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From unsung heroes: Occupational gifts for a
meaningful life
Rachel ThibeaultProgramme d’ergothérapie - Occupational Therapy
ProgrammeUniversité d’Ottawa – University of Ottawa
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La question de départ:
What are the occupational choices and strategies that lead to a healthy and fulfilling life?
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Exploring philosophy
• Occupations that foster the emergence of our deepest identity
• Choices rooted in justice and ethics
• Occupations that speak of an awareness of the interconnectedness of life… and are ways of giving back.
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Exploring the works of mystics
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Exploring neuroscience(Ricard , Davidson, Lutz et al, 2004; 2005; 2007)
• Shaping meaningful intent
• Giving shape to that intent - doing
• Rewiring neuronal pathways
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Exploring modern psychology (Erikson, 1976, 1982; Seligman, 2002)
• Good life
• Pleasant life
• Meaningful life
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How do we shape a meaningful life, for ourselves
and our clients?
Let’s draw a parallel
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If I were to work on improving physical health, I would focus on…
• Strength• Endurance• Flexibility• Speed• Accuracy….
And I would use occupations to match
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If I were to work on cultivating meaning, I would focus on…
• Presence• Compassion – love - tenderness• Gratitude • Forgiveness• Justice• Temperance
(Seligman, 2002)
And I would use occupations to match
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What are those occupations?
Exploring real life: 5 occupational categories from my unsung heroes
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CenteringEphemia - Zambia
Occupations that foster presence, awareness and calmness such as repetitive tasks, productive or « non-productive »
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ContemplationIngrid and Annie - South Africa
Occupations such as prayer, meditation, or anything that induces awe of life
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CreationLakech and Wagaye - Ethiopia
Occupations that meet the need to create – even if only for oneself.
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ContributionDoris and friends – Sierra Leone
Occupations that allow you to give back, to be a valued, productive member of your community
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ConnectednessEmmanuel - Nicaragua
Occupations that speak of belonging to your community, to Life.
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How do we know if me make the right occupational
choices?
Two more lessons
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The notion of « junk occupation »
• Chewing « qat » in Ethiopia
• Spider solitaire for me
• What is yours?
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The body as barometer
• Vitality
• Alertness
• Fluidity of movement
• Breathing
• Tone of voice
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What I have been given for my 30 years as an
occupational therapist
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An occupational tool box for the soul
Core elements of meaning
• Compassion- love• Gratitude • Forgiveness• Justice• Temperance
With the occupations to match
• Centering• Contemplation• Connectedness• Creation• Contribution
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“One knows from daily life that one exists for other people - first of all for those upon whose smiles and
well-being our own happiness is wholly dependent, and then for the many, unknown to us, to whose destinies
we are bound by the ties of sympathy. A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead,
and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still
receiving...”Albert Einstein
The world as I see it