Non-cognitive, intuitive, feeling-based learning is… HEART-CENTERED. We’re connected to ourselves, one another, and the earth. NON-LINEAR. Answers don’t arrive the way we expect them to. ASYNCHRONOUS. The solutions are separate from the problem. SIMPLE. Our understanding is simple, rather than complicated. (Complexity often signals that we’re over-thinking.) ANCIENT. The earliest humans learned in a sensory…
In his book, POWER IN THE HELPING PROFESSIONS, Jungian psychiatrist Adolf Guggenbuhl discusses how therapists, teachers, and medical practitioners create polarities with clients and students when they take on the role of “knower.” Jungian analyst John R. Haule calls this polarization a “split archetype.” A split archetype happens whenever we know “what is best” for…
It’s counter-intuitive, but opening up space is more important than filling it. Many who teach, train, coach, or mentor focus on content and strategies, but it’s the opening of space that’s transformative. When we focus solely on content, learning becomes static. We have no room to let the wisdom under the surface reveal itself. Creating…
CRITICAL THINKING is often confused with finding things to disagree with. Perhaps the word “critical” is what gets in our way. Actually, critical thinking is more about depth. Critical thinking is the ability to look under the surface of what is being said and discussed. It involves examining our own lenses and perspectives. It’s about…
Metaphor is embodied wisdom. We commonly think of metaphor as something poets use to embellish their language, a tool of the left hemisphere. We also often dismiss it as “not real,” saying, “that’s just a metaphor.” But metaphor is much more than that. When we engage with a key metaphor, it connects us with a…
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