I have to say first that this program is a blessing and I say a prayer for all of you and thank you for Lucinda getting the word out and for this program.

Now for my triump.... I have been doing pretty well so far, still having some problems here and there but getting better all the time. I noticed that certain weather triggers my anxiety also! So there was a problem with my dog and my husband brought the dog in. Well it turned out that I had to pick him up in the afternoon, driving was one thing but there was suppossed to be thunder storms..... I have found that when it is going to rain or be too hot or possible thunderstorns it gets me very anxious and I don't want to leave the house. Once I found out they were having them, well that was it, so I actually called the line and spoke for a bit to one of the conselors to get some clarity on certain points of the program and boy did it work, it helped so much. I got in my car and did my positive self talk and it worked!!! I went there and was fine, I wasn't frightened at all!!!! I drove home and was still fine... I kept the positive self talk and told myself not to be afraid of the clouds,or rain or thunder, it was ok, it wasn't going to hurt me , I'm ok and it's time to see that it can't hurt me, it can be exiciting to watch mother nature's fireworks. it was ok. And it was!!!!!! I was so proud of myself I treated myself to some ice cream!!!! I feel like I have turned a corner... I really do! To drive and have no problem at all, I really felt like I was in the present moment, I get it now about the present moment.

I just wanted to share and to let others know this program works and thanks to everyone involved in it!!! Keep working it works!

Serenity,

Good for you! It is amazing what good self talk can do. I also find that listening to the radio in the car helps too. I sing the songs and it really distracts me from any bad thoughts. Keep up the good work!

This is wonderful! Congratulations on your progress..it really is slow in coming, but wonderful to realize isn't it? I love hearing positives like this--keep up the great work!

Hi and thanks for sharing your positive post with all of us. Your excitment really made me smile. I'm so proud of you and you should be super proud of yourself. You did it! I too can relate as our dog recently had an accident and she has to be seen every 7 days at the vet. Also my husband recently had surgery. Without the program I don't know how I would have been able to deal with either of these situation. Ice cream now that sound good and I'm glad you treated yourself because you deserve it! Take care

Dear Friends,
I need to use the courage to ask this somewhere,
and in this forum you might understand.
I have been bedbound almost exclusively by
a chronic illness...the fear of survival was so intense, it, of course intensified my symptoms, of pain and cell changes...
I have 'freed' myself through cognitive therapy and meditation, and now I have the sample of this program, and I honestly cannot afford it.
I see that, with my background, it feels I am close to making it beyond not accepting my life as it is, and even thinking more positively, but having medical bills already and only disability, in Section 8 housing, I want to do all I can to move on, and yet, it takes time, and I can't know I can pay any more for awhile...it is already down to not having enough for food. This is not about pity. It is
about knowing if you can help me pay for this or not...or helping in whatever way...I have support in others who do such freeing work...
but...taking the chance, and caring..
Love,
Leila