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IN YOUR DREAMS: KEYS TO ANOTHER WORLD
Dreams are the threshold portals of our creative unconscious mind. Some might even say they are the windows of our soul in its travels beyond a world of physical and mental limitations. In dreams we review our past, reflect our … Continue reading
FIVE FACTORS FOR MENTAL FITNESS
Mental fitness flows from a process that begins with taking a break. Relax, and regain perspective on what is important. Employ imagery to construct a future living your personal values. Work in synergy with others in activities that allow those … Continue reading
FINALLY, AT LONG LAST, MY ARTICLE ON PROCRASTINATION
This article is about building passion into every project, so that you are eager to begin it, and don’t get bogged down halfway through. It explores self-statements, denial, avoidance, perfectionism, fear of failure, fear of success, and other barriers to … Continue reading
DON’T READ THIS ARTICLE: How the Mind Understands Instructions
Because of how the brain processes language and images, we have ingrained programming to make a picture or concept of an instruction or command sequence, even if preceded by the word “don’t.” The mind remembers the positive image, and drops … Continue reading
BEYOND COMPETITION: SPORT AND SPIRITUALITY
Part of Flow is some system of measurement to know if we are developing skill or merely replicating a static state. Throughout our competitive sport life we compare our performance with best in age category, best in the world, then … Continue reading
MARTIAL ARTS METAPHORS AND HYPNOSIS: CHAPTER 2
The second article in this series continues the exploration of metaphors of personal integrity and systemic harmony derived from the Martial Arts and their inclusion in hypnotic inductions to promote personal growth and peace.
MARTIAL ARTS METAPHORS AND HYPNOSIS, CHAPTER 1
This series of articles proposes that, in some circumstances, metaphors of personal integrity and systemic harmony derived from the Martial Arts can be included in hypnotic inductions to promote personal growth and peace. The first article focuses on the creation … Continue reading
DIALOGICAL DISPUTATION OF NEGATIVE SELF-STATEMENTS: CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD
Why are negative self-statements and negative self-appraisals so strong, so persistent, and seemingly so impervious to correction? This paper proposes that their strength could arise from a vestige of the bicameral mind, in which self-originated statements have the authority of … Continue reading
A CONTEXT FOR MENTORING
This PAA Psymposium article discusses the overlap in supervision and mentoring, and the transitions from transactional to transformational leadership as the supervision relationship develops and matures. It then distinguishes the context of mentoring from that of supervision, allowing for more … Continue reading
THE MAKING OF J.S.T.
This article outlines the inspiration and early phases of development of the Journal of Strategic and Systemic Therapies, later to become The Journal of Systemic Therapies, published by Guilford Press. Don Efron and the author established the core of the … Continue reading