Thought for the Day June 2015
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” Take time to reflect it broadens your vision” JD-P
Thought for 2015
New Year seems to challenge people to reflect on what is and consider what they want for their future and what changes they want to make to promote happiness and well-being.
Script is often compared to destiny or fate by those who misunderstand this Transactional Analysis idea. So what does a TA therapist mean by script? As we grow up, we observe the world and work out how we can survive it. We make decisions when we are young that can stay with us for the rest of our lives unless we challenge these beliefs when we are adults and learn to do things differently.
Script is:
“A life plan based on decisions which limit a person’s ability to
problem solve and relate intimately with people”.
(Erskine, R. 1980).
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Summer
“Authenticity is a person’s choice to be honest about whom he or she is. When people practice authenticity , they stop trying to be what others want them to be and embrace who they are. Authentic people allow themselves to be imperfect and vulnerable throughout both their triumps and struggles” ….
‘The gift of imperfection ‘ Author Brene Brown
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Thought for 2014
Time and Tide wait for no man– time is precious and should not be wasted because no one is powerful to stop time from running.
Mindfulness
Mindfulness is the awareness that emerges through paying attention on purpose, in the present moment and non judgementally, to things as they are.
Jon Kabat-Zinn (1994)
Mindfulness is an ancient form of meditation which if practiced regularly can help us step away from the constant cycle of thinking and worrying to simply being ‘here and now’. Mindfulness, whilst therapeutic, is not therapy.
It is simply a process where we come to know ourselves a bit better.
By quietly sitting and observing our own minds, we get to know how we work.
By doing this on a regular basis we come to see that it is often the way our minds relate to problems rather than the problems themselves that can cause us difficulty and sometimes harm.
Since the 1980′s mindfulness meditation has been rigorously researched for its benefits and piloted by specialists who are themselves dedicated mindfulness practitioners. The original Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Programme (MBSR) was piloted by Jon Kabat-Zinn and staff at the University of Massachussetts Medical Centre, USA. This has since been adapted by Zendel Segal, Mark Williams, and John Teasdale to be used with people prone to depressive relapse. It is now also used in fields such as pain relief, psychotherapy, eating disorders, cancer and heart conditions in a variety of clinical and community settings.
There are a growing number of practitioners in the UK. Major centres for study and research include the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice (University of Bangor) and the Oxford Mindfulness Centre.
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