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People are talking, bring your questions and ideas!.It is nice place to get started if you are new to the community and are wondering what to do. Introduce yourself and ask for help. Join it
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GROUPS
The groups list is up on the web site. Just sign up for the group you would like to join. Read about the group before you ask to join. If you are starting or returning, join the Step One list. Don't join Step One and Step Two and Step Three all at the same time.upportS
CLASSES
When a new class is ready, I will post it on the website under the "LEARN" link.
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WORKING WITH KATHLEEN
Coaching is a special offering for people who are serious about enhancing their programs and would like to have ongoing coaching. Support is provided in a small group with people who are looking at similar concerns. Kathleen is part of each
coaching group.This is not a class but is a process to support your progress. We have added a special chat for people in coaching. It meets twice a week to accommodate those who are in Greenwich Mean Time and those who are in USA time. Coaching is not designed for beginners. If you are just starting, own the Step lists to learn the basics.
Coaching includes several options now: Return to Radiance Coaching for those who have done the steps in the past and then drifted and would like to get back on track. This is a good place to plug in if you have gotten wobbly over the last few weeks and would like to restart your
program.
Skilled Coaching is for people who are steady on the steps and ready to work on Step 7 life skills.
If you wish to join coaching send me an email and say what you are interested in and why.
I also provide individual coaching called Signature
Coaching. I can help you step out of the craziness of sugar addiction, return to steadiness and clarity after slipping away, slow down and focus on your recovery, or deepen a steady rhythm of recovery. This particular option is especially helpful if you did the steps a while ago and then kinda meandered away. Or if you are facing some
intense times and would. like skillful support. But I can tell you that it is a good time to do coaching.
This is a 3 month process that includes doing an in-depth assessment of where you are in the process, designing an individual plan for you and then talking with me once a week via phone or Zoom to work on your progress. You will learn to do an efficient journal and to identify your strengths and challenges.
This is the way to step out of feeling overwhelmed with where to start and what to do. Because it is so individualized, we can work on what is right for you at this point in your journey. People tell me that coaching helps them feel safe and focused. We work with your
style, your rhythm. This is a unique opportunity to release your fear and let go of shame.The guidance can shorten and ease your process so that in 3 months you will do what you might take a year to do on your own. Signature coaching is also an excellent way to tackle any special needs you may have. like wanting to get sober, or dealing with insulin resistance, or integrating doing the food with special medical concerns.
And in fact, we have developed some creative personalized plans especially suited to where people are in the program and what will work best to support them. Call 505-345-3737 if you would like to chat.
Sign up for Signature Coaching
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"When you actually start keeping a journal, you will be floored to discover that what you thought you 'knew' and what you actually did were very different."
Hello again folks,
Here's what happened today--we have had ongoing problems with internet service being spotty and not working well. Over the last year, I have called the ISP ranting and raving and generally "going off". This has happened several times (not proud of this).
Well, it has happened again this week, but guess what? This time instead of getting upset, I was patient and calm and I wasn't even trying! After a couple of days of this, I thought to myself, "Where's the angst? Why am I not more upset?" I literally have no stress surrounding this issue.
Then it dawns on me, this could be my first instance of the program working for me. It was pretty exciting, let me tell ya!
Kathy
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David, my oldest son, runs our store. He makes sure your orders go out quickly and works with you to find the best things suited to where you are in your process.
Please send questions and suggestions. I love hearing from you and truly want to help you do your program better.
Come visit our STORE. Call 505-345-3737.
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Is you are older and having trouble with your eyes being dry, this is a wonderful solution!
Your Last Diet: More Than What You Think
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Come to Chat. It is nice, it is comforting and we like it.
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A Week of Change in My Heart
Kathleen DesMaisons, PhD
Usually, I write the newsletter easily. It is a nice end to the week. I review the things that have come up and reflect on what has emerged and changed. The last two weeks were hard. I did not have words.
I have thought of myself as a reasonably well-educated, thoughtful women. I love my work, I love what we have built in the community.. I thought I lived in a place where racial tension was. minimal. that people lived with respect and mutual values.
My grandson came to live with me. He is 24 and thinking about the world in ways that I haven't. He suggested we watch a moved called Queen and Slim. I had no idea what it was about but I was open. The movie unfolded. It is a complex story about a black couple on the run. It does not end well. I could not speak for four days.
The following week I was scrolling through my FB feed and saw a clip of a white cop with his knee on the neck of a black man. Three other cops were watching. Something felt off. I couldn't name it then. But then I realized I had been watching a murder taking place. Not a TV or movie murder. This was in real time. A white cop murdering a black guy. It rocked me to my core. And then Black Lives
matter unfolded. And I realized what white privilege and racism means on a whole different level. I couldn't talk it through. I just had to let things settle. This is what it means to live in recovery, No alcohol, no sugar, no carbs to quiet the turmoil, just a wave of grief and shame and willingness to change.
I decided I am willing to be awake. I decided I could listen differently. I can listen for racism, sexism, and homophobia. And I could speak. It seemed simple enough. It seemed manageable. And then an article hit my newsfeed about the Albuquerque cops shooting and killing one more person of color. Killing him after they tased him. He was unarmed and not behaving in a violent way. It was not a
"report". It was a body cam video. I have written a letter to the city council. I will be a different person. It is not all right to just kill people.
These are hard things to look at. Tomorrow I will finish getting ready for Rosie. I will rest and heal and find renewal.
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