Giving a quick shout-out to my book GETTING MESSY: A Guide to Taking Risks & Opening the Imagination for Teachers, Trainers, Coaches & Mentors. True human learning goes beyond techniques, strategies, or rigid agendas. It thrives on connection—with others, with oneself, and with something greater. As human beings, our deepest need is to connect, and…
Teaching has always been a creative playground for me—a space to explore what fascinates me and experiment with new ideas. It’s where curiosity and creativity intersect. Peter Vaill once wrote, “The essential starting point of artistic consciousness is acknowledging that something is more than I can possibly know.” That acknowledgment—the mysterious and juicy place of…
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…
Third Space: A Portal to Wisdom and Creative Breakthroughs When we teach, counsel, or coach, there’s often a deeper dimension at play—a greater space of wisdom that transcends our usual ways of thinking. I call this Third Space. What Is Third Space? Third Space is a realm of expanded knowing, where creative breakthroughs and intuitive…
An image gives you something to look at and analyze. A metaphor, on the other hand, gives you an experience. In my coaching work, I introduce clients to an ancient, innate, felt-sense way of knowing—one that allows them to enter a potent field of universal intelligence that would otherwise remain inaccessible. This is the transformative…
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