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Bibliotherapy: The Courage to Teach and Who You Are and What You Do
Palmer talks about “vocation as the unification of who we are and what we do” and this idea that “we teach who we are.” He discusses the importance of deep self-work to understand one’s intellectual, emotional, and spiritual life. How can you be a teacher (or parent, or advisor, or leader, etc.) if you are not sure who you are and what you stand for? How do you identify, embrace, and present authentically? How do you bring your whole self to all that you do? Because that’s what is required for a life well lived.
“Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation!”
As humans, our physiology and behaviors are literally in the service of survival. “Every response is an action in the service of survival” according to Deb Dana in The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy: Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation. The goal of psychotherapy is to move clients from a state of dysregulation to a state of regulation.
Our Autonomic Nervous System includes two main branches, the sympathetic and the parasympathetic which include three pathways of how we respond to our environments and internal states.
There are many ways to intervene and work with our Autonomic Nervous Systems. Things such as spending time in nature, dancing or exercising, listening to music, breathing exercises, meditating, playing, and Brainspotting can all support us in shifting into a ventral vagal state of regulation. If you are interested in learning more about your Autonomic Nervous System and how it works in your service, Coriander Living Collective is up for the task.
Bibliotherapy: BIG MAGIC: Creative Living Without Fear
Do you have the courage to move beyond fear and create a meaningful life? How does one allow fear and creativity to co-exist? Is creativity gifted from the divine? Creativity can help us navigate life and overcome our struggles.
“Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home”
What does it mean to belong? How do we feel when we find a sense of belonging? We all know the pain of not belonging. Belonging is such a core human need. Yet, many of us struggle to experience belonging.
Bibliotherapy: Untamed by Glennon Doyle
I often say, “Everything there is to know, it can be found in a book.” Glennon Doyle’s, Untamed offered golden nuggets of wisdom that were delivered like punches to the gut! If you’re a woman or a mother, this book is for you. Doyle encourages us and calls us to action: “Here’s to the Untamed: May we know them. May we raise them. May we love them. May we read them. May we elect them. May we be them.”