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HOW TO ADD THE OMNOVI ICON TO YOUR HOMESCREEN. Watch the video - Follow the directions below

1) In your search engine (Google, Yahoo etc) box, enter www.Omnovi.com.

2) From your search engine results, select Omnovi.com/ to take you to the Omnovi Welcome screen.

3) On the iPhone, tap the top white status bar to enable the bottom tool bar to appear.

4) Tap the "Share" icon (Bottom tool bar on iPhone or top status bar on iPad)

5) Tap the "Add to Homescreen" icon.

Depending on your Goal, here are some relevant non-commercial resources.

For Members dealing with:

•SMOKING AND TOBACCO USE:          

Smokefree.gov

Resources for Quitting Smoking - American Heart Association

•ALCOHOL AND DRUG USE:

Alcoholics  Anonymous 

http://www.nida.nih.gov/index.html

http://wwwniaaa.nih.gov/

•Weight loss:

Shape Up America!

Obesity Action Coalition

•Mental/Emotional/Relationships:

http://wwwnimh.nih.gov/index.shtml

http://psychcentral.com/

http://www.nami.org/

http://www.samshsa.gov/

•General:

Although you may well have several areas that you want to change, it's usually best to focus on just one at a time. You may choose the most important or the most immediate issue for you. If you have multiple issues that important or connected, Omnovi enables you to list multiple Goals.

 Go to "My Information" back in the Omnovi app. Use the "drop down list" to choose a general area needing motivation. Here are the choices:

Alcohol use

Drug use

Exercise

Gambling

Medical problems

Mental health

Physical health

Relationship

School / Career

Sex / Porn

Smoking / Tobacco use

Sports / Athletics

Values / Morals / Religion 

Weight / Eating

Other

SEND MESSAGES TO YOURSELF

The first Motivational Message to send to yourself should be the"Letter to My Self" that you write. Send it to your Motivation feed, make it a "Favorite" and read it often. For some good examples of Letters, take a look at those shown below.

After you put your "Letter to Self" into your Motivation, let your creativity and imagination run loose to come up with great ideas to motivate yourself. You should know your tender spots to tap.

Don't rely only your Support Network to keep you charged up with motivation. Send yourself whatever stirs your motivation. Different things will work for various goals and different people. Dig into your heart and soul and send really powerful stuff that moves you.

Here are some examples of what people have used:

•pictures of their children

•picture of their DWI ticket

•favorite songs/music that move you (exTheme from Rocky)

•audio message from spouse

•written note from mother, sib, father, friends, clergyman 

•video of family and home

•audio/video of kids crying and begging to stop booze/drugs/smoking

•Bible verses

•favorite inspirational quotes

•picture of job termination warning

•picture of fat naked self

•video of sobbing parents

•audio message from coach/trainer

•note/audio from clergyman

•YouTube videos that stir good decisions and actions

•image of bad lung x-ray

•message from doctor about health risk/death

•picture of couple when happily married

•wedding picture

•picture of wrecked car

MESSAGES FROM YOUR SUPPORT NETWORK

Once you have selected your Support Network, make sure that you use them as best you can. Keep these ideas in mind:

Tell your Support Network what works and doesn't work for you.

Tell them how often you need Motivational Messages from them.

Tell them how much you appreciate their help.

Contact them frequently, especially when you have a low Status report.

Have them look at this Omnovi Blog for ideas (like the examples above and the posts "Motivational Messages - Good tips" and "What kind of motivational content works best?").

Use your Support Network when you really need them!

Do not fool yourself!

               "LETTER TO MY SELF"  Examples

BY TOPIC:

SMOKING Dear Self, I am so goddamn tired of being a smoker. Cigarettes, you little bastards. You are sometimes my best friend. I go crazy if I don't have you. But you are killing me! Slowly killing me...One puff of the time. You're litterally taking my breath from me. I can't play basketball with my son. I can't have sex without stopping because I'm out of breath. I can't run up a flight of stairs anymore. I don't want my death certificate to read Lung Cancer. I want it to read Old Age! I know that you will scream at me to go buy a pack of you. I have to fight you off with the love of my family and my love of living. I am done with you, you little sons of bitches. You don't own my soul anymore! Donny

