Ongoing Support Programs

We firmly believe that sustained life change requires ongoing encouragement, celebration and accountability. This support or mentoring requires an agreement between the client and a skilled, caring and dispassionate third party (the advisor). Some OnCourse clients have such people already in their lives: childhood friends, a small group, a therapist, other independent professionals. A spouse or other family member is typically too close to you to be dispassionate; their own interests are linked to your situation. Using a medical analogy, an independent, professional mentor is like a physical therapist who works with you after you've had a medical procedure to assure both ongoing healing and vibrancy, and the strength and well care to avoid future relapses.

Following either a Life Transformation Retreat or a Life Planning Retreat we encourage most clients to work with an OnCourse Associate for a minimum of three months to sustain and reinforce the changes adopted at these retreats.

The Associate's support role is to:

• Help you define and refine your plan
• Make sure your plan is a "stretch" for you, while still being achievable
• Encourage you through the implementation of your plan
• Hold you accountable to meet measurable goals
• Guide you when you begin to "drift" from your plan; help you "shift" back on track
• Celebrate your successes.

As soon as possible we strive to "work ourselves out of a job." We guide you in establishing your own support and accountability network, while checking in with us for occasional, "well-care" visits.

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