Agenda

1 Building the Foundation

   - Welcome

   - Learning Objectives

   - A Call to Action
   - Defining the Mentor Role

   - Describing Mentoring

   - Peer Power

   - Building Trust

   - Discussing Confidentiality
   - Making the Connection

   - Planning Mentoring Sessions

   - Building Foundations Report
2 Goal Setting
3 Modeling
4 Eliminating Barriers to Change
5 Locating Supportive Environments
6 Working Through Relapse
7 Celebrating Success
8 Next Steps

In our culture, peer support is primarily given in the form of listening sympathetically. Mentoring expands the power of peer support to include help with:

1. Setting goals
2. Identifying role models
3. Eliminating barriers to change
4. Locating supportive environments
5. Working through relapse
6. Celebrating success

To better understand these added support functions, we are going to hear from five people who achieved lasting and positive lifestyle change. The video explains how to turn your support into the peer power needed of a successful Wellness Mentor.

Judd Allen, Ph.D., narrator

Colin Carter, achieved sobriety

Mary Chapman, stopped smoking, got into exercise and lost more than 50 pounds

Sharon Haas, adjusted to divorce and job loss

Thomas Nottingham, lost weight and got into exercise to manage heart problems

Linda Nottingham, Thomas Nottingham’s supportive wife