AWG Secular 12 Step Self-Esteem Group 🚀
Code: 781927
Meeting description
It is not mandatory to turn on your mic or camera. Coming to listen is totally fine.
By taking part, we hold space for others, and ourselves, to participate in a way that is manageable for us as we exist right now.
It is not necessary to actively be doing the AWG 12 Steps in order to be a full participant.
Any contact with the group and its resources can be beneficial as long as it’s sustainable for each of us as individuals. Many of us participate simply by attending meetings.
As we participate in this meeting over time, we might find ourselves seeking to…
• Find our own concept of self-esteem and grow toward it
• Come to understand personal boundaries, their roles in our lives, and how to develop and maintain healthy boundaries
• Understand the concept of nonviolent detachment and how and when to enact it
• Develop more manageable lifestyles
• Develop a sense of self that leads to more health, well being, and manageability in our lives
• Release others from the responsibility of defining or reinforcing our sense of self-esteem
• Form personal goals about self-esteem and self-concept based on our own understanding of our own needs, as they exist today
AWG 12 Step Self-Esteem Readings
Suggestions that really work?
Post-identification, I know more about my needs. I'm learning that other people know about them, too.
Pre-identification, I remember coming to a point where I'd lost belief that anyone could know what was best for me. The big picture seemed to get more unmanageable no matter whose suggestions I followed. No wonder -- no one knew I was autistic, so the input I was getting wasn't suited to my real needs.
Post-identification, I know more about my needs. I'm learning that other people know about them, too. From experts like Devon Price and Sarah Hendrickx, to the members of AWG, to other neurofolk in my community, I'm getting input that actually rings true and helps make things better. All of a sudden, other people's input is evidence of what I have in common with others instead of what makes me different. I've been feeling more connected. Wondering if anyone here can relate, or maybe has a different take on the "input from others" concept.
Share questions:
- How do you feel about getting advice, suggestions, or other input from people?
- Have your feelings changed since becoming identified?
- Do your traits have anything to do with the way you seek out, don't seek out, or interpret advice? Demand avoidance, perfectionism, social processing, other?
- Are you open to others' suggestions at some times more than others?
- Are there things you have to do before you look for others' input, or are you likely to look for advice right away?
- Are there any resources, tools, or strategies that have helped you with this topic?
- Anything else to add?
AWG 12 Step Self-Esteem Workbook
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