Rapid Resilience
Access All Areas For Life
Bespoke three hour session to identify your top resilience needs
Individual Rapid Resilience and Mindful Leadership Workbook
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€1150
Wisdoms Garden Nurturing Resilient Leadership Academy
Resilience -Supervison- Leadership
With the fast pace of twenty first century living, many of us can feel overwhelmed and under pressure. Studies show that stress can negatively affect our decision-making skills, creativity, as well as our ability to work well with others. Quality supervision and support spaces are more essential now than ever. But all supervision is not equal, and not all supervision is quality. In Wisdom's Garden you will experience quality supervision as you strengthen your own supervision and leadership skills. Nice and simple, in a safe and supportive space, moving you away from overwhelm, building your resilience so you really own and deepen your own authentic leadership style.
Wisdom's
Garden
Because those of us in leadership
roles need a safe, welcoming place
to be
and to become.....
We know now that the challenges of the last few years have really catapulted individuals, teams and organisations into much higher levels of stress and overwhelm, than even this fast-paced environment of working with others is used to. Also as resources get scarce, and demands on us increase, we need to find smart, efficient ways to build resilience and wellbeing. Wisdom's Garden draw's on my twenty plus years experience as a supervisor, facilitator and mindfulness coach. Now is a great time to pause, regroup and to strengthen supervision, resilience and wellbeing skills, investing in individuals, strengthening teams and organisations, and maintaining high quality of service to those our work supports.
There is a growing body of evidence that burnout, or a lack of emotional resilience, is on the increase. It is more critical now than ever that those working with people are supported to develop strong, self-regulation, resilience and leadership skills.
- childcare/youthwork
- hospitality and service
- social care/social work
- disability
- law
- social welfare
- education
- counselling & therapy
- medical care
- pastoral
- community development
- policing
- HR
- emergency services
- eldercare
Being time poor and financially challenged does not necessarily mean ignoring this fundamental human need for self care, resilience and mindful leadership for ourselves and those we support. Wisdom's Garden is the smart , evidence based way to meet this need and more.
Seizing the moment and investing in this programme now will address the increasing need for resilience and self regulation in individuals and teams. Being stabilised and supported in this way allows individual workers to strengthen both their commitment to, and enjoyment of their chosen profession.Investing in this way in the individual will also build strong mindful leadership across the organisation.
This evidence-based Resilience, Supervision and Leadership Programme has been specifically developed for individuals, teams, and whole organisations who work with people. The programme integrates cutting edge evidence based practises from the two key disciplines of Cross Professional Supervision and Mindful Leadership. There are six self-paced modules which participants can return to again and again to deepen the learning.
Participants who are enrolled on a bespoke Wisdom's Garden Programme as part of a dedicated team or organisation will be supported with six live coaching sessions to ground the learning in the values, culture and circumstances of their particular organisation.
After completing the programme each participant can continue to learn and be supported through the weekly general live coaching sessions which take place on Tuesday mornings from 8.30 to 9.30am Irish Standard Time ( we take some well advertised holiday breaks). Participants are encouraged to think of Wisdom's Garden as their anchor and support for all things supervision and leadership.
Participants who enrol as individuals will have immediate access to the the general weekly live coaching sessions which take place on Tuesday mornings from 8.30 to 9.30am Irish Standard Time and access to the self paced six modules of the bonus Wisdom's Garden Programme over a six month period.
Participants will learn how to:
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Respond more wisely rather than reacting to stressful situations
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Cultivate the foundational skills of self compassion and equanimity
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Establish and model clear boundaries
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Create and model sustainable self care practices
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Deliver robust, evidence based supervision support
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Lead Mindfully
Wisdom's Garden Gold
Access All Areas For Life
One to one at home Mindful Leadership Retreat Day (on Zoom)
Your personal Mindful Leadership and Supervision Skills plan based on your Retreat Day
Three x 60 minute 1-1 coaching sessions with Dee
€1500
So Why Have I Developed Wisdom's Garden and Why Now?
As a younger woman, working in frontline, management and later as a consultant in the not for profit sector I was the original 'teflon coated', 'resilient' 'ever ready' professional, passionate about my work,and maybe a tad hard on myself as I strived to be perfect. My burnout came out of nowhere and it cost me dearly.
