New Life Foundation | Special Guest Post from A New Life Resident

A special invitee post from a New Life resident!

Arriving at the New Life Foundation x days ago, I gave myself a week to bank check the place out before deciding to stay. Within a few days I had committed to iii months.

It was the workshops that clinched it. In just 3 sessions I'd learnt incredibly useful life skills and significantly progressed the cocky-development work I'd began in rehab.

I'd completed vi weeks in an alcohol and drug treatment centre plus 2 weeks of sober living in Chiang Mai. I was looking for a safe environment to go along my recovery and self-growth. Having heard well-nigh this as a community focused on mindful recovery and environmental sustainability, I arrived  at New Life with loftier hopes, just kept my expectations depression.

The daily programme seemed tough, even afterward rehab! 6am yoga, volunteer piece of work, personal life coaching, workshops, meditation plus evening meetings. I wasn't sure it was for me, only was adamant to keep an open heed and practice the art of mindfulness.

The first workshop I attended was on "Conflict Resolution", in which we learnt to identify our communication styles, our needs and how to assertively but respectfully deal with conflicts. Working in minor groups we took examples of conflicts in our lives, using the process to reach positive resolutions. I was able to immediately put these skills to use to deal with a challenging situation I had been fugitive.

The following solar day's workshop was "Compassionate Listening". As one of those (annoying) people who tend to give advice where its non asked for, this workshop could take scheduled just for me! We role-played unlike listening styles looking at the impact on the speaker and the listener. A key break-though for me was developing pity by focusing on a nourishing aspect of the speaker and cultivating an enriching sense of empathy.

This calendar week kicked off with a session on "Blocks and Avails". Each participant was the focus of group feedback, positive and negative, summarized with i quality that was an asset and 1 that was a block to their cocky-growth. The facilitator, Nick – a new life coach at the Foundation – explained that honesty was important and the feedback a 'souvenir'.

Afterward the session Nick told me that, 'With over 25 residents hither, it was a good fashion to get to know everyone and an overview of the range of reasons people are hither. I'll be mainly working with those in addictions recovery, but these workshops are relevant to anybody on a journeying of transition and growth. Adjacent week'south workshops will be on the topics of "What The F*** Is Spirituality Anyway!" which is about identifying individual concepts of spirituality, besides as "Liberty From The Prison Of Self (aka Making Bail!)"'

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Source: https://www.newlifefoundation.com/th/special-post-by-a-new-life-resident/

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