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Pilgrim’s Podcast #20: Helen Blake, Vulnerability & Self-Awareness, and How to Change!

Posted by Mark on October 26, 2009
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PPlogo2Well, here’s the second half of a cracking couplet of interviews with our guest counselor, Helen Blake.

In this interview we continue our discussion of bullying to focus in on what reasons people might develop bullying tendencies.  One of the ways that Helen suggests for ironing out bullying tendencies in us is to develop both vulnerability and self-awareness. These are both excellent insights, and I’d really encourage you to mine the gems from this discussion.  Lastly, Helen gives us some tips and pointers on how to change. What a really great discussion – Steve and I’ve learnt so much!  Can I seriously encourage you – whether you’ve thought about bullying or not – to listen to this interview.  It might save you a lot of heartache down the line!

Thanks also to the many people who’ve  emailed or spoken to me about this series.  I’ve been overwhelmed by the amount of appreciation many people have had to get this sort of conversation happening.  The series isn’t over yet – but I’d even now be encouraging others around you (and theological college faculty!) to work out how to integrate this into your life!

Enjoy!
 

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Pastoral Care, Counselling and a touch of Psychology

Posted by Mark on October 02, 2009
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pastoralcareWell, Steve and I are really excited about what’s coming up on the Pilgrim’s Podcast.  Starting this Sunday, we’re doing a short series on Pastoral Care, Counselling and Psychology.  Basically, the lineup will look something like:

Christianity and Pastoral Care: With Allen Cook (ex-Chaplain Westmead Hospital, currently Anglican Retirement Villages) and Jan Corbett-Jones (Anglicare).
Family Systems, Church and Home: Jenny Brown (Family Systems Institute)
Christian Counselling: Helen Blake (Counselling @ St. Mark’s Theological College)
Christianity and Psychotherapy (Dr. Carlos Raimundo, creator of the “Play of Life”)
Pastoral Care and Ministry (TBA)

It should be a cracker of a series.  Steve and I want to look at a whole bunch of topics such as: caring for each other at church, what to say/not to say, how manipulation works, signs of spiritual bullying, sexual abuse, and when to seek the experts, and more.

We’ve got a great line-up of guests who are all very experienced and well thought-through in their fields.  If you’d like a particular question to be asked of any of our guests, please email me (via the Contact Page) and we would be more than happy to (anonymously if you like) ask your question.

Steve and I will be praying that these Podcasts will be a great blessing to you.

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