“The greatest force in the human body is the natural drive of the body to heal itself – but that force is not independent of the belief system. Everything begins with belief. What we believe is the most powerful option of all.”

- NORMAN COUSINS

“When you come to see you are not as wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you are wiser today.”

- ANTHONY DE MELLO

“Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.”

- ARUNDHATI ROY

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."

- RALPH WALDO EMERSON

“Without inner peace, outer peace is impossible. We all wish for world peace, but world peace will never be achieved unless we first establish peace within our own minds."

- THE DALAI LAMA

“Those who are awake live in a state of constant amazement.”

- JACK KORNFIELD

“The wise man questions himself; the fool, others.”

- HENRI ARNOLD

"You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips."

- OLIVER GOLDSMITH

"Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth."

- HENRY DAVID THOREAU

"Healing is Remembering Who You Are"

- MARILYN GORDON

"All healing is essentially a release from fear."

- A COURSE IN MIRACLES

“We lose our freedoms at the altar of fear.”

- KAHLIL GIBRAN

“It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love is put in the giving.”

- MOTHER TERESA

The Hero Book Workshop

An art and narrative therapy course

”Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.”
Marianne Williamson, quoted by Nelson Mandela at his inauguration.

See the short U-tube clip of interviews with facilitators and participants.

Description

The Hero Book is an art and narrative group workshop, in which participants rewrite the story of their own lives with themselves as a hero.

It is profound in its simplicity and uses a combination of methods. e.g. drawing and colour, talking and writing, movement and reflection.

The course is 18 hours (6 sessions of 3 hours each) with group facilitator and complementary therapist Suzanne Leighton (BSc (UCT), MSc (WITS)).

Outcomes:

You will create a well-illustrated autobiography – a graphic personal document of lasting significance.

Your self-esteem should be renewed, and you should have a clearer sense of inner strength, direction and purpose.

You would be able to use the techniques to supplement your work.

You will join a larger support circle of past heroes called “The Hero Circle”.

At the end of the workshop you will be able to facilitated the process, if you so wish. The individual process is part of the training and you will receive a facilitator’s manual. This rollout provides a powerful multiplying factor, appropriate in the South African context.

Who will benefit?

Those who are interested in identifying the hero in themselves.

Those who would like to create a record of their lives.

Those feeling stuck or at a crossroads.

Those in the caring role will be supported and enriched.

Practitioners, therapists and also their patients or clients.

Those eager to shift a relationship with a partner, parent, child or sibling.

Information

U-tube: Information and interviews (7 minutes) – http://youtu.be/Sbqm7NNl26c

Next Course

Duration: 6 sessions of 3 hours each.

Venue: As arranged

Cost: To be discussed

Booking: To arrange a course please contact Suzanne Leighton (021) 794-2738, (084) 293-3214, [email protected]

Bespoke

If you would like to organise a workshop please contact Suzanne Leighton at [email protected]

A course can be modified to suit you – e.g. 5 consecutive days or 14 weeks of one hour each.

Examples from a Hero Book

This is a series of drawings from an example of a Hero Book.

Each drawing is the result of a carefully designed activity and represent different aspects of the participant.

Note the change in style of the same person’s drawings over the 6 week course.

You do not have to be an artist – the activities are guided.

Facilitator: Suzanne Leighton: (021) 794-2738, (084) 293-3214 [email protected]

Suzanne Leighton BSc (UCT); MSc (WITS); PMP (USA)

Complementary Therapist. Practice number: 106 000 0216224

Originally trained as a civil engineer and project manager, Suzanne is now a Complementary Therapist registered with the Allied Health Professionals Council (SA) in aromatherapy and reflexology which she uses in combination with counselling. She has a special interest in mental health and runs awareness workshops at schools, in various communities and in the corporate environment to initiate conversations about the difficult topics of suicide, depression, mania, bipolar, post natal depression and emotional instability.

For more information contact Suzanne using the form below: