Power point Program for Val Lougheed's Keynote Luncheon Address at the JOIN Conference in Toronto, ON; November 29, 2010

1. Val Lougheed
Northern Lights Canada
Trauma, Rehabilitation
and Recovery
ACTION Makes it
Happen
1-800-361-4642 * www.northernlightscanada.ca * vlougheed@northernlightscanada.ca

2. “You don’t want your
impairments to define
you – you want them
to inform you.”
(Hanita Dagan, personal communication, 2005)

3. www.slideshare.net/vlougheed
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www.northernlightscanada.ca/about/about-val-
lougheed/be-still

4. Agenda
• Beginning …
• Middle …
• End …

5. ACTION Makes it Happen
1. What does it mean to recover?
2. What can I do to recover and
return to a life that includes
work?
3. What can we do to facilitate
recovery and a return to work?

6. Rated PG-113
People Strongly Cautioned!
May contain bad language, brief nudity,
sexual overtones, and drug usage.

7. Beginning
My Story

11. Sept. 9, 2003 - morning

12. Sept. 9 – p.m.

13. Sept. 15 2003 – Jan. 19 2004
Journey Back to Life

17. Journey Back to
Work

18. February 2004 – Present
Starting Point

19. Identity Disintegration
and
The Re-organization of Self
March 2004

20. “In the aftermath of traumatic life
events… [the] sense of self has
been shattered.”
(Herman, 1992, p. 61)
“An existential crisis…”
(Dagan, personal communication, 2005)

21. Middle
Research

29. Foundations for
Understanding
Experience

30. Body-Mind Connection
Psychoimmunoendocrine
Network
 The nervous, endocrine, and immune
systems are functionally integrated –
the brain is only one part of this non-
hierarchical network
 Memories, emotions, behaviours and
physiology are all connected at the
molecular level
(Candace Pert, 1997, p. 171 – 179)

31. Body-Mind Connection
“The words and attitudes of others
… are potent. They help or hex
healing and recovery.”
“ Expectations are powerful.”
“Neutrality can be deadly.”
(Bolen, 1996, p. 94; Sternberg, 2001, p. 65)

32. Quantum Connection
The Living Matrix -- 1995
• A type of energy exists that has previously gone
unnoticed.
• Cells/DNA influence matter through this form of
energy.
• DNA Phantom effect.
Braden, 2007, p. 45

33. The Re-Organization of Self
“Loss of identity can evoke a
personal crisis, creating a need
for change.”
(Ornelas, in Smith & Johnson (Eds), 1997, p. 172)

34. End
Reflections

35. ACTION Makes it Happen
Resilience
 Ability to return to original form after
being bent (bounce back)
Thriving in constant change, ability to be:
• Flexible
• Creative
• Adaptable
• Learn from experience
http://www.resiliencycenter.com/articles/5levels.shtml

36. ACTION Makes it Happen
Rehabilitation (habiter – to live
inside)
“Rehabilitation (the re-organization
of self) is the learning to live inside
not only one’s body, however it is
after an injury or illness, but inside
one’s very being.”
(Kabat-Zinn, in Meili, 2003, p. 241)

37. ACTION Makes it Happen
Recovery
Curing Focus on the illness/
impairment [outside]
Healing Focus on the person
[inside]
Crombez, October, 2003

38. Be Still