January 2021 – Break Out Of The Box

What is the Enneagram?

Posted on January 30, 2021 By Emma

Although the word Enneagram sounds exotic, it actually refers to a practical psychological system that describes nine basic personality styles and nine very different ways of viewing the world. This system shows how each of us has a central way to make sense of reality, a personality strat...

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Seven: A Story That Could Be True

Posted on January 28, 2021 By Emma

If you were exchanged in the cradle andyour real mother diedwithout ever telling the storythen no one knows your name,and somewhere in the worldyour father is lost and needs youbut you are far away. He can never findhow true you are, how ready.When the great wind comesand the robberies of the rainyo...

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Finding the Shadow in Everyday Life

Posted on January 26, 2021 By Emma

William A. Miller, Chapter 7 in Meeting the Shadow, Connie Zweig and Jeremiah Abrams (Eds.) There are at least five effective pathways to gain insight into the composition of your shadow: (1) soliciting feedback from others as to how they perceive you; (2) uncovering the content of your project...

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Poetry As Healer

Posted on January 22, 2021 By Emma

Healing words – Some doctors find poetry can treat wounds that medicine can’t always reach. By Deborah L. Shelton, AMNews staff. American Medical News, May 17, 1999. “I can’t tell you how many times patients have come in and said a poem ha...

Teachings and Coaching

The Paradoxical Approach to Problem Solving

Posted on January 20, 2021 By Emma

(For a full description of this approach read The Tactics of Change by Fisch, Weakland, and Segal) The Importance of Reframing Sometimes “more of the same” increases resistance to change; e.g., a colleague who resents you telling her what she “should” do will not be...

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The Heart Aroused

Posted on January 15, 2021 By Emma

I haven’t been a poetry fan, because I often “don’t get it.” However, I’ve enjoyed the way you use poetry at your web site and it’s never too late to learn. I hesitate to advise anyone on poetry, because that’s such an individual taste, ...

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An Interpretation of the Meaning of “Crisis”

Posted on January 12, 2021 By Emma

Years ago my tai chi teacher said these Chinese characters represent “Crisis,” the top character a symbol for “Danger;” the bottom character a symbol for “Opportunity.” Victor H Mair, Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at the University of Pennsylva...

Teachings and Coaching

Communicating Assertively

Posted on January 2, 2021 By Emma

Behaving assertively is a goal of effective communication. Being “assertive” is sometimes confused with being “aggressive.” We behave assertively when we state our wishes directly and honestly, while simultaneously taking others‘ needs into account. A classic book ...

What is the Enneagram?

Seven: A Story That Could Be True

Finding the Shadow in Everyday Life

Poetry As Healer

The Paradoxical Approach to Problem Solving

The Heart Aroused

An Interpretation of the Meaning of “Crisis”

Communicating Assertively

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