Learning & Creative Process

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Metaphors allow us to live new possibilities

Mythologist Michael Meade describes sacred occurrences as those in which the “seal that separates the worlds” is broken and Spirit enters through that break. In Doorway sessions, clients go through a portal into a sacred, interior place where they tap into their own metaphoric inner wisdom. The messages from this realm are clear, direct and…

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Our hearts drive our curiosities

I have a client who loves history. Before working with this client I’d never thought much about history. I like watching historical movies, but I disliked history as a subject in school and I always did poorly in it because it required memorizing information (names, dates, places) that felt dry and dead to me. But…

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the power of metaphor in client sessions

One of my clients just completed a graduate degree and was feeling stressed about his career path. He needed to earn an income to support his family, yet he wanted to stay true to himself. He talked about needing to cross a “bridge” to find work aligned with his heart. But the metaphor that spontaneously…

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Creativity tip: How can you make it strange?

Creativity happens when we make unusual connections…making what is familiar “strange.” We presume that certain things automatically go together—boat, duck, and water, for example. When we put unusual things together, we are in “creative” terrain. (As a silly example, ham sandwich and hair jell don’t go together…it’s a creative combination.) When we put two paradoxical…

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Free tele-class wednesday August 14th! “The transformative power of metaphor”

Your heart holds wisdom that goes far deeper than your rational mind…  and the primal language of your heart is metaphor.  The power of metaphoric images is that they bypass the linear mind, fundamentally shifting our perceptions and outlook. Once we’ve “stepped into” whatever metaphoric image is presenting itself, we often find that whatever was…

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