Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

The short answer is that it's for people who prefer to look on the upside instead of the downside and who recognize that we can all use some support in doing so from time to time (like now). 

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1. Weekly Staying Positive Personal Workshop lesson, offered in both written and recorded formats.
   
   
   • The written format will be a PDF packet to be printed, read, and responded to just as if you were in a personal workshop with Dr. Meggin McIntosh, Founder and Chief Positivity Officer of the Staying Positive Society.  The packets will be 10 – 15 (to 20+) pages each week.  
     
     
   • The recorded format will be sent as an MP3.  The recordings will be 10 – 20+ minutes, which you can listen to from your computer, your iPad, or other MP3 device.  You may access the recording each week as it arrives and/or later when you are ready for that particular concept.  Janet S. of Tennessee said,
     
     

     “I listen to the sessions as soon as they arrive.  Sometimes I wait until Sundays but usually I listen Saturday night (the day I get mine) as the last thing before I go to sleep.  If I am really tired, I might need to listen again, but at least I don't fall asleep ruminating about problems.  That really IS a compliment.”
     
     

   • Weekly Activity Sheets, Exercises, and/or Mini-Posters. These will deepen your thinking, surprise you with what they reveal about you, and remind you of the practices you are ready to implement.
     
     
2. Quarterly Special Events, which are just for members of the Staying Positive Personal Workshop Program.  These may include specially-invited speakers for teleseminars, book discussions, call-ins about timely topics of interest to Staying Positive Society members, and other offerings. 
   
   
3. Bonus Recordings and materials.  These will be sent to you periodically to further spark and enhance your quest for positivity - maybe at just the time you really need it!
   
   
4. A Responsive Emphasis on Excellence, Inc. Team.  The team members at Emphasis on Excellence, Inc. will take care of technical questions that you have in a timely, professional, and helpful manner.  You can count on that!  Oh, and we'll work with you positively, of course!

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You will receive a weekly email from me (plus some bonus sessions throughout the year) and you will be directed to a single web page where you can download - right from that page - both the Staying Positive Personal Workshop packet and the audio lesson.  Fast and easy!

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There isn't a set "day" of the week when lessons arrive to your inbox.  The auto-responder system is set to send out your lesson every 7 days from the day you sign up.  So, if you signed up on a Tuesday, you can expect to receive your lesson every Tuesday.  There will be a few specials here and there that arrive on other days - as a bonus, but your main Staying Positive Personal Workshop Session materials will come each week, on the same day.

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For 52 weeks - a full year if you join for the year and up to 52 weeks as long as you are a monthly member in good standing.

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This is always a question worth asking!  Currently there are 2 options for investing in the Staying Positive Personal Workshop for yourself:

1. Yearly membership:  $249.95/year - which is a substantial discount off the monthly membership fee - and is quite convenient. 
2. Monthly membership:   $28.95/month

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If you have questions about some aspect of your membership in the Staying Positive Personal Workshop program, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.  The Emphasis on Excellence, Inc. team is ready to take care of most questions that you have in a timely, professional, and helpful manner.  You can count on that.

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Given the number of members and the low pricing offered to you and the other members, Meggin can't offer coaching as part of your membership.  The good news is that she has VERY carefully designed and written the Staying Positive Personal Workshop Sessions so that it is as if she were with you - offering you a personal workshop.  That's the idea and that's what you'll find.  If you determine that you want personal coaching beyond the Staying Positive Society, get in touch with her to see what options are available.

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Each Personal Workshop session will be written out for you, with all your materials ready to read and explore.  You may expect 10 - 20 (or more) pages each session, so you will want to prepare a good-size notebook as a place to keep all of your Personal Workshop materials for easy access and retrieval.

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Each Personal Workshop session will be recorded and accessible as an MP3.  You may listen to it from your computer and/or from a portable MP3 player such as an iPhone or other such device.   Generally, the recordings, which have been described as "brief, but brilliant" are 10 - 20" long.

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"Paws," (short for 'Pawsitivity') is our mascot.  PAWS is also an acronym*:

  P - practical
   A - affirming
     W - words of
      S - support