Day 1
Well, it started. Complete with puppets and stickers. lol. We all introduced ourselves, which T sent us, and why we were there (isolation and goals, we all said). We had to pick an animal puppet and introduce ourselves as the puppet and why we resonated with it. That was interesting - at first I was thinking Ooooooooooooooh BROTHER!! The stickers (stars of course) are to mark each day when we accomplish our goals. Mine this week are on eating right.
Ironically, part of me really wanted to screw up the medical diet. and other voices chimed in NO! We won't get our stars!!! So, with as many mindsets as I have this shall prove to be interesting. One is very cynical of this whole thing. Puppets and stickers?!?! Puhleeeeeeze. But the child minds are of course overjoyed with both. First we wanted the elephant... then the jaguar.... then the crocodile was our ultimate pick. Which worked because I had an aligator puppet as a kid, so that was my "connection" and my cynical brain could snap the jaws everytime something in there bugged her.
Then we pared up the circle into 4ths to determine which place had us stuck; family/trauma/life origin; food /body/physical; relationships; or spiritual. I had a foot in both the 1st and 2nd. I said both are intrinsicly linked to each other. So the first is where i am stuck, and the second is where this week's goals are.
I still think 90 min is a bit short for as many people as we have, but there it is. =) Till Wednesday!