You don’t have to. We talk about decisions, procedures and confidence in action. Fear is a word, not the work. We start with what you want to change, not with what you are supposed to admit. Many people only call it by its name after months; some never do. It makes no difference to the […]
Then we tell you in the first session, not in the tenth.
There is preventive work to be done on that: breathing, directing attention, fixed routines of action for the moment things get tight. That is craft, and it helps a great many people. Recurring panic attacks are something else. Those belong in front of a doctor, and if a panic disorder lies behind them, they belong […]
We practise the procedure, we do not train away the phobia. In practice that means the sequence, the safety arrangements, the breathing, a clear order of steps, small stages, and the option to stop at any time. For many people that is enough, because the problem is the moment rather than the fear as such. […]
That is what mental training is made for. We go back in steps you set yourself and can stop at any time: first the pontoon, then the boat at the pontoon, then the harbour, then the wider water. No throwing yourself in at the deep end, no proving your courage, no pressure of dates. There […]
There will be no sermon here. But we will say two things plainly. First: alcohol lowers your reaction time, your judgement and your perception of risk, precisely at the moment you need all three. On board you are responsible, often for other people. That cannot be argued away. Second: if you notice that you need […]
Confinement, tiredness, closeness with nowhere to withdraw to, and decisions under time pressure on top. It is remarkable how many conflicts on board are really conflicts about who is responsible for what: who calls what, who decides, who may disagree and when. That is very good material to work on, and often half the argument […]