FAQ’s
Do I have to start with Baby Sister?
Yes. We will all be practicing and building up a number of practical skills inside the membership that we will use in our real world lives and online outside of SI-US. The best way to practice and hold one another accountable is to begin on the same page.
What if I take longer to get through Baby Sister than others?
That’s okay. Your pace is your pace. If you are having trouble completing the tasks though, reach out and share, perhaps you’ll learn to adjust so you can get through the material faster. But as much as you’ll hear me say this is a game, play to win, I don’t mean to have you stress out about the tasks. I mean – have fun. Play with them. Then jump online and tell us all about it. What worked for you. How you Tracked it. How you Tested it. And How you made it Fun.
What if I don’t have the relationships associated with the task or a career for the job related tasks?
You probably live with or near someone with that issue – observe, use the WTF Communication Tool with them, encourage them to try it and report it when it works.
I’m really more interested in some of the lessons in Middle Sister Tier, can’t I just jump ahead and do those instead? I’ll pay more.
You can’t buy your way into a tier. Communication is the overall theme of Baby Sister. Inside it you’ll discuss relationships and foundations and the WTF Communication Tool. Everyone in Little Sister will have a fairly good handle on these techniques once they graduate from Baby Sister to Little Sister. Middle Sisters will be very good at these techniques plus they will have the added skill sets that Little Sisters learned and practiced. More skills will be added inside the Middle Sister Tier.
What if I am a Middle Sister but I want to go back and review a lesson from Baby Sister?
You can always return to Baby Sister or Little Sister. Peeking into a lower tier, joining in discussion helping Baby Sisters navigate their way through is always welcome. We learn so well when we teach what we know. So I encourage Sisters to help each other using the WTF method. The more you help, the more you learn. Also, letting Baby Sisters know they aren’t following the WTF method will help them.
What is the WTF Method?
You’ll learn about that in the Baby Sisters Tier.
Do I have to follow each step in order?
Inside the tier you can maneuver around with the sections that matter more to you at first. Once you finish each section you’ll be notified and you’ll be able to jump into Little Sister.
I’d really be happier using the membership my own way. I’m not good at following instructions. Can’t you make an exception?
By the time you finish with Baby Sister, you will be connected to other members and getting through the assigned tasks will be easier and fulfilling because you will all be comfortable engaging in a community, the conversations will be onpoint and positive, and you’ll be ready to start making progress in that higher step. Step It-Up has many meanings inside our group. We are on individual journeys but we will be developing similar skills as we walk those journeys. Being in a room full of women who operate with those skills is going to be dynamic. I know it will and I know you will appreciate the level of engagement those tiers offer because we did the hard work of learning to crawl before we walked and we learned to walk before we ran.
What does SISTERS stand for?
Small Impactful Steps That Enrich Restless Souls
Does Step It-Up have meaning too?
Yes. You may have heard someone tell you to Step It-Up because they wanted you to focus on a task and accomplish a goal. It’s another way of saying – work harder. But we can also see it as a challenge and a cheer. As in Step It-Up Girlfriend! YooHoo! But it also frames the way the membership works. Each tier is a step up from the next with a particular set of skills that will assist us in our real world life and with our ability to engage with others meaningfully online.
How is this membership different from other programs like it?
Our focus will always be on small impactful steps. So you will develop a great understanding of stepping up goals and conversations and lifestyles and stability and so on and so on. Also many membership programs have every lesson taught by one person. My vision is different. I hope you’ll find interviews and content from many wise women and men inside SI-US, not just me.
I am a member as well as the facilitator and founder of SI-US. Don’t be surprised to read my posts as I deal with my own struggles and restlessness. I held back from creating this site FOR several years because I thought I had to be perfect in all areas of my life before I could ‘coach’ others. Then I realized that was just a false belief. I will never be perfect. If someone joins Step It-Up SISTERS hoping to learn from one person who has everything figured out they will be disappointed. However, inside our group there will be experts in every area. There will also be members on many different legs of the same journey. We can and will learn from one another.
To make this work maybe we all need to embrace the idea of joining a community and part of our community engagement will be presenting our ideas to one another in a loving supportive way and learning how to present ideas in a loving and supporting way. This skill will be invaluable to us outside of the membership too. That is one element I hope for all the skills shared and learned inside SI-US – sustainable high impact and multi-use.
Also, you should never feel overwhelmed by the amount of material being offered inside every tier and the membership as a whole because I set up boundaries to set you free to explore each idea in each tier in depth.
Can I get to Big Sisters Status in a year?
I don’t know. I’m launching this program in July of 2022. Once the first member to make it to Big Sister Status makes it, I will share this information with everyone.
Are all the lessons video taped?
Yes. If you can’t make a session live – you will be able to watch it as a replay and respond to it inside the comments.