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A Thought From Dr. Phil

Sep 16, 2020
1 min read

If you listen to Dr. Phil at all, you will often hear him say "We create our own experience." On the one hand, this refers to the active decisions we make in our daily life. It aligns with the goals we have, how we want to proceed, move forward, and purposefully 'design' our lives so that we feel fulfilled at the end of the day. But it also includes our reaction to challenge and hardship. Those are the things we don't always have control over. None of us expected 2020 and the pandemic that would quickly halt society. Sometimes we are blindsided by a break up, the death of a loved one, the loss of a job. We can't get through life without some struggle; without disappointment. We create our own experience through our reaction to events. This is where the choice is still ours. We are much better served to feel what we need to feel and lean into the process of what is happening so as to move towards acceptance.  We stand at the crossroads of process or avoidance. We stand at the crossroads of giving up or pulling up our boot straps. We stand at the crossroads of staying stuck or deciding to heal. "We create our own experience;" a valuable thought from Dr. Phil. Like this post? Consider subscribing! Photo credit: https://unsplash.com/@soymeraki

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Land Acknowledgement

The West Champlain Family Health Team acknowledges it is located upon the traditional and unceded territory of the Algonquin People and respects the traditional knowledge and healing developed over generations. We have the privilege and responsibility to serve First Nations, Inuit, and Métis of many backgrounds and from many treaty and non-treaty lands and territories, and to demonstrate respect for the contributions and cultures of Indigenous Peoples.

 

Iye West Champlain Family Health Team ogíkikenindánáwá taniziwadj ondaje Algonquin Anishinábe tanakíwin ega ka mígiwewadj iyo kichi Anishinábewakí ashidj odapítenindánáwá kikádjichigewin ashidj mino nódjimowin ka pamíkán pinawígo. Nínawind d’ayánánán shawenimigoziwin ashidj inenindágoziwin kidji wídókáwadag Anishinábeg, Abitawizíg ashidj Kíwedinóg máneg wendjibáwadj ashidj níbina nakondiwin ashidj ega akíng ashidj tanakíwinan ashidj kidji wábandayá apítenindagoziwin ondji ka mígiwewadj ashidj pimádjiwowinan ogo Anishinábeg Pemádizidjig.

 

The West Champlain Family Health Team is grateful to the Indigenous Health Circle (which works in collaboration with The Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn and the Ottawa Valley Ontario Health Team) for sharing a meaningful land acknowledgement both in English and Omámíwininímowin (the Algonquin Anishinábe language), which is the basis of our own.

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