Empowered wisdom refers to a state where an individual embodies deep knowledge, inner strength and insights. We can distinguish empowered wisdom from traditional wisdom by emphasising individual empowerment and personal agency.
Empowered wisdom allows us to confidently navigate life's challenges and make responsible choices that align with our values and aspirations.
Sharing empowered wisdom embraces the critical importance of collective benefit. It is not fixed or static but rather a continual learning, adapting, and evolving process. A living empowered wisdom is characterised by overall balance and harmony in our thoughts, actions, and relationships, fostering a sense of well-being and fulfilment. It is through empowered wisdom that we can transcend past obstacles and limitations, courageously meet our current fears and vulnerabilities, and tap into our full potential,
Empowered wisdom fosters empathy, compassion, authentic leadership and understanding towards self and others, with clear-cut impacts on our relationships, organisations and societies.
My Services
I work as a consultant psychologist actively facilitating transformational processes in individuals, groups, organisations and communities. I am involved in mentoring, coaching and supervision, collaborative research, writing, teaching and speaking. I am a specialist psychologist with a marked depth and breadth of knowledge, wisdom and experience (see BIO - biographical information page) and Testimonials on the Curation page
My service offers:
- Individual mentoring, coaching and supervision for experienced primary and specialist health and other human service providers, professionals of diverse backgrounds and creative people wanting to make the most of their talents
- Individual facilitation during major life transitions - e.g. change of career and retirement, a new way of living and working, separation, divorce, children leaving home, facing retrenchment or health issues
- Group mentoring, coaching and supervision online that is specifically tailored to need, age and diversity
- Wisdom and empowerment resources
A Mentoring or coaching process in this context is one of confidential earned engagement and safety that facilitates connection with authentic personal power and wisdom to:
- Know and selectively articulate intentions for the present and the future.
- Connect with and elaborate a wise and empowered self in each of the critical areas of life.
- Navigate with foundational psychological, social, vocational and physical robustness even when vulnerable and under significant strain.
- Witness and transform unhelpful generational and gendered patterns, e.g. feeling not enough, invisible, powerless, an impostor, alone.
- Live and lead fully with wisdom and courage.
Context of services
I offer empowered wisdom that is theoretically-informed, evidence-based and integrated. This approach extends well beyond the superficial and the ephemeral. True transformational change must be honest and sensitive for diverse people, groups, organisations and societies.
My work draws upon the following:
- Fourth wave psychological understandings with a solid evidence base underpinned by the principles of awe, interpersonal neurobiology, mindfulness, compassion, strengths, values, and the complex interplay between a person, their context, history and the use of power
- Wisdom, philosophical and spiritual traditions, including indigenous teachings
- Collective wounding, healing and celebration
- Narratives - personal, family, social, community, organisational and societal
- Histories of transformational change movements and related affirmative writings and actions that reference politics, economics, culture, media and sustainability in the face of our many societal challenges including climate change, poverty, war and refugee dislocation and violence of all kinds.
In the following pages, please:
- Look at my vocational history in its summary form
- Assess and consider where you are right now.
- Learn a little more about transformative processes
- Explore multiple resources
- Access my curation page to see testimonials
- Contact me to explore mentoring or supervision options.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT A THERAPEUTIC SERVICES WEBSITE
Dr Jeannie Higgins STOPPED specialist individual clinical treatment services from the 30/6/22 after many years of enriching and dedicated individual clinical practice.
Therapy in this context is understood to be a group of theoretically informed evidence-based interventions provided by a specialist clinician to assess and treat identified mental health conditions such as Anxiety Disorders, Depressive Disorders, Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders, Dissociative Disorders, Eating Disorders, Body Dysmorphia, Obsessive Compulsive Disorders, Substance Abuse, Personality Disorders and Psychotic Disorders.
If you think you, your loved one or an employee or colleague may need psychological treatment, please get in touch with a trusted general practitioner or a crisis service. There are also professionally created and reviewed websites that you can easily access for specific psychological difficulties.
You are most welcome to explore my EVOLVE WITH TRAUMA website.
http://www.evolvewithtrauma.com
There you will find:
- Crisis contact information
- Commentary on the intersection between hope and recovery
- Referral pathway information
- Publications & Resources
- Writing & Poetry
Acknowledgement of Country
I pay my respects to all First Nation Elders present, past and emerging. I acknowledge them as the traditional Custodians and Elders of these lands where sovereignty was not ceded. I recognise and honour their connection to the Country and their role in caring for and maintaining it for thousands of years.
I sincerely acknowledge and honour the Thawa people of the Yuin nation in Eden, NSW, the peoples of Ngunnawal Country of Canberra and the Ngarigo peoples of the Monaro Tableland and their traditional wisdom. These locations are where I most often live, play and work.
The Gweagal clan of the Dharawil tribe in Kurrabulla (or Cronulla) in the southern geographic area of Sydney are the traditional custodians of the land where I was born. I acknowledge my indigenous ancestor Mary Ann Waine, the daughter of an indigenous woman from the Kamilaroi nation living in Namoi River country in the North Western Slopes of NSW.
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