Stress Center Peer Support

I'm going to go through the program again starting next week because I appear to have forgotten alot of what I have learn't.

Would anyone like to join me in the process to perhaps motivate each other a little?

I will do it with you.

This sounds like a good idea!

I too am going to go through the program again starting on Jan 4.

I would love to join you all! Having used the coaching program before I can tell you that having someone with you while doing it made a HUGE difference.

How do you guys propose we proceed?

Hi Hot Rod.

Can you tell me a little of what you learned in coaching? Any insights, or Ah Ha! moments?

I need to do it, but I really can't afford to.

I'll go thru the program again! I've gone thru it once, last February-May. I'd love to do it again, I still have a lot to work on. I would like to go thru it while having a coach also, but I too cannot afford it. I'll start it after the New Year!

I'm interested, too. I've been hoping to join someone and go through the program again.
Were you thinking of starting with Week 3?

Dee Dee,

I don't know that there were any "A-ha!" moments, just he continued reassurance that I was on the right track. Help seeing that where I was and what I was experiencing was par for the course. I don't know about you but sometimes I stop believing my own self talk. Like my brain says, "Yeah, right" and goes right on being anxious. I stopped trusting myself. With the coach, I had not only her backing up my self talk thus giving me some validation but got her support as well. It was like having someone standing at the finish line rooting you on. There wasn't much I could tell her that surprised her and to have someone tell you, "Hey, don't freak on this, I've been there done that and there IS an end" was invaluable. She was my voice of reason when I rather lost mine. I had also stopped believing that there IS an end to this crap.

She also helped me see things from a different perspective... the perspective of normal. Which, as you know, is kind of hard to come by sometimes! lol

Those of us who want to go through this together should figure out our next step. This message board, "General Comments" is probably not the right place for us all to meet. Does anyone have experience using the private topics? Is this something we want to meet weekly or even twice weekly on?

I think we could serve as each others coaches. You guys will be able to help me with stuff I struggle with and vice versa. I would love to see this take off! let me know what you guys think!

Wow plenty of interest.

I think a Private Topic/Message is the best way to go...