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Dr. Sheila O'Byrne, Counseling Services Dr.O'Byrne recieved her education from McGill University, the University of Alberta and the International Academy of Meditation in Italy. The focus of her Ph.D. dissertation was on the process of recovery from Bulimia Nervosa. With this education and her own personal experience with change and growth, Dr. O'Byrne has a broad base from which to counsel. She has recovered from eating issues, in addition to other challenges and difficulties. "I have been meditating since 1987, and have been doing Tai Chi since 1980. I have found in my healing and growth that doing something positve every day for me, is an integral part of my healthy life. By doing something healthy every day change does begin to happen. In time small changes become big changes. Time is a funny thing, for when we look back it seems like it has gone by so fast. Just think, whatever age you are, look back over the last three years. Imagine that everyday you have taken five minutes to sit with yourself and meditate. You could then say that you have been meditating for three years and it passed so quickly. Healing would also be occuring during this time. This would mean that you would be improving in the following ways:
These changes happened for me over time from meditating and getting counseling, for example I spent 7 months at the meditation school, which involved meditating every day and doing lots of therapy. This sped up my recovery. See if there is someone that you feel safe opening up to, for this will speed up your healing. There are many more wonderful things about recovery such as feeling good mentally, emotionally and physically. Feeling peaceful and able to handle negative mind-talk, difficult feelings that emerge sometimes, are other benefits. Being smarter than ever is really fun too. I don't mean book smart, I mean intuition smart. You see my Inner Knowing is not as covered up anymore and so I am more in touch with my inner wisdom, That is fun! Here is a joke about "smart": A little boy, a priest, a company president and a pilot were on a plane. The plane's engines stopped. The pilot said that there were three parachutes and he was going to use one. He proceeded to jump out of the plane. The company president said that he was the smartest person in the world and he needed to use a parachute. He jumped. The priest looked at the little boy and said that since he was getting old, he would give the last parachute to him. The little boy looked up at the priest and said 'Father, we will be okay. The smartest man in the world just took my knapsack.'" Dr O'Byrne has written four manuscripts:
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