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“How to Grow Your No.” – Map Review

  • Posted by Sylwia Korsak
  • Categories Mental Health & Wellbeing, Personal Development
  • Date February 23, 2021
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I blog a lot about books, so for a change today, we will look at a different therapy/coaching tool: a map. As unusual as this sounds, maps are something I work with a lot. In fact, when people ask me for a metaphor for my work, helping clients draw maps is exactly what I do. So to celebrate my first therapy placement recently, I have treated myself to a set of Mapology Guides, and today, I would like to talk about my favourite one: “How to Grow Your No.“

This map takes us on a journey through a greenhouse full of various plans, exploring different forms of saying “no”. I wasn’t aware of so many ways of doing it, so I have learned a lot from this journey on paper. There is a soft and hard “no”, there is a binary and more general “no” too. At the end of the journey, we arrive at a shop with additional tools to cultivate this new habit. And as we follow the metaphor, we learn about weeding, pruning, feeding, training our habit of saying “no.” All of those explorations are so helpful.

So why is this map so helpful? Well, first of all, the therapeutic professions attract people who care for others; thus, oftentimes are more familiar with saying “yes” than “no.” In fact, during both coaching and counselling training, we spend a lot of time exploring our boundaries for the client’s safety and trust. Using this map can be incredibly helpful during the training and continuing professional development.

Of course, the map is also a wonderful support tool for the actual client work too. Mine is hanging on the office wall, so I can always point out some areas of the visual to my clients and start our work there. I can imagine this tool being incredibly useful with work with young people. And with adults who might prefer clean language work, metaphors, and visual tools. Fantastic prompt for deeper therapeutic or coaching work.

As I continue my journey with maps, I admire the creativity, wisdom, and innovation of this product. It works on so many levels. For my own reflective work, I take away one quote by @Lottie_Storey (based here, in Bristol):

Set firm boundaries now and you’ll bloom. Remember, the only people who get upset when you set boundaries are the ones who benefited from you having none.

@Lottie_Storey

By the way, for a bonus set of reflective tools, you can also get the map in the Blurt Foundation shop together with other goodies.

Tag:boundaries, clean language, metaphors, toolkit

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Sylwia Korsak

I am a senior social media and digital wellbeing consultant, coach and counsellor.

Since 2004 I am helping individuals, organisations and brands articulate their stories with the help of the social web and find humanity in the digital world.

I am a word of mouth marketer advising nonprofits and commercial brands on informed, realistic, sustainable digital strategies. I help organisations and brands develop sustainable digital wellbeing strategies. I am a personal adviser, coach and counsellor working with individuals wishing to identify, plan and develop their digital wellbeing goals. I am supporting clients in understanding the growing range of choices related to their online activities and in making decisions benefiting their personal careers and wellbeing.

I offer a wide range of digital services, so please take a moment to learn more about my experience, but also check out the testimonials from my past and current clients. I am always happy to chat about digital wellbeing and social media so feel free to get in touch for an initial consultation. I practice what I preach. I am a blogger passionate about digital and wellbeing. I take visual notes about my hobbies: coffee and allotment gardening. I record inspiring moments in my personal photo notebook. I am a founder of BarcampNFP and BigosUK.

I currently work mainly in digital wellbeing and mental health. I am a Community Champion at OTR Bristol, a social movement for young people’s mental health (the oldest youth counselling service in the Bristol area). I volunteer for Bristol Mind and other local mental health charities.

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