Wellness, wellbeing, happiness – whatever word guides you, start your journey by looking for answers within you and not from external people, places, or things. Here are some handouts for reflection and sharing with others. Feedback welcome.
Self Care
Handout: Self-Care Mandala
How balanced do you live your life? How present and in the moment are you so that you can see more options and make good choices? How hard do you have to work to relax or find peace? Review this handout showing the 8 parts of your self that you should care for each day. When you balance these parts for yourself, you are a more whole person and have the potential to live your best life.
Understanding in Communication
Handout: Satir Interaction Model
Ever find yourself getting emotionally triggered or activated in certain situations or conversations and responding in ways that you regret later? Maybe you repeatedly fall into old habits and defense mechanisms and don’t know how or why this is happening.
Virginia Satir was a famous family therapist and author who helped us understand ourselves in relation to how we interact with others. Jerry Weinberg worked with her and introduced many of her therapy models to coaches and consultants to apply in business situations and contexts. This handout shows Satir’s “ingredients of an interaction” along with Weinberg’s 4-step simplification. This Interaction model can help you slow things down to understand the steps of what’s happening within you (or someone else) so that you can pause and ask different questions – to yourself or others.
You have the power to pause between stimulus and response. When you become aware of your internal thoughts or feelings that automatically appear in certain moments, pause, and take a moment to choose your response instead of reacting on autopilot with familiar but unhelpful behaviours. Be curious about what’s happening within you or within others when they respond in unexpected ways and see where this power takes you.