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Finding  Inner  Resilience  to  Face  Life’s  Challenges  

Karin  Brouwer,  March  7th  2015,    PUMC  –  Men’s  Breakfast  

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Finding  Inner  Resilience  to  Face  Life’s  Challenges  

•  My  background  

•  CBT  (Cogni3ve  Behavioral  Therapy)    

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CBT  Model  

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Thoughts  

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Thoughts  

•  Our  thoughts  aren’t  facts!  •  I  might  think  the  sky  is  pink  but  that  doesn’t  mean  it  really  is  

•  We  can  see  how  our  thoughts  are  powerful  and  can  be  the  start  of  a  vicious  circle  

•  We  can  learn  to  iden3fy,  challenge  and  update  our  thoughts  

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Thought  Challenging    

•  When  you  no3ce  a  change  in  your  emo3ons,  backtrack  and  try  to  iden3fy  the  thoughts  that  went  before  

•  Think  about  these  thoughts  –  are  they  helpful  and  realis3c?  

•  Did  I  fall  into  a  thinking  trap?  •  Update  them  to  make  them  more  realis3c/helpful    

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Unhelpful  (self  defea3ng)  Belief  

•  Rigid  and  Absolute  Must’s,  Should’s,  Have  To’s,  Ought’s  

•  +  1  or  more  Deriva3ves  – The  end  of  your  personal  world  –  ‘I  can’t  stand  it’  –  I  am  worthless,  you  are  no  good  

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Helpful  (  ra3onal)  Belief  

•  Flexible  Wishes,  Wants,  Preferences  and  Desires  

•  +  1  or  more  Deriva3ves  – BaTered  but  not  ShaTered  –  I  can  stand  it  but  I  don’t  like  it  – Never  rate  yourself  or  others,  only  behaviors  or  traits  

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Emo3ons  

Feelings  are  like  waves.  You  cannot  stop  them  from  coming    but  you  can  decide  which  ones  to  surf.  

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Nega3ve  Emo3ons  

Unhealthy  •  Anxiety  •  Depression  •  Guilt  •  Shame  •  Hurt  •  Anger  (at  a  person)  

Healthy  •  Concern  •  Sadness  •  Remorse  •  Disappointment  •  Sorrow  •  Anger  (at  behaviour)  

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Emo3ons  

•  Reduce  vulnerability  to  distressing  emo3ons  with  “PLEASE”    

•  These  act  as  your  “baseline”  to  wellbeing      

treat  PhysicaL  illness  balance  EaGng  

avoid  mood-­‐Altering  drugs  balance  Sleep  get  Exercise  

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Helpful  Hints  

•  Try  to  get  some  fresh  air  every  day  •  Exercising  20min  every  day  is  just  as  effec3ve  as  an3-­‐depressants  

•  Make  3me  for  sleep  (don’t  nap  during  the  day  and  avoid  “screen  3me”  1  hour  before  bed)  

•  Avoid  caffeine  and  alcohol  •  Don’t  have  lunch  at  your  desk  •  Regular  breaks  (10  mins  every  2  hours)  are  beTer  than  fewer  longer  breaks  

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Behaviour  

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Ac3vi3es  •  When  we  are  stressed  our  ac3vi3es  tend  to  be  just  

achievement  and  rou3ne  based  –  but  that’s  no  fun  and  makes  us  feel  worse!  

•  Make  sure  each  day  has  a  balance  of  the  following:  

Pleasurable  AcGvity  (Favourite  TV  programme,  get  a  massage,  go  shopping.)    

 Achievement  AcGvity  

(Doing  the  weekly  shop,  paying  the  bills,  wri<ng  a  birthday  card)      

RouGne  AcGvity  (Shower,  brush  teeth,  collect  the  mail)    

 Interpersonal  

(Phone  a  friend,  go  out  for  dinner)        

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Physical  

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Self-­‐Soothe  

•  Be  kind  to  yourself    using  your  senses  when  under  extreme  stress  

 

 

•  Vision  –  holiday  photos,  favourite  movie  •  Hearing  –  happy  music,  sound  of  nature  •  Taste  –  a  piece  of  chocolate  •  Touch  –  stroke  the  cat,  hand  massage  •  Smell  –  favourite  perfume,  fresh  bread  

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Be  in  the  present  (mindfulness)  •  Try  no3cing  the  things  we  don’t  normally  no3ce  because  our  heads  are  in  the  future  or  the  past  

•  We  might  go  into  the  garden  and  think  “I  should  have  cut  that  grass  last  week”,  “those  hedges  need  to  be  trimmed  back”  

•  A  key  skill  is  learning  to  control  our  focus  of  aTen3on    

"Yesterday is History, Tomorrow a Mystery,

Today is a Gift, That’s why it's called the

Present"

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What  I  have  learned  as  a  counsellor  

•  People  can  learn  at  every  stage  of  life  that  they  can  change  their  thoughts  and  thereby  change  the  outcome  of  a  situa3on  

•  It  is  empowering  to  know  that  you  have  that  choice,  that  you  are  not  depending  on  circumstances,  other  people  or  previous  experiences  

•  CBT  offers  you  tools  and  techniques  to  ‘break  the  cycle’  

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Other  Reading  /  Sources  

•  Boundaries  –  McCloud  and  Townsend  

•  Asser3veness  –  Chris  Williams  Workbook  

 

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Boundaries  

 •  ‘When  to  say  yes,  when  to  say  no’,  to  take  control  of  your  life  

•  They  are  personal  property  lines  that  define  who  you  are  and  who  you  are  not,  they  influence  all  areas  of  your  life  (physical,  mental,  emo3onal,  spiritual  boundaries)  

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AsserGveness  

 •  The  difference  between  being  passive,  aggressive,  asser3ve  

•  Being  asser3ve  helps  to  stand  up  for  who  you  are  in  a  healthy  way  without  pugng  others  down