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I’m noticing a whole heck of a lot of you haven’t been opening your Daily Hope emails lately. (Yes. I can see that. I get reports on what percentage are opened, which are opened, etc.)
So … are you finding that they aren’t helpful? Would you prefer to receive fewer of them – like one a week? What’s up?
Give us some feedback so we can adjust or change the service where needed. We don’t want to be sending out emails that no one is reading.
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I’m loving them
I would say that I’m in the clear of dealing with PPD. But because of my emotional PMS (that I think is directly related to my PPD), I find great comfort in reading the emails. Even if I don’t get to it the day it’s sent, I do read it eventually. I’m really enjoying them, and find a lot of encouragement through them!
Thank you!
I do not check my email every day, but when I do, I read them. I really enjoy getting them, I’m just bad about checking my email every day.
I do not check my e-mail every day either, but I do read them. I enjoy them a lot. They are like a little hug of comfort.
When I really, really needed them (when I was first diagnosed back in March) I hung to them, looked forward to them, wondered where they were when they were ‘late’ or absent.
But now that I’m back to work and maybe getting a teensy bit better, I don’t read them everyday. I have many, many of them saved on my computer.. but, yes, sometimes I just hit delete to declutter my mailbox. But when I need it, I read.
I read them every day! However, there was a long time that I wasn’t getting them every day and another period of time when they were going straight to my SPAM folder for no reason.
They are very helpful for my mood!
I love them. Please keep them coming. You have an uncanny ability to send the exact one I need to hear that day. Thanks!
I don’t read them everyday, but I gotta say, today’s on lonliness was awesome! I really needed it today! Perhaps I need to go back and start reading them more faithfully!
I look forward to the email every day! It really does help me get through the day – especially if I’m really having a bad time.
I liked them, but had to unsubscribe because I get too many emails. I’ve also had so much treatment I didn’t think they were anything new (but for someone who didn’t have access to as much as I did would probably really find them helpful. I went to an IOP, multiple group therapies and have seen no less than 7 therapists and as many psychiatrists in 2 years for it). I did think they were nice and encouraging, though…
I love them though I sometimes miss them in my e-mail with them coming at different times. They are fantastic!!
I love them, I’m still at the stage when they are very important to me, to remind me that I’m not alone. I don’t always click through to the article immediately, but the quotes and the intro to the subject at hand are often enough to get me through until I have more time to read. Then, I usually start on the most recent blog post and click through on the site. Please keep doing what you’re doing!
I read them every day, but I also have my mail clients refuse to respond to read receipts or any other tracking that mailing lists can do, so you don’t get me counted
I really like them, but I missed them for a good while because I couldn’t find them – I have a gmail account, and they go into the bulk mail folder, which is not the spam folder, and I didn’t even know it existed – I was very surprised when I found them there.
Interesting!! I never knew there was such a thing as a bulk mail folder on gmail. I’m going to have to check into that.
- K
Please continue daily. They are fantastic especially in the depths of depression. As I’ve gotten a little better, I might not need them every day, but I did, and I’m glad they were there! The emAil matters!
I like knowing that Daily Hope messages are there for me, but admit that most days I don’t open them. I think I’m saving up for my postpartum time with my next baby (due in late Dec. 2011). I love opening them when I’m having a really rough day in pregnancy & parenting, which is about 1x week. So, weekly would be fine right now, but after this baby comes I sure would like them daily! Hugs& Thanks
I check them when I need them
Sometimes it’s five days in a row, sometimes I will go a whole week without opening them.
Keep them every day, friend.
Since I’m still recovering from a 5 month long relapse, there are days that I have just cried and cried and hung on to the precious words that come from the daily hope messages. Getting them daily helps when you are in crisis. If you aren’t in crisis, then I understand why not wanting/needing to read them everyday. But I certainly have enjoyed having them during this horrible season of my life. I’m just now starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel this time around.
I don’t get a chance to check my emails everyday, but I do read them and enjoy getting them. They help make the day go a little easier. They make sense and help make me smile.
When I was at my worst, I checked for them several times a day and then hung on to every word. I have also posted several quotes on my FB page. Now that I am getting a little better, I usually save them up and read them all once a week when I have some quite time. They brighten my day/week. Thank you for doing this.
I read them every day! I love that they are short, to the point, and always insightful. Hopefully one day I’ll be at the point where I no longer need them but at the moment I’m savoring them.
This might sound weird, but maybe you should be happy about the ones that don’t get read. Perhaps those subscribers have come out the other side. An ER doctor once said to me: I hope I never see you again!
