BridgePoint Philosophy
You are not broken. You do not need to be ________.
What is fixed?
Driven by an emotional need to please others often at the expense of our own needs or desires, best describes what type of behavior?
What is people pleasing?
This practice uses posture, breath, and movement to unite mind and body, originating in ancient India.
What is yoga?
The majority of BridgePoint's models come from this Centre for Transformational Learning located on Gabriola Island in British Columbia.
The Haven
This team member has been with BridgePoint the longest.
Who is Helen?
Focusing on this percent in recovery emphasizes making small, consistent improvements each day that compound over time to create meaningful, lasting change.
What is 1%?
Brene Brown's metaphor about trust, talks about adding these to a jar when people do repeated and consistent acts of kindness and respect.
What are marbles?
This is the practice of maintaining a moment-by-moment awareness of our thoughts, emotions, bodily sensations and surrounding environment with openness and curiosity.
What is mindfulness?
This is a foundational model and its components comprise of Perception, Interpretation, Feeling, Intention and Action. Reminder, it important to keep context in mind.
What is the communication model?
This flower is used in the BridgePoint logo.
What is the crocus?
At BridgePoint, we emphasize group work and connection because healing does not happen in this.
What is isolation?
"Eating in the Light of the Moon" contains an excerpt known as "The Log Story" used in BridgePoint programming and was written by this author?
Who is Anita Johnston?
This 10th cranial nerve is known to play a large role in the mind-body connection, specifically in the parasympathetic response of the autonomic nervous system.
What is the vagus nerve?
This model's components consist of the authentic self, actual self and ideal self. It outlines falling into a reactionary cycle of self-hate or choosing to respond with self-compassion.
What is the Selves Model?
This team member has a dog named Lola.
Who is Lauralyn?
This approach in recovery focuses on building and incorporating new, positive behaviors and resources rather than solely eliminating negative ones (which send us into scarcity and deprivation).
What is the additive approach?
Statement such as "this is a form of self-pity", "weakness", "it will make me complacent" and "it is selfish" are all myths referring to this action.
What is self-compassion?
These types of techniques anchor you in the present moment and are most beneficial when feeling overwhelmed by strong emotion. Example of this type of technique is 5,4,3,2,1
What are grounding techniques?
This is a process that best describes the cycle of resilience.
What is the Recovery-Discovery Model/Process?
BridgePoint was started as a pilot project in this year.
What is 1997?
This order of change refers to the deep, transformational shifts in perspective or structure as opposed to making making surface-level behavioral changes.
What is second order change?
"No wonder you are ____ because...because...because..." is an example of this way of communicating.
What is validation?
Being true to yourself includes being in alignment with and embodying these ways of being or beliefs we hold most important.
What are values?
This model focuses on relationships and interpersonal dynamics. It explains how we are all connected by a universal energy, however, we often trap ourselves in rigid boxes based on our need to please and conform.
The Resonance Model
This is our most essential "team member" and we couldn't do our best work without them. Hint: may not be human.
What is the coffee machine?