Hey man, thanks for the post. Yeah, SPAM is an instant messaging program that also supports webcam and audio calls.

What you're describing isn't quite what I'm looking at; it seems to me that this individual acts as a magnifier for your confidence; you rely on him and he relies on you, you bounce energy off eachother and you feel like a 'double act', as such. There may well be some very deep rapport between you that allows this connection; you may share some deeper traits.

However, I would venture that your depression could be caused by dozens and dozens of different things. Being unable to approach and such without him is probably just a case of being outside of your comfort zone; it's very common, I've worked with men who can only approach when they're around me or their friends, etc. It's something you have to burn through yourself; you need to muster up the willpower to get out there and do what you gotta do, man.

Sky

I think SPAM some of your time to help those who are not as far along the path to where they wish to be is a good idea and can be a good way to further increase your teaching skills.

Kasabi I can see where your coming from but I think we should take it easy on sky here little bit. He hasnt claimed to be selling his service (yet) and I see little harm in him working with some people in an effort to help them improve and to help improve his own teaching skills and as Fin suggested build a better teaching model.

Sky I have a couple questions for you. First would you consider this to be a small (read:lightly/un developed) concept that you intent to offer to people as a minor augment to their wider improvement strategy, or would you consider this a comprehensive, or nearing comprehensive system?

Also what would you consider your concepts to be rooted in primarily? I have found 2 base methodologies to be by far the most effective at fostering personal growth and they are really two sides to the same coin IMO. Cognitive Psychology and NeuroLingiustic Programming (NLP), either way there are people with varying levels of experience with these concepts on this board whose opinions it may be wise to seek out.

Hey man, thanks for the post.

I would say that this lies somewhere in between the two; I'm not claiming to have all the answers. There are just some definite realisations that I've come to that I feel would be profoundly beneficial if they were applied to others in a certain way.

This is definitely routed more in Cognitive Psychology, but I can see where NLP may come into it. I know I certainly have a way of leading people to certain conclusions with my language, but I wouldn't necessarily call it NLP.

I don't know whether this is something that necessarily needs to be categorised, though, Doc. It's about creation; a large portion of what I want to achieve is artistic, it's about expression with integrity, in a way that's attractive and understandable.

Sky