Imagery: Using Healing Colors Check-in: 1. Gratitude. 2. Reactions to Sarno 3. Goals: a. A goal you’ve set for yourself b. One or some of your emotional hooks that get in the way of making changes c. Cognitive distortion(s) connected to these hooks d. Any obstacle you’ve encountered in achieving the goal e. Some of [...]
Relaxation: Mindfulness in Pain – naming sensations Check-in: Gratitude, Communication observations Sarno: The Tension Myositis Syndrome – another theory about the cause of some chronic pain Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Relapse Prevention(if time allows) Medication check Homework: Gratitude journal, Problem-Solving Exercises- work on one goal that you have been struggling with, and apply problem-solving strategies to [...]
Relaxation response: Imagery with a Pain Object Check-in: 1. Share item from your gratitude journal 2. Reflections on communication: what did you discover about your thoughts and feelings on working with communication these past two weeks? Hormones and pain Problem-Solving, Coping Strategies Medication check Handouts: Pain dairies, bimonthly feedback sheet, Hormones and Pain Homework: Continue [...]
Relaxation: Mini-Relaxation ExercisesCheck-in: Gratitude, Forgiveness experiences Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Communication Nutrition 102 – Supplements, herbs, etc. Medication check Homework: Gratitude journal, diaries, relaxation exercises Track any difficult conversations, write down the key elements of one conversation (I said, he/she said, I said, etc.) and analyze according to the communication guidelines reviewed. Calvin: Sometimes when I’m [...]
Relaxation: Forgiveness meditation (Levine) Check-in: Gratitude, Sleep observations Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Forgiveness – Luskin Affirmations Finish sleep talk Medication check Homework: Gratitude journal, Self-portrait if not done at the beginning Experiment with Luskin methods with a small item needing forgiveness Identify a useful affirmation for you and work with it “The stupid neither forgive nor [...]
Relaxation response: Tai chi Check-in: Share an item from your gratitude journal A cognitive distortion you noticed during the week or any negative automatic thoughts you’ve noticed you are having, how you are countering them Sleep Vertical Arrow Medication check Handouts: Pain diaries, bimonthly feedback sheet Homework: Continue to write in your pain dairies and [...]
Relaxation response: Guided Imagery Inner Healer Check-in: Share two items from your gratitude journal What is one thing you are doing now that you were not when this program started. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Automatic Thoughts, Cognitive Distortions and their remedies Medication check Handouts: Record of Automatic thoughts, pain dairies, bimonthly feedback sheet [...]
Relaxation response: Mantra Meditation Check-in: 1. Share one or two items from your gratitude journal 2. An example of pacing, adaptation, or delegation that you have tried and whether it made a difference Exercise and Pain Regroup and Review The Time Pie Using the body to change the mood Medication check Handouts: Stress Reduction through [...]
Body Scan Check-in: Goals/ Gratitude Nutrition 101 continued - Things to cut down/remove from the diet Pacing, Adaptation, and Delegation – reprise Group Ergonomic and other adjustments - What other tips have members discovered? Medication check Handouts: List of Mantras/Poems/Thoughts for Mental Focus in Meditation Homework: The Time Pie (and continue relaxation techniques, pain diaries, gratitude journals) [...]
Mindfulness is the practice of paying attention to what is happening to you from moment to moment. To be mindful, you must slow down, do one activity at a time, and bring your full awareness to both the activity at hand and to your inner experience of it. Mindfulness provides a potentially powerful antidote to [...]