Closing words from this week's CAG Devon Wellbeing for Changemakers session. Small group this week - others busy with Big Green Week events. We looked at Task Analysis - exploring how breaking activities down into small steps helps us shine a light on our own preferences and patterns. Of course, we don't always have free reign about which elements of a task we complete. But we do often have more choice than we think. We've started playing with creativity at the beginning of these sessions and it's working well. It's helping us all leave the day behind, switch gears and open up to new possibilities. Potent stuff. Next time, we're looking at the Drama Triangle. This is where my counselling skills studies come in handy. Blending learning from a range of arenas. Exciting times. Curious about how it all fits together? Book a call: https://lnkd.in/dddHxNJn #wideheartedliving #wellbeingforchangemakers #wellbeingatwork #creativity
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In a workshop with Trudi Lebron this week inside her Exchange program at the The Institute for Equity-Centered Coaching (an amazing resource and community, please check it out and join) she emphasized the value and importance of having spaces where we can practice the new things we learn in coaching and growth spaces. Immediately yes! I remember telling my therapist years ago that I wish there was a group of other therapy clients with whom we could all practice the skills we were learning in session like boundaries, and asking for what we need, and all the other things that can be difficult to practice with people who aren't also on a path of deliberate and intentional self-work. All the programs Expansive Expressions offers include a collective/community component because I too believe in the necessity of having safe space to practice being ourselves in ways we haven't been before. Now, sometimes, people share with me that they are anxious about being part of a community or group facilitation because of negative and harmful experiences they've had in group spaces before. SO VALID! Me too. I've had *awful* experiences inside online communities and with in-person groups. Those experiences have shaped and informed how I facilitate the co-creation of communal spaces. Here are essential elements of all the group spaces I facilitate: 🐺 Clear statement of values of the space 🐺 Clear statement of "collective care practices" 🐺 Posting collective care practices in group chat & reviewing each time there are new people in the mix 🐺 Transparency about my work and process as a facilitator deconstructing from white soup, ableism, racism, capitalism, & patriarchy 🐺 Open invitation to come to me with concerns, feedback, and calling in 🐺 Consent-based interactions 🐺 Modeling accountability, consent, unmasking, making mistakes and sharing ongoing learning/growth process What are some key elements you look for before you decide to join a group/community space? What are some deal breakers that keep you from joining a group/communal space? 🔥Are you looking for a communal, harm reduction, and neuroinclusive space of respite from burnout, I invite you to consider joining us in Ember: https://lnkd.in/g9UTMNXG
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Founder and Director @ Soulgen | Building Social Capital, Driving Social Innovation & Impact, Enhancing Community Wellbeing
Driving up to Goulburn today, the beautiful views and sunny skies gave me a moment to reflect. I'm here to offer wellbeing consultancy support for a principal's conference through the Department of Education—one of my passions alongside community development and the arts, the three pillars of my work. Today, I gave a short speech at the conference, emphasizing the importance of leading by example in self-care and wellbeing. In the busy world of education, where teachers and leaders focus on students, staff often feel overwhelmed. Processing grief, trauma, and loss while holding space for others is tough. It's even harder without a chance to slow down and recognize the impact on our body, mind, and heart. Holding space for people can be challenging but deeply rewarding. We often talk about wellbeing, but living it daily in complex environments is tricky. Sometimes we lack time, other times the skills, or simply the habit of reaching out. We're good at supporting others but struggle to ask for help ourselves. Strategies for wellbeing are vital, but so is voicing our emotions. It’s a moment-to-moment practice in the here and now. The anxious brain easily slips into fight, flight, freeze, or fawn. Slowing down, listening, and deep empathy is not a small task. #Wellbeing #SelfCare #Education #Leadership #MentalHealth #Empathy #CommunitySupport #TraumaInformed #Mindfulness #TeacherWellbeing #PrincipalConference
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Have you considered how your self-awareness impacts how you show up in collectives? Join us on Tuesday, February 6th, to reflect on how introspection for self-knowledge is a key pathway for interacting in healthy, effective ways in the groups and collectives we participate in. CoCreative Academy for Systems Change https://lnkd.in/gkKmsY7k #well-being #self-awareness
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Have you considered how your self-awareness impacts how you show up in collectives? Join us on Tuesday, February 6th, to reflect on how introspection for self-knowledge is a key pathway for interacting in healthy, effective ways in the groups and collectives we participate in. CoCreative Academy for Systems Change https://lnkd.in/gkKmsY7k #well-being #self-awareness
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When you're caught in a downward spiral of rumination and self-criticism, how can you break the cycle and gain a more balanced, healthy perspective? 😵💫 ☝️ This is the topic of our latest issue of The Positivity Pause, my twice-monthly newsletter bringing you evidence-based strategies for strengthening wellbeing, performance, and collaboration in international/independent schools. 📩 If you're a subscriber, it's in your inbox now. If you want to subscribe, join our mailing list here: https://lnkd.in/gPivSTFK 🎈If you're already a member of the Positivity Playground, click here to read the article and join our community discussion: https://lnkd.in/e3iUZUYV 💁♀️ Not yet a Playground Member? If you work at an international/independent school, create your FREE account here: https://lnkd.in/gpReVkEv #SolrosDevelopmentGroup #InternationalSchools #PositiveLeadership #PositivePeerCoaching #WellbeingForAll #CoachingCulture
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Join Coach Tamara for a hands-on workshop where you'll learn practical tips to find more balance and reduce stress in our daily lives!
