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- 1. I I AWARENESS BALANCE CONNECTION Promoting resilience through self-compassion Eleanor Pardess, Ph.D
- 2. How do you respond when someone you love is struggling or in pain? Awareness. Balance. Connection | www.pardess.info
- 3. Misgivings About Self-compassion • Self-pity • Weak • Selfish • Self-indulgent • Demotivating Awareness. Balance. Connection | www.pardess.info
- 4. Compassion Focused Interventions • Fears of compassion have a universal magnifying effect on the damaging impact of the pandemic on mental health and social safeness. • Compassion focused interventions can be implemented to reduce resistances to compassion and promote mental wellbeing during the pandemic (Matos et al, 2021) Awareness. Balance. Connection | www.pardess.info
- 5. Self compassion, health & well-being Benefits of self compassion Increases in well- being Decreases in anxiety, depression, stress, shame Improved physical health - immune functioning, exercise and balanced diet More satisfying relationships - collaborative, compassionate Awareness. Balance. Connection | www.pardess.info
- 6. Awareness Awareness in the present, a moment-by-moment focus. Awareness. Balance. Connection | www.pardess.info
- 7. Balance What do I need? • …to feel secure? • …to feel grounded? • …to motivate myself? Awareness. Balance. Connection | www.pardess.info
- 8. Connection • Fostering secure connections • Cultivate compassion for self & others Awareness. Balance. Connection | www.pardess.info
- 9. Strong back and soft front Joan Halifax
- 10. Awareness. Balance. Connection | www.pardess.info COVID-19 as a Transformative Opportunity •Cultivating resourcefulness & creativity manifested by our clients in generating novel ways of coping and health-enhancing solutions in face of restraints •We are challenged to be more daring and creative with our use of self in the therapeutic process and finding ways of reaching out and undoing aloneness
- 11. Whole person approaches to cultivating self compassion in face of Covid challenges Awareness. Balance. Connection | www.pardess.info
- 12. Self-compassion for Caregivers Integrating creativity & the power of imagination Awareness. Balance. Connection | www.pardess.info
- 13. Re-Envisioning, Not Just Rebuilding: Looking Ahead to a Post-COVID-19 World
- 14. References • Bozdağ, F., & Ergün, N. ( 2020 ( . lacigolohcysP ecneiliseR fo erachtlaeH slanoisseforP gniruD DIVOC - 19 Pandemic. Psychological Reports • Buheji, M., & Jahrami, H. ( 2020 ( . gnisylanA ssenidraH ecneiliseR ni DIVOC - 19 Pandemic-Using Factor Analysis. International Journal of Management (IJM), 11 ( 10 ,( 802 – 815 . emirP , H . , edaW , M . , & enworB , D . T . ( 2020 ( . ksiR dna ecneiliser ni ylimaf llew - gnieb gnirud eht DIVOC - 19 pandemic. American Psychologist, 75 ( 5 ,( 631 – 643 . • Communions, F. H., & Mitzvahs, B. (2020). Rituals in the Time of COVID-19: Imagination, Responsiveness, and the Human Spirit. 59(3), 912–922. • Diane, S., Litam, A., Ausloos, C. D., & Harrichand, J. J. S. (2021). Stress and Resilience Among Professional Counselors During the COVID-19 Pandemic. 99(October), 384–395. • Falicov, C. (2020). Expanding Possibilities : Flexibility and Solidarity with Under-resourced Immigrant Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic. 59(3), 865–883. • Rosen, B., Preisman, M., Hunter, J., & Maunder, R. ( 2020 ( . gniylppA citueparehtohcysp selpicnirp ot retslob ecneiliser gnoma htlaeh erac srekrow gnirud eht divoc - 19 pandemic. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 73 ( 4 ,( 144 – 148 . • Walsh, F. (2020). Loss and resilience in the time of COVID-19: meaning making, hope, and transcendence. Fam. Process 59, 898–911 Awareness. Balance. Connection | www.pardess.info
- 15. Thank you.
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- I’m glad to be heRE today I'm going to to talk about compassion fatigue and regeneration and on connecting to nature ABAC’S AWARENSS BALANCE CONNECTION Quire strange to talk about nature when we are told to stay indoors Part of my clinical practice has been in the garden Most of the teaching has been through zoom But I have been able to teach the advanced clinical skill has been in the garden. It was so strange at the beginning In 2005 I shares continuing education workshopon the nature based workshops Today I will focus on the S workshops with health care proffesionals DURING Covid you insights and lessons learned from workshops with healthcare professionals Due to time contstraint I wont be able to share the research. Please feel welcome to ask for
- When we feel a shot of discomfort in our own lives— anxiety about the coming event, anger at a thoughtless family member, grief over a loved one who passed away— we can still give ourselves compassion precisely in our moment of need.
