The untapped gift of metamorphosis
If you’d like to tap your hidden super power, please join me for my upcoming event for therapists, depth practitioners, coaches, and workshop leaders, The Deepest Power. https://www.kimhermanson.com/events/
Similar Posts
The transformative power of metaphor
Metaphor is more than just a literary device—it’s a gateway to inner transformation. By engaging with metaphors, we tap into an unconscious human language that transcends words, touching the deepest layers of our psyche. Certain metaphors recur throughout the world’s literature and resonate universally. They describe the profound journeys of growth and transformation that define…
Your creative genius: The transformative magic of positive metaphors
Positive metaphors hold the key to unlocking a person’s innate creative gifts and talents, acting as powerful bridges to the deeper parts of our psyche. They bypass the critical, linear mind, guiding us toward intuitive insights and untapped potential. Metaphors have the unique ability to shift perspectives, evoke emotions, and catalyze transformation, making them invaluable…
The power of images: Bridging creativity, learning, and cultural transformation
Images speak in a very quiet voice. For a long time, the various parts of me have felt separate. I am both an academic and a creative, deeply passionate about teaching and learning as well as creativity and the arts. Over time, I’ve come to realize that my mission is to bridge these two worlds….
Unlocking deep wisdom through the magic of metaphor
Metaphor is embodied wisdom. We commonly think of metaphor as something poets use to embellish their language, a tool of the left hemisphere. We also often dismiss it as “not real,” saying, “that’s just a metaphor.” But metaphor is much more than that. When we engage with a key metaphor, it connects us with a…
Inviting the Third Space: Teaching as a creative collaboration
One of the most captivating aspects of teaching—or any situation where people gather for an intentional purpose—is what I call Third Space. This is the mysterious and profound “in-between” that arises when people connect around something they care about. Philosopher Hannah Arendt called it “an in-between.” Theologians describe it as a “Divine Third,” and Martin…
Listening to the Underworld
The Underworld is brilliantly intelligent and with this pandemic, it’s orchestrated so many good things. For most of my clients, they’ve silently yearned for some of these changes… less pressure on external appearances, more self care and focus, cooking meals as a family, working from home, solitude, less running around… And aside from the lifestyle…