Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: FF Mental Health Alliance: Shifting Cultural Attitudes
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Yes there was a change in the fundamentalism. The practical operational policy now is that people will get referred to professional mental health resources as needed. You ask about mindfulness meditation as therapy, in the operation of the new policy I doubt that the clinics on campus or that TM teachers out in the world will be providing mindfulness branded prescriptions for mental illnesses. That particular mental-health prescription would be coming from experts certified or licensed in mental health counseling otherwise, as needs be the case. Take a look at the policy as it operates. It is a major change. According to the science Mindfulness therapy may have its place for some people, as does the practice of transcending meditation. Also with this policy, TM would no longer dispute a place for mindfulness practices in mental health modality based on where modern science is going. TM takes great pain to differentiate the practices and benefits of the two different practices. Evidently the two meditations each have their places in mental health well-being. Culturally though I doubt we we'll see a merger of meditation trademarks of the two meditation institutions. It seems both are quite busy entrenching themselves each in their own science of uniqueness. Bolstering, each seems to have valid mental health science behind their own existence. But the TM policy in practice now is much clearer with this policy revision governing the movement's mental health policy. The policy sends people to experts in mental health for particular mental illnesses. The TM movement changed in process with this by an amalgam of urgent need for re-assessment and modern science in the 21st Century. That is okay and healthful in itself. Calm minds prevailed inside the process. The TM Policy Initiative on Mental Health: http://portals.mum.edu/Customized/uploads/guidelines-for-mental-health.html http://portals.mum.edu/Customized/uploads/guidelines-for-mental-health.html ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : In TM Policy.. A comprehensive look at mental health and a changing of position. Adapting a Culture to Changing Times, The TM Policy Initiative on Mental Health: http://portals.mum.edu/Customized/uploads/guidelines-for-mental-health.html http://portals.mum.edu/Customized/uploads/guidelines-for-mental-health.html salyavin808 writes: Nice to see you've dropped Marshy's teaching that TM was the ultimate cure for every mental ailment, but this isn't reflecting a changing culture - the world was always like that, he was just too keen to teach you otherwise. It's a healthy thing to have struck his fundamentalism from the record. Don't get me wrong, TM is a nice thing to do but the cure for the world's pain it is not. Have you thought about introducing Mindfulness Cognitive Behaviour Therapies? Very useful indeed for depression and anxiety states which are the most common acquired problems in the world today. Assuming the TMO has the flexibility to recommend techniques that it comprehensively rubbished not so long ago you will find it more effective than a lot of talking therapies. It also has a fine "hands on" style which may suit people used to doing stuff with their heads. The TM Policy Initiative on Mental Health: http://portals.mum.edu/Customized/uploads/guidelines-for-mental-health.html http://portals.mum.edu/Customized/uploads/guidelines-for-mental-health.html The FF Mental Health Alliance: Shifting Cultural Attitudes update meeting: November 2015: http://us11.campaign-archive1.com/?u=8106b31a70de58c5f10ebc41b&id=64e514542b&e=4a03ac3b4a http://us11.campaign-archive1.com/?u=8106b31a70de58c5f10ebc41b&id=64e514542b&e=4a03ac3b4a ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Communal Work in Progress.. "Thirty or 40 years ago, there was a great resistance to using the tools of Western psychotherapy and Western psychology. People at various ashrams or Zen centers or Buddhist centers and so forth would say, “All you need to do is chant, or do the mantra, or sit in Zen meditation, and it will take care of everything.” And other tools were considered to be unnecessary or even kind of lower-level practices. Now, I could tell you the names of the therapists of half of the main Zen teachers and lamas around the country, because they realized that in our modern, Western time, we need all the help we can get. We need to marry these powerful spiritual disciplines with the wisdom and the understanding of this particular culture. That wisdom and understanding includes tools for healing, tools for trauma work, tools for emotional intelligence. And in the last 40 years, these have become integrated much more actively across the spiritual teachings." -Jack Kornfield how-can-p
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: FF Mental Health Alliance: Shifting Cultural Attitudes
Progress Summary, Y-2015 The Fairfield Mental Health Alliance The Work and Partnering Accomplishments of the FMHA Membership: -Strategic Organizing of Monthly Panel Discussion Presentations, Series -Multiple Public Forums held on MUM campus and in town, Mental Illness Depression Anxiety Suicide Prevention Optimal Health Drug Abuse and Suicide -Support in curating of the MUM and the TM movement's mental health policy initiative. -Support in development of MUM's web page for identifying and treating mental illness. -Support of local hospital's emergency room mental health referral system and county jail diversion programs. -Support of development and establishing a local emergency transition house. -Cultural/ intercultural Inclusiveness programs on MUM campus -Supported a non-violent communication lecture presentation on campus. -E-Communication strategies in mailing lists, web pages, and social media. -Ongoing mental health radio interview program. -Multiple Fairfield Ledger and Fairfield Weekly Reader articles. -Internship Work -Year-end Community Holiday Meal And More for y-2015? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Yes there was a change in the fundamentalism. The practical operational policy now is that people will get referred to professional mental health resources as needed. You ask about mindfulness meditation as therapy, in the operation of the new policy I doubt that the clinics on campus or that TM teachers out in the world will be providing mindfulness branded prescriptions for mental illnesses. That particular mental-health prescription would be coming from experts certified or licensed in mental health counseling otherwise, as needs be the case. Take a look at the policy as it operates. It is a major change. According to the science Mindfulness therapy may have its place for some people, as does the practice of transcending meditation. Also with this policy, TM would no longer dispute a place for mindfulness practices in mental health modality based on where modern science is going. TM takes great pain to differentiate the practices and benefits of the two different practices. Evidently the two meditations each have their places in mental health well-being. Culturally though I doubt we we'll see a merger of meditation trademarks of the two meditation institutions. It seems both are quite busy entrenching themselves each in their own science of uniqueness. Bolstering, each seems to have valid mental health science behind their own existence. But the TM policy in practice now is much clearer with this policy revision governing the movement's mental health policy. The policy sends people to experts in mental health for particular mental illnesses. The TM movement changed in process with this by an amalgam of urgent need for re-assessment and modern science in the 21st Century. That is okay and healthful in itself. Calm minds prevailed inside the process. The TM Policy Initiative on Mental Health: http://portals.mum.edu/Customized/uploads/guidelines-for-mental-health.html http://portals.mum.edu/Customized/uploads/guidelines-for-mental-health.html ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : In TM Policy.. A comprehensive look at mental health and a changing of position. Adapting a Culture to Changing Times, The TM Policy Initiative on Mental Health: http://portals.mum.edu/Customized/uploads/guidelines-for-mental-health.html http://portals.mum.edu/Customized/uploads/guidelines-for-mental-health.html salyavin808 writes: Nice to see you've dropped Marshy's teaching that TM was the ultimate cure for every mental ailment, but this isn't reflecting a changing culture - the world was always like that, he was just too keen to teach you otherwise. It's a healthy thing to have struck his fundamentalism from the record. Don't get me wrong, TM is a nice thing to do but the cure for the world's pain it is not. Have you thought about introducing Mindfulness Cognitive Behaviour Therapies? Very useful indeed for depression and anxiety states which are the most common acquired problems in the world today. Assuming the TMO has the flexibility to recommend techniques that it comprehensively rubbished not so long ago you will find it more effective than a lot of talking therapies. It also has a fine "hands on" style which may suit people used to doing stuff with their heads. The TM Policy Initiative on Mental Health: http://portals.mum.edu/Customized/uploads/guidelines-for-mental-health.html http://portals.mum.edu/Customized/uploads/guidelines-for-mental-health.html The FF Mental Health Alliance: Shifting Cultural Attitudes update meeting: November 2015: http://us11.campaign-archive1.com/?u=8106b31a70de58c5f10ebc41b&id=64e514542
