In the age of social media, how do you get your startup business known in your community without paying for internet advertising? Especially a business whose main goal is to rebuild humanity and community through personal connection?! Well, hosting a hugging booth for Valentine’s weekend just seemed fitting. And we had a wonderful time!

While visiting businesses around Prescott in the last week promoting the Prescott Wellness Expo Scavenger Hunt, we’ve received great support in our efforts to bring back human connection. Mentioning our most recent venture being the hugging booth, we’ve heard several say “WOW, that was you?!” with smiles on their faces! We’ve had many requests to host another, and we are seriously considering it! Perhaps for St. Patrick’s Day! *stay tuned*

Thank you to everyone who stopped by, shared hugs, and supported our mom-owned business crowd funding efforts!

I asked my youngest daughter, a founding member of Three Goddess Gardens, to write her experience. Here is the un-edited, authentic perspective of an 11 year old:

As a society, we have lost our sense of personal awareness and how our actions may affect others, both negatively and positively. I had no idea that handling “rejection" with grace meant that my daughter was watching and learning, nor did I realize she was feeling uneasy and embarrassed at the beginning of the weekend when she was faced with “snide remarks.” After reading her experience, we discussed together the importance of allowing others to BE just as they are, and giving ourselves the same love and compassion. It has been a humbling experience to now understand just how closely my own children are paying attention to the ways in which I interact with others, and even when it’s not ‘perfect’ it is a learning experience for all.

Josselyn has endured challenges of being an empathic child, often times in paralyzing states of emotional overwhelm when in public. Her Occupational Therapist and I are delighted to see her growth in emotional awareness and being able to put into writing how she felt. To the parents of highly sensitive children, I see you. I feel you. I am you. How may we support you?

~Tiffany Seale

2/23/22