If you haven’t listened to Episode 14 called ‘Recovery as a Journey of the Heart’ definitely go back because Mary and I continue the conversation on this episode. We get into talking about how Windhorse clinicians work with conflict, hopelessness, and negativity and Mary brings in her own story of working with depression as a learning experience.
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In thinking about working with conflict, hopelessness, and negativity Mary talks about an article by Patricia Deegan called “Recovery as a Journey of the heart.” Her article supports the dignity of those in recovery, the importance of regarding the journey as human, and the importance of connection to people. It’s an article that Mary gives to parents here at Windhorse and will be linked in the show notes. In the article Patricia talks about her journey through conflict, hopelessness, and despair and how all are a form of intelligence and learning. We end the episode with Mary going over the key points and takeaways for the article.
More about Patricia Deegan: https://www.patdeegan.com/
“Recovery as a Journey of the Heart” http://bit.ly/1IRDijx
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In this episode we talk about our impulse to fix a situation when a loved one is in a state of depression, anxiety, psychosis, or other extreme mind states. We want to make right what feels wrong. But often just listening, or finding a way to connect with a sensory activity - going for a swim, taking a walk, watching a movie together, can lead to a grounding that supports you and the person in an extreme mind state in a way that trying to fix a situation can not.
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This episode is a part 2 of staying connection through psychosis. Mary starts the conversation talking about being aware of things outside of our consciousness that may be affecting safety in a dialogue. We go on to talk about another important factor in staying connected through psychosis or extreme mind-states, being willing to give up our love affair with our own reality because isolation and loneliness are among the most painful human experiences. To give up our love affair with our reality and stay connected is important in supporting health and healing. Mary goes on to give some great examples as to how to give up the love affair with our reality to offer connection.
Links from the podcast:
Empathy vs. sympathy video: Brené Brown on Empathy http://bit.ly/1QtgRrG
Martin Buber - “I and Thou: Practicing Living Dialogue” book: http://amzn.to/1JKe4GK
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Mary addresses the difficult topic of staying connected or in communication with a loved one who is experiencing psychosis or extreme mind states. This is a question that we hear a lot from friends and family members who want to be there for their loved one, but find it troubling or scary to be in the presence of psychosis. Mary shares ways practical ways of staying connected and going against our natural instincts to see threats and paying attention to safety.
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In this episode we continue our conversation on Open Dialogue and I begin by asking Mary how you create safe spaces for people to take a risk. We also talk about staying in communication with someone who is psychotic or in an extreme state, and working with the safety element for yourself as well as others.
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I start this episode by asking Mary how Open Dialogue influences her work at Windhorse. Mary tells us about her back-story with Open Dialogue and the people who have influenced her and played a role in the movement. Links to websites about those influential people and their work are available in the show notes and on our facebook page: facebook.com/windhorseimh (all one word). With that, let’s get into the podcast!
To find out more on Open Dialogue:
Lynn Hoffman http://www.taosinstitute.net/lynn-hoffman-acsw
Mary Olsen - http://www.dialogicpractice.net/
Jaakko Seikkula - http://www.taosinstitute.net/jaakko-seikkula-phd
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This is the last episode in our first 8 part series. Each of the last 8 episodes are taken from an hour long conversation between me and Mary. If you would like to hear the full hour, you can visit the Family page on our website. We will continue the podcast by going more in-depth on a variety of topics that influence the work that we do, and we also invite you to send any questions you would like us to answer to: marketing@windhorseimh.org subject: Podcast. All of our links will be accessible on the family page.
To wrap up our first 8 part series, Mary and I talk about just wanting to help people (and what help means), the importance of listening and curiosity, and end with our final thoughts on our start at podcasting.
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Today we continue the to talk about not allowing negative emotions to define you. This intro brings us back to talking about taking a pause in conversations with friends and family.
Mary starts to talk about, what at Windhorse we call, a history of sanity, which comes from remembering that we are not only facing challenges, but we also have amazing strengths and unique brilliance that can shine even in challenging moments. And we end today’s episode talking about Being verses Doing.
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