2022 ACA World Convention
Workshop Recordings & Additional Materials
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Saturday
East Asia Speaker Panel
East Asia Speaker Panel
Speaker: Christina (China) / Sean (Taiwan) / Yuhki Y (Japan) / Brian P (Thailand)
Speakers living in East Asia will share their ACA recovery journey.
Speaker: Christina (China) / Sean (Taiwan) / Yuhki Y (Japan) / Brian P (Thailand)
Africa Speaker Panel
Africa Speaker Panel
Speaker: Bangs (Zambia) / Karen T / Kay M / Wilma (South Africa)
ACAs in Africa speaking about their ACA recovery journey. Speaker shares and participant Q and A. Also an update on printing ACA literature in Africa.
Speaker: Bangs (Zambia) / Karen T / Kay M / Wilma (South Africa)
Meeting Your Loving Parent
Meeting Your Loving Parent
Speaker: Esau G.
This will be an introduction to the subject of the Loving Parent using a mix of lecture style explanation, question-and-answer interaction with participants, and interactive activities.
Speaker: Esau G.
Starting From Scratch: Creating a Bilingual Recurrent Event
Starting from Scratch: Creating a Bilingual Recurrent Event
Speaker: Marius S / Crristina S / Cristina M / Anelia / Iulia / Cipran / Vasile
Tech Host: Hardeep M
We’ve learned that abuse and dysfunction doesn’t care for language, culture or geography and that we’re all one big global village. The panelists will share the impact of these events in their life and recovery, how being part of the technical team helped them to step up in doing services in community and how important it was for them to step up from isolation.
Speaker: Marius S / Cristina S / Cristina M / Anelia / Iulia / Ciprian / Vasile / TECH HOST: Hardeep M
Creative Writing for Recovery: Thriving with the Spirit of Creative Writing
Creative Writing for Recovery
Speaker: Christine B / Gretchen W / Judy G / Marcus H
A panel discussion where 2 – 3 recovery writers read their creative writing and discuss how it supports their recovery. Writing “prompts” or ideas will be discussed. Participants will be invited to share about what they hear in participants’ writing that relates to recovery.
Speaker: Christine B / Gretchen W / Judy G / Marcus H
The Set Aside Workshop (Seeing Service from a New Perspective)
The Set Aside Workshop
Speaker: Bob M
The workshop will help participants to focus on what life was like prior to ACA, recognize the positive impact of ACA, and to reflect on ways that their experience can be put into service to help others.
Speaker: Bob M
Meet the European Committee
Meet the European Committee
Speaker: Hasse (Denmark) / Fredrik (Sweden) / Vilma (Lithuania)
ACA development in Europe and what steps we could be taking the coming year. Plus Translations and the importance of Regions.
Speaker: Hasse (Denmark) / Fredrik (Sweden) / Vilma (Lithuania)
Tapping Into the Subconscious
Tapping Into the Subconscious
Speaker: Eriko I / Carol E
The Puppet Show method allows us to tap into our subconscious to find out what our Inner Children want from us.
Speaker: Eriko I / Carol E
Finding Support in ACA Recovery
Finding Support in ACA Recovery
Speakers: Christine B / Justine F / Sue V
Three members of the Sponsorship Study Group will present a summary of their Connections document, currently in Literature Evaluation, and answer questions about sponsorship and other support.
Speakers: Christine B / Justine F / Sue V
Meet the ACA WSO Trustees
Meet the ACA WSO Trustees
Speaker: WSO Trustees
Get to know the ACA Trustees! No boring speeches!
What’s their favorite thing to do outside of ACA?
How many languages do they speak?
Any secret talents?
Speaker: WSO Trustees
Setting Boundaries
Setting Boundaries
Speaker: Christine B / Sandy D
The Intimacy Gram
The Intimacy Gram
Speaker: Ken F
The Intimacy Gram is a diagram representing the quality of your relationships and balance in your life. It serves as a roadmap for future direction as well as a resource when working the 12 steps.
Speaker: Ken F
12 Baby Steps: Beginning of the Beginning
12 Baby Steps: Beginning of the Beginning
Speaker: Linda S-H
There are ways to stay with the program without falling away if we use the Baby Steps and soften the rise to recovery. Non-dominant handwriting excercise asking their inner self to respond to the idea of using the baby steps in their own recovery.
Speaker: Linda S-H
Inner Child Meets Loving Parent
Inner Child Meets Loving Parent
Speaker: Alexandra M
We meet both the inner child and the loving parent in two separate meditations. Finally we bring the two together in a visualization that facilitates unity and healing.
Speaker: Alexandra M
Show & Tell: Games and Toys From Childhood
Show & Tell: Games and Toys From Childhood
Speaker: Anita J
Sign up to share a Show & Tell of games and toys from your childhood.
Speaker: Anita J
Let’s Flip It
Let's Flip It
Speaker: Clara T.
We will address the laundry lists traits, drama triangle and learn how to flip it with the help of our Inner Family members and achieve emotional sobriety.
Speaker: Clara T.
Stress Relief for ACAs
Stress Relief for ACA's
Speaker: Pete A.
Join Pete A. for a heartfelt workshop where participants will learn practical techniques for reducing their stress.
Speaker: Pete A.
