EmoshuNews – Friday, March 15, 2007
Emoshuns.com provides services and resources to help families and individuals “Feel Better, Look Better, Take Back Your Life!”
Hello Everyone,
I was browsing on-line and came across a SAMHSA web page asking for personal stories of those who are recovering from emotional healthcare problems and realized how rewarding that could be.
Emotionally rewarding and hope-producing for those currently experiencing problems, and rewarding for those of us recovering from an emotional health problem who get to share our recovery with others.
After all…”you can only keep what you have by giving it away!”
So what I’m doing this issue is inviting you to share your story of recovery and hope and I’ll publish it in a future issue of the EmoshuNews letter (maybe even the next issue!).
Make it as long or as short as you want. I’ll either edit it to fit or I’ll run it as is. Other than that there are no guidelines.
It’s all about you!
So start writing!! And when you’re done, send it to me either through the convenient contact page or by email at Frank@emoshuns.com.
Til next time,
Frank
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Thursday, March 15, 2007
Monday, March 5, 2007
"Understand" - Volume II Issue 7
EmoshuNewsletter - Monday, March 5, 2007
emoshuns.com provides emotional healthcare services in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Long Island, as well as by telephone and e-mail nationwide. See our web
site or call us for more information.
Hi Everyone!
I hope this edition of our EmoshuNewsletter finds you well!
At the worst point in my life I had written a "good bye" note. In it I explained that the reason I was "leaving" was because I felt no one truly understood me. I felt as though no one cared about me or even bothered to listen to what I was trying to say. I felt frustrated, abandoned, isolated, completely and utterly alone and left with no alternative but to end it all.
But somehow I didn't "leave" and thankfully ended up in an emotional healthcare setting instead. And while in treatment I was taught the single most important lesson in my life:
"Understand Rather Than Be Understood"
At first I struggled understanding this concept. I felt confused trying to figure out how I could possibly understand others if I didn't understand myself. I felt angry at the idea that it was somehow my responsibility to give others what they wouldn't give me. I felt scared at the thought of understanding that others truly didn't care. And I felt lost because I was sure I could never understand anything.
But I was told by my counselors that life was not perfection...it was practice.
So I began to practice at trying to understand and practiced not trying to be understood. And lo and behold my life began to be transformed! I learned to listen closely to what people were saying. I worked hard at listening because listening is hard. I worked hard at clarifying what people told me. I worked hard at understanding not only what people said but also what people meant. I worked hard at helping people communicate with me and offered them an ear and made it clear that I cared what they had to say and understood how they were feeling.
In this process magic happened. Not only was I able to develop an understanding of others, I was able to begin to develop a deeper understanding of myself. And this outsight into others and insight into myself have been the most rewarding gifts I have ever received.
And finally, I received another gift in this process no less valuable. People began to understand me! And they did so because they trusted me. They trusted me because I gave them what they needed. Understanding! And because I understood, they began to seek me out. They felt trust in me because I truly cared and in turn they listened carefully to what I had to say. And through this interaction we both received what we needed.
So in this issue of the EmoshuNewsletter I offer this advice to you:
"Understand Rather Than Be Understood"
Until next time....
Frank
E-Mail: info@emoshuns.com
Web Site: www.emoshuns.com
Toll-Free: 888-WANNA TALK
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emoshuns.com provides emotional healthcare services in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Long Island, as well as by telephone and e-mail nationwide. See our web
site or call us for more information.
Hi Everyone!
I hope this edition of our EmoshuNewsletter finds you well!
At the worst point in my life I had written a "good bye" note. In it I explained that the reason I was "leaving" was because I felt no one truly understood me. I felt as though no one cared about me or even bothered to listen to what I was trying to say. I felt frustrated, abandoned, isolated, completely and utterly alone and left with no alternative but to end it all.
But somehow I didn't "leave" and thankfully ended up in an emotional healthcare setting instead. And while in treatment I was taught the single most important lesson in my life:
"Understand Rather Than Be Understood"
At first I struggled understanding this concept. I felt confused trying to figure out how I could possibly understand others if I didn't understand myself. I felt angry at the idea that it was somehow my responsibility to give others what they wouldn't give me. I felt scared at the thought of understanding that others truly didn't care. And I felt lost because I was sure I could never understand anything.
But I was told by my counselors that life was not perfection...it was practice.
So I began to practice at trying to understand and practiced not trying to be understood. And lo and behold my life began to be transformed! I learned to listen closely to what people were saying. I worked hard at listening because listening is hard. I worked hard at clarifying what people told me. I worked hard at understanding not only what people said but also what people meant. I worked hard at helping people communicate with me and offered them an ear and made it clear that I cared what they had to say and understood how they were feeling.
In this process magic happened. Not only was I able to develop an understanding of others, I was able to begin to develop a deeper understanding of myself. And this outsight into others and insight into myself have been the most rewarding gifts I have ever received.
And finally, I received another gift in this process no less valuable. People began to understand me! And they did so because they trusted me. They trusted me because I gave them what they needed. Understanding! And because I understood, they began to seek me out. They felt trust in me because I truly cared and in turn they listened carefully to what I had to say. And through this interaction we both received what we needed.
So in this issue of the EmoshuNewsletter I offer this advice to you:
"Understand Rather Than Be Understood"
Until next time....
Frank
E-Mail: info@emoshuns.com
Web Site: www.emoshuns.com
Toll-Free: 888-WANNA TALK
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