{"id":810,"date":"2008-01-03T06:43:18","date_gmt":"2008-01-03T06:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/2008\/01\/group-beyond-blue-a-successful.html"},"modified":"2008-01-03T06:43:18","modified_gmt":"2008-01-03T06:43:18","slug":"group-beyond-blue-a-successful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2008\/01\/group-beyond-blue-a-successful.html","title":{"rendered":"Group Beyond Blue: A Successful Self-Esteem Forum!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nI didn’t know how last night was going to go, because I’ve never done anything like that before. But I have to say that when 8:00 came around, I felt better, like I had been to a support group.
\nSo here’s what we did.
\nEveryone who logged on became a number. Wisdum was person 1, so when another person logged in (Sharon), she became person 2. So Wisdum will visit Sharon’s homepage on the Beliefnet Community site<\/a>, maybe correspond with her a few times to get to know her, and write a letter of affirmation that he will send her via private e-mail. Next week we might share some of the letters, or maybe here on Beyond Blue.
\nOur list is below, but we can always add people if there are any of you that want to be in on it but couldn’t participate last night.
\nWisdum (person 1) writes to Sharon
\nSharon (person 2) writes to Larry
\nLarry (person 3) writes to Joni
\nJoni (person 4) writes to songbird.
\nSongbird (person 5) writes to Joyce
\nJoyce (person 6) writes to Jackie
\nJackie (person 7) writes to Beth
\nBeth (person 8) writes to Therese
\nTherese (person 9) writes to Marilyn
\nMarilyn (person 10) writes to Cheryl
\nCheryl (person 11) writes to Wisdum.
\nSuzanne (person 12) writes to MerryMe
\nMerryMe (person 13) writes to Stardustian
\nStardustiam (person 14) writes to Cherokee\/Irish
\nCherokee\/Irish (person 15) writes to Suzanne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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