Stress Center Peer Support

I've just started week 12 and would like to know if anyone else is too. I'm amazed that I've made it this far (even further than my first time around 10 years ago!) and the new lessons are a little scary/exciting for me. How is everyone else doing? Which lessons are still a struggle for you? Which o...

I've recently had my first session with Emotional Freedom Tapping/Technique. Has anyone else heard of this or tried it? It's a gentle tapping by the fingers on certain acupuncture points while focusing on specific emotional issues/memories and reciting affirmations until the negative feelings are go...

Thank you for the support. A book was suggested to me called "A Course in Weight Loss" by Marianne Williamson. It's divided into 21 daily, spiritual lessons and I am on day 5. I feel that it is helping me address all of the things that bother me: the self-sabotage, anxiety, compulsive eating, loneli...

The subtitle of this book is "21 Spiritual Lessons for Surrendering Your Weight Forever" - it was suggested to me on another weight-loss forum where I shared my struggle with compulsive eating. It is 21 days of daily lessons that include intense, emotional guided journaling and prayer. I highly reco...

I'm sorry that you are going through this, but you are in the right place for help. Are you in the Program? Have you heard from a Coach yet? I'd start there, but just from personal experience, I'm sure it is anxiety. I remember before I started the Program my first time 10 years ago that I was afrai...

Good for you! Congratulations on the walk! I know how hard that can be to DO something - especially when it's good for you. I think I spend more energy talking myself in to/out of things than on anything else (too bad that doesn't count as exercise)! ;) Are you following a specific diet plan, or jus...

Hi! Sorry to hear about your bad day. Was it just caffeine/sugar withdrawals? Right now, I only drink 2 cups of coffee in the morning, but I have switched to "half-caffeine" coffee and plain creamer (instead of the sugary flavored kind) & I think about making the switch to decaf, but I'm putting it ...

My username should have been "icanrelate" because I start almost every reply that way - especially to yours. I felt emotional & frantic last week when my feelings were hurt by both my husband and my sister (the 2 closest people in my life, on 2 different days!). I thought, "I'm half-way through the ...

I'm about half-way through the program still, but want to share that it helped me today. I was at the park with my son's teacher when 2 women came with their kids that knew her and the teacher wanted to introduce me. I get extreme anxiety/panic over anything social like this where I feel "trapped" o...

I can relate to how you feel. I still struggle with connecting to the things that I used to enjoy or that make me feel better/happy. It was hard for me in the beginning, especially, to get through that fog of depression, but I pushed myself to do at least one positive thing each day (no matter how s...