Being Present with Suffering
Recorded Saturday 23 November 2019
A one-day seminar led by Nigel Wellings and Elizabeth Wilde McCormick
CE Credits: 2 hours
There is something about everything that makes it not quite satisfactory. Even things we really love are spoilt by not being quite enough or – the opposite – going on too long. People entering psychotherapy want to feel better – more authoritative, less anxious or depressed, more whole – and although it can help, an enormous amount of difficult and painful emotions continue to arise. After years and years of therapy many of us feel as mad as ever. There is no ‘happy ever after’. This all begs the question; what is the place of suffering in human experience and how best can we be with it?
This day picks up this question and answers by saying that discontent and unhappiness are inevitable parts of our human experience but there are ways to avoid adding further unnecessary suffering.
READ MORE...By becoming mindfully present, accepting and kind, we may enfold what hurts us in a more spacious and meaningful way. Together we will cultivate our ability to be present with emotions felt in the body and maybe get a glimpse of how emotions dissolve in the open space of awareness.
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- NBCC
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- ASWB
- NYSED (Psychology)
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SCHEDULE
00:00:00 – 01:03:21
Liz McCormick
Suffering in Loss and Bereavement
00:00:00 – 01:03:26
Nigel Wellings
Suffering, Buddhism and Psychotherapy