[News from Diversability] Wednesday, October 1: virtual event on Reclaiming Fun as Fuel
We're opening one of our Diversability Leadership Collective (DLC) events to the broader Diversability community: Reclaiming Fun as Fuel
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[Virtual] Join us at our event on leaning into play and joy for creativity and resilience on Wednesday, October 1: Reclaiming Fun as Fuel with Anne Potts
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{Virtual} Wednesday, October 1: Reclaiming Fun as Fuel with Anne Potts
We’ve all been trained to be busy. We fill our calendars, check off the lists and keep everything running. All of this usually comes at the expense of what fuels us most: fun. Research shows that play, novelty and connection aren’t luxuries; they’re essential drivers of energy, creativity and resilience. Yet, most of us delay joy until “everything else is done”… and that moment rarely comes.
In this interactive session, we’ll uncover the hidden ways busyness keeps us from fun, and we’ll explore simple, evidence-backed strategies to reclaim joy as a renewable source of fuel for our careers, our relationships and our lives.
Anne Mara Potts (AB history, 1991) is the founder of The Fun Reset, a program that helps high-achieving women break free from overwork and rediscover joy as an essential part of life. A seasoned communications strategist, Anne spent more than two decades leading brand, innovation and reputation initiatives for global companies before turning her expertise toward personal transformation.
When: Wednesday, October 1 | 5:00PM ET / 2:00PM PT
Where: A Zoom link will be emailed to you 10 mins before the event begins.
This event will also be recorded and the recording will be shared with registered attendees after the event.
Tickets: FREE for Diversability Leadership Collective members, sliding scale tickets for non-members
** Subscriber flash bonus: we are offering a couple of sponsored tickets to attend for free, thanks to our supporters!
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Ms Anthrope you are no longer making posts about me, so I will also talk about you in my posts. You are no longer making comments about me, so I will stop making comments about you. I know you are seventy years old, so you don't have time for this drama. We both don't want anything to do with each other. Ms Anthrope, I posted more posts about you than you posted about me. Heather Congrove has posted less posts about me, but I posted more posts about her. I don't know what else to say to these people https://hcongrove2.com/2025/10/16/miss-you-know-who-you-are/ so I pray for them. They pray for me because they think I am demonic. I am not demonic. I don't know what they are talking about. They are making fun of my disability, so that is not how Christians should talk online. When you make fun of someone because they have learning disabilities online then I would call that cyberbullying, so that is way out of line right now. I never made fun of these people. I never called them names. I have never been mean to them. They are cyberbullying me because they are making fun of me because I have a learning disability. Here is a link that you can look at on Google Search Engine about making fun of someone that has a learning disability. WordPress allows cyber bullying, so they won't take that post down. They won't take the comments down. I am not even going to report it to WordPress because they won't do anything about it https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-motorola-rvo3&sca_esv=9133454e1bbc4cf2&sxsrf=AE3TifPMHWf6xp4VO1IFxrjjqy46fnF_LA:1761949734718&q=making+fun+of+someone+because+they+have+a+learning+disability&source=lnms&fbs=AIIjpHxCtmkhHKu27CW9pNYJlh4RoZZ_y8scaivnpjp3a9aEstvyzM9WArA0Q4B52rAVe2QX_LnAaX09rl1L_8Cc2PbJtLb93C0a0QnXFm0CsCGyme-lpLV7ZPZUtpYGYNjRT4H37Y5EJfohGNNEjOjt5mkL3v3CChYZwYClGCUZQvDnepSSLPq39tBG-y4BipYkwLmfiAiabOddny3k6k8OHTjBu4hAjIDU9AduSpOJnuorNFc7WvY&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj78bKgvs-QAxUuk2oFHbugN2UQ0pQJegQICxAB&biw=412&bih=765&dpr=1.75 so I will pray for them. I was in a resource room for having a learning disability all through my school years. People bullied me because I was in a resource room. I was not good at math. My brother had to help me with math because math was not on the radar in my mind. I was in a resource room for English too. I have been made fun of enough, so I am just going to let them bully me because I am not going to stoop to their level then start making fun of me. Since, I have been bullied in school so I don't bully other people. I don't know any of these people that are bullying me. The people that subscribed to me on WordPress liked the post, but they did not comment on the post. You know I have been bullied so much that I am used to it. I am not going to put up with much more because I don't want to put up with this drama anymore. When someone bullied you online that is not Christ like behavior. When you make fun of someone that has a learning disability then that is called bullying, so Christians do not act like that. Tell me what Jesus would do. Jesus would never bully people. God has Jesus come on this Earth to save the world from sin. Jesus was born from the Virgin Mary. The Holy Spirit helped Mary pregnant then she gave birth to Jesus. Jesus loves you. God loves you because God Jesus came down to this Earth to save the world from sin. I am truly sorry that that post went way too far, but if you want to like that post then you accept her behavior, so that is your problem. When you are commenting on the post then you are accepting that behavior, so that is uncalled for. My great grandma would always say, “Jessica, everybody is going to have to account for everything they have said about you, so you let God handle them.” It is not your place to seek revenge on someone that does you wrong. The bigger person is going to walk away. The little person is going to keep tearing people down. They are going to be mean to that person that they are tearing down. I am truly that you have to see these things happen on these posts because Christians do not act like that. They probably make fun of other people that have learning disabilities. Jesus is not a bully. Do not do what they are doing to me because they are bullying me because I have a learning disability. If you like that post then I would not like that post because of what they are saying on that post about me. I would never comment on a post like that. They are not representing Christ in this post. Jesus does not tear people down. Jesus would see the hurt then Jesus would come there to comfort you until you feel better. Jesus wants the best for you.
If you commented on that post then I would delete my comment, but I am going to let you make a choice because it is your choice what you are going to do. I am no longer on WordPress, so I cannot comment on that post. I never want to get back on WordPress. WordPress allows bullying to continue, so that is why people get off WordPress. I am not the first person that got bullied on WordPress. Blogger is a lot better than WordPress. When I reported certain things then they took it down a few hours then they did not let me post things like that again. I don't see anything good about WordPress. I have had enough harassment on WordPress that I got off WordPress. I was tired of being stalked on WordPress, so I got off WordPress.
Jenn T, I understand why you don't like Christians because of how Heather Congrove behaves with her Christian friends online bullying because I have a learning disability. I understand why you don’t like Heather Congrove. She agrees with her friends when they are bullying me because I have a learning disability. They are saying mean things about me. They don't realize people can be suicidal with what they post online. I want to ask them, “Would they feel good, if I killed myself?” because they are bullying me because I have a learning disability. I have been suicidal on May 2023 because I kept on thinking about something all the time I was awake because I could not get that person out of my head. Now, they are being cruel to me. They are making fun of me. Ms Anthrope, you have a good reason not to like Christians because of how Heather Congrove acts around her Christian friends online. I am making one more paragraph. I am not suicidal right now, but they won't make me suicidal.
Jenn T, thank you for being my friend. Crystal Amon, thank you for being my friend. You don't have to stand up for me because it will only make the situation worse for us. Just stay away from them. Christians bullying other Christians is not cool, so I will probably online type up one page tomorrow to finish up my five pages journaling on the smart phone or the computer. I am going to hang out with my boyfriend soon. Please do not think Christian all like. Do not pay attention to their behavior because I promise Christians do not act like that. I am going to pray for these people. They don't know what they are doing to me. They think it is funny to tear people down, but they will have to tell Jesus every careless word they said about me. If Atheists acted like that then I would not accept more out of them because they can behave like that because they are not religious people. I am going to end these pages now. Talk to you later.