Course Description:
Mental health conditions are on the rise. As a profession, we need to learn how to support patients’ mental health with a compassionate approach – first to ourselves and then to our patients. You can only guide a patient as far as you have been guided yourself. It is imperative that we as healers, ensure that we have embodied a key principle in medicine: Physician, Heal thyself. There is a growing body of scientific evidence demonstrating that social and physical environments that threaten human development (ie trauma) can lead to short-term physiologic and psychological adjustments that are necessary for immediate survival, but which may come at a significant cost to long-term health outcomes, learning, behaviour and longevity. As a consequence virtually everything that is “wrong with your patients” began as a survival mechanism in childhood. In this talk, learn how to go beyond the diagnosis to understand the underlying dysfunctional patterns that can form in childhood which become compensation mechanisms in adulthood. By examining core beliefs, limiting beliefs and unveiling shadow beliefs we can get to the root causes of our suffering.
Discover how our emotional well-being and our social connectivity are intimately intertwined with health. Chronic illnesses may not be separate and distinct diseases but multilayered processes that reflect compensations to the environmental influences we are exposed to. As human beings, we are not simply physical entities. We have minds, that result in the thoughts we think. We have emotions, that result in what we feel and we translate these feelings into meaning. Ultimately, we are spiritual beings. As a profession we acknowledge the spiritual aspect of healing but we don’t give a common language to express it. Learn the language of spirit by understanding compassion, acceptance, forgiveness, gratitude, and the role of love in medicine.
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**You will automatically receive your CE certificate after completing the material and signing the self-declaration.
Christina Bjorndal is a licensed naturopathic doctor and established keynote speaker on how to regain your mental health using a naturopathic approach. She is the co-founder of Natural Terrain, a naturopathic clinic in Edmonton, and is regularly interviewed for print magazines and online resources as a leader in her field. Dr. Christina Bjorndal, B.Comm, ND, graduated from UBC in 1990 with Bachelor of Commerce Degree with honours. She was Valedictorian of her graduating class. She completed her Doctorate in naturopathic medicine from the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine in 2005. She is one of the only licensed NDs in Canada who is considered an authority in the treatment of mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorders and eating disorders. A gifted speaker and writer, she has shared her personal story and philosophy of wellness with audiences across North America and has appeared on many health summits and radio shows and docuseries She has helped many patients navigate through labels and stigma towards physical, mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing. Having overcome many challenges in the sphere of mental health, Dr. Chris is especially exceptional about sharing her motivational speeches about how to overcome barriers in life and to encourage others to achieve their full potential. She loves her work and balances it with a full, active lifestyle with her husband and son. She has authored three books on mental health and developed a 10-week course and in-person retreat focused on mental health.
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