I have studied learning and creativity for thirty years. We humans think from our egos and we create from our egos. It’s all about “me me me.” Even people who are social activists often come from a place of “what can I do? I need to do more. I need to help.” Because of this [ Read more … ]
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Metaphor, Martin Foss, and the creative process
The present is not a phase in time. It is the tension by which past and future are metaphorically united and overcome. ~ Martin Foss Ten years after I completed the Ph.D., I was speaking to the president of a graduate school about teaching courses for his doctoral students in Depth Psychology. I didn’t have [ Read more … ]
Being Centered In Your Gift
Don’t write a book to help people. Don’t teach a class because you think people need to know something. Don’t become a therapist or coach because you want to help or heal others. If your focus is on other people and what you think they “need”… you’re not centered in your gift. Your focus needs [ Read more … ]
Showing Up to Spirit As an Equal
In doorway sessions, clients discover their unique relationship with Spirit–the unique way that Spirit wants to work with them. Because our ultimate assignment is to become Spirit’s dance partner. But in order to be that dance partner, we have to be our full selves. We have to show up as an equal. We don’t just [ Read more … ]
Yearning for a Deeper Connection… with Spirit
As I get older, I find myself yearning more and more for depth… and a deeper alignment with Spirit. It’s all I care about. It’s all I want. I don’t want to be distracted by anything that takes me away from that connection (crazy political news, my own insecurities or confused thinking, poor habits, …) [ Read more … ]