Hi!
I hope you are doing ok and finding a way to keep going.
It’s hard for everyone at the moment.
I realised that I’ve been seeing more people in my practice with signs of burnout, so I was interested to start seeing this described as Pandemic Burnout and documented in the press.
I’m keen to avoid burnout myself so was glad to have decided to have a free week at the end of January. :-)
This gave me a chance to immerse myself in reading and preparation for my most recent webinar Homeopathy and Counselling Skills for Grief.
Supporting grief and loss
I planned this webinar over a year ago, well before the pandemic had arrived in the UK.
I’ve experienced complex bereavement and have been so thankful for both homeopathy and counselling to help me through it.
I learned about counselling skills while training with the Breastfeeding Network. We had to do a lot of face-to-face role-play and tape recordings as part of our assessment.
Once I was supporting in groups I had to attend monthly group supervision, as well as phone supervision in between.
These experiences have given me the skills to weave into my work as a homeopath, even though I don’t have an official counselling qualification.
Myths about grief
The first part of the webinar explored the idea of grief as a journey.
“Grief is the price we pay for love.”
Dr. Kenneth J Doka
There are two major myths about the process of grief.
It gets easier each day.
It proceeds in predictable stages.
It’s actually individual, chaotic and unpredictable.
Disenfranchised loss
As homeopaths we can offer a great deal of support, through the homeopathy process and also with remedies.
Loss of a close family member or partner is widely recognised as legitimate grief, but ‘disenfranchised loss’ and ‘complex bereavement’ is also common.
This is why some people need multi-disciplinary support for their bereavement.
More than listening
We can use a counselling framework and skills to support emotional health and well-being alongside homeopathy.
Communication skills include:
Active listening – full attention and acceptance
Silence - giving the speaker a chance to think
Reflecting and paraphrasing - mirroring back, check you’ve understood
Rapport and connection - give recognition of effort and courage
To do all these things well involves a high level of awareness both during and afterwards.
Join me for a repeat Thursday, 11th February
I’ve had very positive feedback both during and following the webinar, so I’ve decided to re-record it on Thursday 11th February.
If you paid but couldn’t watch live, you have another option to join live this coming Thursday.
Or, if you missed it, and you would like to join, here’s another opportunity.
Brain food
The Pandemic is Resetting Casual Friendships
This helped me understand some of the reasons behind burnout.The Science Behind Pandemic Fatigue
A useful model to understand the current phase we’re in.21 ways to find clients without using social media
I have done about half of these, and can testify they work!The benefits of stretching
Am I the only one who needs reminding?Why I love Timely
I can’t list all the reasons I love Timely, but here are the main ones.
Radiant Business School April/May ‘21
Is open!
Three people have already joined on the part-payment plan and I’m thrilled about it.
I will offer a live webinar to answer questions in a few weeks, but for now, if you know you want to join, you can sign up with a deposit of just £50.
Radiant Business School is my signature 4-week course and it’s running just once this year in April/May.
I promise that wherever you are in your practice, you’ll find insights to take you to the next level, or beyond.
In the last newsletter I wrote about the 6 stages of practice.
This post got a lot of interest, so I made it into a full blog post.
You can read it here.
As always, thanks for reading.
I appreciate you being here. :-)
If you’d like to leave a comment or share your thoughts on anything you can do that here.
I’ll be back in your inbox on Monday 22nd February. :-)
Tracy