No matter how much we push, intend and effort, it’s clear that we don’t often have all the answers that we seek. But Something else does. We humans are brilliant when we’re aligned with Something greater than ourselves. We don’t get breakthroughs by thinking harder or better. We get breakthroughs when we open spaces we…
In an article titled The Creativity Crisis in Newsweek, Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman highlight a compelling study of MacArthur “genius” award recipients. Researchers discovered a fascinating commonality among these highly creative individuals: many of them spent their childhoods immersed in creating “paracosms,” or richly detailed fantasy worlds. These weren’t fleeting daydreams. These children constructed…
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…
Many of my clients, especially those drawn to deeply creative work, often feel frustrated and stuck because they think they need clarity before they can move forward. But true creativity doesn’t operate like that. Creativity isn’t something we control or use to execute a predefined vision. It’s a space we open—a doorway to the unknown….
As a coach and educator, my work is to reveal the wisdom that lies in the spaces we can’t see. Creative breakthroughs happen when we perceive the wisdom that lies outside of our ordinary ways of looking. In Gestalt psychology, there is a concept called ‘figure’ and ‘ground.’ Westerners tend to see figure and have…
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