Hello from DailyStrength!
We're glad to have you as a member, and we wanted to keep you in the loop on recent updates and changes, as well as point out a few of the fascinating people, stories and discussions happening across the DailyStrength network.
We'll send out these infrequent updates whenever we think there's something happening on the site that we'd like you to know about. If you don't want to receive them, simply remove "TeamDS" as a friend from your profile.
Help us build your support network - invite friends and family that could use some support about DailyStrength!
DAILYSTRENGTH MEMBER STORIES
Rach:
http://www.dailystrength.org/users/Rach
We wanted to start with a story that's become very important to many of you. Over the last two months, many of you have read about and provided support to Rach, a beautiful 19-year-old girl who is fighting osteosarcoma (bone cancer). The last few weeks have been very trying for Rach and her family, and we ask all of you to pray for them and offer them whatever support and encouragement you can.
Susan39:
http://www.dailystrength.org/users/Susan39
Susan39 is one of our newest members...and she's just been diagnosed with Celiac Disease. She's asked DailyStrength folks for advice, and you've delivered. Thank you, thank you!
DJH:
http://www.dailystrength.org/users/DJH
Doug (DJH) is one of DailyStrength's co-founders. He's trying to lose 15 pounds in time for his November birthday. A lifetime dieter, he's trying the "DailyStrength diet", using the support of his DailyStrength friends to help him achieve his goal.
UPDATES
We'd like you all to meet DailyStrength's advisors, who are also active members of our community. Our experienced board of advisors includes:
- Dr. Jeremy Shapiro, a pediatrician specializing in public health, obesity and AIDS
- Dr. Sharon Orrange, an associate professor and doctor of internal medicine
- Cyndi Sarnoff-Ross, MFT, a licensed psychotherapist with vast experience with a wide variety of mental health disorders
Our board of medical advisors participate regularly in our community discussions and help to ensure a high quality of content on our site. Stop by and say hi to them!
Read more about them here:
http://www.dailystrength.org/about/
NEW FEATURES
We are working hard, and I mean really hard, to deliver tons of new features to you. In the coming weeks, you'll see a totally new home page, a complete overhaul of message boards and recommendations, easier ways to invite friends, a brand-new treatments section and much more.
PLEASE let us know if there's anything you'd like to see on our site; we read it all and we truly value customer feedback.
WHAT'S A FRIEND?
Lastly, we wanted to talk about what "friending" someone means on DailyStrength, as we've received many questions about what when it's appropriate to "friend" someone.
When you friend someone, their picture appears on your profile in your My Friends section and you get an email whenever they update their journal. Friends do not get access to any of your personal information. What's more important, however, is that you're saying to this person that you like them, you support them, and you want to be kept aware of how that person is doing. Friending is nice. So do it! ;)
FINAL THOUGHT
"By all these lovely tokens, September days are here,
With summer's best of weather, And autumn's best of cheer."
- Helen Hunt Jackson, September, 1830-1885
We hope your fall season brings happiness.
The DailyStrength Team
Doug, Lars, Josh, Cyndi, Dr. Jeremy, and Dr. Sharon
We're glad to have you as a member, and we wanted to keep you in the loop on recent updates and changes, as well as point out a few of the fascinating people, stories and discussions happening across the DailyStrength network.
We'll send out these infrequent updates whenever we think there's something happening on the site that we'd like you to know about. If you don't want to receive them, simply remove "TeamDS" as a friend from your profile.
Help us build your support network - invite friends and family that could use some support about DailyStrength!
DAILYSTRENGTH MEMBER STORIES
Rach:
http://www.dailystrength.org/users/Rach
We wanted to start with a story that's become very important to many of you. Over the last two months, many of you have read about and provided support to Rach, a beautiful 19-year-old girl who is fighting osteosarcoma (bone cancer). The last few weeks have been very trying for Rach and her family, and we ask all of you to pray for them and offer them whatever support and encouragement you can.
Susan39:
http://www.dailystrength.org/users/Susan39
Susan39 is one of our newest members...and she's just been diagnosed with Celiac Disease. She's asked DailyStrength folks for advice, and you've delivered. Thank you, thank you!
DJH:
http://www.dailystrength.org/users/DJH
Doug (DJH) is one of DailyStrength's co-founders. He's trying to lose 15 pounds in time for his November birthday. A lifetime dieter, he's trying the "DailyStrength diet", using the support of his DailyStrength friends to help him achieve his goal.
UPDATES
We'd like you all to meet DailyStrength's advisors, who are also active members of our community. Our experienced board of advisors includes:
- Dr. Jeremy Shapiro, a pediatrician specializing in public health, obesity and AIDS
- Dr. Sharon Orrange, an associate professor and doctor of internal medicine
- Cyndi Sarnoff-Ross, MFT, a licensed psychotherapist with vast experience with a wide variety of mental health disorders
Our board of medical advisors participate regularly in our community discussions and help to ensure a high quality of content on our site. Stop by and say hi to them!
Read more about them here:
http://www.dailystrength.org/about/
NEW FEATURES
We are working hard, and I mean really hard, to deliver tons of new features to you. In the coming weeks, you'll see a totally new home page, a complete overhaul of message boards and recommendations, easier ways to invite friends, a brand-new treatments section and much more.
PLEASE let us know if there's anything you'd like to see on our site; we read it all and we truly value customer feedback.
WHAT'S A FRIEND?
Lastly, we wanted to talk about what "friending" someone means on DailyStrength, as we've received many questions about what when it's appropriate to "friend" someone.
When you friend someone, their picture appears on your profile in your My Friends section and you get an email whenever they update their journal. Friends do not get access to any of your personal information. What's more important, however, is that you're saying to this person that you like them, you support them, and you want to be kept aware of how that person is doing. Friending is nice. So do it! ;)
FINAL THOUGHT
"By all these lovely tokens, September days are here,
With summer's best of weather, And autumn's best of cheer."
- Helen Hunt Jackson, September, 1830-1885
We hope your fall season brings happiness.
The DailyStrength Team
Doug, Lars, Josh, Cyndi, Dr. Jeremy, and Dr. Sharon
Replies
Sounds wonderful
Your doing a great job.
Just heard from a celiac friend who has a great NEBIE FILE chucked full in helpful info and got her permission to ad it to your celiac resource file.
JudyL
Tried to put a post after getting her permission to do so and the RESOURCE SECTION didn\'t have a edit buttom and the address was cut off.
Can you guys add this???? (((( Newbie survival kit, just e-mail me at nisla@comcast.net and in the subject put \"request newbie survival kit\" I will send it to you asap.)))))
Thanks JudyL
keep working hard guys. we will help each other grow!
The staff here does a great job, just here once in awhile but always enjoy the time here. Keep up the good works. flowers foe all of you!!! Evie
This site has become very special to me and I hope more people realize what a valuable resource and support network this is. I am thankful there are such caring people with insight to start something like this, thank you everyone!
Thank you for this Website.
Thank you for this Website.