WEIGHT LOSS EXERCISE Dear Me, I hate looking in the mirror and seeing rolls of fat covering my body. Then, I try to push all that fat into clothes that are always too small. I can't stand the idea of looking like this for the rest of my life. I can't stand not being able to bend over easily and so many other simple things. I am terrified of what all the fat molecules are doing to the arteries in my heart and my brain. Will I need an oversized casket?! I loved how I looked when I got married. I was not afraid to be seen naked then. I promise that I'm going to get back to looking like that again or at least very close to it. I will do what ever needs to be done to achieve that. Yikes, even exercise. Sweets and carbs, you are out of here. I see other people do it. I can do it. I will do it! Getting off my fat butt! Amanda

ALCOHOL/DRUGS Dear Me, Well, here I am facing a divorce and the loss of my kids. For years, I loved the booze and pot more than my kids and wife. How could I do that? Now I've got to promise me and them that I love them more than pot and booze. I got to do more than promise. I got to show them. This is going to be a real test. Real job. I've tried to cut back how many times. Got to admit to myself that "use just a little" plan didn't work. Gotta stop completely! I fear losing my kids" respect and turning into a lonely old drunk pothead. I know what I got to do. I just have to keep my motivation going strong and stay away from the wrong people and places. I probably should go back to meetings. I will! Shit, how did I get in such a mess? If Gary could clean up his life, so can I. Jenny, Tyler, Brittany, Nicole, Sam, I love you so very much ! I will do this for us! Dan

RELATIONSHIPS (Marriage) Dear Self, Well here we are. Is it the end after all these years? If she leaves, I know deserve it. I have put her second place or worse to lots of things through the years. I thought that she would always be there. I can't imagine her gone. I can't imagine life without her. I need to make some big changes in me no matter what. I hope that she sees and likes my changes, sees how much I truly love her. I will start being honest. From now on, I will always put her first. I will be faithful. I am so sorry. I will go to counseling and give it my all. How can I have been so stupid and selfish? God help us to stay together. I will do whatever it takes! Billy

Motivational content and messaging is best tailored to the personality of the user. Whether the Message is text note, pictures, spoken audio, song audio or video, its fundamental purpose is to make the recipient feel empowered to pursue their goal.

Remember this...Fear moves people away from something that they do not want. Love moves people towards something that they do want. The Message should make the user Love the achievement of their goal and/or Fear not achieving their goal. The Messages should be honest and bold and remind the recipient of how much they want and need to achieve their goal.

The content of the Message should convey how much caring and love there is in the relationship and how the recipient's success is important to the Support Person. The Message may also point out the disappointment if the user is not successful at their endeavor.

EXAMPLES: These examples could be text notes, audio messages or videos. Your Motivational Messages maybe longer or shorter. The content of your Messages is limited only by your imagination

Mother and Father to a son: "We love you so much! Please stop your drinking. It is killing you and us. We will do anything to help you." (audio - father's voice cracking, mother crying)

Husband to a wife: "I am fully behind your weight-loss plan. I know that you can do it. I will help in any way that I can. I will send you a note of love and support every day." (Include a wedding picture when she was thin)

Wife to a husband: "I love you but I cannot take your drug usage anymore. If you don't get help and stop, the kids and I are going to have to leave you." (include a video of the couple and their children on a vacation trip).

Friend to a friend: "Dear Buddy, My dad died of lung cancer. I can't stand the thought of losing my best friend dying from smoking. Please quit! I will do anything to help you. You know my phone number. Call me day or night if you have a craving. (Video with friend looking straight into the camera) 

Sister to a brother: Jim, You know how important it is for you to control your diabetes. Your family loves you and needs you to be healthy. You call me or I will contact you every day to make sure you take your medicine properly. Here's a picture of our old house where we grew up. I can't stand the thought of losing my little brother. (Picture of family home)

Teammate to a teammate: We need you to be the strongest and the best that you can be for the upcoming season. You don't realize how good you can be. Practice practice practice. Let's practice together. Listen to this to fire you up! (video and inspirational song)

Clergy to a parishioner: I know that your spirit can survive these extraordinarily difficult times. I am praying for you and I will be available to you whenever you need me.(Pertinent Bible verse or hymn)

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