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: FF Mental Health Alliance: Shifting Cultural Attitudes
October 13th 7:30-8:45PM The full FMHA group meeting this coming Tuesday night 7:30 - 8:45 PM PROGRESS REPORTS from mental health initiatives in Fairfield in the last year. How to get help, here, and now. Open Q&A + Handouts. Come with any and all questions to move us all forward to the next level now. Upcoming Workshops - be part of the next great workshop. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Dear MJ thanks for your empathy and support on this. There is a lot of good work being done around community mental health in Fairfield, Iowa. It is work in progress and certainly there yet are still some tough nuts to crack within this work but good work by a lot of good people is being done on many fronts. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Excellent, go for it and may all those with problems in Fairfield and surrounding environs get the help they need. From: "dhamiltony2k5@... [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 12:20 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: FF Mental Health Alliance: Shifting Cultural Attitudes Subcommittee updating.. FMHA MEETING AGENDA Ongoing Items Happy Mothers Day! Anxiety Lecture: We are well underway with many initiatives in preparation for the event - with special thanks to stellar volunteer Patrick Williams. Attached below is an "Event Tracker" to offer a perspective of all that is underway. Please review and let us know if we are missing anything of if you have any suggestions. Most notable is publicity in the form of articles in the Weekly Reader and the Fairfield Ledger last week! Posters are also up on campus and around town. Regional Mental Health Professionals: FMHA would like to feature properly credentialed mental health professionals. Send us your info and we will add you to our list on LetsGoJeffCo, where we have a list started, along with other regional resources. (http://letsgojeffco.com/ resources/mind.html http://letsgojeffco.com/resources/mind.html) Organization Focus: We will temporarily suspend larger group meetings. In the meantime, the Steering Committee will meet to focus on strengthening the core of the organization so that we may be poised to grow with a more solid foundation. Other active volunteers are warmly invited to participate. Details to follow. New Meeting Location: We may have gotten the Sondheim Center as a location to host meetings once a month. Confirmation and details to follow. Ongoing outreach: If you have any ideas, skills, or support to make this group better, contact us. scott@... mailto:scott@... Attachments and Links: Anxiety Lecture Event Tracker http://ardentcenter.us9.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=9db52c96f615edc3ab1772b2c&id=34197274bd&e=f262db1f14 Anxiety Lecture Poster http://ardentcenter.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9db52c96f615edc3ab1772b2c&id=b1203bceed&e=f262db1f14- Download and post it on Facebook, email to friends, etc... Strategic Plan http://ardentcenter.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9db52c96f615edc3ab1772b2c&id=cd61a27ff3&e=f262db1f14 which contains all of our goals Archives of Mental Health Matters with Dr. Scott Terry http://ardentcenter.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9db52c96f615edc3ab1772b2c&id=bc0e11557b&e=f262db1f14 Let'sGoJeffCo http://ardentcenter.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9db52c96f615edc3ab1772b2c&id=d38d4b8bc6&e=f262db1f14 Mental Health Page Craig and Scott wishing you well - and reminding you of how powerful you can be to make a difference in our world today. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : [November 2014] Towards Actionable Plans.. Dear Committee Members; The focus of the next working meeting will be on implementation of the stage plans of the various subgroups. [currently 11.11.2014] We are now at the point of developing an implementation of each of the goals. Come join us. We want you to join us. This is being sent this out to all so you know what the Shifting Cultural Attitudes Subcommittee is working on. This 'Cultural Group' is working through a process of creating a Strategic Plan so we can take all the wonderful ideas we have been banging around and create an actionable plan out of them. Find attached an explanation of writing SMART goals and a template for the team leader to fill out for the goals your group were working on during Tuesday night's meeting. When the team leader has entered the information into the actionable plan template, please forward to Ken Daley for inclusion in the Strategic Plan. At previous Alliance working meetings two working subgroups formed and met — the “MUM/MSAE” group and the “Outreach and Education” group. Those two groups met again last week. Thank you to everyone in those groups for stepping up and contributing in this way. Please contact your group liaison to check on if you are meeting this coming week, and on what work needs to be done between the se
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: FF Mental Health Alliance: Shifting Cultural Attitudes
Communal Work in Progress.. "Thirty or 40 years ago, there was a great resistance to using the tools of Western psychotherapy and Western psychology. People at various ashrams or Zen centers or Buddhist centers and so forth would say, “All you need to do is chant, or do the mantra, or sit in Zen meditation, and it will take care of everything.” And other tools were considered to be unnecessary or even kind of lower-level practices. Now, I could tell you the names of the therapists of half of the main Zen teachers and lamas around the country, because they realized that in our modern, Western time, we need all the help we can get. We need to marry these powerful spiritual disciplines with the wisdom and the understanding of this particular culture. That wisdom and understanding includes tools for healing, tools for trauma work, tools for emotional intelligence. And in the last 40 years, these have become integrated much more actively across the spiritual teachings." -Jack Kornfield how-can-people-be-deeply-spiritual-and-emotionally-immature ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : October 13th 7:30-8:45PM The full FMHA group meeting this coming Tuesday night 7:30 - 8:45 PM PROGRESS REPORTS from mental health initiatives in Fairfield in the last year. How to get help, here, and now. Open Q&A + Handouts. Come with any and all questions to move us all forward to the next level now. Upcoming Workshops - be part of the next great workshop. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Dear MJ thanks for your empathy and support on this. There is a lot of good work being done around community mental health in Fairfield, Iowa. It is work in progress and certainly there yet are still some tough nuts to crack within this work but good work by a lot of good people is being done on many fronts. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Excellent, go for it and may all those with problems in Fairfield and surrounding environs get the help they need. From: "dhamiltony2k5@... [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 12:20 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: FF Mental Health Alliance: Shifting Cultural Attitudes Subcommittee updating.. FMHA MEETING AGENDA Ongoing Items Happy Mothers Day! Anxiety Lecture: We are well underway with many initiatives in preparation for the event - with special thanks to stellar volunteer Patrick Williams. Attached below is an "Event Tracker" to offer a perspective of all that is underway. Please review and let us know if we are missing anything of if you have any suggestions. Most notable is publicity in the form of articles in the Weekly Reader and the Fairfield Ledger last week! Posters are also up on campus and around town. Regional Mental Health Professionals: FMHA would like to feature properly credentialed mental health professionals. Send us your info and we will add you to our list on LetsGoJeffCo, where we have a list started, along with other regional resources. (http://letsgojeffco.com/ resources/mind.html http://letsgojeffco.com/resources/mind.html) Organization Focus: We will temporarily suspend larger group meetings. In the meantime, the Steering Committee will meet to focus on strengthening the core of the organization so that we may be poised to grow with a more solid foundation. Other active volunteers are warmly invited to participate. Details to follow. New Meeting Location: We may have gotten the Sondheim Center as a location to host meetings once a month. Confirmation and details to follow. Ongoing outreach: If you have any ideas, skills, or support to make this group better, contact us. scott@... mailto:scott@... Attachments and Links: Anxiety Lecture Event Tracker http://ardentcenter.us9.