The Compass Community gives you ongoing support for anxiety at an affordable price

Absolutely!  Tools for anxiety are useful for everybody, and anyone who wants to proactively address anxiety in any aspect of their life is welcome in The Compass Community.

I focus on linking tools back to workplace and study/productive endeavours because these environments pose particular restrictions, expectations and challenges to implementing healthy practices, and I enjoy helping people problem solve these aspects (I've also worked in HR & corporate, so I've seen it from "the other side").

I also see many people who are hugely capable and competent, but anxiety is holding them back from achieving, or simply from doing the things they want to do.

So although I specialise in anxiety related to work and productivity, everything in the community is relevant to all kinds of anxiety - it might just be tweaked or applied in a slightly different way.

Absolutely!  It doesn't matter where the anxiety is coming from or what's causing it - if it's affecting you at work (or study), you're in the right place.

At work, you're facing challenges specific to that environment - things like office politics and unspoken hierachies, workplace culture, personality clashes, workload, industry protocols... the list goes on.

If you're feeling anxious and it's getting in the way of you doing the things you want and need to do in your day / week / life, you're in the right place.

It's simply a matter of applying the principles of anxiety management to the relevant settings for you, and often that will be outside the workplace, (even if it IS work that is creating anxiety).

No - 29th February is simply the start day of this brand new initiative.  You can join at any time.
However - if you do join before midnight that night, you'll lock in the founding member price of $30 per month for as long as you remain a member - you'll be completely immune to any future price increases.

Yes - you can submit questions at any time, either in the online community hub, or directly to Donelle.  
Questions to Donelle will be addressed on the monthly Zoom calls, keeping your personal details anonymous unless you are happy to share openly.

You'll be amazed at how much you can learn from listening to other members' questions and the resulting discussion - people will often ask the very thing you didn't know you needed to know.  Bonus!

Everything discussed in The Compass Community can be applied in different ways to best fit your needs and circumstances. 

Think of it like a smorgasbord of tools and ideas - you can pick and choose what works for you, how you want to apply it, and leave the rest.

For example, let's say I'm serving up Compass Community Eggs today.  You can have them
- poached
- boiled
- scrambled
- fried
Perhaps you'd like them a little bit fancier - an omelette (with or without the trimmings)?
A quiche?  Eggs benedict?

Or maybe you don't even like eggs at all, and that's fine.  You can choose French Toast instead.

It's all about what works for you, and while I'll encourage you to try out new things and consider new perspectives, I am always 100% client-centred and will never tell you what to do or not do. That's just not my vibe.

You do you.  Always!

Anxiety is a normal, physiological response that we are all supposed to experience - it's our brain's way of keeping us "safe" (ie. within familiar limits).

If you're alive and breathing, you're going to feel anxious sometimes - that's normal.

It only becomes an issue when

1) we have difficulty switching off the anxious response, to restore a calm, relaxed state in our nervous system (mind and body), AND
2) it gets in the way of us carrying out our daily activities, or fully living our lives.

Anxiety can quickly become debilitating, and has far-reaching effects:
- Say you're too anxious to go out to public places, so you stop going to the supermarket.
- Now you have limited access to food.
- You eat too many takeaways.
- All those takeaways blow your budget. 
- Now you can't afford petrol for your car.
- Catching the bus makes you late for work
- Now you're in trouble with your boss.
- You can't concentrate at work because you're not eating or sleeping properly, so your performance is slipping, and the boss is already on your case.
- You're supposed to be going on a date night, but now you're stressed, tired and broke.
Your relationship suffers.
- You're seeing less of your friends because they want to go out, but anxiety is keeping you at home.
- It's starting to feel quite lonely and isolating
- Now you're being hauled into a meeting with HR...

And on it goes...

If anxiety is impacting your experience and satisfaction with life, The Compass Community can help.

You don't have to have anxiety that's "bad enough", or the "right type" of anxiety.  You don't need a diagnosis.  You just need to want to move forward from whatever it is that's holding you back.

Heck no! 
For starters, I'm not a doctor, so I only ever discuss medication in terms of functional impact on your daily living experience.

This group is medication-friendly and there is zero-tolerance for judging or shaming anyone for having medication as part of their anxiety management plan or "toolbox".

Having said that, there is no pressure to take medication either.

Everyone has their own unique biochemistry, life context, and worldview (and a gazillion other individual characteristics), so what works for one person definitely does not work for all. 

The Compass Community is here to help you find out what works FOR YOU.

As I like to say, you do you - always.

Yes - you can be anonymous within the group, and I personally guarantee that you will never, ever be put on the spot, forced to participate in group activities, or asked to share "three interesting things about yourself".

Your comfort is my goal, so however you want to show up is absolutely fine.  There's no pressure.

If you want to show up to calls live, you're welcome to do so on mute with your camera off, eating ice-cream in bed with your dog and your PJs on, if that's what makes you feel good.

While you can be anonymous to the group, you will need to make yourself known to Donelle as the facilitator (for professional and logistical reasons) but these details won't be shared with anyone.

The Compass Community supports you to adopt a new lifestyle and mindset approach that is protective against anxiety.

Receiving regular contact and being part of a group of people learning the same tools, promotes the development of a strong identity as a person who is managing and taking control of anxiety.

Being in a group with others normalises the new thoughts and habits you will adopt, and encourages you to keep going and stay motivated when things get hard.

You'll receive regular contact to help keep you on track, but the real results come from YOU - showing up for yourself, day after day.

The Compass Community provides the structure and support to help you achieve that - because most of us know what we need to be doing - but DOING IT is the hard part. 

And it's so much easier with friends!

The Compass Community doesn't have an end date like a course - it's an ongoing membership that runs on a continuous basis, because it's all about cultivating a lifestyle that supports you.

All content can be accessed in your own time, without obligation to take any particular action, and all Zoom calls will be recorded, so there's no need to show up live.

So while I'll be dropping into your feed daily and inviting you to take part in various activities, everything is entirely optional, and you can spend as much or as little time engaging in the community as you like.

Absolutely!  In fact, the two will supercharge each other, because while a counsellor or psychologist will focus on the emotional and mindset aspects, The Compass Community is all about DOING - implementing what you've learned.
It provides follow-through and accountability.

While The Compass Community does focus on mindset and psychology, it doesn't go deep into emotional issues and get personal the way a counsellor or psychologist will when you're working with them one on one, so I will often refer people to these services if they have a specific issue they need to focus on in depth.

The Compass Community has been created directly in response to the need for easily-accessible and affordable services. 

A group setting offers the ability to serve many people at a lower price point, (and you get endless opportunities to learn from the discussions relating to the challenges of others in the group - people will ask questions you didn't even know you had!)
There are still opportunities to receive individual / personalised feedback by submitting questions to Donelle. 

Finally, $30 per month is founding member pricing for the first people who join, and will be locked in for as long as you remain a continuous member.
Over time, the price will increase for new members.

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The tools I share in this membership work, but only if you actually implement them - and that requires an element of commitment and action-taking from you. I’m here to support and guide you, and I’ll be your biggest cheerleader - but I can’t wave a magic wand.

I know that if you participate fully and take action on what you learn, you will get results. So I’ll offer you this guarantee: If you do the work, take action and don’t see any results, I’ll give you your money back. 

Please note terms and conditions apply.