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Current StoryI feel honoured to have been asked to share my story of courage which I call "Simply miraculous" My name is Sue & I am mother of 3 children, my 2 boys are only one year apart, being 7 & 8 and my little girl is 18mths. Before I saw Jaye for life coaching, I suffered from anxiety so severe that I would faint. I couldn't control my nervousness that filled my every waking moment. On my 1st session Jaye scaled my level of anxiety 1 - 10, 10 = so bad I can't stand it & on that day I rated myself as 9. I kept my appointments with Jaye as I was committed to changing especially for my children. Each week I gained more skills to reduce my anxiety. Now here's the 1st piece in this miracle - session 3, I rated my anxiety as 6 and I didn't have a panic attack for 7 days. The whole miracle is I saw Jaye for a total of 16 sessions, and now 18mths later, I continue to feel calm and comfortable. I no longer faint because I have faced & resoved my fears. I had previously seen a conusellor, but all we did was talk, it did help me a bit though on another level I felt stuck. Life Coaching obviously suited me, it gave me real life skills. Today I can face any challenge and I can easily use the techniques that Jaye taught me. I am most definately recommending life coaching with Jaye, its helped me & I'm sure it can help you too, if you just give it ago. Sue 2008 ‘True story of Courage’I was diagnosed with hearing difficulties at the age of 11 years, my mother told the doctors time and time again, that there was a problem, and thanks to her they finally listened. I was given a hearing aid, luckily I hadn't been classed as the one that didn’t want to learn, and I wasn't the naughty child that couldn't be bothered. The hearing aid brought my world to life. To hear all the sounds, and to understanding what people were saying in the first in years, it was amazing! The best thing was that I was able to hear laughter and could sit with my friends and not feel isolated. I met my first husband who was brilliant to start off, as the marriage went on and we had a lovely little boy, Unfortunately my husbands drinking problem went from worse to worse and finally after all the abuse and struggle trying to get help for his alcoholism, our son was starting to suffer, so that was the final straw, and had to give up trying to help my husband and throw him out, so my son would have a chance of a 'normal' life. We were living away from my family at the time so applied for a flat in the village where my family and myself are from, and after 4 months we were granted a flat where myself and my son lived for 6 years, Then I met second husband, as before every thing was great, then things started to go wrong and my son became unhappy, I was working to many hours as a care assistant to keep the mortgage paid. I was under a lot of pressure, working hard, long hours and looking after my family. Then I had two strokes. I looked to my husband for support but he took off leaving me with debts to clear. I hit rock bottom and ended up on antidepressants, the hardest thing to except was that I needed help, instead of being the helper. We lost the house we lived in as it had to be sold to pay off the debts, and we set about getting about getting another flat which we got, during all this time, my sister and her family put up with me ringing up crying and moaning and saying ‘what should do?’ My family was a great support, but I felt useless as anything touched would go sour. I was 41 years old and still depending on other people and tablets to keep me gong , this couldn't go on had a son to think of, as I was always told pull yourself together ,dust yourself off, and get on with it, so that’s what I did, I gathered what strength I had within me. After reading Jaye’s website I started to think about my life differently. I read someone’s personal story and thought if others can gather courage from them selves why can’t I. So I went to see my Doctor about getting off the antidepressants. I started to deal with things instead of masking them, and started to rebuild my life. I have a long way to go but if can do it any one can! I am now gong to college doing an IT course, and things are on the way up. I feel as if have some purpose in life, thanks to my sister and Jaye in Australia. I realise am not useless or stupid, and I am regaining confidence in myself, standing up for myself. I have realised and hope you do too - you can achieve as much as you want to! [Ai September 2005] |
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