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=9db52c96f615edc3ab1772b2c&id=34197274bd&e=f262db1f14 Anxiety Lecture Poster http://ardentcenter.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9db52c96f615edc3ab1772b2c&id=b1203bceed&e=f262db1f14- Download and post it on Facebook, email to friends, etc... Strategic Plan http://ardentcenter.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9db52c96f615edc3ab1772b2c&id=cd61a27ff3&e=f262db1f14 which contains all of our goals Archives of Mental Health Matters with Dr. Scott Terry http://ardentcenter.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9db52c96f615edc3ab1772b2c&id=bc0e11557b&e=f262db1f14 Let'sGoJeffCo http://ardentcenter.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9db52c96f615edc3ab1772b2c&id=d38d4b8bc6&e=f262db1f14 Mental Health Page Craig and Scott wishing you well - and reminding you of how powerful you can be to make a difference in our world today. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : [November 2014] Towards Actionable Plans.. Dear Committee Members; The focus of the next working meeting will be on implementation of the stage plans of the various subgroups. [currently 11.11.2014] We are now at the poi
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: FF Mental Health Alliance: Shifting Cultural Attitudes
# ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Communal Work in Progress.. "Thirty or 40 years ago, there was a great resistance to using the tools of Western psychotherapy and Western psychology. People at various ashrams or Zen centers or Buddhist centers and so forth would say, “All you need to do is chant, or do the mantra, or sit in Zen meditation, and it will take care of everything.” And other tools were considered to be unnecessary or even kind of lower-level practices. Now, I could tell you the names of the therapists of half of the main Zen teachers and lamas around the country, because they realized that in our modern, Western time, we need all the help we can get. We need to marry these powerful spiritual disciplines with the wisdom and the understanding of this particular culture. That wisdom and understanding includes tools for healing, tools for trauma work, tools for emotional intelligence. And in the last 40 years, these have become integrated much more actively across the spiritual teachings." -Jack Kornfield how-can-people-be-deeply-spiritual-and-emotionally-immature ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : October 13th 7:30-8:45PM The full FMHA group meeting this coming Tuesday night 7:30 - 8:45 PM PROGRESS REPORTS from mental health initiatives in Fairfield in the last year. How to get help, here, and now. Open Q&A + Handouts. Come with any and all questions to move us all forward to the next level now. Upcoming Workshops - be part of the next great workshop. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Dear MJ thanks for your empathy and support on this. There is a lot of good work being done around community mental health in Fairfield, Iowa. It is work in progress and certainly there yet are still some tough nuts to crack within this work but good work by a lot of good people is being done on many fronts. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Excellent, go for it and may all those with problems in Fairfield and surrounding environs get the help they need. From: "dhamiltony2k5@... [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 12:20 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: FF Mental Health Alliance: Shifting Cultural Attitudes Subcommittee updating.. FMHA MEETING AGENDA Ongoing Items Happy Mothers Day! Anxiety Lecture: We are well underway with many initiatives in preparation for the event - with special thanks to stellar volunteer Patrick Williams. Attached below is an "Event Tracker" to offer a perspective of all that is underway. Please review and let us know if we are missing anything of if you have any suggestions. Most notable is publicity in the form of articles in the Weekly Reader and the Fairfield Ledger last week! Posters are also up on campus and around town. Regional Mental Health Professionals: FMHA would like to feature properly credentialed mental health professionals. Send us your info and we will add you to our list on LetsGoJeffCo, where we have a list started, along with other regional resources. (http://letsgojeffco.com/ resources/mind.html http://letsgojeffco.com/resources/mind.html) Organization Focus: We will temporarily suspend larger group meetings. In the meantime, the Steering Committee will meet to focus on strengthening the core of the organization so that we may be poised to grow with a more solid foundation. Other active volunteers are warmly invited to participate. Details to follow. New Meeting Location: We may have gotten the Sondheim Center as a location to host meetings once a month. Confirmation and details to follow. Ongoing outreach: If you have any ideas, skills, or support to make this group better, contact us. scott@... mailto:scott@... Attachments and Links: Anxiety Lecture Event Tracker http://ardentcenter.us9.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=9db52c96f615edc3ab1772b2c&id=34197274bd&e=f262db1f14 Anxiety Lecture Poster http://ardentcenter.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9db52c96f615edc3ab1772b2c&id=b1203bceed&e=f262db1f14- Download and post it on Facebook, email to friends, etc... Strategic Plan http://ardentcenter.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9db52c96f615edc3ab1772b2c&id=cd61a27ff3&e=f262db1f14 which contains all of our goals Archives of Mental Health Matters with Dr. Scott Terry http://ardentcenter.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9db52c96f615edc3ab1772b2c&id=bc0e11557b&e=f262db1f14 Let'sGoJeffCo http://ardentcenter.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9db52c96f615edc3ab1772b2c&id=d38d4b8bc6&e=f262db1f14 Mental Health Page Craig and Scott wishing you well - and reminding you of how powerful you can be to make a difference in our world today. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : [November 2014] Towards Actionable Plans.. Dear Committee Members; The focus of the next working meeting will be on implementation of the stage plans of the various s
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: FF Mental Health Alliance: Shifting Cultural Attitudes
In TM Policy.. A comprehensive look at mental health and a changing of position. Adapting a Culture to Changing Times, The TM Policy Initiative on Mental Health: http://portals.mum.edu/Customized/uploads/guidelines-for-mental-health.html http://portals.mum.edu/Customized/uploads/guidelines-for-mental-health.html The FF Mental Health Alliance: Shifting Cultural Attitudes update meeting: November 2015: http://us11.campaign-archive1.com/?u=8106b31a70de58c5f10ebc41b&id=64e514542b&e=4a03ac3b4a http://us11.campaign-archive1.com/?u=8106b31a70de58c5f10ebc41b&id=64e514542b&e=4a03ac3b4a ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Communal Work in Progress.. "Thirty or 40 years ago, there was a great resistance to using the tools of Western psychotherapy and Western psychology. People at various ashrams or Zen centers or Buddhist centers and so forth would say, “All you need to do is chant, or do the mantra, or sit in Zen meditation, and it will take care of everything.” And other tools were considered to be unnecessary or even kind of lower-level practices. Now, I could tell you the names of the therapists of half of the main Zen teachers and lamas around the country, because they realized that in our modern, Western time, we need all the help we can get. We need to marry these powerful spiritual disciplines with the wisdom and the understanding of this particular culture. That wisdom and understanding includes tools for healing, tools for trauma work, tools for emotional intelligence. And in the last 40 years, these have become integrated much more actively across the spiritual teachings." -Jack Kornfield how-can-people-be-deeply-spiritual-and-emotionally-immature ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : October 13th 7:30-8:45PM The full FMHA group meeting this coming Tuesday night 7:30 - 8:45 PM PROGRESS REPORTS from mental health initiatives in Fairfield in the last year. How to get help, here, and now. Open Q&A + Handouts. Come with any and all questions to move us all forward to the next level now. Upcoming Workshops - be part of the next great workshop. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Dear MJ thanks for your empathy and support on this. There is a lot of good work being done around community mental health in Fairfield, Iowa. It is work in progress and certainly there yet are still some tough nuts to crack within this work but good work by a lot of good people is being done on many fronts. