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It takes both practice and reflection
It’s easy to blow past a life event and not look back. Some personality types are notorious for it. The Type A is a classic. “There’s no time for the past we’re too busy moving forward!” – last words of some person about to get a hard lesson. If we don’t learn from history we’re…
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Experience is not enough
Improvement takes more than just showing up. I have to reflect upon experience to turn it into wisdom. Like getting nutrients from food. What happens when food is eaten, not digested? No nourishment, no change. Building any skillset is the same. When I don’t digest what’s happening as a result of the choices I make,…
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I’d rather find support for growth than accept the status quo
When you’re deep in the work it can hurt not knowing where to grow. This has got to be the biggest problem I faced in my mental health career. I felt ineffective, incompetent, worse than all that I felt like I was letting people down who were relying on me. The system around me seemed…
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3 Lessons For Younger Me To Keep Writing & Keep Trying
1 >> Starting again is the proof, both now and later. Drifting off course or quitting might feel disheartening, but that pain will lead you to know yourself. Knowledge compounds. The more times you start again, the more you learn. The more you write, the better you get. The better you get, the more rewarding…
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I Burnt Out Providing Suicide Support For These 3 Lessons
1. Self care gets easier the more you increase your self worth. To start with, self care was hard to justify! Sitting in a group supervision or with my trainer, talking about self care was easy. Yes, of course I see how important it is. Easy to talk about, not so easy to follow up.…
