Connections Counseling Service

Offices in Amherst and Grand Island, NY
Stories used in Being Your Best

My experience as a caregiver and a professional shaped Being Your Best.

You can learn 90% of the content in BYB by just reading the stories, plus using the discussion questions and links that follow each story.

True stories include:

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Like Getting Stoned - about a teen who was my teacher
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What I Wish I Knew - how I plunged from an overworked "expert" to an overwhelmed son, and started to write Being Your Best
- My Mother and the Teens - how I learned that wellness is more than what medicine can measure

The stories about the Phleps family are imagined. But any of us might face their challenges:

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Trapped - What do you do when you're screaming inside?
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Yes, You Do! - Cindy's headache gets worse when she's caugnt in the middle as her partents argue in a hospital room
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I Don't Remember - Joe has passed out in the emergency room, but nobody knows what medicine he's been taking.
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Waiting 'Till Spring - Joe is angry about a question he must ask the hospice nurse


Read

Being Your Best:
Less Stress and Better Health for Seniors, Adults and Teen
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Use this booklet to review what you've learned in workshops or counseling sessions. Then, teach it to others!

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Create Action Plans for better health and more happiness (pp 3-5)
- Reduce stress, improve communication and find greater peace (pp. 6-7)
- Avoid hospitalizations and medical problems (pp. 8-9)
- Find the help you need (pp. 10 - 12)
- Coach friends and family to be their best (pp. 10 - 11)
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Read the Love Never Fails newsletters
- March 6th - Love Never Fails with Jim and Phyllis Lange

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