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Excellent, go for it and may all those with problems in Fairfield and surrounding environs get the help they need. From: "dhamiltony2k5@... [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 12:20 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: FF Mental Health Alliance: Shifting Cultural Attitudes Subcommittee updating.. FMHA MEETING AGENDA Ongoing Items Happy Mothers Day! Anxiety Lecture: We are well underway with many initiatives in preparation for the event - with special thanks to stellar volunteer Patrick Williams. Attached below is an "Event Tracker" to offer a perspective of all that is underway. Please review and let us know if we are missing anything of if you have any suggestions. Most notable is publicity in the form of articles in the Weekly Reader and the Fairfield Ledger last week! Posters are also up on campus and around town. Regional Mental Health Professionals: FMHA would like to feature properly credentialed mental health professionals. Send us your info and we will add you to our list on LetsGoJeffCo, where we have a list started, along with other regional resources. (http://letsgojeffco.com/ resources/mind.html http://letsgojeffco.com/resources/mind.html) Organization Focus: We will temporarily suspend larger group meetings. In the meantime, the Steering Committee will meet to focus on strengthening the core of the organization so that we may be poised to grow with a more solid foundation. Other active volunteers are warmly invited to participate. Details to follow. New Meeting Location: We may have gotten the Sondheim Center as a location to host meetings once a month. Confirmation and details to follow. Ongoing outreach: If you have any ideas, skills, or support to make this group better, contact us. scott@... mailto:scott@... Attachments and Links: Anxiety Lecture Event Tracker http://ardentcenter.us9.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=9db52c96f615edc3ab1772b2c&id=34197274bd&e=f262db1f14 Anxiety Lecture Poster http://ardentcenter.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9db52c96f615edc3ab1772b2c&id=b1203bceed&e=f262db1f14- Download and post it on Facebook, email to friends, etc... Strategic Plan http://ardentcenter.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9db52c96f615edc3ab1772b2c&id=cd61a27ff3&e=f262db1f14 which contains all of our goals Archives of Mental Health Matters with Dr. Scott
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---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : In TM Policy.. A comprehensive look at mental health and a changing of position. Adapting a Culture to Changing Times, Nice to see you've dropped Marshy's teaching that TM was the ultimate cure for every mental ailment, but this isn't reflecting a changing culture - the world was always like that, he was just too keen to teach you otherwise. It's a healthy thing to have struck his fundamentalism from the record. Don't get me wrong, TM is a nice thing to do but the cure for the world's pain it is not. Have you thought about introducing Mindfulness Cognitive Behaviour Therapies? Very useful indeed for depression and anxiety states which are the most common acquired problems in the world today. Assuming the TMO has the flexibility to recommend techniques that it comprehensively rubbished not so long ago you will find it more effective than a lot of talking therapies. It also has a fine "hands on" style which may suit people used to doing stuff with their heads. The TM Policy Initiative on Mental Health: http://portals.mum.edu/Customized/uploads/guidelines-for-mental-health.html http://portals.mum.edu/Customized/uploads/guidelines-for-mental-health.html The FF Mental Health Alliance: Shifting Cultural Attitudes update meeting: November 2015: http://us11.campaign-archive1.com/?u=8106b31a70de58c5f10ebc41b&id=64e514542b&e=4a03ac3b4a http://us11.campaign-archive1.com/?u=8106b31a70de58c5f10ebc41b&id=64e514542b&e=4a03ac3b4a ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Communal Work in Progress.. "Thirty or 40 years ago, there was a great resistance to using the tools of Western psychotherapy and Western psychology. People at various ashrams or Zen centers or Buddhist centers and so forth would say, “All you need to do is chant, or do the mantra, or sit in Zen meditation, and it will take care of everything.” And other tools were considered to be unnecessary or even kind of lower-level practices. Now, I could tell you the names of the therapists of half of the main Zen teachers and lamas around the country, because they realized that in our modern, Western time, we need all the help we can get. We need to marry these powerful spiritual disciplines with the wisdom and the understanding of this particular culture. That wisdom and understanding includes tools for healing, tools for trauma work, tools for emotional intelligence. And in the last 40 years, these have become integrated much more actively across the spiritual teachings." -Jack Kornfield how-can-people-be-deeply-spiritual-and-emotionally-immature ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : October 13th 7:30-8:45PM The full FMHA group meeting this coming Tuesday night 7:30 - 8:45 PM PROGRESS REPORTS from mental health initiatives in Fairfield in the last year. How to get help, here, and now. Open Q&A + Handouts. Come with any and all questions to move us all forward to the next level now. Upcoming Workshops - be part of the next great workshop. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Dear MJ thanks for your empathy and support on this. There is a lot of good work being done around community mental health in Fairfield, Iowa. It is work in progress and certainly there yet are still some tough nuts to crack within this work but good work by a lot of good people is being done on many fronts. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Excellent, go for it and may all those with problems in Fairfield and surrounding environs get the help they need. From: "dhamiltony2k5@... [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 12:20 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: FF Mental Health Alliance: Shifting Cultural Attitudes Subcommittee updating.. FMHA MEETING AGENDA Ongoing Items Happy Mothers Day! Anxiety Lecture: We are well underway with many initiatives in preparation for the event - with special thanks to stellar volunteer Patrick Williams. Attached below is an "Event Tracker" to offer a perspective of all that is underway. Please review and let us know if we are missing anything of if you have any suggestions. Most notable is publicity in the form of articles in the Weekly Reader and the Fairfield Ledger last week! Posters are also up on campus and around town. Regional Mental Health Professionals: FMHA would like to feature properly credentialed mental health professionals. Send us your info and we will add you to our list on LetsGoJeffCo, where we have a list started, along with other regional resources. (http://letsgojeffco.com/ resources/mind.html http://letsgojeffco.com/resources/mind.html) Organization Focus: We will temporarily suspend larger group meetings. In the meantime, the Steering Committee will meet to focus on strengthening the core of the organization so that we may be poised to grow with a more sol
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Yes there was a change in the fundamentalism. The practical operational policy now is that people will get referred to professional mental health resources as needed. You ask about mindfulness meditation as therapy, in the operation of the new policy I doubt that the clinics on campus or that TM teachers out in the world will be providing mindfulness branded prescriptions for mental illnesses. That particular mental-health prescription would be coming from experts certified or licensed in mental health counseling otherwise, as needs be the case. Take a look at the policy as it operates. It is a major change. According to the science Mindfulness therapy may have its place for some people, as does the practice of transcending meditation. Also with this policy, TM would no longer dispute a place for mindfulness practices in mental health modality based on where modern science is going. TM takes great pain to differentiate the practices and benefits of the two different practices. Evidently the two meditations each have their places in mental health well-being. Culturally though I doubt we we'll see a merger of meditation trademarks of the two meditation institutions. It seems both are quite busy entrenching themselves each in their own science of uniqueness. Bolstering, each seems to have valid mental health science behind their own existence. But the TM policy in practice now is much clearer with this policy revision governing the movement's mental health policy. The policy sends people to experts in mental health for particular mental illnesses. The TM movement changed in process with this by an amalgam of urgent need for re-assessment and modern science in the 21st Century. That is okay and healthful in itself. Calm minds prevailed inside the process. The TM Policy Initiative on Mental Health: http://portals.mum.edu/Customized/uploads/guidelines-for-mental-health.html