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A Journey to Confidence, Courage, and Creativity

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1.5 CE Hour

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This session empowers individuals with true self-knowledge by integrating psychological wisdom, biography work, and spirituality, grounded in various therapeutic models. In a world rife with pressures from social media, societal expectations, and familial obligations, many struggle to maintain their authentic selves, leading to aimlessness, depression, and anxiety.

 

Participants will explore aspects of the self, including physical traits, inherited gifts, personality, and deeper structures such as the ego and unconscious. The session delves into concepts of the higher self and shadow self, emphasizing understanding and managing both. Drawing on psychodynamic therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), humanistic therapy, and narrative therapy, the session provides a comprehensive framework for self-discovery.

 

Biography work constructs a self-image through life experiences, while spirituality offers purpose and enhances well-being. By the program’s end, participants will view their life story as a heroic journey, fostering genuine self-esteem and self-awareness. This newfound self-knowledge empowers them to live authentically and support others more effectively in their professional roles.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Identify the various postulated components, each giving insight to understanding what constitutes the whole self, and also put each component into the appropriate category: the physical (nature), the environmental (nurture), the inborn/innate endowments, and the traits acquired through the experiences of living.

  • Compare and contrast Erik Erickson’s 8 Stages of Man (9 with the addition by his wife, Joan) to the Biography Work’s model of human development, citing the differences and advantages of each.

  • Describe the Shadow Self as articulated by Carl Jung and the Higher Self, a concept now becoming more popular, including the content and functions of each as well as the methods to enhance, modulate and diminish the impact/power of each on the individual.

CE Policy
This course is fiscally sponsored by Exchange Events. There may be potential biases or conflicts of interest inherent to this relationship, and it must be disclosed to participants. These conflicts of interest have no bearing on the course content and have been resolved.
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Ann Sawyer, LCSW

Ann Sawyer received her Bachelor’s Degree in psychology from the University of Michigan and her Master’s Degree from the University of Chicago’s School of Social Service Administration. Her specialty throughout her career has been mental and behavioral health. Ann has had her LCSW license since 1986 working in community mental health centers and group private psychiatric practices.

Ann has kept abreast of changes in theory and practice by attending conferences, earning 15 credits a year. She takes an eclectic approach, client centered with the goal of building health, not just alleviating the symptoms of the disorder. After many years of individual and couples therapy, Ann is now facilitating guided group therapy, one of which is ‘Solving the Mystery of You’.

Ann’s other endeavors include, instructor undergraduate social work program at Mount Mercy University, Iowa 1990 -95, author of “The MS Recovery Diet,” Avery/Penguin, 2007 selling 25,000 copies.

Susan Kruz

In her transformative journey through biography work, Susan found greater self-knowledge, confidence, and inner peace. Her own story revealed the beauty, magic, and power of her inner self, opening her heart, mind and soul even more. Wanting to share this inspiring and uplifting experience with others, Susan became first a Certified Biography Facilitator giving guidance and workshops to many and is now the president of the board of the Center for Biography and Social Art. Susan’s desire to do more to share this empowering approach has led her to co-author “Solving the Mystery of You,” with Ann Sawyer, LCSW.

But then Susan’s approach to life has always been to help others, to find beauty and create health as seen in her adoption of two older abandoned Guatemalan children to love and nurture along with her biological son. All her various careers in organic gardening leading to her being on the board of the Biodynamic Gardening and Farming Association, in her being the CEO of Dr. Hauschka’s Skin Care, taking it from a small niche company to a preeminent skin care brand, reflects her commitment to what is natural, healthy, and holistic. Her books: “Awakening Beauty the Dr. Hauschka’s Way,” about empowering others to find their beauty. “Beecoming Sophia,” about the plight of the bumble bee, “Gardens of Karma: Harvesting Myself Among the Weed,” about transcendence, all reflect her caring and inspirational approach to life. This guide, “Solving the Mystery of You,” leads the reader to their own beauty, magic of inner soul and self, and a meaningful life and inner peace.

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