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Supporting a friend who is struggling can be challenging, but it’s one of the most important things we can do. 🌟 In our latest OnwardWell video, our newest cast member Evelyn shares practical tips and compassionate strategies to help you be there for your friends in their time of need. Learn how to recognize the signs that someone is struggling, offer meaningful support, and encourage professional help, all while taking care of your own well-being. Watch the video to discover how you can make a positive impact and foster deeper connections through empathy and understanding. 💖 #MentalHealth #SupportAFriend #OnwardWell #WellnessThroughWisdom #EmotionalWellbeing #CompassionateSupport #PersonalGrowth
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💡 How about 'community-care', instead of 'self-care', self-this, self-that? 😓 Yes, I'm definitely tired of 'investing' in my self-care, self-growth, self-reflection. 🤩 Happy to replace it with: - community-care - community-growth - community-regulation - community-reflection. Good one Anna Banas.
I had a whole pre-planned intro to this post in my head, but instead of all the faffing around, I'm going to get straight to the question I've been sitting face to face with: How tired are we all of self-care? Of self-regulation, self-growth, self-this-that-and-the-other. I'm not saying they're unimportant or don't have a place, please don't hear it like that. But - are you tired of the constant need to do it all by yourself? To figure it out, work it out, work at it? All this work towards self-betterment that I'm noticing all around me has been a bit exhausting for me. And, frankly, I wonder if it's not doing more harm than good? Consider the idea that if you're tired, you need to invest (oof) in self-care... Or that if you're hurting you need to invest in self-growth or self-reflection... I get it, I value it... and I get tired of the idea that so much focus here is on "self-..." What if instead, or perhaps as well as this, we turned our heads hearts towards community-.... Community-care, community-growth, community-regulation, community-reflection. For me it's both comforting and terrifying - the ability to lean into this community beauty, and the fear of all the "what ifs.." and potential hurts? The possibility of going forward surrounded by the warmth of others, and the sheer terror of "what if I'm not who they imagine"? What comes up for you when you read this? Where is your community of care? What would make it easier to find it, move towards it, perhaps be held by it? What's in the way? Below are some options to join some of the community spaces I have been facilitating, co-creating and holding. Come be with us and be held going forth? “People need people — for initial and continued survival, for socialization, for the pursuit of satisfaction. No one — not the dying, not the outcast, not the mighty — transcends the need for human contact.” Irvin Yalom *** "Words Matter": 8-week online foundations of NVC. Starting June 18th, final spot left. (https://lnkd.in/gwcjgtjc) "Needs-Based Living: How not to live in a cave": 6 month online journey for all those who want to go deeper with practice inwardly and with others. (We start July 11th and have 2 spaces left) (https://lnkd.in/g2SYqsAQ) "Letting the light in: healing conversations: in-person, in Wellington, co-facilitated with Helen Williams (August 3rd, limited number of spaces) (https://lnkd.in/gYpjP5-y)
Words Matter: based on NVC | Anna Banas
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Author: Enabling Capable Environments & Practice Leadership| Positive Behaviour Support Specialist | Registered Nurse Learning Disability | Mentor & Supervisor | Academic |Trainer and coach at LindaHumeConsultancy.com
A great start to the week at the amazing House for an Art Lover in Glasgow for the CALM conference. CALM Training 🎉 Fantastic presentations focused on 🤔 Reflective practice 👨👨👦👦 Connections 🏘 Belonging Delighted to present a workshop on: Perspectives of support; whose perspective are we viewing? 💡 Why do support/education plans not seem to work sometimes? 💡 Is there something not quite right with the plan? 💡 Do people not know what the plan is or how to follow it? 💡 Perhaps when developing support/education plans we are starting in the wrong place? 🛣 We need a road map that puts the person at the centre of their plans and a clear view of their world and what is important to them 🌎 Schalock et al,(2002) Quality of Life Domains are a great way to map support/education plans and provide a framework to keep a focus on what is working and important to the person and their family: ✅Emotional well-being: Contentment, Autonomy, Personal growth ✅ Interpersonal relations: Interactions, relationships, “hanging out & having fun” ✅Material well-being: Financial status, employment, and housing ✅Personal development: Education, opportunities for participating in activities and developing skills ✅Physical well-being: Health and healthcare, activities of daily living and leisure ✅Self-determination: Personal control, goals, personal values and choices ✅Social inclusion: Community integration and participation in community roles and social supports ✅Rights: Human, respect, dignity, equality and legal 📖 Further insights and discussion can be found in the book: Enabling Capable Environments Using Practice Leadership’ You can order the book here - https://lnkd.in/eXbxQ4Pe 🔎 Details about training courses by LHC are on my website at https://lnkd.in/eSfEtfjR 🎤 More news on my podcast series “Are we starting in the right place” coming soon 🌻Our job is not to fix people but to design effective environments (RCP 2007)🌻
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