February 6, 2017
Integration of Four Components that make up pursuit of any art. The four components are: 1) passion, 2) talent, 3) skill, and 4) knowing what matters to you and what the art or activity contributes to you and to others. I illustrate these with my own story. Passion: This feeling of love and fascination with a particular art or activity cannot be manufactured. Read Field Note
January 21, 2017
The most crude approach in terms of working with behaviour is to try and change it immediately, to get rid of it, to conquer it, and/or to critique oneself for not getting rid of it, or changing it. The more subtle approach is to note that the behaviour has control over us and takes charge of us. Further realizing that the behavior points to a powerful sub-identity that has grown out of early experiences that become lodged in the unconscious. The sub-identity has control of the part of you that is trying to grow. Read Field Note
January 20, 2017
Death is the body’s way of saying that it has had enough; enough of the struggles and the internal conflicts. I believe that early death is a result of protracted and often largely unconscious struggles that become so ingrained that they are not noticed: all the while the body tries its best and hardest to hold everything together but, beyond a certain point of tolerance and acceptance, it couldn’t, and starts to fall apart. Psychotherapy, in particular, what I call inner work, can facilitate the uncovering and exploration of the domain of the unconscious, the ground within which the struggles and internal conflicts take place. If the work is successful, and to the degree it’s successful, the person may find him/herself completely “at home” and more closely in alignment with their ‘true nature. Read Field Note