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The Personal Recovery Narrative
Best Practices in Personal Branding Share Your Story The Personal recoveryNarrative Peers have so much to give in the way of Experiential Knowledge. It is de rigueur for us in the Peer Movement to share in the wealth of this personal goldmine as a way of helping others and giving back to our community. Quality …
Major Jungian Archetypes
psychodynamic Archetypes Major Jungian Archetypes Previous Next Structure of the Psyche The concept of Archetypes was introduced and developed by Carl Gustav Jung. Jung conceived of Archetypes as templates of the personality that helped explain people’s behavior and where they are coming from with it. There is a lot of technical discussion about Archetypes being …
Jungian Shadow and Recovery
The Lights Watch the trailer Open source films . . . . . . . . . . Jungian Shadow & Recovery . . starring . Individuation . with Integrated Self and The Shadow presents in association with Archetypal Personalities in association with Collective Unconscious a Projection About the film About About the event Even …
Understanding the Cycle of Stigma
hero’s mission: Transforming Stigma into Strength Understanding the Cycle of Stigma “The threat of stigma is so powerful as to prevent the vast majority from obtaining even an initial interview with a professional. Stigma is personal.” Discover More Superheroes: Our Mission In the Hero’s Journey, we learned that the Hero goes away to a Strange …
The Effects of Stigma on Health
Dread of Being Stigmatized Holistic Dignity The Effects of Stigmaon Healthy Recovery Health is the first of the four broad areas in SAMHSA’s Recovery Support Strategic Initiative (Health, Home, Purpose, and Community). While SAMHSA is right to be concerned that the Recovering Peer needs to abstain from substance use first in order to improve the …
The Hero’s Return (Soul Journey)
Soul Journey (Return of the Hero) About The the Hero The Soul Journey is comprised of three basic stages: Separation, Initiation, and Return. The third and final act in the Monomyth is the Return stage and is in many ways, the climax. Read More Our Mission Separation In this phase, the Hero (sometimes reluctantly) must …
10 Guiding Principles of Recovery
10 Guiding Principles of Recovery A Select Client Network Peer Recovery Home Articles Hope is Key For Recovery to Emerge from the Gestalt background, Hope has to be Real: Hope is the vitalizing essential for the process of recovery. The chance of a better future is what will sustain the Individual who faces the struggles …
Eight Dimensional Wellness
Integrative & Non-Linear Eight Dimensional Wellness Although the Recovery Journey is Intensely Personal; there are some Characteristics we Share in Common A Good Model for All Personal Growth 8 Aspects of Healthy Wellbeing SAMHSA’s 8 Dimensions of Wellness (pdf) In the Late 1980’s beliefs about chronic mental health began to be challenged along with the …
A Strength Based Journey
Successful Recovery is for Everyone The Strength Based Journey Everybody is unique and has their own strengths and weaknesses. Old style recovery methods used to focus intensely on what is wrong with a person, as if there’s something broken that needs fixing. Peer based recovery is different and recognizes that every story -including yours- develops …