Registrations are now being accepted for the late winter bootcamp. Bootcamp registrations are extremely limited.
1) You can pay in full or partial payments. After your first payment I will send instructions on how to pay the partial payments. If you are a paid subscriber, one-on-one client or past event alumni, email me for a discount code. Use SUB for paid subscriber, PRIVATE for coaching client, and ALUM for any past alumni event you attended including bootcamps, workshops, seminars.
If, for some reason, the partial payment schedule does not work for you, please email me and we can work something out. I don’t want people to miss the bootcamp due to finances. If you need it, we can work it out. I just ask that you commit to the bootcamp and to your own healing and the support of others.
2) The bootcamp runs from February 25 to April 7. You do NOT have to be logged on the same time as everyone else. You can be in ANY timezone to participate.
Bootcamp requirements:
1) It’s a bootcamp. It’s going to be supportive and caring but it’s also going to be work. We are going to use the GPYB book mainly but there will be exercises on Defense Mechanisms and a few other things not in the GPYB book.
Bootcampers pull together and learn to support each other.
2) There is journaling about 5 days a week. I ask people to let me know if they are traveling. For the first two weeks you have to log on and journal 6 days a week for the first 2 weeks and 5 days a week after that. You are welcome to journal every day, of course. There will be two assignments in the first two weeks (more about assignments below). I ask that people take 4 days AT THE MOST off (of non-scheduled group time off) and not all at once, of course. Group support is important. To give and to get. In fact, it is THE single most important aspect of the group.
The first two weeks, the day off is on Sunday (even if you’re in a different time zone, your day off is Sunday), after the first three weeks, everyone gets Sunday off and then one day off of their choosing. Because the bootcamp is international, there might be different days that work for different people. I ask that people let others know when they’re taking their day off.
3) There is no set time to log on. The journaling must be more than “Hi, how’s it going. I went to work, came home, ate.” Of course there are going to be days like that, but the majority of the time it should be your thoughts and feelings so we can support you.
It is a NON-JUDGMENTAL atmosphere so you never have to be afraid of sharing your thoughts and feelings. We are here to HEAR you and to help you.
You must answer 2 other bootcampers each day—comment on their journals. It does not have to be everyone but it can be if you like. This is to not only guarantee you support but also to teach you how to listen to other when you yourself are in pain. Most people don’t get the benefit of this until well after the bootcamp.
4) I read the journals every day otherwise I would not know you enough to respond to your assignments. I read journals every day and I ask people that if there is something in their journal they want me to respond to to put it in their assignment response (such as “as I said in my journal, this has been bothering me…”) There is a lot to read every day and if I responded to one person I would feel obligated to respond to all and that’s not possible so I ask that you direct me, in your assignments, to journal entries you want addressed from me.
5) There is a 911 forum which I check every day if anyone needs immediate attention about something that came up. The other bootcampers are not responsible for answering 911s. We ask that the 911 post be about you and not what your ex called you to tell you. You will also have my personal email if you need to let me know there is a 911 post.
This description is just meant to be an honest assessment of the bootcamp. You will laugh, you will cry, you will be angry, sad and bored. And feel better at some point after the bootcamp. Maybe not exactly on March 19…but you will be better.
Again, it’s a bootcamp…it’s hard work and you get what you put into it…but you do have others to support and a group to commit to, so please sign up with that in mind.
REGISTRATION:
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