Happy May! It's Mental Health Awareness Month, and Ollie and I wanted to share about coping skills that served a purpose in the past yet can impede growth in the present. Awareness and learning new tools can help, and it's a long process involving healing, forgiveness, and growth. Baby steps.
Thoughts on Work & Self Care
Sometimes a job is just a job, and sometimes a job is something more. Many of us, including me, have become our jobs where we lose our sense of self, and burn out (teachers, officers, therapists, first responders, nurses, doctors, healers, parents...) I'm starting a new job and wanted to make a video to remind myself to do self care, and do things for me so I can continue doing the best I can.
What kinda of self care do you do, and how have you managed personal and professional things?
10 Tips for Self Care | Organized Messes
Thoughts on Kindness
I attended a wedding for a friend from high school and resonated with the kindness he shared over fifteen years ago. I just wanted to encourage others to be kind because you'll never know how that one gesture can follow someone for life.
Kindness is never wasted.
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On Becoming a Person (Book Rec.)
Hi fellow Messes! I was reading a section of On Becoming a Person and really wanted to share some thoughts on this wonderful book. What are some books that have helped shape your individual processes of becoming a person?
Also, I understand that therapy is not for everyone, and I did use some hyperbole with saying it "changes everything". Please forgive my excitement with my process towards becoming.
Thank you for watching. Please take care! -Boonie
Additional Links
Carl Rogers: http://www.carlrogers.info/
Humanistic Psychology: http://psychology.about.com/od/historyofpsychology/a/hist_humanistic.htm
Safety in the Therapeutic Relationship: http://www.neuropsychotherapist.com/the-therapeutic-alliance-exploring-the-concept-of-safety-from-a-neuropsychotherapeutic-perspective/
Relationship Triangles 2 (example)
Just wanted to add an example of what a common relationship triangle may look like!
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Relationship Triangles (Quick Definition)
Ever get pulled into someone's drama? Do you ever pull others into your relationship problems? Triangling occurs pretty naturally to alleviate discomfort, yet conflicts continue to persist. Relationship experts may be able to help introduce new communication and conflict resolution skills.
Please check out additional resources under the video.
RESOURCE:
The Eight Concepts of Bowen Theory (2006) by Roberta M. Gilbert, M.D.
TRIANGLE ARTICLES:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/fixing-families/201106/the-relationship-triangle
https://www.thebowencenter.org/pages/concepttri.html
http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/family-triangles-when-someone-gets-put-in-the-middle-0618134
http://www.familyfocusedsolutions.com/doing-bowen-turning-theory-into-practice/
Again, finding the right clinician can help heal and grow current relationships. I hope the information can help catalyze change.
FIND A THERAPIST: http://therapists.psychologytoday.com/rms/
