@wevans247.eth
I’m probably the last person qualified to respond, but I often think about a quote along the lines of “people remember how you made them feel” — your first suggestion (verbalizing…) makes a lot of sense in that it can make people feel seen by acknowledging something they feel but haven’t heard talked about.
And of course there’s luck — https://warpcast.com/antimofm.eth/0x96a42012