Sitting in the Fire- Ethics, Presence and Connection • Seanna Sifflet • QIOLOGICAL PODCAST – Michael Max Episode 210
Jul 27, 2021
How we are with ourselves affects how we are with patients. Our own difficulties in life can assist us in helping others, but it requires that we are able to come to a sense of neutrality with those traumas of the past.
In this conversation with Seanna Sifflet we discuss using our own feelings, the healing potentials in empathy and forgiveness, and the importance of overcoming our own biases.
Listen into this discussion on the importance of of managing our own nervous systems and cultivating the capacity to remain present and neutral when patients bring forth emotional material that rhythms with our own experience.
In This Conversation We Discuss:
- Finding calm in the moment is essential to problem solving
- The importance of managing our own nervous systems and anxiety
- Acupuncturists also deal with transference
- Untangling our sense of worthiness from always knowing what to do
- Considering empowerment and agency
- Leaning into love, forgiveness and learning
- The boundaries between acupuncture and therapy
- Knowing to, and not to, self-disclose with our patients
- The power of the question, “How are you feeling in this moment?”
- The healing potentials in empathy, capacity and forgiveness
- Overcoming our biases