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Oct 30, 2020

The Role of Insight In Transformation

Insight plays an important role in most psychotherapy. I am pretty solid in my belief that the most useful #Insights are the ones that arise following integration. Insight does not produce change. Insight follows the neutralization of charged energy. The imposition of insight when there is still charge does little…

Psychotherapy

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The Role of Insight In Transformation
The Role of Insight In Transformation
Psychotherapy

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Sep 11, 2020

EMBODIMENT — Behind the Scenes Personal Practice Edition

I fell into a discouragement sinkhole, filled with quicksand. I was tra-la-ing along through my weekend and BOOM, before I knew it I was awash in a deep pool of discouragement. I am one of those eyes wide open sort of people. I may take a news fast for a…

Self Care

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EMBODIMENT — Behind the Scenes Personal Practice Edition
EMBODIMENT — Behind the Scenes Personal Practice Edition
Self Care

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Aug 21, 2020

We live in a bi-polar world

We live in a bi-polar world. Day is inseparable from night. Night is inseparable from day. Men are inseparable from women. Women are inseparable from men. We cannot have one without the other. We experience this dynamic of dualism psychologically. We feel this as charged upset emotional and mental energy…

Integration

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We live in a bi-polar world
We live in a bi-polar world
Integration

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Aug 7, 2020

Facing Imposter Syndrome in Healing Work

One of the biggest challenges we as a tribe seem to face is Imposter Syndrome — feeling like a fraud. I think that this is fairly common to most professions. With us, this energy seems to come from three main elements of our work. First, there is a fairly rampant…

Psychotherapy

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Facing Imposter Syndrome in Healing Work
Facing Imposter Syndrome in Healing Work
Psychotherapy

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Jul 31, 2020

EMBODIMENT ~ Compassion Edition

Several years ago I told Zivorad that I had run out of things to work with in my personal practice … oh, the hubris! I mean, my life was good. At that point, I had been using integration practices as part of my daily meditation for years. I was pretty…

Psychotherapy

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EMBODIMENT ~ Compassion Edition
EMBODIMENT ~ Compassion Edition
Psychotherapy

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Jul 17, 2020

Creating A Crucible For Transformation

CREATING A CRUCIBLE FOR TRANSFORMATION. By way of introduction, this is the title of the training manual for the AAIT Fellowship Training Group. Participants lovingly refer to it as the Big A$% Notebook. …

Psychotherapy

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Creating A Crucible For Transformation
Creating A Crucible For Transformation
Psychotherapy

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Jun 19, 2020

5 Ways To Know You’re Ready To Expand Your Skills

We all have continuing education requirements to fulfill. To me, that’s not really the same as deep diving our learning, which is essential for having a successful multi-decade practice. Off the top of my head, here are five ways to KNOW when you are ready to expand your skill base…

Professional Development

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5 Ways To Know You’re Ready To Expand Your Skills
5 Ways To Know You’re Ready To Expand Your Skills
Professional Development

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Jun 12, 2020

5 Tips For Tending To Compassion Fatigue

COMPASSION FATIGUE — “indifference to charitable appeals on behalf of those who are suffering, experienced as a result of the frequency or number of such appeals.” It may start out as a kind of numbness or irritability. You might feel impatient or just wish someone would stop talking. …

Compassion Fatigue

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5 Tips For Tending To Compassion Fatigue
5 Tips For Tending To Compassion Fatigue
Compassion Fatigue

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Jun 1, 2020

Resist Much?

RESIST MUCH? Carolyn and her daughter Jessie are in the thick of individuation in the middle of a pandemic. The arguments are, well, unpleasant. After a layered exploration of Carolyn’s experience of Jessie, the good, the bad, the ugly, she felt better. …

Mental Health

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Resist Much?
Resist Much?
Mental Health

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May 22, 2020

How To Dive Beneath The Wave To Manage Your State

When I learned to swim in the ocean, my dad taught me to watch the waves carefully. He instructed that some waves were just going to be too big for me and I’d need to dive under them so I didn’t get banged up in the surf. The pandemic feels…

Mental Health

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How To Dive Beneath The Wave To Manage Your State
How To Dive Beneath The Wave To Manage Your State
Mental Health

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