http://portals.mum.edu/Customized/uploads/guidelines-for-mental-health.html ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : In TM Policy.. A comprehensive look at mental health and a changing of position. Adapting a Culture to Changing Times, The TM Policy Initiative on Mental Health: http://portals.mum.edu/Customized/uploads/guidelines-for-mental-health.html http://portals.mum.edu/Customized/uploads/guidelines-for-mental-health.html salyavin808 writes: Nice to see you've dropped Marshy's teaching that TM was the ultimate cure for every mental ailment, but this isn't reflecting a changing culture - the world was always like that, he was just too keen to teach you otherwise. It's a healthy thing to have struck his fundamentalism from the record. Don't get me wrong, TM is a nice thing to do but the cure for the world's pain it is not. Have you thought about introducing Mindfulness Cognitive Behaviour Therapies? Very useful indeed for depression and anxiety states which are the most common acquired problems in the world today. Assuming the TMO has the flexibility to recommend techniques that it comprehensively rubbished not so long ago you will find it more effective than a lot of talking therapies. It also has a fine "hands on" style which may suit people used to doing stuff with their heads. The TM Policy Initiative on Mental Health: http://portals.mum.edu/Customized/uploads/guidelines-for-mental-health.html http://portals.mum.edu/Customized/uploads/guidelines-for-mental-health.html The FF Mental Health Alliance: Shifting Cultural Attitudes update meeting: November 2015: http://us11.campaign-archive1.com/?u=8106b31a70de58c5f10ebc41b&id=64e514542b&e=4a03ac3b4a http://us11.campaign-archive1.com/?u=8106b31a70de58c5f10ebc41b&id=64e514542b&e=4a03ac3b4a ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Communal Work in Progress.. "Thirty or 40 years ago, there was a great resistance to using the tools of Western psychotherapy and Western psychology. People at various ashrams or Zen centers or Buddhist centers and so forth would say, “All you need to do is chant, or do the mantra, or sit in Zen meditation, and it will take care of everything.” And other tools were considered to be unnecessary or even kind of lower-level practices. Now, I could tell you the names of the therapists of half of the main Zen teachers and lamas around the country, because they realized that in our modern, Western time, we need all the help we can get. We need to marry these powerful spiritual disciplines with the wisdom and the understanding of this particular culture. That wisdom and understanding includes tools for healing, tools for trauma work, tools for emotional intelligence. And in the last 40 years, these have become integrated much more actively across the spiritual teachings." -Jack Kornfield how-can-people-be-deeply-spiritual-and-emotionally-immature
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8pm Tonite: towards better communal mental health in the meditating community.. There is an extremely important lecture tonite on campus.6/7/2015 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Dear MJ thanks for your empathy and support on this. There is a lot of good work being done around community mental health in Fairfield, Iowa. It is work in progress and certainly there yet are still some tough nuts to crack within this work but good work by a lot of good people is being done on many fronts. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Excellent, go for it and may all those with problems in Fairfield and surrounding environs get the help they need. From: "dhamiltony2k5@... [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 12:20 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: FF Mental Health Alliance: Shifting Cultural Attitudes Subcommittee updating.. FMHA MEETING AGENDA Ongoing Items Happy Mothers Day! Anxiety Lecture: We are well underway with many initiatives in preparation for the event - with special thanks to stellar volunteer Patrick Williams. Attached below is an "Event Tracker" to offer a perspective of all that is underway. Please review and let us know if we are missing anything of if you have any suggestions. Most notable is publicity in the form of articles in the Weekly Reader and the Fairfield Ledger last week! Posters are also up on campus and around town. Regional Mental Health Professionals: FMHA would like to feature properly credentialed mental health professionals. Send us your info and we will add you to our list on LetsGoJeffCo, where we have a list started, along with other regional resources. (http://letsgojeffco.com/ resources/mind.html http://letsgojeffco.com/resources/mind.html) Organization Focus: We will temporarily suspend larger group meetings. In the meantime, the Steering Committee will meet to focus on strengthening the core of the organization so that we may be poised to grow with a more solid foundation. Other active volunteers are warmly invited to participate. Details to follow. New Meeting Location: We may have gotten the Sondheim Center as a location to host meetings once a month. Confirmation and details to follow. Ongoing outreach: If you have any ideas, skills, or support to make this group better, contact us. scott@... mailto:scott@... Attachments and Links: Anxiety Lecture Event Tracker http://ardentcenter.us9.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=9db52c96f615edc3ab1772b2c&id=34197274bd&e=f262db1f14 Anxiety Lecture Poster http://ardentcenter.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9db52c96f615edc3ab1772b2c&id=b1203bceed&e=f262db1f14- Download and post it on Facebook, email to friends, etc... Strategic Plan http://ardentcenter.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9db52c96f615edc3ab1772b2c&id=cd61a27ff3&e=f262db1f14 which contains all of our goals Archives of Mental Health Matters with Dr. Scott Terry http://ardentcenter.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9db52c96f615edc3ab1772b2c&id=bc0e11557b&e=f262db1f14 Let'sGoJeffCo http://ardentcenter.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9db52c96f615edc3ab1772b2c&id=d38d4b8bc6&e=f262db1f14 Mental Health Page Craig and Scott wishing you well - and reminding you of how powerful you can be to make a difference in our world today. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : [November 2014] Towards Actionable Plans.. Dear Committee Members; The focus of the next working meeting will be on implementation of the stage plans of the various subgroups. [currently 11.11.2014] We are now at the point of developing an implementation of each of the goals. Come join us. We want you to join us. This is being sent this out to all so you know what the Shifting Cultural Attitudes Subcommittee is working on. This 'Cultural Group' is working through a process of creating a Strategic Plan so we can take all the wonderful ideas we have been banging around and create an actionable plan out of them. Find attached an explanation of writing SMART goals and a template for the team leader to fill out for the goals your group were working on during Tuesday night's meeting. When the team leader has entered the information into the actionable plan template, please forward to Ken Daley for inclusion in the Strategic Plan. At previous Alliance working meetings two working subgroups formed and met — the “MUM/MSAE” group and the “Outreach and Education” group. Those two groups met again last week. Thank you to everyone in those groups for stepping up and contributing in this way. Please contact your group liaison to check on if you are meeting this coming week, and on what work needs to be done between the sessions. Template Explanation: Writing SMART Goals STEP 1: Understanding the nature of SMART goal writing There are several variations of the mnemonic SMART. For the purposes of our Mental He