And so my lifelong passion since then has been to ensure that no leader or team member in human care services burns out on my watch. Something that I like to remind myself and others of is that 'we are humans, not machines'.
For years I worked in four different ways as a Spiritual Companion, Wisdom Supervisor, Retreat Facilitator, and Mindfulness Teacher, each offering the wonderful but often depleted leader a different pathway away from burnout, and towards a life of success, meaning, purpose and happiness.
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Spiritual Companion
I was an Anamchara or Soul Friend to 450 individuals wanting space for meaning making or a deepening spirituality that is authentic and supportive.
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Retreat Facilitator
I designed and delivered one day to eight day silent retreats for over 700 participants wanting to have a time of deep rest, space, nourishment and connection.
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Wisdom Supervisor
I have done deep listening and skills building with over 600 people in leadership roles, and 390 human care organisations.
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Mindfulness
I have delivered Mindfulness courses including Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, (MBSR), Mindfulness and Self Compassion, and many Wellbeing and Resilience Trainings to over 2000 participants.
Why now?
I have now distilled my experience of supervising, coaching, and facilitation into cutting edge, bite size, holistic yet practical bite-size training. I have brought my twenty plus years of experience to this because we need to address the current challenges of overwhelm and burnout. Never before was it so important to build resilience, competency and mindful leadership than in today's overworked and under resourced leaders.
How is Wisom's Garden delivered?
Wisdom's Garden's Bespoke Group Programme is based on six live (zoom) coaching sessions, and a self paced programme taking you through the six core modules.
Wisdom's Garden for individuals is based on weekly group coaching sessions ( zoom) with the same self paced programme taking you through the six core modules.
This is a carefully curated programme where you will craft, practise and make your own competencies in building resilience, delivering wisdom supervision, not just formally but in how you show up in the workplace everyday, and your particular style of mindful leadership.
Is it practical or theory based?
Wisdom's Garden combines bite sized cutting edge input with lots of support for practical implementation. The live sessions will always focus on these three core elements:
1) Practical challenges and issues you need to address,
2) Strengthening your practical supervision skills,
3) Developing your mindful leadership skills in line with your own values, and the vision and culture of your workplace.
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What are the programme outcomes?
On completion of the programme you will:
1) Have stronger boundaries, and be more grounded, and happy in your role,
2) Be more skilled in the supervision space,
3) Understand the benefits and the practical application of mindful leadership and communication
especially in difficult circumstances,
4) Know how to integrate mindful leadership - self
regulation as core to leading, supporting and inspiring others.
Certification
CPD certification of 20 hours is available from Mindful Facilitation on completion of the self paced programme programme, and a minimum of four live coaching sessions.
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As A Mindful Leader
you can face any situation without
becoming
overly reactive or overwhelmed
Working with Dee brought me to a place of peace and joy with a sense of clarity, able to move on in my new leadership role with a sense of courage, strength and direction.
Marg Maung
World Congegrational Leader
Myanmar
I feel centred, restful and ready for the challenges ahead going forward with a great sense of gratitude
Michelle Murphy
Director of Services
Wales
Kay O'Reilly
Not for Profit CEO
Ireland
This was such a helpful way of getting meditation tips and for applying mindfulness to everyday life. The fact that it was done online contributed to how relaxed and comfortable I was from the very beginning.
Babs Morris
Social Care Leader
Ireland
Did this course with Dee and have to say it was superb, very enjoyable and very relaxing. Dee is a wonderful teacher and very experienced. It really was very beneficial to me and I would have no hesitation in recommending it.
YOU NEED PEOPLE LIKE YOU
You need flexible, fast, fun, informative online meetings where you can inspire, be inspired, help and be helped, and get live supervision on your current issues. You will be helped will to take the action you need to take, and to support your own evolving supervision and leadership practise.
You are connecting with others who have already been there, so you will have no overwhelm or overload - rather a compassionate welcome as you show up exactly as you are as you take your own pathway to strong mindful leadership.
Why am I committed to seeing
you thrive?
I am lucky to be grounded and happy living in my lovely old
cottage in rural Ireland with my fluffball Kitty and our many nearby friends - birds, rabbits, dogs, and the rhythm of
farm life, all in the beautiful green quiet countryside.
I'm Dee and I love how my connection with human care leaders who are done with overwhelm and burnout is growing from my home in Ireland to all corners of the world with the magic of the Internet.
