Coaching practices for Would it Be Inappropriate to Leave Anonymous Letters of Encouragement Around My Workplace

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• I’ve written the letter and now I’m frozen on what to do with it
• There’s someone I owe so much to but I can’t actually send it
• I’ve actually written the thank-you out, but the thought of sitting across from them and reading it aloud to their face makes me want to just text it instead
• There’s someone who quietly did something that really mattered to me and I never said a word
• When I try to be kind to myself it slides into a lecture

Practices that may help

1. Decide deliberately whether and how to deliver each letter
   Not every gratitude letter should be sent — and the decision should be deliberate, not default.
   Gratitude Letters: Writing Your Way to Deeper Appreciation
2. Write unsent letters for private emotional processing
   Write a gratitude letter with no intention of sending it — the writing itself is the practice.
   Gratitude Letters: Writing Your Way to Deeper Appreciation
3. Deliver the letter in person — do not send it
   Read the letter aloud to the recipient without giving them the paper to read — presence is the active ingredient.
   The Gratitude Visit: Telling Someone They Mattered
4. Write one brief gratitude note per week to a real person
   Each week, send one specific thank-you to a person whose contribution you actually noticed.
   Counting Blessings: The Psychology of Grateful Reflection
5. Offer gentle, wise guidance — not fixing or lecturing
   Let the letter's guidance come from care, be specific, and leave the choice with you.
   The Self-Compassion Letter, Made Practical
6. Write and deliver a gratitude visit
   Write a letter to someone who changed your life and read it to them in person.
   Seligman’s PERMA Model, Made Practical
7. Write a gratitude letter to someone you can no longer reach
   If the person is deceased or unreachable, write the letter anyway — the benefit accrues to the writer regardless.
   The Gratitude Visit: Telling Someone They Mattered
8. Compassionate Letter Writing
   Write a letter to yourself from the perspective of a wise, compassionate friend — about something you’ve been judging yourself for.
   Compassion-Focused Therapy: Calming the Inner Critic
9. Show up for the person, not just the deliverable
   Acknowledge what is happening in someone’s life when it is clearly affecting them — before addressing the work.
   Caring Personally: The Foundation of Radical Candor
10. Give recognition generously and specifically
    Call out others’ contributions publicly, specifically, and without claiming credit for yourself.
    Give and Take: The Giver Advantage

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