“Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.” ~ Orson Scott Card Metaphor cuts through mental chatter and confusion. 1. An artist who’s involved in too many outside projects sees her work as an apple tree with ripe fruit. It’s time for her to harvest her fruit. If she doesn’t,…
Non-cognitive, intuitive, feeling-based learning is a profound, heart-centered approach that reconnects us to our innate wisdom, fostering growth and understanding in ways that transcend traditional, linear methods. This type of learning invites us to embrace the richness of our emotions, intuition, and sensory awareness, enabling a deeper connection with ourselves, others, and the natural world….
Metaphor is embodied wisdom. We commonly think of metaphor as something poets use to embellish their language, a tool of the left hemisphere. We also often dismiss it as “not real,” saying, “that’s just a metaphor.” But metaphor is much more than that. When we engage with a key metaphor, it connects us with a…
The desire to create certain outcomes hampers transformation. 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 align with Something greater than ourselves. When we loosen our fixation on what we think,…
During the many years that I led creative writing workshops, I noticed something interesting about the thing invited deep writing. Some writing prompts–often involving words or newspaper headlines–kept people entrenched in analytical thinking and… their subsequent writing was heady and dry. Their writing might have been slick and witty, but it was rarely deep or…
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