I'm known in my own little part of the world for creating and holding space for amazing leaders and practitioners who more easily give to others than they can to themselves. So I step into the place of depletion with my toolkit of wisdom supervision, neuroscience, ancient wisdom traditions, and the world of mindful leadership, and in group workshops or in one-to-one quiet places we practice deep listening and support each other to grow in resilience, and mindful leadership as we develop wisdom supervision skills.
I want to let you into a secret. The more I live, the more I realise that there is nothing new under the sun. What ails us in our impoverished, over-busy 21st-century living is our lack of balance between doing and being, our inability to be present, and
so we are fractured, and often cross with ourselves for being so.
The solution is the age-old energies of presence, compassion and kindness, but we have lost our way here too. We expect more and more of ourselves as we accept the ever-increasing demands 21st-century living places on us. In our workplace and leadership roles this becomes particularly burdensome.
So I don't bring any magic bullet or quick fixes to the table. I just hold space and teach cutting edge, evidence based, bite size practical wisdom that we know increases resilience, develops wisdom supervision skills and grows our capacity for mindful leadership of ourselves and others.
Cross Professional Wisdom Supervision Model
With twenty plus years of experience of a supervisor I have seen many changes in our understanding of and approach to supervision . Over years my own approach has evolved to become rooted in the Wisdom Model of Cross Professional Supervision with its four pillars of Contemplation, Compassion, Creativity and Collaboration.
Within this approach supervision is accepted as a profession ‘in its own right’ with a unique set of skills, tasks and competencies. The role of the supervisor is facilitator of learning, change and transformation to enhance client care, practitioner personal/professional development and organisational change. See An Croi Wisdom Institute (http://ancroi.ie) and Supervisors Association of Ireland ( http://saivision.ie) for more.
Mindful Leadership Skills
Mindfulness offers a powerful methodology for enhancing the well-being and the efficacy of leaders as they face stressful and challenging situations.. A steadily growing body of research has demonstrated that mindfulness helps us to become more present, less emotionally reactive, and more deliberate and purposeful in our thoughts and actions. By learning to step out of the innate human tendency to run on automatic pilot, leaders can deliberately create new options for action that can lead us through turbulent times. See UCD Msc in Mindfulness Based Interventions ( http://hub.ucd.ie ) and Mindfulness Teachers of Ireland ( www.mtai.ie) for more.
Wisdom Supervision
seeks to create a safe holding environment for the supervisee, supervisor and the
whole organisation.
The Four C's of Wisdom Supervision are:
Collaborative
Contemplative
Creative
Compassionate
(G. Holton The Soul of Supervision)
If you are here you already know that supervision is a key discipline within service based industries. You do not need another supervision course.
You need a different, more heart centred approach that starts with exquisite self-care, and allows your natural mindful leadership style to emerge as you hone your supervision skills.
The place to do that is with other people like
Welcome To Wisdom's Garden Leadership Academy
Wisdom's Garden Programme
Resilience. Supervison. Mindful Leadership .
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SECTION 1: WELCOME
Foundations
Introduction to the programme, its methodology and to the live sessions
and hot seat coaching.
Core Competencies - Awareness, Pausing, and Beginners Mind
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SECTION 2: MINDFUL LEADERSHIP 1
Mindful Leadership 1
Living Well with Stress- Our Old Friend
How To Respond More Wisely In Stressful Moments
Mindful Communication
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SECTION 3: BOUNDARIES AND WISDOM SUPERVISION 1
Boundaries and Wisdom Supervision 1
Boundaries - How To Set, Maintain And Strengthen Them
What Is Wisdom Supervision?
The Supervision Session - Before - During - After
Introduction To Informal Supervision
How To Build The Culture Of Reflective Practice In Your Organisation
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SECTION 4: RESILIENCE AS SELF CARE AND SELF COMPASSION
Self Care and Self Compassion
Exquisite Self Care as Hard Core Resilience Skill
Self Compassion - Softening the Inner Critic
Acceptance
Self Regulation
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SECTION 5: GROWING IN MINDFUL LEADERHIP
Growing in Mindful Leadership
Qualities of Mindful Leadership
Growing in Mindful Leadership - as Yourself
Overcoming Perfectionism
Empowering your Team and Organisation with a Culture of Mindful Leadership
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SECTION 6: WISDOM SUPERVISION TWO
Honing your Supervision Skills
Informal Supervision - Opportunity Led Mindful Leadership
How to Deal with Difficult Communications
Practical Approaches to Crises Management and Debriefing
How to Strengthen your own Inner Supervisor
MAYBE YOU ARE WONDERING...
