The Idea of the Week
Receiving feedback is hard, but here is Jess’s trick (a 13-minute video) for handling feedback: not all of the feedback will be right, and some of the feedback you receive may actually be wrong.
Feedback is not black and white; you don’t have to accept it fully or reject it all. Rather, feedback is nuanced. You may incorporate some parts of the feedback. Or, maybe you don’t incorporate the feedback because the suggestion doesn’t feel right, but you look at why they gave feedback and adjust from there.
In the end, it’s your choice.
Practice of the Week
One experience around receiving feedback is about the reception. When we are listening to the other person, nodding along, or perhaps struggling to keep calm.
But, in this 14-minute TEDx Talk, Shanita Williams acknowledges another experience: processing feedback. Once the person is gone, what are you telling yourself? Do the thoughts “I am not good enough” or “I am not valuable” arise? Shanita asks us to consider a selective approach: to process feedback through a strainer, not a sponge.
Finally, in a 10-minute video, Scott McKenna shares The Key to Receiving Feedback with a Growth Mindset.
Having a growth mindset means being open to the effort of achieving skills and abilities, even if it doesn’t come easily; whereas having a fixed mindset means holding limiting beliefs about your capabilities and capacity to improve.
When you receive feedback in a fixed mindset, your limiting beliefs interfere with your ability to listen and process. However, when you receive feedback with a growth mindset, you release your limiting beliefs and give yourself space to listen and choose the feedback you incorporate.
What are some of your tips for receiving feedback? Let us know on our Instagram or Facebook page!
News of the Week
We’re excited to share our new page for our newsletters!
Looking for a previous newsletter but it’s buried in your inbox? You can find it on our website now under the Newsletters page.
Check Out Our Newsletter Page!
Are you a creative soul? Are you interested in Art Therapy?
Art therapy is not just for the creative souls, although creative souls may certainly enjoy art therapy!
Sometimes words are hard, and verbalizing our emotions, experiences, or struggles is a daunting task. Art therapy allows you to express yourself through the process of making art. Please note: you do not have to be an artist to benefit from art therapy.
Melissa Compton is a trauma-informed art therapist and mental health professional. She utilizes an eclectic approach and provides a safe, non-judgmental, and comfortable healing space for you to process your experience.
Please call 315.516.8466 to begin your art therapy sessions with Melissa!
What happens in an Art Therapy session? Learn more about art therapy on our blog!
Facing Mortality
Facing our mortality can be a daunting task that may come with many fears and feelings that are difficult to process.
Join Jahleh Mohammadi, who will be facilitating A Death and Dying Processing and Support Group for adults who live with a terminal illness or condition where they are unsure of their life span.
If you want to reduce fears of death and dying and focus more on living, join Jahleh Mohammadi’s Death and Dying Processing and Support Group, where you will have opportunities for open discussion and process activities in a group. Check out the flyer for more info.
Cost: $25/group, 8 weeks total
When: Tuesdays 12-1:30 pm, starting July 11th, 2023, and ending August 29th, 2023.
Where: Zoom
To register for this processing and support group, call 315-202-1514 or email [email protected].
Join Tati, back by popular demand, for her next series of Family Constellations and Sharing of Ancestral Knowledge Workshops!
Tati owns a healing and psychotherapy practice working with sacred plant medicine, ancestral healing, and art therapy in her home in Ecuador.
In April, Tati visited the U.S. for the first time to hold workshops and healing sessions in Erieville and Fayetteville, NY, all of which had such a positive reception that people requested more! Join Tati for her return in October and the next series of workshops and healing sessions.
Family Constellations is a type of therapeutic approach that focuses on exploring the dynamics within a person’s family system, including their relationships with parents, siblings, grandparents, and other family members, even ancestors. This approach can be used to address a variety of issues, such as relationship difficulties, emotional blocks, and unresolved traumas.
This workshop involves a group of participants who come together to explore their own family dynamics through a series of exercises and discussions led by our facilitator, Tatian Davila, a psychotherapist, healer, and seeker of ancestral knowledge. Tati will offer 2 workshops as well as individual healings. The workshops will be held at Breathing Space Studio in Erieville, NY.
The Family Constellations Workshop will be held on October 28, 2023, from 10 am to 4 pm.
The Sharing of Ancestral Knowledge Workshop will be held on October 29, 2023, from 10 am to 4 pm.
Both workshops will be held at Breathing Space Studio
3455 Erieville Road
Erieville, NY 13061
Individual Healing Sessions will be held in Fayetteville, NY from October 30th through November 3rd.
You asked for more; we delivered! Back by Popular Demand:
Unlock Your Mind and Journey to Self Discovery at Our Summer Ketamine-Assisted Experiential Psychotherapy Retreat
Our first KAP retreat in April had such a positive reception and requests for more that we’re excited to share our Summer KAP Retreat in August!
One Ketamine Journey—lots of deep dives into experiential therapy incorporating meditation, writing, art making, yoga, and other body-centered modalities. Step away from the stressors of daily life and fully immerse yourself in the therapeutic process. We will use Ketamine and experiential therapy to break through the stuck places to find more freedom, pace, and motivation!
Zoom Preparation Session: Thursday, July 27th from 6-9 pm.
In-person: Thursday, August 3rd from 6-9 pm.
In-person: Friday, August 4th from 10-6 pm.
In-person: Saturday, August 5th from 9-5 pm.
Zoom Integration Session: Thursday, August 10th from 6-8 pm.
Want to learn more about Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy? Check out the blog!
New Meditation Session!
Mondays 7:30-8:30pm online
$50 for 10 sessions
We are offering another guided meditation! Perfect for beginners! Join us for a guided meditation and journal session.
The Thought of the Week
Wishing you a peaceful week!
