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Teaching, Coaching & Facilitating

Drawing More

April 28, 2010

The anthropologist Margaret Meade said that education would never work unless it was based on art, by which she meant that all subjects should be taught in the spirit of imagination, exploration, and play. “We talk too much,” said the poet Johann Goethe, “We should talk less and draw more.” Just imagine what that would [ Read more … ]

Finding Third Space

February 22, 2010

The other day someone asked me how to get to a place of “third space” when one teaches or facilitates groups. Third space, which I also call the “imaginal” realm, is a place of expanded knowing and intuitive wisdom that happens when two or more people come together for a shared purpose. When it occurs [ Read more … ]

When we are most vulnerable, we are most alive…

January 26, 2010

When we are most vulnerable, we are most alive, most open to all the dimensions of existence. In our vulnerability, is our power. ~Miriam Greenspan When I began teaching, I met weekly with a very wise mentor. For me, teaching has always been about growing into my deeper, higher Self and uncovering my own gifts. [ Read more … ]

Knowledge is only useful to catalyze creativity

December 14, 2009

One of my favorite quotes about learning is from Donald Oliver, who writes in Education and Community (published in 1976, it’s been out of print for years): “Knowledge, treasured as the gift of education, is really only useful as a catalyst for the active use of the student’s creativity. Not used for this purpose, knowledge [ Read more … ]

The Blind Men and the Elephant

November 21, 2009

The coolest thing about publishing a book is the community and connections that happen. I didn’t know it would be this way. Many years ago I had a vision of plunging into a dark abyss. It was scary of course–we never know what’s going to happen when we plunge into dark abysses. In fact, our [ Read more … ]

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