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The biggest issue we face: #WorldMentalHealthDay – Monica Cassani
The biggest issue we face: #WorldMentalHealthDay Click on the above link to visit Monica’s site http://www.beyondmeds.com for this piece she published last week on ‘World Mental Health Day’. Her perspective and ours at this service have lots in common. Both … Continue reading →
Posted in actualizing tendency, anti-depressants, anti-psychotics, autonomy, consent, cultural questions, cultural taboos, Disconnection, empowerment, ethics, growth, healing, iatrogenic illness, internal locus of evaluation, Monica Cassani, non-conforming, objectification, paradigm shift, perception, power and powerlessness, psychiatric abuse, psychiatric drugs, psychiatry, shadow, transformation, trauma, violence
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We Were Made For These Times – Clarissa Pinkola Estes
http://www.grahameb.com/pinkola_estes.htm Click on the link for this beautiful and inspiring piece from Clarissa. It won’t be new to some of you….and stands repeating. Thanks to Jewels Wingfield on Facebook for a timely reminder of this passage, in the run up … Continue reading →
Posted in acceptance, accountability, anger, awakening, Clarissa Pinkola Estes, communication, community, compassion, conflict, congruence, consciousness, core conditions, creativity, cultural questions, Disconnection, empowerment, ethics, fear, grief, interconnection & belonging, internal locus of evaluation, metaphor & dream, non-conforming, paradigm shift, political, power and powerlessness, presence, resilience, risk, sadness & pain, shadow, spirituality, surrender, tears, transformation, trauma, trust, vulnerability
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Tagged able vessels, acceptance, accountability, accumulation of acts, act local, activism, alienation, alleviating suffering, anger at injustice, anxiety, awakened souls, awakening, being of service, being weakened, bewilderment, bone song, bone wisdom, catalysing awakening, catalysing change, changing the world, Clarissa Pinkola Estes, coercion, coercive control, collective shadow, collective wisdom, cometh the hour, community, confusion, courage in hard times, cultural alienation, dark time, dark times, degradation, desecration, despair, do not lose hope, elders, ensoulment, ethic of service, everyday people, experiencing faith, experiencing grace, experiencing trust, facing fear, fear makes us weak, feeling bewildered, feeling confused, feeling discouraged, feeling hopeless, feeling lost, fierceness and mercy, finding guidance, fixing the world, gold in dark times, grace, Great Mystery, grieving process, harm done, harmful acts, harming others, heartful, helping others, helpless, higher power, hopelessness, hubris, human responsibility, I do not keep a chair, immediacy, interbeing, internal locus, intuitive wisdom, inward wisdom, justice and peace, lantern of soul, light of the soul, losing heart, lostness, made for these times, manifesting, mending the world, mending what’s within reach, mending your life, mystery, not allowed to eat from my plate, not knowing, not losing heart, not what great ships are built for, oppressing the weak, oppression, oppressive acts, out of reach, paradigm shift, personal shadow, plain of engagement, presence, radiating truth outwards, rage against the machine, rainbow warriors, relieving suffering, resilience, resistance, righteous anger, righteous rage, righteous souls, risk and safety, sailing as metaphor, saving the world, self aggrandisement, shadow times, Shambhala warriors, show your soul, soul contract, soul fire, soul on deck, soul purpose, soul wisdom, soulful, spirituality, state of the nation, state of the world, struggling souls, suffering world, supporting others, surrender, tipping point, transformation, unguarded, upstanding, visionary, vulnerability, we are needed, We Were Made For These Times, what is grace, what is unmended, within reach, Women Who Run With the Wolves
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What it Really Means to Hold Space for Someone – Heather Plett
What it Really Means to Hold Space for Someone Click on the above link for this wonderful piece on Uplift Connect from May this year by Heather – not generally a fan of ‘8 tips’ type articles, but been meaning … Continue reading →
Posted in autonomy, boundaries, client as 'expert', communication, compassion, congruence, core conditions, emotions, empathy, empowerment, encounter, equality, ethics, grief, growth, internal locus of evaluation, non-directive counselling, Palace Gate Counselling Service, person centred, power and powerlessness, resilience, risk, self concept, shadow, shame, shaming, supervision, transformation, trauma, trust, values & principles, vulnerability, working with clients
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