Do Better and Stay Longer with Personalized Care and Services
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Life can be hard. Sometimes it’s a build up, an accumulation—like a mighty desert sandstorm. You look out the window in the evening and see a light dusting on the ground. You wake up the next morning, and you can’t open your front door. Two feet of sand have blown in overnight, and you’re stuck.
Hard things in life might fall over days, weeks, months, years . . . slow and steady, hard and painful.
Sometimes it’s an unexpected turn, a slap in the face, like a mighty, powerful avalanche that you didn’t see coming. You take a confident step forward, thinking that things are normal and safe. Instead, you are blindsided, and your whole world comes crashing down.
Hard things in life might come toppling down in a matter of seconds, the blink of an eye . . . rapid and rushing, heavy and overwhelming.
Perhaps you felt like life was going well, things were moving in the right direction, you were happy. Perhaps you felt strong and resilient, like you could conquer the world and get through anything that might come your way.
Now . . . you wonder if and how you can pick up the broken pieces. Whether it’s a result of the slow and steady buildup or a result of a sudden, overwhelming avalanche, you need help.
It can be difficult to recognize that the strong person you thought you were suddenly doesn’t feel so strong.
You feel weak, helpless, lost, needy.
You know that you need help, that you need someone to extend a long branch in the rushing river of life and help pull you to shore. If not, you might go under. If not, you might drown.
So, you send that email, you write that text, you reach out your hand.
“I need help.”
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What Kind of Help Do You Need?
Maybe it’s your story that feels stuck inside—that crisis that just happened, that traumatic accident, that shocking conversation, that relationship that just shattered, that diagnosis that just changed your life.
“I have to tell my story. I have to have someone listen to me. If not, it’s going to explode inside of me!”
It might be a debriefing that you need. It’s like taking off the lid of that carbonated soda bottle that just crashed to the ground and got badly shaken up. The conversation begins, the lid is unscrewed, and there’s a sudden gush, a powerful release.
“Whew! I needed that!” I often hear people say after telling their story.
It’s a powerful experience to have someone intentionally listen to you and your story for an extended, uninterrupted period, for them to focus their attention on you, your life, your thoughts, your feelings. For the first time in a long time, you feel heard, seen, valued, cared for.
Who doesn’t need that?
Or, maybe you need more long-term care. Can you tell what you are struggling with relates to your childhood? Perhaps counseling is what you need. Do you know you want more than a “one-off” session, but rather you need someone who really gets to know you over time? Personalized Care may be what is needed.
Whatever you need, your hope is to come out on the other side feeling resilient.
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What is Resilience?
Let’s look at some definitions of resilience.
“The ability of something to return to its original size and shape after being compressed or deformed.” —Merriam Webster Dictionary
According to the American Psychological Association (APA), “resilience is the process and outcome of successfully adapting to difficult or challenging life experiences, especially through mental, emotional, and behavioral flexibility and adjustment to external and internal demands.”
Dr. Amit Sood, MD, the executive director of the Global Center for Resiliency and Well-Being and the creator of the Resilient Option Program, defines resiliency as “your ability to withstand adversity and bounce back and grow despite life’s downturns.”
How Can Personalized Care Grow Resiliency?
The APA goes on to identify several factors that can contribute to how well someone might adapt to difficult situations and adversities that come their way:
The ways in which individuals view and engage with the world
The availability and quality of social resources
Specific coping strategies
The three factors of resiliency that the American Psychological Association has identified can all be developed in services such as debriefing, counseling, Personalized Care, and coaching. In addition to the available support of friends and family, these additional services are a key part of the social resources needed for a person to rise up and be resilient.
Through a journey of questions and processing, individuals receiving these services can gain a fresh perspective. They are challenged to look at their difficult situations—including themselves, those around them, and their circumstances—through a new lens. This creates new awareness. In a situation where a person may feel stuck, they can begin to see new avenues and ways forward.
This fresh perspective and awareness births new hope to take the next step.
You leave the debriefing, counseling, or coaching session feeling relieved, lighter, less burdened, more free. You feel stronger, prepared, ready to face whatever awaits you outside the door.
That’s resiliency.
Where are you today? Has life “bent, stretched, and pressed” you? Do you feel like you have no more “capacity to withstand” the trying circumstances that are being thrown at you? Do you feel like you have lost some of your “ability to recover”? Do you wonder if you will “be able to be happy again”?
If so, you don’t have to journey alone. See Beyond wants to walk with you through whatever challenging situation or adversity you may be facing.
There is another side. We can help you to get there.
