Those of us who are called to healing and activism need safety nets, safe harbor and spaces of respite to allow us to heal, to reflect and return to a state of wholeness to continue our powerful work in the world. When we fail to take care of our own needs we put our movements, our clients and our own lives at risk. The most power stand that you can take is a deep commitment to self-care as you strive to heal individual and societal wounds.
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You may be a Wounded Healer if:
- You have lost your passion for your work
- Family and friends complain about your lack of availability
- You cannot remember the last time you took time off for yourself (and the thought even frightens you!)
- You seem to expend more energy with less of an impact
- You are experiencing creeping resentment towards anyone with a need.
- You feel anger because no one seems to notice your struggles
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Wounded Healers: Healing Strategies for Activists and Therapists
Questions for Reflection*
1. What are some experiences in your life (including those specific to your role as an activist/therapist)that have left you feeling wounded?
2. How do these wounds affect your work? Your relationships? Your connection with your community?
3. What are some of the strategies that have helped you move through your woundedness?
4. Are there particular strategies that work better with particular wounds?
5. Have you been able to pull any gifts out of the woundedness that strengthen your practice as a therapist/activist? If so, what are those gifts? How were you able to transform some aspect of the wound into a strength?
6. Are there people in your life who share your wounds? How do you support each other?
7. Are there people in your life who share your strategies? How do you support each other?
8. Who supports you in healing from your wound(s)?
9. Are there activities that you engage in that facilitate your healing? If so, what are
those activities and how do they support your healing?
10. Are there people, places, or spaces in your professional/activist life that allow you to focus on your healing and receive support?
*Co-created with Kiran Aurora
