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- Spiritual development
There is no MENTAL HEALTH without ETHICS, and no ethics, without MINDFULNESS.
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About Melanie
I am a 39-year-old, retiring performance artist (transdisciplinary), buddhist practitioner under the guidance of Bhante Sujato.
I am a transformative mental health educator and activist. Who aligns with the psychiatric survivor movement and mad liberation efforts.
I am a re-imaginer of education, lit up by self-directed learning communities, unschooling, and other learning experiments going on around the world that break away from factory schooling.
I am a climate activist who has a heart of kindness and compassion for all living creatures on this earth. That has left frontline action to explore fierce vulnerability as action.
I'm an Autistic human who is out and proud. As well as a victim-survivor triumphing over Complex Trauma. A peer/lived experience expert.
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It's hard to disagree that we are living in a time where mental health is challenging. Especially for young people inheriting a world in climate emergency, war etc.
Often, we are told what is right and what is wrong by others and society. And this oppresses our own faculty of discernment.
We may have inherited principles we wish to embody. We may wish to interrogate, question, and challenge some of these. And come up with our own.
When we find ourselves saying something that hurts ourselves, hurts someone else, or hurts both of us. It impacts our mental health.
When we find ourselves doing something that hurts ourselves, hurts someone else, or hurts both of us. Our mental health again is impacted.
Even our choice of job can come into contradiction with our principles. And it can be difficult to navigate survival and doing what's right.
By developing a sharper awareness, we pick up what can be known as a 'wise fear', a concern of the consequences of our actions BEFORE transgressing our principles.
By cultivating mindfulness, we learn to befriend our remorse, that is healthy shame communicating to us when we transgress.
Some simple practices can support us in living by our principles. We can be supported in these practices so that we may eventually integrate them into our lives.
The first practice is to develop the courage to be honest with ourselves. If we can be honest with ourselves, we can be honest with others. This is a confession practice, without the judgement. A confession practice can also give us the means to reclaim the act of forgiveness. Instead of forgiveness coming from the outside. We can learn to give the gift of forgiveness to ourselves and offer this gift to others. Learning accountability and repair, rather than learning it the hard way, much loss and pain till we wake up.
The second practice is the flip side, the practice of recollecting and rejoicing in goodness. Be it the generosity, ethical conduct, compassion, kindness, whatever beneficial contribution is made through speech or action of ourselves, or others. By recollecting and rejoicing in these we grow in confidence to embody these qualities. Our view of self moves away from constant fault finding and critique. To that of praise when praise is deserved. Encouragement. The result of which is joy. Joy just with ourselves. And joy shared with others.
I would like to offer one-to-one support with this, through reflective conversation, creativity as and when needed, and meditation practices. For ALL ages. Though I am especially motivated to offer this to young people.
My relevant experience is:
Mental Health Ministry/Buddhist Chaplaincy:
It is important to note I am not an expert in this field. To get the best guidance approach a senior monastic in the tradition you follow.
In May 2023 I completed the introduction training for Mental Health Ministry with Rev. Alan Galt through The Mental Health CPE Centre, part of NSW College of Clinical Pastoral Education. And earned the entry level qualification to begin providing chaplaincy in hospitals, hospices, aged-cared facilities, schools and prisons. I decided to continue on to the foundational 400 hour unit CPE1 lead by Rev. Alan Galt, with Krsnangi as my supervisor. And completed this unit at the end of 2023.
Emotional CPR:
In 2023 I completed the 2 day practitioner training in Emotional CPR with Dr Susanne Armstrong. (eCPR) is an educational program designed to teach people to assist others through an emotional crisis by three simple steps:
C = Connecting
P = emPowering and
R = Revitalizing
eCPR was developed with input from a diverse cadre of recognized leaders from across the U.S., who themselves have learned how to recover and grow from emotional crises. They have wisdom by the grace of first- hand experience.
I am waiting for the next stage of training to become available. The organisation has placed it on hold.
Meditation and Buddhist practice experience:
As a means to keep Spiritual Materialism at bay I will refrain from listing how many retreats I have attended. I see benefit in paying homage to the teachers, and teachings that have I have benefited from. Providing links for others to explore their teachings. And so will try my best to do this.
I began meditation practice in the Vipassana Meditation community in 2012. I spent approx 9 years under Goenka G’s guidance, attending retreats and daily practice.
Approx 2017-now I started attending talks and guided meditations with Bhante Sujato at the Lokanta Vihara, the “Monastery at the End of the World”. Also attending day retreats with Santi Forest Monastery, and short retreats with the former Bhante Akaliko and Venerable Upekkhā. I also benefited from giving time for self-directed practice at both Santi Forest Monestery and Wat Buddha Dhamma.
Approx 2020-22 I engaged in Zen practice drawn to the teachings of Kodo Sawaki and Uchiyama Kosho Roshi. I joined the Blue Mountains Zen group led by Jane Andino. And traveled to Japan for november sesshin at Antaiji.
At the end of 2022 I committed to one path, the Thai Forest tradition, with Bhante Sujato as my main teacher. Inspired by Muho’s teaching at Antaiji ‘choose your main dish!’.
In 2024 I attended retreats with teachers from BSWA; Ajahn Brahm, and Ajahn Brahmali.
In December 2025 I took temporary Samaneri ordination with preceptor Venerable Bhikkhuni Santini Mahatheri on the "Footsteps of Mahāpajāpatī: Honouring Women in Dhamma" Inaugural Pilgrimage along the Great Renunciation Trail of Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī & the Courageous 500.
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