Скачать или смотреть Lynne Taylor - exploring transcendence and wairua in mental health and wellbeing

Despite the significance and acceptance of Mason Durie’s “Te Whare Tapa Whā” model of health, the Mental Health Foundation’s “Five ways to wellbeing” material contains no explicit reference to spirituality/wairua, thus seemingly neglecting taha wairua. While some note potential connections, further exploration and nuancing in relation to the place of spirituality in the “Five ways” is required.


Fisher, Francis and Johnson’s “Spiritual Health via Four Domains of Spiritual Wellbeing” (SH4DI) model helpfully extends spirituality beyond an emphasis on the divine as the object of one’s spiritual focus. Alongside God, their model names self, community and environment as domains of spiritual wellbeing. A weakness of the SH4DI, however, is its potential to limit transcendence to one aspect of spirituality (relationship with God or Transcendent Other), rather than considering how transcendence may relate to each of those domains.


This presentation will place “Te Whare Tapa Whā”, the SH4DI and “Five ways to wellbeing” in conversation. It will consider how transcendence may be experienced in each of Fisher et al’s areas of spiritual wellbeing and focus (personal meaning, interpersonal connection, environmental concern/appreciation, and “religion”). This approach will then be applied to the Mental Health Foundation’s “Five ways to wellbeing”, exploring how each might relate to transcendence. The presentation will conclude by returning to wairua, making explicit the potential between each of the “Five ways” and spirituality.