Teaching has always been a creative playground for me–a way to explore things that fascinate me and experiment with new ideas. Peter Vaill wrote, “The essential starting point of artistic consciousness is acknowledging that something is more than I can possibly know.” That place of the unknown is mysterious and juicy. We don’t know what [ Read more … ]
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Spirals take my client on a journey into depth.
In my coaching work, a client’s deep metaphoric patterns will come through as a primary shape. Most commonly, these are line, circle, square, triangle, and spiral. (They can also show up as “no shape”–like vastness or flow, or an entirely unique shape.) Squares (clarity and good boundaries) and circles (wholeness, individuation) show up frequently, but [ Read more … ]
When we teach, counsel, or coach, greater wisdom is present.
When we teach, counsel, or coach, there is a greater space of wisdom that’s present. I call it Third Space. Third Space is a place of expanded knowing, creative breakthroughs and intuitive wisdom. Many of us get stuck thinking in black and white categories: “Should I do A or should I do B?” But there’s [ Read more … ]
A metaphor gives us an experience.
In my coaching work, I introduce my clients to an ancient, innate, felt sense way of knowing that allows them to enter a potent field of universal intelligence that would otherwise be inaccessible. It is our capacity for METAPHOR. Metaphor is an ancient way of knowing that allows us to understand our world through the [ Read more … ]
When you teach or coach, be someone people can connect with. It’s not about techniques.
Even the most experienced teachers, coaches, and workshop leaders get caught up in the “how” of techniques, theories, information, and strategies. But creating the perfect teaching module won’t make you a great teacher. Your work rests on WHO YOU ARE. Once you have that, the ‘how’ is easy. As Brené Brown said in Daring Greatly, [ Read more … ]
