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Beyond the Open Door; an evening (March 9th in Haliburton, ON) of inspiration, entertainment and thoughtful comment with Carl Dixon (Coney Hatch, April Wine, Guess Who) and Val Lougheed (President, Northern Lights Canada), both of whom have survived catastrophic head-on collisions and now live to tell (and sing) about it. This Power Point is Val's story and serves as an introduction for Carl Dixon.
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“You don’t want your impairments to define you – you want them to inform you.”
(Hanita Dagan, personal communication, 2005)
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lougheed/be-still
Agenda
•Beginning …
•Middle …
•End …
Beyond the Open Door
1. What does it mean to recover?
2. What can I do to recover and return to a life that includes work?
3. What can we do to facilitate recovery and a return to work?
Rated PG-113
People Strongly Cautioned!
May contain bad language, brief nudity, sexual overtones, and drug usage.
Beginning
My Story
Sept. 9, 2003 - morning
Sept. 9 – p.m.
Sept. 15 2003 – Jan. 19 2004
Journey Back to Life
Journey Back to Work
February 2004 – Present
Starting Point
Identity Disintegration
and
The Re-organization of Self
March 2004
“In the aftermath of traumatic life events… [the] sense of self has been shattered.”
(Herman, 1992, p. 61)
“An existential crisis…”(Dagan, personal communication,
2005)
Middle
Research
Body-Mind Connection
“The words and attitudes of others … are potent. They help or hex healing and
recovery.”
“ Expectations are powerful.”
“Neutrality can be deadly.”(Bolen, 1996, p. 94; Sternberg, 2001, p. 65)
End
Reflections
Beyond the Open Door Resilience
Ability to return to original form after being bent (bounce back)
Thriving in constant change, ability to be:
• Flexible
• Creative
• Adaptable
• Learn from experiencehttp://www.resiliencycenter.com/articles/5levels.shtml
Beyond the Open Door
Rehabilitation (habiter – to live inside)
“Rehabilitation (the re-organization of self) is the learning to live inside not only one’s body, however it is after an injury or illness, but inside one’s very being.”
(Kabat-Zinn, in Meili, 2003, p. 241)
Beyond the Open Door
RecoveryCuring Focus on the illness/
impairment [outside]
Healing Focus on the person [inside]
Crombez, October, 2003
Be Still
End
Reflections
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Reflections
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Reflections
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Reflections
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Reflections
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