New guy
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Hello fellow newbies. I have just started session two. I am fifty two and my mom lived with us for three years and was a basket case and we had no idea what to do for her. Then I started having the same symptoms as her and it scared me to death. I am so glad to find this program and get answers because I just know all my physical problems are not just physical. I am having a hard time making the time to do my sessions, having anxiety about just doing them and I keep thinking about whether I am doing it right and did I miss something, what should I do next. But my husband says he can tell that I am doing better already. I have found out that he never knew I was having so much anxiety. Weird huh. It is nice to have someone to give feedback because of course, we don't give ourselves any credit or see the positive progress.
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I'm also a newbie just starting session 2. I've suffered pretty much all my life with anxiety,fear, obessive thinking, panic attacks, alcohol, anger....and within the last several years depression. So far this program in the short time I've been working it has given me some of the best days I've ever had. I've actually experienced real freedom and I want more. More incredible is learning to co-exist with healthy anxiety, most self-help programs or books never gave me any tools or methods that we're truly pracitcal, but so far this is an amazing discovery like no other, this stuff when I work it works. So many people have noticed a difference, I think the biggest is the reduction in my defensiveness and extreme sensitivity. I'm letting or allowing people to get close, it's like I've joined life with all it's quirkiness and imperfections. One other thing getting away or reducing the caffeine and working out daily and eating and sleeping better have all been extremely helpful as well. Especially the reducing caffeine.
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Guest
Wow, you guys are all so nice! Thanks for making me feel so welcome! I feel like I have an "on-line" family to support me through this process. Please always feel free to contact me - especially if you have any questions about the one-on-one coaching program. Good luck, and I look forward to talking with everyone more. Take care,
Scott
Scott
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Guest
I'd have to say so far, so good. I went through the program myself the first time, but I was on medication at the time (Lexapro), and I felt good enough that I didn't dedicate myself to the program like I probably could have. For example, I didn't use the relaxation CD, I didn't always listen to the tapes the recommended number of times, and I completely blew off the last 3 lessons (which, it turns out, are pretty important 
). As a result, my thinking patterns and behaviors only changed minimally.
With a coach, I feel that I'm better able to keep myself on track. I have a nice weekly schedule that includes all of the above things that I was neglecting. In addition, there are some "coaching materials" that I have found very helpful. For instance, they take 7 of the affirmations from the flashcard of the week, and these each become the "Thought of The Day". Then you write a little something about the thought of the day. I find this enormously helpful, because it's very similar to journaling, but you already have a topic in mind to write about.
Most importantly, I've found that the coach acts as a mirror. In other words, she sees things about my behavior and thought patterns that I'm not necessarily aware of, and she brings them to my attention so I can start to deal with them.
Like I said, so far it's been a pretty positive experience. Always feel free to contact me and ask more questions. Take care,
Scott
). As a result, my thinking patterns and behaviors only changed minimally.With a coach, I feel that I'm better able to keep myself on track. I have a nice weekly schedule that includes all of the above things that I was neglecting. In addition, there are some "coaching materials" that I have found very helpful. For instance, they take 7 of the affirmations from the flashcard of the week, and these each become the "Thought of The Day". Then you write a little something about the thought of the day. I find this enormously helpful, because it's very similar to journaling, but you already have a topic in mind to write about.
Most importantly, I've found that the coach acts as a mirror. In other words, she sees things about my behavior and thought patterns that I'm not necessarily aware of, and she brings them to my attention so I can start to deal with them.
Like I said, so far it's been a pretty positive experience. Always feel free to contact me and ask more questions. Take care,
Scott