Resources to consider as you take your next step.
No one is called to journey alone. On my journey of healing, I found it helpful to seek professional supports along the way in the form of counselling, inner healing, coaching, and a lot of ongoing self-help to support my well-being.
Counsellors and coaches offer a safe space to be listened to and heard; they are neutral, non-judgemental and supportive. Yet their roles are very different. Consider these questions when asking yourself what supports you might need to take your next step.
Consider the supports a coach if you answer “yes” to these questions:
Is my goal self-development? Life design?
Do I need support to focus on the present, the future and moving forward?
Do I need support to unlock my potential? Clarify my vision?
Do I want help to identify my values and specific obstacles getting in my way?
Do I believe I have all the answers within me?
Do I need to focus on the “how”?
Do I need strategies to help with the logistics of a behaviour?
Do I want to work on task-oriented goals and actions?
Consider the supports of a counsellor/therapist if you answer “yes” to these questions:
Is my goal healing? Issue resolution?
Do I need support to process my present and my past?
Do I need support treating a mental health condition?
Do I need support unpacking my family history, previous relationships, historical reasons for patterns of unhelpful behaviour?
Do I need a trained healthcare professional to provide advice and suggestions?
Do I need to focus on the “why”?
Do I need strategies to help with the emotions behind a behaviour?
Do I want to work on emotion-oriented goals?
Counselling
Counselling, therapy, inner healing can be a great first step to consider on your journey to healing and transformation.
Here are some professionals that I know personally and have worked with.
Coaching
Coaching can be a wonderful source of support on your journey. A coach walks alongside you, never pushing you, never pulling you. Coaches believe in your resourcefulness.
Self-Help
Here are some resources I have found helpful, in alphabetical order:
Lisa Bevere:
-Out of control and loving it
-The true measure of a woman
Brené Brown:
-The gifts of imperfection
-Rising Strong
-Daring greatly
Dr Henry Cloud & John Townsend:
-Boundaries
Dawna De Silva and Teresa Liebscher:
-Sozo
Michelle Dwyer:
-Fierce Hope
Freedom Sessions
Dr Caroyln Leaf:
-Switch on your brain
Dr Gabor Maté:
—When the body says no: the cost of hidden stress
Shauna Niequist:
-Present over perfect
Peter Reynolds:
-The North Star
Dr Rob Reimer:
-Soul Care
Justin Stumvoll:
-The tree of life
Lisa Terkeust:
-Unglued
-Becoming more
-Made to crave
Bessel van der Kolk MD:
-The body keeps the score