Being headless: How to create openness and collaboration in teaching and leadership
When we hold the stance of the “one who knows” with our students or clients we create a polarity. The other person now has something…
Author: Kim Hermanson
Dr. Kim Hermanson helps creatives, pioneers, and seekers break free from linear thinking and access a deeper, more expansive intelligence through metaphor. An educator and adjunct professor at Pacifica Graduate Institute, she guides people into the mind’s third space—an untapped field of profound beauty and knowing. Learn more at MetaphorMind Lab.
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Tapping unseen energy: The creative power of teaching and imaginal space
The creative process is how we engage with life, and all of us interact with life in different ways. For me, teaching has been my…
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Rethinking PhD dissertations: How imagination can reshape higher education
I recently read The Authentic Dissertation by Trent Jacobs, a thought-provoking book on alternative approaches to doctoral dissertations. It explores using art, fiction, dialogues, indigenous…
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The art of paying attention: Beauty, teaching, and the act of love
Thomas Aquinas once wrote, “To know a thing is to awaken to its depth, complexity, and presence.” According to Aquinas, everything—and everyone—secretly and profoundly desires…
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Teaching from Third Space: How shared wisdom inspires transformative learning
Yesterday, I finished teaching my final Psychology of Transformative Learning class. The title alone felt daunting to me—(I didn’t choose it; I would have called…
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