I hope you asked and received his permission to post his email
Yes, Stephen's Ministry can be stressful, just the training. I'm sure that you will be able to help yourself by some of what you learned, and later on with others.
The idea of "fake it till you make it" can be connected to a type of "faith" imo. Faith IS the substance of things hoped for, the EVIDENCE of things unseen...meaning we act and expect before it actually occurs, because that way it will!
TC!