By Ann Marie Buck
Welcome to MSAA’s Life Coaching Blog! I am Anne Marie Buck, MSAA’s Life Coach. Over the next couple of weeks I will be posting information on the Life Coaching Program and some “life lessons” that will hopefully provide some guidance.
To begin, I wanted to introduce what MSAA’s Life Coaching Program is all about. This innovative and dynamic program is based on the successful Duke University Center for Integrative Medicine’s Health Coaching Program. I will be working with you in coping with the challenges of living with multiple sclerosis (MS). Over the past month we have received direct input from more than 800 individuals diagnosed with MS about this program and the topics they would like to see highlighted. The Life Coaching Program will offer toll-free teleconferences to individuals throughout the USA. In these teleconferences, our group sessions will focus on a variety of topics such as:
- Finding joy, cultivating happiness
- Resilience (”how to keep going”)
- Employment issues
- Managing emotions
- Big questions, “Why me, why now, what next?”
Currently, most of our first group sessions are already full, however we are still seeking participants for later groups. If you are interested, please visit support.msassociation.org/lifecoaching and complete the survey so that you will receive announcements about upcoming programs. In life coaching, you will participate in group telephone sessions, respond to questionnaires, and complete a variety of coaching exercises between sessions to develop skills and insights. Get ready to learn about yourself and new ways to meet life’s challenges through the support of peers and Life Coaching!
AnneMarie: I am very excited about this new MSAA innovation. I will be looking forward to your postings.
I am living with MS and newly divorced, moved to new state, lost my health insurance, Social security is putting me through a complete review of my eligibility (again) after being on disability for 7 years…….I think I could use a little “Life Coaching” and “Life Rehab”. I look forward to cultivating a “Little Bit of Happiness”.
AnnMarie: I am looking forward to see your posting. I am greatful to the MSAA
This is wonderful! The Life Coaching sessions were so exciting to hear about… and now you offer more! Can’t wait to enjoy your postings! Thank you Anne Marie and thank you MSAA!
Really looking forward to following your sessions for any assistance in once again finding the fullness of life prior to a diagnosis…thank you again and MSAA
Wonderful life coaching would love a weekly coaching session that you can join in each month but for each month same people on line to share with…and progress in the coaching together.
I enjoyed participating in the “Asking for Help” discussion group this past week. I just found Anne Marie’s blog today. I’m so glad for all of this! Thank you MSAA & Anne Marie for shining a beacon of light to help us all find our way.
I have fought with MS for at least 8 years. I have a very supportive family but too many times I feel very useless. It is hard to gain any quality of life with pain and a strange feeling all the time.Thank you for being available.
i was diagnois with ms in o8. im fatigue every day.i still do the things i use to but i feel fatigue.i did not know how your life could change instantly.,but it has and i am going to fight these feelings and take better care of myself.