- “It would be selfish to take a break from this work.” • “Others are working hard, so should I.” • “I’m okay, I’m fine, I’m not even tired.” • “The needs of those I’m supporting are more important then my own needs.” • “I’m not doing enough.” • “I can contribute the most by working all the time.” • “I don’t want anyone to know how affected I am.” • “Only I can do x, y, and z.” ay Connected • Seek support from family, friends, mentors, clergy, and those who are in similar circumstances. • Be flexible and creative in accessing support via phone, email, text messaging, and video calls. • Talk to your supervisor about the possibility of working from home temporarily. Cultivate Ways to be More Calm • Realize that it is understandable to feel anxious and worried about what may happen, especially when many aspects of life are being affected.
- “It would be selfish to take a break from this work.” • “Others are working hard, so should I.” • “I’m okay, I’m fine, I’m not even tired.” • “The needs of those I’m supporting are more important then my own needs.” • “I’m not doing enough.” • “I can contribute the most by working all the time.” • “I don’t want anyone to know how affected I am.” • “Only I can do x, y, and z.” ay Connected • Seek support from family, friends, mentors, clergy, and those who are in similar circumstances. • Be flexible and creative in accessing support via phone, email, text messaging, and video calls. • Talk to your supervisor about the possibility of working from home temporarily. Cultivate Ways to be More Calm • Realize that it is understandable to feel anxious and worried about what may happen, especially when many aspects of life are being affected.
- View through a Window May Influence Recovery from Surgery,” mmersion in nature is one of the ways we can create a sense of balance Wellbeing Stress reduction Restoration of attention is the innately emotional affiliation of human beings to other living organisms(p.31) We are human in good part because of the particular way we affiliate with other organisms (p. 129 Nature underpins every person’s wellbeing and ambitions” The benefits of cultivating Biophilia in society can be seen around the world. In Japan for example the practice of Shinrin-yoku or “forest bathing”, the experience of walking in or being immersed in a forest is said to offer measurable health benefits Scientific reasons to connecting with BEING IN NATURE CAUSES YOU TO UNPLUG can help you fully unwind. A NATURAL ENVIRONMENT HELPS YOU CENTER YOUR MIND We understand that intuitive but research
- Throughout history, individuals have identified with trees “Hanging on” – How can we make use of metaphors that participants often offer spontaneously?
- Throughout history, individuals have identified with trees “Hanging on” – How can we make use of metaphors that participants often offer spontaneously?
- scovering Mindful Self- Compassion “This is a moment of suffering.” (mindfulness) “Suffering is a part of life.” (common humanity) “May I be kind to myself.” (self-kindness)
- ֵבֶל - לפי אבן שושן, הוא משא, מעמסה, נטל או בהשאלה, משא של דאגות ויסורים, מועקה חמרית או נפשית. סַבְלָנוּת (הנגזרת מסבלן שנגזר מסבל), היא התאפקות, שליטה ברוח, אֹרֶךְ-אַפַּיִם סוֹבְלָנות (שנגזרת מ-סובל) היא טולרנטיות, הכרה בזכות קיומן של דעות, אמונות ואנשים שזרים לנו. סבלנות וסובלנות בחירום מתמשך- מאין? מאין אנו שואבים כוחות ושקט במפגש היום יומי עם כאב נפשי, טראומה וחסך? כיצד נוכל לשמור לאורך זמן על יכולת ההכלה והאמפתיה שלנו ?; איך נשמור על היכולת לפתוח את הלב מבלי להישאב מחד, ומבלי להיאטם מאידך? מהם הסימנים שהמיכל מתרוקן? מהן נורות האזהרה? איך אנחנו מטעינים את המצברים? אלה בשאלות אלה נעסוק היום כשהכוונה בכנס כולו ליצור מרחב בו נוכל להתבונן פנימה ולשאול את עצמנו למה אנחנו זקוקים. כדי שנוכל להכיר באותם ביטויים של שחיקת היכולת האמפתית שלנו באותם מצבים בהם קשה לנו להקשיב? כדי שנוכל לשאול את עצמנו למה אנחנו זקוקים. לפני שאנחנו רצים לעודד אדם שפוטר/או לא מוצא עבודה ומספרים לו שהזדמנויות טובות נמצאות ממש מעבר לפינה, עלינו להצטרף ולהתחבר לחוויה שלו, לרגשותיו, ולעולמו. לאזן בין הצטרפות לאתגור. נתחיל ממושגים.
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- https://developingchild.harvard.edu/re-envisioning-not-just-rebuilding-looking-ahead-to-a-post-covid-19-world/