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Jesus Christ. I really which I could attend. I would verbally slap this jackass into the middle of next week. What a huckster. A cardiologist claiming expertise in a non-existent form of psychiatry, laced with ancient superstition. Some of you folk in Fairfield are indeed making progress in helping those who need help with mental and emotional problems, this ass is not one of them. I hope he gets shut down in a time soon to come. From: "dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 7, 2015 10:41 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: FF Mental Health Alliance: Shifting Cultural Attitudes Subcommittee 8pmTonite: towards better communal mental health in the meditatingcommunity.. There is an extremely important lecture tonite oncampus. 6/7/2015 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Dear MJ thanks for your empathy and support on this. There is a lot of good workbeing done around community mental health in Fairfield, Iowa. It iswork in progress and certainly there yet are still some tough nuts tocrack within this work but good work by a lot of good people is beingdone on many fronts. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Excellent, go for it and may all those with problems in Fairfield and surrounding environs get the help they need. From: "dhamiltony2k5@... [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 12:20 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: FF Mental Health Alliance: Shifting Cultural Attitudes Subcommittee updating.. FMHA MEETING AGENDA Ongoing ItemsHappy Mothers Day! - Anxiety Lecture: We are well underway with many initiatives in preparation for the event - with special thanks to stellar volunteer Patrick Williams. Attached below is an "Event Tracker" to offer a perspective of all that is underway. Please review and let us know if we are missing anything of if you have any suggestions. Most notable is publicity in the form of articles in the Weekly Reader and the Fairfield Ledger last week! Posters are also up on campus and around town. - Regional Mental Health Professionals: FMHA would like to feature properly credentialed mental health professionals. Send us your info and we will add you to our list on LetsGoJeffCo, where we have a list started, along with other regional resources. (http://letsgojeffco.com/ resources/mind.html) - Organization Focus: We will temporarily suspend larger group meetings. In the meantime, the Steering Committee will meet to focus on strengthening the core of the organization so that we may be poised to grow with a more solid foundation. Other active volunteers are warmly invited to participate. Details to follow. - New Meeting Location: We may have gotten the Sondheim Center as a location to host meetings once a month. Confirmation and details to follow. - Ongoing outreach: If you have any ideas, skills, or support to make this group better, contact us. scott@... - Attachments and Links: - Anxiety Lecture Event Tracker - Anxiety Lecture Poster - Download and post it on Facebook, email to friends, etc... - Strategic Plan which contains all of our goals - Archives of Mental Health Matters with Dr. Scott Terry - Let'sGoJeffCo Mental Health Page Craig and Scott wishing you well - and reminding you of how powerful you can be to make a difference in our world today. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : [November 2014] Towards ActionablePlans.. DearCommittee Members; The focus of the next working meeting will beon implementation of the stage plans of the various subgroups.[currently 11.11.2014] We are now at the point of developing animplementation of each of the goals. Come join us. We want youto join us. This is being sent this out to all so you know what theShiftingCultural Attitudes Subcommitteeis working on. This 'Cultural Group' is working through a process ofcreating a Strategic Plan so we can take all the wonderful ideas wehave been banging around and create an actionable plan out of them.Find attached an explanation of writing SMART goals and a templatefor the team leader to fill out for the goals your group were workingon during Tuesday night's meeting. When the team leader has enteredthe information into the actionable plan template, please forward toKen Daley for inclusion in the Strategic Plan. At previous Alliance working meetings two working subgroups formed and met —the “MUM/MSAE” group and the “Outreach and Education” group.Those two groups met again last week. Thank you to everyone in thosegroups for stepping up and contributing in this way. Please contactyour group liaison to check on if you are meeting this coming week,and on what work needs to be done between the sessions. TemplateExplanation: WritingSMART Goals STEP1: Understandingthe nature
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Vedic psychiatry huh? I guess it would have to be vedic but I don't see why they persist with it. If you read Marshy's book The Science of Being... you'll know that TM is the solution to psychiatry and psychology because they work at a shallow level of the brain whereas TM works from the unified field and automatically releases the deep stresses that cause mental imbalance. I guess it's a good start that they've admitted that's all wrong. All you have to do is keep questioning the answers. One day someone will realise that yagya's, for instance, don't work either and that'll get questioned. Eventually the TMO will be a properly science based organisation but that won't happen without difficult questions being asked about all claimed "technologies" so don't let then brush you off with the idea that it has to be "vedic" to be any sort of solution because it doesn't. If it all worked as advertised in the first place we wouldn't be having this conversation. But it's good the first question has been asked as it can only lead to better awareness of what TM is and what it isn't. A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : 8pm Tonite: towards better communal mental health in the meditating community.. There is an extremely important lecture tonite on campus. 6/7/2015 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Dear MJ thanks for your empathy and support on this. There is a lot of good work being done around community mental health in Fairfield, Iowa. It is work in progress and certainly there yet are still some tough nuts to crack within this work but good work by a lot of good people is being done on many fronts. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Excellent, go for it and may all those with problems in Fairfield and surrounding environs get the help they need. From: "dhamiltony2k5@... [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 12:20 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: FF Mental Health Alliance: Shifting Cultural Attitudes Subcommittee updating.. FMHA MEETING AGENDA Ongoing Items Happy Mothers Day! Anxiety Lecture: We are well underway with many initiatives in preparation for the event - with special thanks to stellar volunteer Patrick Williams. Attached below is an "Event Tracker" to offer a perspective of all that is underway. Please review and let us know if we are missing anything of if you have any suggestions. Most notable is publicity in the form of articles in the Weekly Reader and the Fairfield Ledger last week! Posters are also up on campus and around town. Regional Mental Health Professionals: FMHA would like to feature properly credentialed mental health professionals. Send us your info and we will add you to our list on LetsGoJeffCo, where we have a list started, along with other regional resources. (http://letsgojeffco.com/ resources/mind.html http://letsgojeffco.com/resources/mind.html) Organization Focus: We will temporarily suspend larger group meetings. In the meantime, the Steering Committee will meet to focus on strengthening the core of the organization so that we may be poised to grow with a more solid foundation. Other active volunteers are warmly invited to participate. Details to follow. New Meeting Location: We may have gotten the Sondheim Center as a location to host meetings once a month. Confirmation and details to follow. Ongoing outreach: If you have any ideas, skills, or support to make this group better, contact us. scott@... mailto:scott@... Attachments and Links: Anxiety Lecture Event Tracker http://ardentcenter.us9.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=9db52c96f615edc3ab1772b2c&id=34197274bd&e=f262db1f14 Anxiety Lecture Poster http://ardentcenter.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9db52c96f615edc3ab1772b2c&id=b1203bceed&e=f262db1f14- Download and post it on Facebook, email to friends, etc... Strategic Plan http://ardentcenter.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9db52c96f615edc3ab1772b2c&id=cd61a27ff3&e=f262db1f14 which contains all of our goals Archives of Mental Health Matters with Dr. Scott Terry http://ardentcenter.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9db52c96f615edc3ab1772b2c&id=bc0e11557b&e=f262db1f14 Let'sGoJeffCo http://ardentcenter.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9db52c96f615edc3ab1772b2c&id=d38d4b8bc6&e=f262db1f14 Mental Health Page Craig and Scott wishing you well - and reminding you of how powerful you can be to make a difference in our world today. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : [November 2014] Towards Actionable Plans.. Dear Committee Members; The focus of the next working meeting will be on implementation of the stage plans of the various subgroups. [currently 11.11.2014] We are now at the point of developing an implementation of each of the goals. Come join us. We want you to join us. This is bei
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Well, I happen to appreciate Maharishi's great gift of the ability to Vedicize anything into being far more profound than it actually is. For example, I just enjoyed a nice 45 minute sweat in the far infrared sauna. But, the sauna is in a vastu house, so it's actually a Thermo-Vedic Purifier. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Jesus Christ. I really which I could attend. I would verbally slap this jackass into the middle of next week. What a huckster. A cardiologist claiming expertise in a non-existent form of psychiatry, laced with ancient superstition. Some of you folk in Fairfield are indeed making progress in helping those who need help with mental and emotional problems, this ass is not one of them. I hope he gets shut down in a time soon to come.