I know that investing in a programme like Wisdom's Garden takes a little courage and is no small thing. You want to be sure, to know as much as you can about what to expect, how it will work, if it is really for you before coming on board. I totally understand. I too always take my time, ask my questions and reflect if it is right for me before jumping into any new venture. So I have answered the most frequently asked questions about Wisom's Garden below. If your question is not answered here, or you have another one just get in touch here - info@mindfulfacilitation and we can chat.
Can I join Wisdom's Garden as an individual?
Yes, if you are in a work role where you need some support to strengthen your own resilience as you upskill your supervision and leadership skills, Wisdom's Garden will be a really supportive hub and learning community as you address your particular challenges and hone your skills.
Can we enrol in Wisdoms Garden as a Team or an Organisation?
Wisdom's Garden is perfect for the team or organisation that wants to strengthen resilience while developing a whole organisation approach to supervision and leadership. The standard container includes a self paced programme of six modules, dropped over 6 weeks. This self paced learning is strengthened with weekly six live coaching sessions over zoom for practical learning, practise, implementation and support in line with your organisations culture, values and particular set of circumstances. 40 credits of CPD can be awarded to each participant on completion of the six live teaching sessions, the self paced bonus programme, and workplace practise. One the six live coaching sessions are complete prticipants will have lofetime access to bot the programme materials and the general weekly live coaching sessions held each Tuesday via zoom.
This programme container and schedule can be adapted to meet the particular need of your team or organisation and if you require a blended approach, we can plan for that. To discuss your particular requirements please reach out to me and we will schedule a consult: info@mindfulfacilitation.com.
What if I miss a weekly live?
The lives are great. There is a group energy and we learn so much from each other. The general lives are scheduled at the same time every week - Tuesday morning 8.30 -9.30 am Dublin Time for those enrolling in Wisdom's Garden as an individual. It is a rolling programme so you can begin anytime and you will do the self paced modules while attending the weekly lives. But missing a live is no problem as all are recorded and available for you inside the Wisdom's Garden Hub.
Will there be meditations and relaxation exercises I can download?
Yes - you will have immediate access to a range of meditations, and relaxation exercises so that you can try out to find what suits you, and then download any or all that you want to incorporate into your daily routine.
How much time do I have to go through the Wisdom's Garden Programme?
Month by month until you cancel if you are on the monthly individual plan. Forever - once you purchase Rapid Resilience or Wisdoms Garden Academy, or if you are a participant on a Bespoke Wisdom's Garden Programme. Access is forever, means that you can access the programme resources and attend the weekly lives for as long as you want to, or whenever you want to. If I ever withdraw this offer you will still have full access to all materials and resources for one more full calendar year.
Where can I ask questions or get help from Dee?
While you are a member of Wisdom's Garden monthly or have participated in a bespoke Wisdom's Garden Programme you will be able to bring your questions or concerns to our weekly lives. You can also email me your question or concern and I will do my best to address this in a weekly live. These are the two ways to engage with me in Wisdom's Garden. Please note that I do not provide email support and I do not work week ends.
Will this add to my already too busy day?
You know I work with many busy professionals who usually have in common too many things to do and too little time to get everything done. I do not ever think I worked with any professional who did not carry an awareness that s/he wanted more for a long time before s/he finally took action. Waiting until 'I have more time' until the 'time is right'. Often behind this denial of what s/he so badly wants and needs is this fear of 'yet one more thing to do'.
If this is you Wisdom's Garden is absolutely calling you. You will not be overwhelmed with stuff or things to do. In this space we are all about the tiny action which will bring the change you want. As you take the tiny action, more space will open up for you. But you will never be overwhelmed - rather you are invited to take your time and to begin with rest and spaciousness, and growing your self awareness.
What if I miss a weekly live?
The lives are great. There is a group energy and we learn so much from each other. But missing a live is no problem as all are recorded and available for you inside the Wisdom's Garden Hub.
