Some people love them.

We’ve tried to put in enough elements (forum thingies, live chat rooms during the calls, small group meetings, study partners, etc) so that everyone will have a couple of things that fit them well.

Without the calls it wouldn’t feel as “alive” for me — I participate in a lot of other people’s programs where it’s really just about the forum, and it doesn’t engage me enough.

And at the same time, I imagine there will be some people who won’t do calls and will either listen to the recordings or skip that part altogether, and that’s fine.

So … yeah, we’re trying to come up with as many ways as possible to meet different needs, and hoping to hit the combination that will make it accessible and useful for the people who need it.

And will keep updating! :)

All I can say is that if it were only an email or forum-based discussion, I don’t think the kitchen table thing would work. Well, it could work on a smaller scale but not as intended.

I think the sort of thing Havi is offering needs the phone calls or videos included, or it’s not worth the money. Besides, I look at the phone calls as my guarantee of Havi’s participation in the program (as opposed to something where we get to chat with lots of neato people but not nec. w/ Havi’s leadership.)

I don’t want to spark off a big discussion about what the program costs or doesn’t cost. I’ve joined it so obviously I’m ok with the cost. If phone calls weren’t involved I wouldn’t have joined. The calls are recorded so you can listen to them after the fact if you can’t be there when the call is scheduled (like I can’t).

Email or forum based discussions work much better for me – but you have addressed that in your FAQ. Now I just need to carve out time so I can join – probably will be right around the time you get to the “Time” discussion!

I’m curious about something. It’s not an objection, because (a) I’m not signing up anyway, and (b) you’ve already provided a solution above; but I wonder, does anyone else have a strong but non-practical objection to phone-based programmes? As in, I can hear perfectly well, but for various reasons, the phone just really doesn’t work for me? Would be interested to hear if you ever get that from people.

Thanks for answering questions I didn’t even realize I had!

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@Joely you are not the only one to freak out in that particular way. I think Havi’s team is overwhelmed. They did get back to me just a bit out of the promised time frame. Check your spam folder just in case.

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I’ve applied but I haven’t heard anything, which has freaked me out. I’m not even sure if I’m *supposed* to hear anything about it. I haven’t emailed because of course you’re snowed under with emails, and so I decided to sit in my freaking out for a bit. Since I’ve had a lot of different things to freak out about, it’s just there in the background, simmering. I think I’ve started imagining it’s like getting into university and you have to have all kinds of qualifications to get accepted. Hmmm… Stuff coming up!

I’m very excited about doing it, especially knowing the first bit is about money. I can see it’s going to make an incredible difference to my life.

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