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Are you kidding? I guarantee you this is not any sort of admission of TM being the be all and end all - I bet they have an answer that would say that VEDIC psychiatry is based in TM, thus it is part of Marshy's original pronouncement and therefore Vedically kosher. From: salyavin808 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 7, 2015 12:32 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: FF Mental Health Alliance: Shifting Cultural Attitudes Subcommittee Vedic psychiatry huh? I guess it would have to be vedic but I don't see why they persist with it. If you read Marshy's book The Science of Being... you'll know that TM is the solution to psychiatry and psychology because they work at a shallow level of the brain whereas TM works from the unified field and automatically releases the deep stresses that cause mental imbalance. I guess it's a good start that they've admitted that's all wrong. All you have to do is keep questioning the answers. One day someone will realise that yagya's, for instance, don't work either and that'll get questioned. Eventually the TMO will be a properly science based organisation but that won't happen without difficult questions being asked about all claimed "technologies" so don't let then brush you off with the idea that it has to be "vedic" to be any sort of solution because it doesn't. If it all worked as advertised in the first place we wouldn't be having this conversation. But it's good the first question has been asked as it can only lead to better awareness of what TM is and what it isn't. A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : 8pmTonite: towards better communal mental health in the meditatingcommunity.. There is an extremely important lecture tonite oncampus. 6/7/2015 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Dear MJ thanks for your empathy and support on this. There is a lot of good workbeing done around community mental health in Fairfield, Iowa. It iswork in progress and certainly there yet are still some tough nuts tocrack within this work but good work by a lot of good people is beingdone on many fronts. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Excellent, go for it and may all those with problems in Fairfield and surrounding environs get the help they need. From: "dhamiltony2k5@... [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 12:20 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: FF Mental Health Alliance: Shifting Cultural Attitudes Subcommittee updating.. FMHA MEETING AGENDA Ongoing ItemsHappy Mothers Day! - Anxiety Lecture: We are well underway with many initiatives in preparation for the event - with special thanks to stellar volunteer Patrick Williams. Attached below is an "Event Tracker" to offer a perspective of all that is underway. Please review and let us know if we are missing anything of if you have any suggestions. Most notable is publicity in the form of articles in the Weekly Reader and the Fairfield Ledger last week! Posters are also up on campus and around town. - Regional Mental Health Professionals: FMHA would like to feature properly credentialed mental health professionals. Send us your info and we will add you to our list on LetsGoJeffCo, where we have a list started, along with other regional resources. (http://letsgojeffco.com/ resources/mind.html) - Organization Focus: We will temporarily suspend larger group meetings. In the meantime, the Steering Committee will meet to focus on strengthening the core of the organization so that we may be poised to grow with a more solid foundation. Other active volunteers are warmly invited to participate. Details to follow. - New Meeting Location: We may have gotten the Sondheim Center as a location to host meetings once a month. Confirmation and details to follow. - Ongoing outreach: If you have any ideas, skills, or support to make this group better, contact us. scott@... - Attachments and Links: - Anxiety Lecture Event Tracker - Anxiety Lecture Poster - Download and post it on Facebook, email to friends, etc... - Strategic Plan which contains all of our goals - Archives of Mental Health Matters with Dr. Scott Terry - Let'sGoJeffCo Mental Health Page Craig and Scott wishing you well - and reminding you of how powerful you can be to make a difference in our world today. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : [November 2014] Towards ActionablePlans.. DearCommittee Members; The focus of the next working meeting will beon implementation of the stage plans of the various subgroups.[currently 11.11.2014] We are now at the point of developing animplementation of each of the goals. Come join us. We want youto join us. This
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---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Are you kidding? I guarantee you this is not any sort of admission of TM being the be all and end all - I bet they have an answer that would say that VEDIC psychiatry is based in TM, thus it is part of Marshy's original pronouncement and therefore Vedically kosher. I was observing what they've done without them realising - or admitting - it. That's the way cognitive dissonance works, they claim to have the cure for all mental health problems and when people continue to have them they'll forget they claimed to have the cure at all and invent a new method that is based on the same principles. The gaps between the old and new "knowledge" will get subconsciously papered over. Until the new method is found not to work based as it is on erroneous principles, but maybe the "other systems" mentioned in the leaflet are more effective and will take precedence and the "vedic" bit it is just a bit of face saving. My dream of a TM reformation is a little joke. It could work if they kept asking questions but I doubt anyone will encourage questioning the major cash cows like the yagya programme. Keeping everyone sane is probably quite important though as it's a bit more tangible. From: salyavin808 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 7, 2015 12:32 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: FF Mental Health Alliance: Shifting Cultural Attitudes Subcommittee Vedic psychiatry huh? I guess it would have to be vedic but I don't see why they persist with it. If you read Marshy's book The Science of Being... you'll know that TM is the solution to psychiatry and psychology because they work at a shallow level of the brain whereas TM works from the unified field and automatically releases the deep stresses that cause mental imbalance. I guess it's a good start that they've admitted that's all wrong. All you have to do is keep questioning the answers. One day someone will realise that yagya's, for instance, don't work either and that'll get questioned. Eventually the TMO will be a properly science based organisation but that won't happen without difficult questions being asked about all claimed "technologies" so don't let then brush you off with the idea that it has to be "vedic" to be any sort of solution because it doesn't. If it all worked as advertised in the first place we wouldn't be having this conversation. But it's good the first question has been asked as it can only lead to better awareness of what TM is and what it isn't. A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : 8pm Tonite: towards better communal mental health in the meditating community.. There is an extremely important lecture tonite on campus. 6/7/2015 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Dear MJ thanks for your empathy and support on this. There is a lot of good work being done around community mental health in Fairfield, Iowa. It is work in progress and certainly there yet are still some tough nuts to crack within this work but good work by a lot of good people is being done on many fronts. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Excellent, go for it and may all those with problems in Fairfield and surrounding environs get the help they need. From: "dhamiltony2k5@... [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 12:20 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: FF Mental Health Alliance: Shifting Cultural Attitudes Subcommittee updating.. FMHA MEETING AGENDA Ongoing Items Happy Mothers Day! Anxiety Lecture: We are well underway with many initiatives in preparation for the event - with special thanks to stellar volunteer Patrick Williams. Attached below is an "Event Tracker" to offer a perspective of all that is underway. Please review and let us know if we are missing anything of if you have any suggestions. Most notable is publicity in the form of articles in the Weekly Reader and the Fairfield Ledger last week! Posters are also up on campus and around town. Regional Mental Health Professionals: FMHA would like to feature properly credentialed mental health professionals. Send us your info and we will add you to our list on LetsGoJeffCo, where we have a list started, along with other regional resources. (http://letsgojeffco.com/ resources/mind.html http://letsgojeffco.com/resources/mind.html) Organization Focus: We will temporarily suspend larger group meetings. In the meantime, the Steering Committee will meet to focus on strengthening the core of the organization so that we may be poised to grow with a more solid foundation. Other active volunteers are warmly invited
