by Evan Dwan | May 16, 2024 | News |
Emotional disturbance has its roots in being alone with overwhelming experiences in the earliest years of life. Emotional safety is the basis of mental health and involves not being alone with frightening experiences. Feeling cared for, loved, seen and delighted are...
by Evan Dwan | May 16, 2024 | News |
Emotions result from appraisals of situations in relation to needs. For example, when a situation is deemed to be dangerous fear arises which contains within it the need to find safety. Emotion ‘dysregulation’ (imbalance) is the reaction to needs not being met. The...
by Evan Dwan | May 16, 2024 | News |
Vincent Van Gogh described emotions as ‘the great captains of our lives’. They are powerful forces that direct attention, shape perception, organise memory and motivate engagement and learning. Emotions play a central role in how we organise our sense of self and how...
by Evan Dwan | Mar 31, 2023 | News |
Healing Communities “The healing of our present woundedness may lie in recognizing and reclaiming the capacity we all have to heal each other, the enormous power in the simplest of human relationships” ~ Rachel Naomi Remen The Healing Communities Initiative seeks to...
by Evan Dwan | Dec 3, 2022 | News |
The following S’s offer a sample of ways to support healing practices that can be adapted and integrated into any setting or context – schools, workplaces, organisations, community groups etc. Safety and security Health, resilience and healing are rooted in a sense of...
by Evan Dwan | Dec 3, 2022 | News |
In seeking to create healing cultures and healing ecologies the 10 R’s can act as pillars that guide healing practices. Resources A resource is anything that can be drawn upon to support relief, recovery and healing. Resources empower individuals, communities and...
