Walk. Talk. Now.
Introduction
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Dear “Walker”
I am not well. I live with my parents, I do not have a car or a job. I do not have a girlfriend and only one friendship at all for that matter. I have enough money for food and beer which I drink too much of. I do not pay rent. I am overweight and I smoke more than I should. I feel anxious around anyone who isn’t my mother or father and for that reason I avoid social contact.
I am looking for someone who is wise who will listen and offer me a new perspective. I want to engage in the world instead of being afraid of it. I want to connect without the risk of social failure.
I want someone with experience to help me find a new way and to help me cope with my problems.
I read your profile on the platform and I like the sound of your approach to wellness. I hope you will contact me for a walk and talk therapy session.
–Adam.S
Dear Adam.S
You have done something brave, reaching out for help. Identifying that there is a problem is a powerful move in the right direction.
I am not a psychotherapist, I am someone with a great deal of life experience and coaching and I am good at listening and understanding and working with you on wellness. I will take you on a session of walk and talk therapy in a safe environment and we will explore the relationship between your concerns, the world around you, and the way you feel at your core in your heart.
I will certainly try to help you feel better. I look forward to communicating with you on the details of our meeting. I will provide all the information necessary to make our first walktalknow session productive, engaging, and as healthy as possible, both mentally and physically.
Thank you for writing. I will be in touch soon.
Sally.R
Mission
Walk-Talk-Now and go outside to improve the relationship to your mind, body, and environment alongside mental health and wellness experts.
Users: receive emotional support from social workers, psychologists, coaches, and those with greater life experience in dynamic and safe environments outside of the clinic.
Providers: offer and advertise your therapeutic approach here for emotional support according to your own method, philisophy, and pricing.
The WalkTalkNow Platform is the space where first connections happen. Here is the way to connect to others seeking wellness near you.
Deep Emotional Need
We all confront situations that are difficult, uncomfortable, and challenging. Rather than asking for help, we often carry our problems as a personal burden.
There are many who feel disconnected, like something is missing, but who may still be functional in their day to day lives.
There will always be a general need for support, wellness, and integration.
We all need to feel like we are being listened to and there is so much we can learn from the insight and empathy of those with life experience that is different than our own.
Traditional psychological treatment can be formal, expensive, and seem too serious for everyday problems.
WalkTalkNow is a community of wellness founded to provide new connections…
We are therapists and life coaches and life mentors on our own personal path towards greater connection. We want to share our process while learning about yours.
Making connections should not be complicated and for that reason the practice is simple: go, walk, and talk. We believe that by sharing wellness broadly we help to make true integration, community, and diversity possible.
Thank you for being interested in this project!
Proof from the experts
“Besides exercise’s proven ability to combat depression, anxiety, insomnia, weight gain and other health and mental health conditions, combining it with therapy has benefits of its own…Research also is starting to show that creativity, self-awareness, emotional awareness and other positive therapy outcomes can heighten during movement”
Organizing Wellness
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Integrated emotional support through WalkTalkNow expands opportunities for therapists, coaches, and life mentors to reach and inspire a diversity of individuals who would benefit from greater experience and wellness. Our organization strives to make this connection simple and the life-affirming practice of walking and talking is our starting point. WalkTalkNow uses the simple practice of walking combined with therapy to organize choices for different kinds of support, understanding, perspective, and integration.
The platform is used to feature your profile for free allowing you to market your service in the way you want so that the right users will come to you and so you can connect with them. The method, arrangement, and pricing are all decided by the provider.
Feature your work and life experience, your therapeutic approach, pictures, your philosophy, your walking itinerary, your policies and terms and conditions, and your availability, you can choose any criteria that would be useful for you to connect to the right user.
“Walk and Talk Therapy” was founded in New York. The aim is integration of mind, body, and environment. The practice of walking has benefits for wellness and mental health. No clinic, no chair. Just go, walk, and talk.
Here’s how it works for a new user:
- You choose the community providers in your city who have the mission and experience that will help you get the support you need…
- You pick which walks you would like to take. The “Walker” may provide a few established safe and interesting intineraries…
- You decide if this is the kind of support, wellness, and integration you could benefit from. If so, make a connection with a community “Walker” through the contact they list for you…
Benefits for becoming a provider, “Walker”
Manage your communication with users, payments, terms of conditions, and your level of involvement.
By partnering with us as a provider, what we call a “Walker” you reach an expanding community of individuals who could benefit from your therapeutic and coaching method.
Take your practice to the street and build a community of users without needing a formal clinic or office.
Market your service with a variety of creative and dynamic displays in wordpress updated and visible to all people in your location.
Value Proposition
*Provide a simple and affordable way for individuals who lack integration and wellness to connect to emotional support. Click if you are interested in being a user and would like to know more about receiving local walk and talk therapy.
*Expand opportunities for new therapists, coaches, and care professionals to build a diverse client base and save costs. Click if you are a provider and interested in more information about practicing walk and talk therapy through the WalkTalkNow platform.
The Platform is where the WalkTalkNow organization comes together as a global community dedicated to movement and wellness. This is where users find your Walkers…
Finally, here is an example of Walk and Talk Therapy in Barcelona, Spain. The model is meant to spur creativity and show the capability of each Walker to provide a tailored, dynamic, impressive presentation of their services, and set a standard of what users should expect.
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A glass of water saved my life. I attempted suicide. I jumped off a bridge. I broke my neck and my hips. I could not drink anything for months. When I finally was able to drink a glass of water it was the sweetest most wonderful pleasure I have ever experienced. I had no idea that the downward spiral would ever stop. I got so low that there was only way to go from that dark place…up. If I had any idea that a glass of water could make life worth living, I would not have believed it.
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