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A Joint Venture
While most of us know, rationally, that there are any number of areas in which we do extremely well, few of us are able to escape moments of self-doubt. When our confidence slips, as a rule, so does our functioning. We can find examples of this in performance anxiety, agoraphobia, claustrophobia, and a long list of other anxieties and phobias. One of the characteristics of people who succeed is that they are able to acknowledge their trepidation and move past it. Some of us can handle this on our own, some seek professional help, and some receive their confidence boosters from others who are, or have been, in the same boat.
It is this last group that finds membership in WNOCC to be a godsend. We, at WNOCC are committed to helping each other; to sharing the ways we have overcome obstacles, to providing a safe and supportive community for all members who wish to benefit from our experience and encouragement.
Some of us may not be accustomed to asking for help. We feel shy, or foolish or don’t wish to impose our problems on anyone else. It is unnecessary to be constrained by a sense of false pride or embarrassment. Anyone who is straightforward will tell you that the pursuit of her goals has been anything but a walk in the park.
Ask a person who has lent a helping hand (which is probably every one of us) and she will tell you that assisting someone else helped her as well. If feels good to be able to be useful and to contribute to someone else’s growth. Every time one of us succeeds it means that success is available to us all. The world has more than enough success to go around.
WNOCC is a place where we can be our true selves. We are, so often, required to mask certain aspects of our personalities in our professional lives that the opportunity to reveal more of who we absolutely are with like-minded colleagues is, as my mother used to say, “like taking off your girdle”!
So, open up; take a chance. We are smart and creative and we like to share. The strength of our group, with each of us looking out for the other, can propel every one of us to our dreams and beyond.
by Ruth Gordon, MSW, LICSWPsychotherapist
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