MY COMMUNITY
THE CITY OF RYDE EISTEDDFOD
The City of Ryde Eisteddfod is an annual and inclusive community-based event showcasing talents from all age groups. Competitions and performances were cancelled over the course of the coronavirus pandemic. Despite ongoing challenges arising from the global health crisis and the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East and the Holy Land, adjudicated events have now returned to the open stage. Creative performances and competitions in various disciplines are scheduled to be held in July, August, September and November including the much-loved Seniors 50+ Concert. IHET is very excited to announce we will be participating once again in several events this year.
The Seniors 50+ Concert will be held at the North Ryde School of Arts Community Centre on August 9, 2026. The event will be adjudicated and prize trophies are awarded at the end of the program.
Deadlines are strictly set for both online and paper submission of entries. Please go to their official website for more details and for access to the syllabus for 2026.
MY GIFT
THE TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS OF YOUTH ADJUSTMENT
IHET ushers in the winter season with the gift of knowledge and wisdom drawn from decades of scholarly work, from teaching to research, academic writing and pedagogical endeavours. In this section, we share the good fruits borne out of an empirical study that explored the interactive effects of Transactional Analysis (TA) on youth adjustment.
TA is a practical and rational approach to understanding human behaviour and personality. It is a psychological and social theory with mutual contracting for change and growth founded by Eric Berne (1910-1970). Berne claimed that transactional analysis evolved from his clinical experience. Basic TA concepts were grounded on observable behaviour changes occurring in a client when a stimulus such as a gesture or a sound entered the focus of the therapist. These changes involved facial expressions, word intonations, sentence structures, body movements and posture, tics and carriage as though there were several different persons inside the person.
TA therapists analyse the way the various selves or ego states in TA terminology - Parent, Adult and Child - transacted with other people and the environment. This analytical process makes it possible to identify and understand motives used to manipulate people and situations that nay result in maladaptive behaviour and psychopathology.
IHET completed a research project leading to the award of a Master’s degree in Education major in Guidance and Counselling. The thesis entitled, “Using Transactional Analysis to Enhance Adjustment in Filipino College Students”, has received global recognition. This research endeavour has been peer-reviewed and published in world acclaimed scientitic journals such as the Transactional Analysis Journal, Research Gate, Sage Journals, and Taylor & Francis Online. Access to Research Gate is provided here for your interest.
MY PRAYER
THE SUSCIPE
The Suscipe is a prayer of surrender authored and cited by St Ignatius of Loyola in the Spiritual Exercises. It helps us connect ourselves with our calling in carrying out our mission for the greater of God.
Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty,
My memory, my understanding,
And my entire will,
All I have and call my own.
You have given all to me.
To you, Lord, I return it.
Everything is yours; do with it what you will.
Give me only your love and your grace,
That is enough for me.
(St Ignatius of Loyola, circa 1522-24)
Acknowledgement
IHET acknowledges the traditional owners of the land and pays respect to elders, past, present and emerging, the Wonnarua Nation and the Darkinjung and Awabakal People.