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February 24, 2010 By Megan Leave a Comment

The Two Wolves

One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.  He said, ‘My son, the battle is between two ‘wolves’ inside us all..

One is Evil.
It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret , greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.

The other is Good.
It is joy, peace , love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.

The grandson thought about it for a minute…  And then asked his grandfather:  ’Which wolf wins?’

The old Cherokee simply replied,  ‘The one you feed .’

Peer Supervision is a good feed. Have you yet registered to feed your professional soul yet?

I am feeding my professional soul a little dessert in July by going to Papua New Guinea. The Kokoda trip is off because of insufficient numbers of people wanting to self torture, BUT, the work at an orphanage in Port Moresby is still on. Five days: we present workshops, help with teaching parenting skills for the under 5′s and do what ever is most needed.

Hungry? Contact Megan Bayliss for further information.

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Warning for dog and small children owners

February 18, 2010 By Megan 1 Comment

If you are an owner of a dog and you also have a child or a visiting small child please take this as a warning.

Don’t leave your dog with a small child unattended under any circumstances!!!

Only one little moment was enough for the following to happen (see the sensitive and heart stirring photo below):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Would love to give credit here but came to me on email – origin unknown.

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Join mail list for FREE at home training

January 16, 2010 By Megan Leave a Comment

Join our mail list for FREE white papers and study at home training. Suitable for Human Services, Government sector, foster carers or anyone working with people under a social justice framework.

We HATE spam and promise to neither spam or give your email address to anyone else. Instead, we want you as a happy customer and we want you to consider joining our Peer Supervision Forum. We cannot operate transparently without your input and experience.

Our mail list is designed to encourage you to think about social issues, how to be a better person/worker in the field, to increase social understanding and to decrease isolation. If you don’t like it, you can unsubscribe at any time.

Initial FREE training papers are:

    Bibliotherapy (How to turn any story into a at home therapist)
    Bitss of Caramel Marmalade on Toast (an ebook copy of Megan’s children’s chapter book)
    Trauma and Attachment: what it is and how to work with it.

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Should a couple be able to design a baby with a disability similar to disability that a parent has?

January 16, 2010 By Megan Leave a Comment

Over in the Peer Supervision Forum, the journal article for discussion during the week of the 16th to 23rd January, 2010 is:

Designing Deaf Babies and the Question of Disability
(join forum for link access)

Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education Advance Access originally published online on April 27, 2005

The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education 2005 10(3):311-315

 

 

Ethical and moral questions to ponder from the article:

  • Should a couple be able to design a baby with a disability similar to disability that one of the parents may have?
  • Should a homosexual couple be able to have babies at all?
  • Is being Deaf a disability?

Don’t forget that many professional associations allow Professional Development points for reading journal articles. AASW does. To provide your association with evidence of your article ponderment (great word I just made up) please print out your comment, but not the comments of everyone else.

Come and join the discussion. Peer supervision needs peers willing to share their views: to teach and to learn. Are you a peer, or a voyeur?

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FREE accommodation to Human Service Professionals

January 9, 2010 By Megan 3 Comments

Just raised an accommodation around the world forum for members of my new Peer Supervision site for Human Service professionals.

FREE Billets around the world

Human Service Professionals love to travel, love learning new cultures, meeting new people and helping wherever they can because we are into social understanding and inclusion. Help each other out: If you have a bed or a room to billet out, or a house to house sit, list it here. If you are contacted by a member, it is then up to you to do negotiations with that person.

If you want to offer a FREE billet to a human service professional, go advertise it on the site (members only, join here).

If  you are a travelling Human Service professional and looking for free accommodation, ask for that or check out what’s already available. We all love to travel and free, safe, non discriminatory accommodation with like minded people is wonderful.

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.
John F Kennedy

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