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How can we work to transform health care and human services systems? What seems to be missing from our systems to take them to the next level of efficiency and high quality service in our communities? Questions like these tend to get us focused on what is missing – things like adequate funding, more resources, […]

Frame of Reference Experience is one of the key features of our personal lens. Remember, the personal lens is the way in which we view our world, our circumstances, our current experiences. We look through this lens as a means of interpreting the events of our lives and the events of the world. We look

What does it mean to think “outside of the box?” For me, it conjures up the notion of ideas that exist outside of my current reality or my present frame of reference; solutions to problems or challenges that must exist somewhere – just not in my present awareness. As human beings, we are creatures of

Sometimes the very nature of our work in the helping professions has us focused on problems and what needs fixing. Many people will come to you looking for help with what isn’t working in their lives. Problems. Trouble. Trauma. Challenges. Strengths and Capacities Even though we may subscribe to the ideas of strengths based practice

When we practice appreciation, we automatically set our minds on an expedition for what is right – for the value in the experience. Appreciation is the starting point that makes it possible to miss those little things that really are a gift and that perhaps, we have taken for granted. Appreciation in the Now  Currently,

I have had an incredible summer creating, planning, and setting wheels in motion. Now I finally get to share with you! Here’s a snapshot of the juicy events and opportunities coming this fall at Elizabeth Bishop Consulting! Serving Consciously A new live show with Contact Talk Radio will debut on September 9 and air on

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my capacity for gratitude and how fluently I express it in my day-to-day life. I know I say thank you when I feel rescued from some horrible fate – you know the smoke coming out the hood of the car turns out to not be that big

Have you ever found yourself uttering these words…\”it is a sign of strength to ask for help.” Perhaps you have encouraged another this way as part of your professional role and within your personal relationships. I believe this statement to be true and I imagine you do as well. So, why can it be so

Do you believe in your unlimited capacity for compassion? A few years back, I was showing a documentary in one of my classes; a film about street nursing in Downtown Eastside Vancouver. It didn’t take long to notice the immense capacity for compassion demonstrated by these nurses. That was no surprise. What did surprise me

Renewable Resources In vocations of service, the focus is on the act of giving. The role of the professional is to provide services – to provide comfort and care – to assist and to support. It can appear to be a never-ending cycle of offering energy, time, resources, emotional presence, and mental attention to others.