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creative breakthrough

Breakthroughs happen when we open spaces we didn’t know existed.

January 20, 2023

Metaphor is an act of genius.

November 30, 2022

Metaphor is at the core of nearly all scientific breakthroughs and acts of genius.  Celebrated scientists like Niels Bohr, Richard Feynman, and Albert Einstein relied on metaphor to help them make new discoveries.  Clearly, fundamental change depends upon our ability to engage with metaphor. In other words, metaphor is an act of genius.

Don’t search for a solution. Open space for it.

November 9, 2022

The educator Maxine Green once said:  “I find that, when a space is provided, something rather wonderful can happen.”  Empty space allows things to evolve in an organic way. It creates room for what we DON’T know and can’t expect. Empty space allows Something greater to come through us. So next time you’re stuck, don’t [ Read more … ]

Check out my new article in The Psychologist: What’s Your Metaphor?

October 4, 2022

An excerpt from my book, Deep Knowing, published in The Psychologist: “The ability to comprehend our experience through metaphor can be thought of as a sense like seeing, touching, or hearing. Metaphor is connected with intuition. For example, someone might walk away from a conversation and say, “I can’t put my finger on it, but [ Read more … ]

Starts September 22! Entering Visionary Space Shamanic Pilgrimage

September 9, 2022

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Online shamanic pilgrimage for artists, visionaries, healers, social change agents, mystics & scholars of the non-ordinary. Thursdays  September 22nd, 29th, and October 6th 11 am – 1 pm PDT  /  2 – 4 pm EDT /  7 – 9 pm UK / 4 am – 6 am (Friday) AEST $217  includes recordings, ebook, [ Read more … ]

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