Weekly lives are scheduled for Tuesday mornings 8.30 to 9.30am Irish Standard Time . If the schedule changes you will find the new schedule in the wisdom's Garden Hub, and you will also be notified by email.
Will there be meditations and relaxation exercises I can download?
Yes - you will have immediate access to a range of meditations, and relaxation exercises so that you can try out to find what suits you, and then download any or all that you want to incorporate into your daily routine.
How much time do I have to go through the bonus programme?
Month by month until you cancel if you are on the monthly payment. Forever - once you purchase Rapid Resilience or Wisdom's Garden Academy. Organisations who purchase a bespoke Wisdom's Garden Programme will also have lifetime access for their participants.
Access is forever, and if I ever withdraw this offer you will still have full access to all materials and resources for one more full calendar year.
Rapid Resilience
Access All Areas For Life
Bespoke three hour session to identify your top resilience needs
Individual Rapid Resilience and Mindful Leadership Workplan
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€1150
Wisdom's Garden Gold
Access All Areas For Life
One to one at home Mindful Leadership Retreat Day (on Zoom)
Your personal Mindful Leadership and Supervision Skills plan based on your Retreat Day
Three x 60 minute 1-1 coaching sessions with Dee
€1500
Your need might not be as an individual, but rather to bring the Wisdom's Garden experience to your whole team or organisation. Your Bespoke Wisdom's Garden Programme will include six modules of self paced learning, supported by six dedicated weekly progamme delivery sessions On completion, each participant in the bespoke programme will receive 20 hours CPD certification and lifetime access to both weekly live group coaching sessions and the Wisdom's Garden
Programme resources.
To book a bespoke Wisdom's Garden Programme for your Team or Organisation please contact Dee here: info@mindfulfacilitation.com
What our Clients are saying
David Kieran
Operations Manager St Patrick's Centre Kilkenny
Here at St Patrick’s Centre, we are undergoing an enormous transformation, as we transition from a congregated institutional model of care, to a community focused, supported self-directed model, in line with the national policy ‘Time to Move On’. Dee has been hugely instrumental in helping us face the not insignificant cultural and practical challenges associated with such a change process. She has worked with individuals, teams, line and senior managers to support this ongoing process. Dee’s involvement has had a very positive influence on the change process.’
Olgae Estridge
Regional Coordinator
Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland
Dee is working with the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland ( MS Ireland) in the role of external supervisor to MS Ireland Case Work Staff. We have had a very positive experience with Dee who demonstrates a great capacity to create a space where team members can reflect on their practice and explore their role within this often complex work. Dee's style of reflective listening promotes an atmosphere where the team can develop strategies that supports quality work with people with Multiple Sclerosis and family members while strengthening the reilience and leadership skills of each team member. We have no hesitation in recommending Dee as a supervisor.
Patricia Dowling
Director of Services
Traveller Family Care
Ireland
‘Dee showed fantastic insight, has excellent communication and reporting skills and kept everyone on track and up to speed in what was an enormous piece of work. Dee’s knowledge and years of experience in the social care sector is second to none. Our organisation is extremely grateful to her for all her hard work, commitment and dedication. Without her input we would not have grown from strength to strength. We have learned so much and have grown from Dee who is a teacher and an enabler who has bestowed on us many gifts.’
Dee's Professional Background
Dee is a senior Mindful Leadership Coach and Cross Professional Supervisor committed to supporting professionals to manage stress and build resilience,avoid burnout and to blossom. With a background in Social Care and Community Development Dee has experienced herself, and witnessed in others the depletion, demotivation, and complete exhaustion that comes as we approach burnout. For many years she has focussed on researching the high human cost of being a leader in the human care professions. She has studied with teachers of both Western and Eastern Wisdom traditions, as well as having a full immersion in the neuroscience underpinning current secular mindful leadership practice. A Master Facilitator Dee has trained with The Mindfulness Academy Soltereno in best practice in creating and holding safe space online, for her deep supervision and coaching work.
Dee has supported hundreds of professionals to date to manage stress and overwhelm for themselves with evidence based, simple transformative actions from her unique coaching approach. Dee is a full member of Supervisors Association of Ireland ( SAI) and Mindfulness Teachers Association of Ireland (MTAI). Dee is also a board member of All Ireland Spiritual Guides Association (AISGA), and Kilkenny Volunteer Centre.
