PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT OTHERS NEED SUPPORT TOO!
Parents, Educators, Social Workers, Doctors, Nurses, Paramedics and Practitioners in the Healing Professions.
Are YOU getting the support you need?
Are YOUR needs being met?
I don’t need to explain how damaging stress can be, how it can undermine your immune system and cause you irritability, pain, and discomfort in the short term, and serious illness in the long term.
J:“I’ve given up all expectations”
M: “OK”
J: “OK? OK? Is that all you have to say? I thought you’d be a little more excited than that!!”
We all have expectations, some stated, some unstated and taken for granted.
Some of the biggest problems in relationships, causing us stress both at work and in our personal lives, are caused by expectations that are not clearly communicated.
by Donald Marmara, Somatic Psychotherapist Sydney
Consider this :
“IT’S EASY FOR MEAT-EATERS TO SHARE A KITCHEN
IT’S EASY FOR VEGETARIANS TO SHARE A KITCHEN
THE CHALLENGE IS FOR MEAT-EATERS AND VEGETARIANS TO FIND WAYS OF SHARING A KITCHEN WITH EACH OTHER!”
Quote from Sun Bear, Native American Medicine Man
He told me that he went to a fishing village a few days before and he was chatting with a local fisherman. The fisherman looked out across the sea and up to the sky and said:
“Tomorrow it will rain”.
The met office expert went on to explain to the fisherman, who was illiterate, had never been to school, and had never traveled more than a few miles from his village, that the met office was able to determine with the help of modern technology that tomorrow would be a sunny day.
by Donald Marmara, somatic psychotherapist and educator, Core Development Sydney
At the age of 14 I was diagnosed clinically anxious and depressed and prescribed an ever-increasing dosage of psychotropic drugs. I was told that I would be dependent upon these drugs for the rest of my life.
I would probably have continued to be dependent on these drugs if I had tried to adjust to the values of society .
A wise old owl sat in an oak,The more she saw, the less she spoke. The less she spoke, the more she heard. Why can’t we be like this wise old bird?
In the mid-1980’s I served an apprenticeship with a Native American medicine man, Sun Bear.
When I introduced Sun Bear to an audience, I said:
There are different ways to listen. One way is to listen with your head, to try to understand, explain, interpret, evaluate and take notes.
Core Development’s method of Somatic Psychotherapy
Core Development offers:
Core Development’s method of body-inclusive or somatic psychotherapy enables us to learn from our own experiencing.
Core Development takes the view that symptoms that are often labelled in our society as ‘sick’ or ‘dysfunctional’ are in many cases the opposite – they are pathways to creating more fulfilling and successful lives.
PERHAPS IT”S TIME TO STOP FIGHTING AND START LISTENING.
Not listening in order to convince others that we’re right and they are wrong, but listening to understand, listening to empathize.
Perhaps its time to remember that our humanity unites us all. We may have conflicting beliefs and strong feelings, but underneath all this we are all human beings.
That’s when our school began.
I had an interesting conversation with an eight year old girl.
I picked her up from school. When I asked her how her day was she replied “I’m having a sad day today”
I asked her what was making her sad and she replied “I think I’m stupid”.
What makes you think that? – I asked.
