Holding Environment
How much holding do you need in your environment? Winnicott wrote a great deal about the importance of the holding environment for psychological development. When doing individual or group work…
Fakeness – Being a Fake
How do you respond to fakeness? What does it mean to be fake? When I think of fakeness and being fake, the first thing that pops to mind is insincerity…
Rapprochement
In Googling rapprochement, 3.3 million results are returned. In scrolling down the page, it appears that more than 90% of the returns elate to rapprochement in its use in diplomatic…
Google God for Guidance
I’m still reading Your Soul’s Compass and came across a paragraph I just have to share – Seeking spiritual guidance is often misunderstood as consulting a cosmic Dear Abby or…
Fantasy vs. Imagination
My friend Gordon, co-author of Your Soul’s Compass, was attending a workshop with Hameed Ali (A.H. Almaas) recently. According to Gordon, people were using the the words “fantasy” and “imagination”…