical advice or to seek help in the event a psychological or physical emergency. While the leaders and members care about others in the community, this is not an appropriate substitute for therapeutic support.

If a member is speaking about suicide (passively or actively) or other serious mental health threats, the appropriateness of the IW program as a support will be questioned.