ABOUT US
IAMPillows.us was developed by Carlton, Ed, and Gwyn, who have helped tens of thousands of people go through career and personal development transitions.
As business consultants, How-To book authors, seminar trainers, college instructors, resume writers, and volunteers at churches, schools, libraries, non-profit organizations, and career centers, we used our experiences to develop this site.
Over the past 30 years, our goal has been to help people get from their Point A to their Point B.
The most helpful resource that people most definitely need to get to their Point B is encouragement.
It is still amazing to us to see what encouragement will do for a person so that they can take the very next step towards a career or personal goal. The very next step is the most important one.
For years we had conducted in-person workshops, but with the onset of the pandemic, those workshops disappeared, and online instruction hasn’t made the same impact.
In one particular incident, a participant felt isolated, turned to alcohol, and laid her dreams aside. When I caught up with her, she said she felt isolated and alone and nobody was around to help her.
I sent her a card with a Cheesecake Factory gift card and a California Pizza Kitchen gift card in it. I told her that the next time she felt like giving up, read my card, do one thing towards her goal, and then take herself out for Korean Cauliflower appetizer at the Cheesecake Factory or Club Avocado Egg Rolls at the California Pizza Kitchen.
She contacted me the following month to tell me that she was able to get a dozen things done on her Task List. She thanked me for the card saying it was just like I was there encouraging her along. Oh, and she just absolutely loved the Club Avocado Egg Rolls, but not the cauliflower as much. I told her how so very proud I was of her.
That’s when we came up with IAMPillows.us.
We learned that the two greatest and most effective therapeutic and rejuvenation tools in the world were: #1 – your bed, and #2 – your couch.
It made sense. When we get tired or frustrated, or after a horrific day, or when we need to decompress, or when life throws us a curveball, what do we do? At the end of the day we watch TV on our couches and go to bed when we run out of grace.
Therefore, we created IAMPillows.us because each of us needs encouragement. And when we do go to our beds and couches, there is a word of inspiration, motivation, spiritual uplifting, or humor to remind us and help us to take the very next step the very next day. The pillows give us the encouragement we need.
So join with us in encouraging yourself or encouraging others with an IAMPillows pillow (or two, or three) today.
Thank you for being a part of this journey.
Carlton, Ed, and Gwyn
