INTEGRATING CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICES IN REHABILITATION

Margaret Glenn, EdD, CRC

Associate Professor & Coordinator of Rehabilitation Counseling

West Virginia University

President & CoFounder – Morgantown Meditation & Counseling

WHAT ARE THE FIVE MOST MISERABLE HIGH PAYING JOBS?

• Physician

• Junior Investment Banker

• Sales Manager

• Dentist

• Lawyer

DEFINITION OF PSYCHOPATH

characterized by shallow emotions (in particular reduced fear), stress tolerance, lacking empathy, coldheartedness, lacking guilt, egocentricity, superficial character, manipulativeness, irresponsibility, impulsivity and antisocial behaviors such as parasitic lifestyle and criminality.

WHICH PROFESSIONS HAVE THE MOST PSYCHOPATHS?

THE FEWEST?

Most• CEO

• Lawyer

• Media (TV/Radio)

• Salesperson

• Surgeon

• Journalist

• Police officer

• Clergyperson

• Chef

• Civil servant

Fewest• Care Aide

• Nurse

• Therapist

• Craftsperson

• Beautician/Stylist

• Charity worker

• Teacher

• Creative Artist

• Doctor

• Accountant

Time.com

SOOO….Happiness & Work?

Shawn Achor: The happy secret to better work | Talk Video | TED.com

POSITIVITY IN THE PRESENT

FIVE ACTIONS FOR 21 DAYS

1. Gratitude

2. Journaling

3. Exercise

4. Meditation

5. Random Acts of Kindness

BETTER MOOD FROM GRATITUDE

Meaningful Experience

2 minutes

Write down every detail

Reintroduces to the brain

Involves vision & writing

2 Minute Email

Praising or thanking someone you know

Be authentic

New person each time

Deepens social support

I am Grateful for…

Think of three things that you are grateful for:

that benefit you and without which your life would be poorer.

Then, if you’ve got time, you can think about the causes for these good things.

And that’s it.

JOURNALINGHOW TO MAKE YOUR WORK

MEANINGFULWrite about being intimate and wholehearted in your work. Under what

conditions do you enjoy your work? Again, try to write continuously for the whole time, without stopping to look back or edit what you’ve written.

EXERCISE

MEDITATION

Mindfulness

Compassion

Primordial Sound Meditation

Transcendental Meditation

Zen Buddhism

2 minute power meditations

RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESSChange the reality of what we see around us

KEYS TO YOUR HAPPINESS ARE NO LONGER IN SOMEONE ELSE’S POCKET

They are in YOURS!

INTENTION & ATTENTION

5 MINUTES OF ZEN

Nature. Beauty. Gratitude - Louie Schwartzberg