I used to think the mistakes I’d made had ruined my life. I walked away when a major publisher wanted to publish Getting Messy in a different format. I lost an inheritance by investing in questionable stock purchases. I let a special person get away. I failed to plan ahead. And so on. But by [ Read more … ]
Learning & Creative Process
What metaphors are guiding you… or your organization, family, or project?
Each of us has a primary metaphoric image that gives life to and feeds our passions and gifts. These primary images usually come from childhood, and they’re often associated with that natural world. My metaphoric image is of my father and grandfather planting in their farm fields. One of my students who grew up in [ Read more … ]
Creating Space for Spirit to Speak
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 … ]
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 … ]