Ana Paret, Rebellious Joy Counselling

Registered Social Worker. Stress-less Coach. Passionate Optimist. Intentional Living Advocate. Writer. Energized by books, great food, travel, family & puppies.

[Ana Paret, Rebellious Joy Counselling @AnaParet]

Best Medium Blog Post I have written to date.
https://t.co/sTToJrUfqE

[Ana Paret, Rebellious Joy Counselling @AnaParet]

“‘When we forget our ability to choose, we learn to be helpless. Drip by drip, we allow our power to be taken away until we end up becoming a function of other people’s choices.’ — Greg McKeown.” — @booksmyrefuge https://t.co/SYBuwvfy4r

[Ana Paret, Rebellious Joy Counselling @AnaParet]

Dear Wild Soul,
You are joy. Fight for her.

[Ana Paret, Rebellious Joy Counselling @AnaParet]

Let's get back to joy...shall we?

[Ana Paret, Rebellious Joy Counselling @AnaParet]

This aligns to a social work perspective called person-in-environment where the individual and their behaviour is understood in light of their environmental context. Enough with putting people in silos. People are complex our approach needs to match that. High five to Maslow!

[Dr. Nicole LePera @Theholisticpsyc]

THIS IS GOING VIRAL SO I WANTED TO SHARE IT HERE TOO:

A bit from my past:

My first job after getting my PhD was working as a therapist for people from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

Almost all of them were diagnosed with depression, GAD, bipolar, or BPD. Most were highly medicated— some to a point that still sticks with me years later.

As I got to know their background and lives 3 things were very clear:

1. A vast majority had been emotionally neglected, emotionally abused, or physically abused as children.

2. A vast majority had experienced domestic violence or were currently living in it.

3. Basic needs were never met. Life was an hour by hour struggle. Treatment was an attempt to allow them to get to work in most cases. To just continue to surviving.

It was the start of me questioning the field I had been trained in. One that diagnoses people with disorders without taking a look at the whole picture. It began my path of holistic understanding.

A person cannot be well when one unexpected bill will have them fall behind on rent. When they lay their head on a pillow and all they can think about is expenses piling up. When a bill at the grocery store is almost double what they paid last year when their income has stayed the same.

An entire family unit deeply struggles within survival mode. When a job is lost. When daycare needs to be paid, but so does the light bill— what do you choose? When parents can’t even think about the emotional needs of their children because they have to figure out where their next meal is going to come from.

In 1942, 10 years before the diagnostic manual of mental illness was released Maslow knew what was once just common sense: we have a hierarchy of needs.

At the bottom are basic needs food and shelter. Then safety (resources, security). Then belonging (connection, friendship, intimacy.) Without three things we *will* be sick, period.

I get pushback for questioning the status quo. And I’ll continue to do it. The status quo is keeping people sick. It denies their experience. And it says we should bandage people’s symptoms so they can return to the environment that made them sick.

May we wake up, heal ourselves, and build conscious communities to help each other.

Retweet if you feel this is true in your body 🙏

[Distilled Wisdom @TheQuotableSoul]

“If you don't sacrifice for what you want, what you want becomes the sacrifice”
― Anonymous

[Karun Pal @karunpal]

Introverts don't get bored. Ever. Their minds are enough to keep them busy for days, weeks, even months. Thinking about the mysteries of the universe. Solving problems. Exploring themselves. Doing stuff that matters. That's what fulfills their soul. Not people.

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

"The task is not to see what has never been seen before, but to think what has never been thought before about what you see every day."

-- Erwin Schrödinger (1887 - 1961)

[Soroptimist @soroptimist]

International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated yearly on March 8 to recognize and honor women's achievements throughout history and raise awareness about gender equality and women’s rights. How did International Women’s Day begin?
https://t.co/rXXIFaVUMu

[Clooney Foundation for Justice @ClooneyFDN]

On #InternationalHumanRightsDay - what does justice mean to you?

[Ana Paret, Rebellious Joy Counselling @AnaParet]

@Bloomex_canada big customer service fail today. Would you like to know what happened? As it stands when asked, i will absolutely not be recommending your services.

[Ana Paret, Rebellious Joy Counselling @AnaParet]

@ferryman4747 Threat?? It's a statement. Right or wrong, it's a STATEMENT. Which we as Cdns still have a right to make...no?

[Ana Paret, Rebellious Joy Counselling @AnaParet]

@Dyson getting nowhere with support in Canada #customerservicefail #iconicservicenotsomuch #ordercanceled

[Ana Paret, Rebellious Joy Counselling @AnaParet]

Just posted a photo https://t.co/V21pfHiNmL

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@toysruscanada i have been on your site to order PS5 and no products are showing. Is there a delay?

[Jonathan Capehart @CapehartJ]

You know Google exists, right? From Donald Trump to the Washington Post in a letter sent on March 31, 2016. Here, read it for yourself: https://t.co/ERqDN9atbl

#dobetter #cpsd

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@PlayStationCA helluva marketing shitshow re: PS5 preorder launch. Marketing is a psychology game, this my dear Sony is psychology abuse to your consumers. Refocus and change.

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@RealCdnSS @leelu681 This exact thing happened to us too! We were on hold for 1 hr and 17 mins before we gave up. I cant even EXPRESS my frustration with this whole experience. But Galen's bottomline will feel it.

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@PlayStationCA
PS4 = Smooth like butter rollout
PS5 = PR nightmare.
The way this has been handled could have been avoided if so many didn't feel like a ploy in some warped capitalist plot.