Said With Courage

Tag: Suicide Prevention

  • Contextualising the 5 Senses Grounding Technique

    Contextualising the 5 Senses Grounding Technique

    Intention Offering the five senses grounding technique has a bit of an art to it, for today let’s look at what to do when someone has already agreed they want to give it a try. By the time we’re done, you’ll see how you can elevate the 5 senses grounding technique through subtle turns of…

  • Attending to both Feelings and Safety

    Attending to both Feelings and Safety

    Often when learning something it’s easy to rulify things. This helps to simplify the complex. When used in the right way, simple rules for practice can make a huge difference in developing our skillset and comfort level engaging compassionately with self awareness. When used poorly, over simplification of rules or guidelines can really hurt connection.…

  • Are We Aligned?

    We all slip out of alignment with the framework sometimes. Perhaps we get caught up in a story. Maybe we offer some advice, moving away from collaboration toward direction. Could be we don’t feel comfortable to sit with a help seeker saying brutally critical things about themselves, so we accidentally deny their feelings in an…

  • Balance Appropriate With Authentic By Swimming Between the Flags

    Balance Appropriate With Authentic By Swimming Between the Flags

    Learning crisis support can come with tension. In our training room we’ve heard things like ‘I’m just not sure how much of myself to keep, and how much to leave out‘ and ‘I don’t know if I’ll fit into the role‘ or ‘I feel like I wont be able to change enough in time before…