Case Study Teresa_Final
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>> Hello.
Welcome to this module's case study.
Remember Teresa?
Imagine that this is your sixth coaching session with her.
Here are some notes from her last three sessions.
Session number three,
Teresa arrived to the session
exhausted with a headache and indigestion.
Though she was able to connect
with her constant state of stress,
Teresa struggled a bit with your stress cycle
and eating connection exercise.
She said that she's more of a spatial
and big picture thinker.
So instead,
we mapped out her personal stress cycle in a different way.
Teresa recognized that while she knew how lonely she felt,
she didn't realize how much it affected her daily habits,
particularly her eating and sleeping habits.
She thought that she might be skipping meals
as a way of staying in control at work.
We explored her cravings for spicy food
and how it might relate to her emotions.
Session number four,
Teresa shared that she feels a lot of pressure at work.
As a news anchor, she constantly has to appear put together
so she puts on a happy face
even when she's tired and stressed,
and she has a very hard time saying no.
Teresa said that it reminds her of being in high school
and trying to keep up with the popular crowd
which she was always a part of.
She said that working in media
is a constant challenge for her in terms of body image.
After trying the fitting in exercise,
Teresa shared that she knew
that her eating habits had something to do
with her desire to fit into the ideal
that everyone "expects me to be."
She also shared that as a recent divorcee,
she feels like a failure and hopeless
in terms of finding love again.
She states she's lost in general.
Session number five,
as a lover of communication and storytelling,
Teresa liked the idea of brainstorming
the eating story exercise.
We started with the food language exercise,
and Teresa wrote that, "Curbing my eating when I feel hungry
is like running a marathon.
I feel successful when I can wait until 3:00pm to eat."
Teresa spent a long time with the eating story exercise,
and she said that growing up, food was always abundant
and finishing everything on your plate was applauded,
even if that meant overstuffing yourself.
On the other hand, Teresa's current female colleagues
always watch what they eat.
In terms of her ex-husband,
Teresa said that she was the only one who cooked
as he came from a very traditional family.
In her most recent revisit form,
Teresa recognized that she had received many mixed messages
and biases about health
which might explain why she feels so stuck.
We'll return to Teresa again in a few weeks.
After you finish Module 6,
take a few minutes to return to this case study
and try applying some of the material.
We'll also provide more opportunity
for you to reflect on this case study
and support each other via the Facebook group.
For now, think about the following two questions.
What are some high-mileage questions
that might help you in your next session with Teresa?
What perspectives about health
might keep Teresa stuck in her current habits and mindsets?
Until next time.