Speaker: Amanda R. , SideBy Care Mind-Gut Program
Amanda R. : Hello. My name is Amanda, and I have been a client of SideBy Care for over a year now. I was a client due to, or am a client due to some concerns that I had expressed to my doctor about. And when he introduced SideBy Care to me, at first, I was very hesitant to discuss what I was discussing with him to complete strangers. But the ladies that were assigned to me immediately made me feel comfortable in the first session. Um, they expressed their professional experience and were just able to make me feel comfortable from the get-go. The homework assignments that were assigned to me early on were manageable. They were doable. Um, and most importantly, in my mind, they, they didn't feel like a waste of time. There was a reason for each of the little homework assignments. Uh, the ladies that were assigned to me were amazing. They were able to customize a strategy that was able to work for me. I am an employee at a school board system and I have a very high, stressful, demanding job, uh, as a teacher's assistant and in addition, I'm also, I do also little, little bits here and there for the school. So my hours between 7:30 in the morning until 4:30 or sometimes 6, depending on if I had practice that, that evening. Uh, it was all about the kids. And it wasn't about me. So when I expressed that I had, you know, very little break time, wasn't able to go to the bathroom all the time, both of the ladies were able to give me suggestions, and those are techniques that I still use today. Um, They've taught me how to maximize my break time or to, you know, breathe and be mindful and until I got a break time. And so, through that, I was able to feel 100% better. Uh, not every day is, is great. Not every day goes as planned. But Still today, I use the techniques that I had learned from them previously and. They're a part of my everyday, everyday ritual, everyday life. Um, but it's been amazingly helpful to me. And so, the SideBy Care has, has just helped me a lot. And I greatly appreciate the ladies that have worked with me. And thank you.
How has the program impacted your daily life or health?
Amanda R. : The techniques that I've learned through SideBy Care Have allowed me to be mindful of what I'm needing. And, as a teacher's assistant and working in the in the school system, It's not all about me. It's about the students. And so whenever there was a time that I felt that I was that I was needing one thing and I wasn't able to get away, there were techniques that I had learned that I was able to kind of center myself and Just hone in to knowing that, OK, just 5 more minutes, 10 more minutes, you know, and then I'll be able to do what I need to do. Um, but the techniques that I've learned, I still use today after after a year of being in the program, and they've helped me tremendously in my life daily.