I’m with a lot of the commenters – I don’t delete them without reading them. I still rely on that daily devotional, even if it’s just because it reminds me that being a parent is so damn hard and everyone agrees with me.
The only comment I have is to make sure that they continue to stay short and to the point, both the quote and the “analysis.” Sometimes I read them on my phone (okay, I ALWAYS read them on my phone) as I am walking up the stairs to get my daughter up in the morning, so I need to be able to read it, digest it and internalize it in the space of about 12 stairs.
I want it to stick with me throughout the day.
There was a time I needed them every day, and I waited for them to come in. Now, thankfully, that’s not the case for my anymore. But it is for others, and I may need them again, so I say keep doing them!
I wouldn’t check my e-mail everyday, except that I am hoping to see a daily hope. Many times, they have been exactly what I have needed. It is a support that is irreplaceable. Thank you so much for sending them out.
I find these emails hugely comforting … a daily hug to steal an apt phrase from another reader. But sometimes I don’t get to them in time and then I’ll read them a day or two later. Thank you for these rays of light and solidarity in times of darkness.
I read mine regardless of how I’m feeling. When I’m at a low point, like really low, sometimes I’ll read and roll my eyes but then when I’m on an up, it feels good to know I’ve been there and I’m through it. I wonder if some of the people who signed up for it have it going to their spam folder?
Thanks y’all. I think you are definitely in the group that opens them up. We’ll keep going. And I really appreciate the feedback because they’re a lot of hard work, so I don’t want to do anything that you don’t find worth your time and valuable!
- K
The Daily Hope emails truly keep me going- I’m in the midst of PPD and wait for the “hope” that each of those emails contain- I feel like someone is reading my mind when I read them. I feel so much less alone and often times believe I’ll get better because of them. Many THANKS!
I love the Daily Hope & read them through my entire pregnancy. Often times I found myself rolling over in bed, depressed & sad & reaching for my phone HOPING a daily hope email awaited me. I haven’t read or opened any emails all week because I gave birth to my first baby on Monday! I pray I don’t need them moving forward but as a sufferer of antenatal depression, I know Daily Hope can be a part of my encouragement moving forward.
I enjoy them and read them everyday. I’ve really started reading them closely again b/c I just found out I’m pregnant! I have to quickly wean off my medicine that I’ve been on since my PPD dx. so any bit of encouragement is greatly appreciated. keep them coming!
Plse keep them coming. I don’t mind daily or weekly. Thank you for you website and the support and encouragement you give us.
PS you look like Dallas Howard Bryce in your profile pic!
Guilty! I have close to 10, 000 unopened emails. Aahh!!
But, it’s because I work full time and don’t have access to a computer during the day. And at night I have a rambunctious toddler that doesn’t like it when mommy tries to sit at the computer for any period of time. I usually have about 10 minutes from the time I get home until she wakes up from her late nap. Then she’s up until 10-11pm. Ugh. Daddy works in the evenings. I barely have time to keep up with the few blogs that I read. I check this site daily and always get so much out of it. And I love the daily hope messages as well, when I do get the time to read them. I admit that it’s very sporadic. Whenever I log in, I do go right to your emails. Maybe I also don’t like to log in to my email because those 10,000 unopened messages send the OCD part of my brain into a tailspin. lol Anyway, I’m sorry and I want you to know how appreciated they are and how grateful I am for you.
I am recovered from PPD (but am still very vigilant!!) so that’s why I haven’t been reading mine. But I think I would still read them if they came less often (once a week?) for me. Maybe, in your subscription preferences, you could choose to get them daily, bi-weekly, weekly, etc.??
I love them and amongst many others find them extremely comforting. Although I don’t always check my email every day I do look at all of them and also save many of them. Thank you for all you do and are continuing to do it means the world…especially when one is going through something so difficult and dark and gloomy that they don’t even understand themselves. You put everything back in perspective.
I just found a lot of mine in my spam folder of gmail so I moved them all to my inbox. When they do show up in my inbox I only tend to read them if I am having a low moment, day or week. I really like the ones about remembering the ME that’s still deep inside because there are some days I feel like I’m never going to get ME back.
I really appreciate them daily -I just started getting them.
I just signed up for them because of this post. They are invaluable! Thank you so much for creating this. I would recommending giving this service a higher profile on your site so more can sign up. Thank you again for all you do to advocate for mothers.
I read them every day. Some days i find I need them more than others, but I still read them every day. Still struggling and still trying
Your daily emails have been so incredibly helpful to me. PLEASE keep them coming. They are so comforting and positive. I really have helped me so much in my recovery. I appreciate you sending them very much.