“It would be difficult to see how a species as dependent on learning as we are could have survived if we didn’t find the process of making sense of our environment pleasurably rewarding.” ~ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Kim Hermanson As humans, learning isn’t just a necessity—it’s a deeply ingrained source of pleasure. Our very survival…
In my coaching work, a client’s deep metaphoric patterns often emerge as a primary shape. The most common shapes I encounter are line, circle, square, triangle, and spiral. Occasionally, a client’s pattern will take on “no shape,” such as vastness or flow, or a shape that is entirely unique to their journey. Squares, representing clarity…
When Dostoevsky said, “Beauty will save the world,” he wasn’t referring to surface beauty. He was pointing to something deeper—poetic beauty. As James Hillman described it: “The way in which the Gods touch our senses, reach the heart, and attract us into life.” This kind of beauty has the power to save the world. Why…
Each of us carries a vast reservoir of non-verbal, non-rational, non-cognitive wisdom—a deep well of knowing that exists beyond the boundaries of logic and language. This wisdom is always present, quietly offering its insights, but it often goes unnoticed because our thinking minds dominate the conversation. When we loosen our fixation on what we think…
The composer Leonard Bernstein would complain sometimes about being dry and blocked. During those times, he’d sit for long hours at the piano and just improvise–strum chords or try a sequence of notes. And then suddenly, he would find one chord or note that “hit.” That one note suggested the next. Bernstein said that the…
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