An honest and heartfelt message to you from the Founder of Someone To Listen

Thank you for visiting SomeoneToListen.com.

If you are a returning customer, thank you for using our service and I hope you feel a bit better each time you come back to SomeoneToListen.com.

If you are a first-time visitor, I hope you give us a chance to make you feel better. We offer three (3) FREE minutes for your first call RISK-FREE so you can try us out and feel comfortable.

My colleagues and I have worked very hard to make Someone To Listen (www.someonetolisten.com) into an oasis for you to talk about what's been bothering you. A place to vent, unload, get things off your chest. A confidential, safe "place" where your privacy is assured.

We offer you a service that is caring, understanding and compassionate. We are dedicated to helping people. Our tagline says it all - "Improving lives - one conversation at a time!" - which is genuinely our mission, our goal and to what everyone that works for SomeoneToLIsten.com is dedicated.

We are not mental health professionals or doctors. We do not give you any type of medical or mental health evaluations. If you are clinical depressed or think you have any type of mental health disorder, please seek professional help immediately.

We are not psychics and we cannot tell your future.

We ARE normal, everyday people just like you. Caring "friends" you have never met. A shoulder to cry upon. A willing ear to listen.

We are people that have experienced the same (or similar) problems, fears and emotions that you are experiencing now.

OK, here's the part when I bare my soul to you (as I hope you will do with us to help yourself).

I had a tough couple of years, a lot of ups and downs. My colleagues had ups and downs in their lives, too.

Between all of us, we collectively lived through divorces, break-ups, troubled and toxic relationships, been dumped, been cheated on, family disagreements and a loss of parents and a tragic loss of a child.

One of my best friends (for over 30 years) is dealing with cancer right now in the prime of his life. I got very ill years ago (disabled) and it took me over a year to recover. Dealing with illness (whether it's cancer, heart attack, stroke or other disabilities) can exact a huge toll physically, emotionally and financially on you, your family and friends.

It seems like everyone is dealing with financial pressures these days. Be it overwhelming debt, runaway inflation, sinking home values and stock market, and/or loss of a job or trouble with your boss.

I think everyone goes through periods in which they feel empty, hopeless and lonely - even if you are fortunate enough to be surrounded by family and friends. No matter if you are Oprah, Dr. Phil, Barack Obama or Michael Jordan, everyone deals with these feelings at one time or another.

Also, with all this uncertainty in the world we are living in, the 24 hour per day coverage of divisive presidential elections and the ever-present threat of terrorism, it's not surprising that we are all stressed out.

Personally, I tried everything to come to a "good place" so I could be happy, sleep at night and enjoy my life regardless of my problems.

Over the years, I went to couple's therapy/counseling, chatting online, talked with my friends, family, work colleagues and personal trainer.

Part of me felt ashamed to talk about my emotions. Part of me worried about what my friends and family were really thinking about me. Were they judging me? I know my friends are extremely busy with their careers, their kids and their own problems, fears and stress.

I worried that my one-on-one conversations were not 100% confidential. I didn't want my "bearing of my soul" to be gossip the next day.

The counselor/therapist who I saw was quoting from a book he read when he was going through his doctoral program. My sessions with him felt cold and impersonal. I didn't have any mental health issues - I just wanted a caring, compassionate soul to listen to me vent my problems.

And then, by accident, I discovered the secret. Not best-selling "The Secret" book, but my secret. One day, I was eating breakfast at a local diner when I started chatting with a stranger. We starting talking about the news and we ended up talking about my relationship with my girlfriend (now ex-girlfriend). He had a similar story. When I left the diner, for the first time in months and months, I felt so much better. He did not know my name - just a caring stranger.

Over the years, I tried talking with "caring" strangers and, surprisingly, I felt so much better. I also did research on the benefits of talking about your problems. The healthy benefits of verbalizing your feelings. Talking about your stress is good for you, both emotionally and physically.

Talking about your concerns, your stress and things you have bottled-up really makes you feel better. Everyone goes through "life events", whether it's a traumatic event (loss of a friend, spouse or a pet, illness, divorce), financial troubles or pressure, feelings of loneliness or the everyday stress.

We are brought up to think that everyone is different - different cultures, different morals, different lifestyles. Over time, I discovered that people are remarkably similar regardless of their beliefs. Look at the person walking right next to you - he or she is experiencing a lot of the same emotions you are. That's 100% normal.

When you keep it buried inside, your problems fester and seem to grow (in my mind) and take on a life of their own. In fact, my friend is convinced that he has cancer because he walked around for 15 years with stress and anxiety that he never expressed.

SO that's why I started SomeoneToListen.com!

I started Someone To Listen to help people. You will see that our listening specialists are focused on listening to you. We only hire naturally good listeners, caring souls that LOVE helping other people. Listening is all but a forgotten art. SomeoneToListen.com will make listening an art that lives on.

I hope you use SomeoneToListen.com and I sincerely hope you feel better as a result. If you feel better, we accomplish our mission and our goal.

I hope to hear from you. Have a great day.

Best,

Stan Beezer