ACA Recovery as a BIPOC
ACA Recovery as a BIPOC
Speaker: Bea B-J (UK), Hardeep M (UK), Judy (USA), Von G (USA)
Speakers will share about their ACA recovery journey as a(n) BIPOC.
Speaker: Bea B-J (UK), Hardeep M (UK), Judy (USA), Von G (USA)
Supportive Relationships within the ACA Community
Supportive Relationships within the ACA Community
Speaker: Louis B
The workshop will provide some potential reframes for how ACA might present and discuss recovery relationships in the program for both those with longer-term recovery and beginners.
Speaker: Louis B
Bringing ACA to Hospitals, Prisons & Therapists
Bringing ACA to Hospitals, Prisions, and Therapists
Speaker: Rich / Jim / Mindy / Sachi / Gary
We will suggest how to set up local H+I meetings in jails and institutions. We will also go over the new “ACA Information for Health Professionals” trifold and give suggestions on how to bring this trifold to local therapists and doctors.
Speaker: Rich / Jim / Mindy / Sachi / Gary
Belonging, Connection, & Purpose
Belonging, Connection, & Purpose
Speaker: Claire W / Jasminia T / Lawrence D / Mary R / Omid J
The premise that any amount of service can create connections for our inner children to be part of a worldwide community and truly belong. Our collective experience from ‘hurting to healing to helping’ is the highway of our shared community.
Speaker: Claire W / Jasminia T / Lawrence D / Mary R / Omid J
Meeting Your Inner Child
Meeting Your Inner Child
Speaker: Esau G
This will be an introduction to the subject of the Inner Child using a mix of lecture-style explanation, question & answer interaction with participants, and interactive activities.
Speaker: Esau G
Meeting My Inner Child
Meeting My Inner Child
Speaker: Reg R
The first step in my spiritual awakening started when I embraced my indigenous heritage but that was not enough to really change who I was inside.
There is much in common with my indigenous teachings and ACA. Both are based on thoughts and actions coming from love.
Speaker: Reg R
Sunday
India Speakers
India Speakers
Speaker: Shangreila S / Sunita N / Nidhi G / Shishir G / Subhash C
ACAs in India will share their experience, strength and hope gleaned from their ACA journey thus far.
Also, an update on India’s first Intergroup, and printing literature for India.
Speaker: Shangreila S / Sunita N / Nidhi G / Shishir G / Subhash C
Publishing Committee
Publishing Committee
Speaker: Sue V / Bill D / Fredrik H
Update on what’s going on with ACAs worldwide publishing. Spreading the hope of ACA Recovery to the still suffering Adult Children across the globe.
Speaker: Sue V / Bill D / Fredrik H
European Speakers
Speaker: Angeliki K (Greece), Anita D (Greece), Sophia A (Translator)
Angeliki K: How did I pass the dysfunction from my family of origin to my own family, to my kids?
Anita D: Working the steps – from hurting to healing to helping
Speaker: Angeliki K (Greece), Anita D (Greece), Sophia A (Translator)
Service Coming from Love
Service Coming From Love
Speaker: Erin D / Cheryl F / MaryJo L / Fredrik H
Panel discussion with scenarios, representing effective and ineffective communication around business meeting and service settings. Solutions around our Laundry Lists, Steps, Traditions, character defenses, The Suggested Commitment to Service.
Speaker: Erin D / Cheryl F / MaryJo L / Fredrik H
ACA Schematic
ACA Schematic
Speaker: Alaska Y / Doug R / Juliet O
Utilizing the ACA Schematic with the Basic Five Daily Needs and the Six Essential Recovery Tasks to address the effects of CPTSD from trauma experienced in childhood.
Speaker: Alaska Y / Doug R / Juliet O
Literature Committee
Literature Committee
Speaker: Christine B
Update from the Literature committees on new ACA literature under review and in progress. Learn how you can get involved! Literature Development and Literature Review subcommittees.
Speaker: Christine B
ACA Laundry Day – In Living Color
ACA Laundry Day In Living Color
Speaker: Ashley N / Carlos L / Chantelle B / Kim H
BIPOC speaker meeting that will explore how ACAs identify with the Laundry List and the ACA tools they use to live on the Flip Side of the Laundry List.
Speaker: Ashley N / Carlos L / Chantelle B / Kim H
Emotional Sobriety in Intimate Adult Relationships
Emotional Sobriety in Intimate Adult Relationships
Speaker: Michael H / Alaska
We will use the Reparenting Check-in and readings from ACA literature to give us clues as to what we’re looking for in terms of integrating and moving on from our problematic patterns and habits in our relationships. Guided meditation and time for journaling followed by participants sharing.
Speaker: Michael H / Alaska
Setting Boundaries in My Recovery
Setting Boundaries in My Recovery
Speaker: Anastasia S
Share experience, strength and hope to the adult children. Learning that boundaries are an important part of recovery and could be achieved.
Speaker: Anastasia S
Calming the Mind and Body
Calming the Mind and Body
Speaker: Lisa D
This was a physical/visual presentation. We are unable to share the video due to anonymity issues for the participants. Even though you may not be able to figure out everything that is being done, we hope you still find value in being able to hear the audio.
This workshop would offer the opportunity to experience vagus release exercises and Trauma Release Exercises as well as some neuro rebalancing and fascial release. Would be ideal to have space for a mat.
Speaker: Lisa D
