Clients often come to therapy because of negative associations and patterns (negative metaphors). But in my own work, I find it helpful to go deeper… into a client’s innate positive (rather than negative) metaphoric associations. Fifty years of outstanding research by George Lakoff and others has demonstrated how metaphors form the basis of our cognition,…
When Logic Fails: How Metaphor Unlocks Creative Solutions Recently, a new client, Alice (not her real name), came to me in a state of financial desperation. The book editing work she had relied on for years had dried up, and she needed to pivot quickly. Her plan? Apply for a project manager position at a…
Many years ago, I began giving intuitive readings to friends and family. These readings weren’t about prediction or fortune-telling—they delved deeper. I worked with metaphors and images I saw “under the surface” of whatever situation they were grappling with. People loved my readings and frequently asked for them, but I hesitated to embrace the word…
Metaphor: The New Critical Thinking? Every so often, I receive an email that lingers in my thoughts for weeks. One such email, from someone named Eileen, has been sitting in my inbox for two months. The subject line alone stopped me in my tracks: “As if…metaphor is the new critical thinking?” That phrase has stayed…
I recently had a thought-provoking conversation with a friend about whether the images and metaphors that surface in our subconscious are “real.” Like dreams, I believe these images have something to teach us, and on that point, my friend and I agree. However, his concern lies with what I call a “key image.” Key images…
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