Feeling fear-based? Help is just a group away.

	"There are no jobs out there."
	[Heard all the time, right? Well, what's the effect of hearing it, and thinking it, and feeling it, and asserting it as fact?]
	The effect is profound--mentally, psychically, even physiologically. Let's use an equally ridiculous, though effective, antidote for this kind of toxic message-sending. Research shows that heart attacks spike on Monday mornings. (No surprise, in a fear-based setting.) So, take heart, Job Beggars of America: at least around noontime on Mondays, there are in fact jobs out there! There are always jobs out there; we'll never see the day when there will be zero jobs out there. The question is not, How many jobs? How many jobs are needed as a pool that's large enough for you to want to apply? (We'd say: just one, if it's a good one.) More important: Which jobs are out there? And will you apply yourself to a process by which you are not competing with hundreds of others for a job that you've found out about but the public hasn't? Isn't there a better way than being forced to apply only for the jobs (admittedly today, fewer than before) that employers publish, in a process heavily to their benefit because highly prescribed and highly competitive? Who among us has not experienced the dispiriting consequences of such a scramble for . . . the jobs that "aren't out there"?
	What an LWC group offers: From hour number one, LWC participants learn to pay attention to words and the powerful influence of language choice on thinking and behavior. It's an obvious practice, sure. Nevertheless, it can be hard to carry out if you're on your own, at home, in isolation. LWC groups also emphasize the power of having fun while pursuing high-importance activities in life. There is a place (perhaps especially during times of rampant negativism) for lightheartedness, open-mindedness, relaxation, and relief. Being in a group means other minds and voices can call your attention to fear-based, irrational reaction. A group can invite you to pause and center your thinking. A group can hold you to a higher standard, of choices made from clarifying values, skills, and the like on your terms.

Other fear-based scenarios: