Verbally-Abusive Patterns of Speech: Dominance The Goal In her remarkable book, The Verbally Abusive Relationship, Patricia Evans walks us "blow-by-blow" through transcripts illustrating how an individual can use verbal…
Marshall Rosenberg's Nonviolent Communication provides a way for us to acknowledge that it is our own interpretation of another's behavior which leads to our personal emotional response, not the objective behavior itself. "Owning" one's own emotional response is a first step in non-defensive communication to another in a conflict situation.
See previous blog Creating At The Edge: Culture of Creativity for introduction. INTUITIVE FOCUSING EXERCISE: THE "TOUCHSTONE MISSION" So, let's modify the "One Small Thing" Focusing Exercise a little…
(To catch up with this topic, see Week One Empowerment Organization , Week Two Examples of "The One Small Thing") Motivation is a bottom-up, not top-down thing. Each…
Kathy's Experience: "One Small Thing" Focusing Exercise (see Week One Empowerment Organization for Introduction) I did the "One Small Thing" Focusing Exercise included below on my own problem/goal:…
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT This is the beginning of a new four week cycle. For four weeks, we practice an actual exercise in three different categories: An Instant "Ahah!" to…
Download complete instructions on using Intuitive Focusing and Focused Listening Turns to resolve interpersonal conflicts, turning conflict into creativity: Chapter Five: Interpersonal Focusing Capitulo Cinco El Proceso Interpersonal Order the…
Honoring "Subjectivity": "This flower is beautiful TO ME" We tend to use pseudo- objectivity, pseudo-factualism, pseudo-logic to assert our view of the world over others, to "win" arguments: "Mine…
Motivation = Engagement : Apathy Is The Enemy! You are charged with finding that "one small thing" which will get every employee or volunteer or citizen fully engaged in your…
HEALING YOUR ALONENESS THROUGH INNER NURTURING Caring Feeling Presence Inside This four weeks, while practicing a Complete Focusing Session, we are learning about turning a Caring Feeling Presence, the Focusing…