Much of this content is included in the Facilitator Manual, which facilitators receive at their first training session. Regular training sessions are ongoing. Before your first training session, you probably reviewed the questions on the How Will I Know When I'm Ready to Facilitate page.
Materials to Help Plan Your Meeting
- How to Make a Successful Suppers Meeting
- Preparing for Your Suppers Meeting
- Sample Flyer for Promoting Your Meeting (this is a Word doc that will automatically download, so check your downloads folder)
- Sample Email Invitation
- Additional info for members (this link is also included in the Sample Email Invitation above): New to Suppers? Here's What You Need to Know
Content to Help Run Your Meeting
- Suggested Leader's Script: Full version Short version
- What Suppers Facilitators Can Apply from the Spirit of Motivational Interviewing
- Facilitator Dos and Don’ts
- Facilitating Experimentation
- The Suppers Way of Sharing a Table: Help for Facilitators
- Meeting Tracker form
- What You Can Do Without the Help of a Doctor
Newcomer Materials (for when there is a newcomer at a meeting)
Springboards for Discussion
- Suppers Boundaries for Relationships
- Suppers Concepts
- White Papers
- Book Reviews
- Bristol Stool Chart (Related video: What Your Poop Says About You)
Suppers Boundaries Expanded
- Boundary 1: Desire to Lead a Healthier Life
- Boundary 2: Nonjudgment
- Boundary 3: Anonymity
- Boundary 4: Whole Food
- Boundary 5: No Commercial Messages
- Boundary 6: Facilitator Role
- Boundary 7: Member's Role
- Boundary 8: Therapeutic Friendship
- Boundary 9: No Experts
- Boundary 10: Group Autonomy
- Boundary 11: No Substitute for Therapy
- Boundary 12: Service
Suppers Concepts Expanded
- Concept 1: Biological Individuality
- Concept 2: The Forgotten Body
- Concept 3: Food is the First Addiction
- Concpet 4: Appetite Foolishness
- Concept 5: Automatic Choices
- Concept 6: Health Relatives
- Concept 7: The Diagnosis May Be Inconsequential
- Concept 8: Your Internal Observer
- Concept 9: How You Feel is Data!
- Concept 10: Addition and Subtraction
- Concept 11: Nutritional Harm Reduction
- Concept 12: Logical Miracles
- Concept 13: Healthier Sources of Pleasure
- Concept 14: Planning is Everything (See Suppers Pantry Recipes for help with planning!)
- Concept 15: Therapeutic Friendship
- Concept 16: The Body is the Temple of the Soul
- Concept 17: Gratitude Begets
- Concept 18: Treats and Triggers
- Concept 19: Palate Development
- Concept 20: Matching Problems and Solutions
- Concept 21: Healing is a Social Experience
- Concept 22: The People Who Benefit Most Are Those Who Serve
- Concept 23: It's Not Just About Food
Exercises
- Flavor Experiement
- Sample Guided Relaxation
- Eating in Silence
- “Play It to the End” Exercise
- Alkaline Body Workshop
- Blindfold Meal Experience
- Distinguishing Treats and Triggers
- Covey Matrix for Time Management
- Decisional Balance Exercise
- Off-Roading Exercise (from The Whole30 Program)
- Aging With Grace: Discussion Prompts and Activity for Meetings
- An Activity on Experiments and Observations: Member's Version
- Lemon Imagery Exercise
- Relationship to Food Drawing Exercise
- Mindful Eating: Discovering a Better Relationship with Your Food
Smartphone Apps (NEW!)
- Cara (food and symptom tracker)
Inventories
- Beginner Questionnaire
- Breakfast Challenge
- Preparing for Change and Setting Good Goals
- Setting up a Food/Mood Observation Notebook
- Sample Personal Progress Observation Sheet (Inventory)
- Barrel of Risks and Influences (BRIM) for the Manifestation of Illness or Relapse (Coming soon)
- Group Activity: Unwanted Eating and Triggers (Coming soon)
- Willingness to Change: Creating a Personal Map for Nutritional Harm Reduction (Coming soon)
Printable Signs for Meetings
- Opening
- Closing
- Hand Washing Sign
- Kitchen Hygiene and Safety Rules
- Three Principles
- "How You Feel Is Data" Poster
- "No Judgment" Sign (NEW!)
Promotional Materials
Facilitator Newsletters