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Excellent, go for it and may all those with problems in Fairfield and surrounding environs get the help they need. From: "dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 12:20 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: FF Mental Health Alliance: Shifting Cultural Attitudes Subcommittee updating.. FMHA MEETING AGENDA Ongoing ItemsHappy Mothers Day! - Anxiety Lecture: We are well underway with many initiatives in preparation for the event - with special thanks to stellar volunteer Patrick Williams. Attached below is an "Event Tracker" to offer a perspective of all that is underway. Please review and let us know if we are missing anything of if you have any suggestions. Most notable is publicity in the form of articles in the Weekly Reader and the Fairfield Ledger last week! Posters are also up on campus and around town. - Regional Mental Health Professionals: FMHA would like to feature properly credentialed mental health professionals. Send us your info and we will add you to our list on LetsGoJeffCo, where we have a list started, along with other regional resources. (http://letsgojeffco.com/ resources/mind.html) - Organization Focus: We will temporarily suspend larger group meetings. In the meantime, the Steering Committee will meet to focus on strengthening the core of the organization so that we may be poised to grow with a more solid foundation. Other active volunteers are warmly invited to participate. Details to follow. - New Meeting Location: We may have gotten the Sondheim Center as a location to host meetings once a month. Confirmation and details to follow. - Ongoing outreach: If you have any ideas, skills, or support to make this group better, contact us. sc...@ardentcenter.com - Attachments and Links: - Anxiety Lecture Event Tracker - Anxiety Lecture Poster - Download and post it on Facebook, email to friends, etc... - Strategic Plan which contains all of our goals - Archives of Mental Health Matters with Dr. Scott Terry - Let'sGoJeffCo Mental Health Page Craig and Scott wishing you well - and reminding you of how powerful you can be to make a difference in our world today. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : [November 2014] Towards ActionablePlans.. DearCommittee Members; The focus of the next working meeting will beon implementation of the stage plans of the various subgroups.[currently 11.11.2014] We are now at the point of developing animplementation of each of the goals. Come join us. We want youto join us. This is being sent this out to all so you know what theShiftingCultural Attitudes Subcommitteeis working on. This 'Cultural Group' is working through a process ofcreating a Strategic Plan so we can take all the wonderful ideas wehave been banging around and create an actionable plan out of them.Find attached an explanation of writing SMART goals and a templatefor the team leader to fill out for the goals your group were workingon during Tuesday night's meeting. When the team leader has enteredthe information into the actionable plan template, please forward toKen Daley for inclusion in the Strategic Plan. At previous Alliance working meetings two working subgroups formed and met —the “MUM/MSAE” group and the “Outreach and Education” group.Those two groups met again last week. Thank you to everyone in thosegroups for stepping up and contributing in this way. Please contactyour group liaison to check on if you are meeting this coming week,and on what work needs to be done between the sessions. TemplateExplanation: WritingSMART Goals STEP1: Understandingthe nature of SMART goal writing Thereare several variations of the mnemonic SMART. For the purposesof our Mental Health Alliance exercise we will use thefollowing. S pecific M easurable A ttainable R elevant T imeBound Specific: Themore specific and detailed your description, the greater the chancesof realizing your goal. Measurable:In the specific statement from above you stated the outcome you werehunting for. Now is your chance to find measurable steps to attainyour goal. Attainable: Calculateyour ROI (Return On Investment). Are the effort and time you devoteto the execution of this goal worth it? Relevant: Willthe achievement of this goal puts you closer to your even largerscale goals? Is this important to our mission? TimeBound:You need to put deadlines and a linear sequence on the tasks neededto reach the goal. Nothing will kill a project quicker than not beingable to see an end point to achieving the goal. STEP2: WritingSMART goals Tohelp guide you in writing SMART goals for our Mental Health StrategicPlan we will use the following template. After you write the goalusing the template and all the columns are filled out, go back toSTEP 1 and see if your goal meets the SMART criteria. If yes,move on to writing more goals. If no, you know what to
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: FF Mental Health Alliance: Shifting Cultural Attitudes Subcommittee
Dear MJ thanks for your empathy and support on this. There is a lot of good work being done around community mental health in Fairfield, Iowa. It is work in progress and certainly there yet are still some tough nuts to crack within this work but good work by a lot of good people is being done on many fronts. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Excellent, go for it and may all those with problems in Fairfield and surrounding environs get the help they need. From: "dhamiltony2k5@... [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 12:20 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: FF Mental Health Alliance: Shifting Cultural Attitudes Subcommittee updating.. FMHA MEETING AGENDA Ongoing Items Happy Mothers Day! Anxiety Lecture: We are well underway with many initiatives in preparation for the event - with special thanks to stellar volunteer Patrick Williams. Attached below is an "Event Tracker" to offer a perspective of all that is underway. Please review and let us know if we are missing anything of if you have any suggestions. Most notable is publicity in the form of articles in the Weekly Reader and the Fairfield Ledger last week! Posters are also up on campus and around town. Regional Mental Health Professionals: FMHA would like to feature properly credentialed mental health professionals. Send us your info and we will add you to our list on LetsGoJeffCo, where we have a list started, along with other regional resources. (http://letsgojeffco.com/ resources/mind.html http://letsgojeffco.com/resources/mind.html) Organization Focus: We will temporarily suspend larger group meetings. In the meantime, the Steering Committee will meet to focus on strengthening the core of the organization so that we may be poised to grow with a more solid foundation. Other active volunteers are warmly invited to participate. Details to follow. New Meeting Location: We may have gotten the Sondheim Center as a location to host meetings once a month. Confirmation and details to follow. Ongoing outreach: If you have any ideas, skills, or support to make this group better, contact us. scott@... mailto:scott@... Attachments and Links: Anxiety Lecture Event Tracker http://ardentcenter.us9.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=9db52c96f615edc3ab1772b2c&id=34197274bd&e=f262db1f14 Anxiety Lecture Poster http://ardentcenter.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9db52c96f615edc3ab1772b2c&id=b1203bceed&e=f262db1f14- Download and post it on Facebook, email to friends, etc... Strategic Plan http://ardentcenter.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9db52c96f615edc3ab1772b2c&id=cd61a27ff3&e=f262db1f14 which contains all of our goals Archives of Mental Health Matters with Dr. Scott Terry http://ardentcenter.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9db52c96f615edc3ab1772b2c&id=bc0e11557b&e=f262db1f14 Let'sGoJeffCo http://ardentcenter.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9db52c96f615edc3ab1772b2c&id=d38d4b8bc6&e=f262db1f14 Mental Health Page Craig and Scott wishing you well - and reminding you of how powerful you can be to make a difference in our world today. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : [November 2014] Towards Actionable Plans.. Dear Committee Members; The focus of the next working meeting will be on implementation of the stage plans of the various subgroups. [currently 11.11.2014] We are now at the point of developing an implementation of each of the goals. Come join us. We want you to join us. This is being sent this out to all so you know what the Shifting Cultural Attitudes Subcommittee is working on. This 'Cultural Group' is working through a process of creating a Strategic Plan so we can take all the wonderful ideas we have been banging around and create an actionable plan out of them. Find attached an explanation of writing SMART goals and a template for the team leader to fill out for the goals your group were working on during Tuesday night's meeting. When the team leader has entered the information into the actionable plan template, please forward to Ken Daley for inclusion in the Strategic Plan. At previous Alliance working meetings two working subgroups formed and met — the “MUM/MSAE” group and the “Outreach and Education” group. Those two groups met again last week. Thank you to everyone in those groups for stepping up and contributing in this way. Please contact your group liaison to check on if you are meeting this coming week, and on what work needs to be done between the sessions. Template Explanation: Writing SMART Goals STEP 1: Understanding the nature of SMART goal writing There are several variations of the mnemonic SMART. For the purposes of our Mental Health Alliance exercise we will use the following. S pecific M easurable A ttainable R elevant T ime Bound Specific: The more specific and detailed your description, the greater the chances of realizing your goal. Meas
