Mind, relationships and communication

Mind, relationships and communication

According to interpersonal neurobiology, relationships can be understood as a process that involves the sharing of energy and information flow. This is the movement across time of energy that has symbolic value (a symbol is something stands for something else – like...
Thinking for a change: Mental models

Thinking for a change: Mental models

Peter Senge describes ‘mental models’ as follows: “Mental models are deeply held internal images of how the world works, images that limit us to familiar ways of thinking and acting. Very often, we are not consciously aware of our mental models or the effects they...
Contemplative reading and creative response

Contemplative reading and creative response

Try reading the following passages slowly and deeply, paying attention to your inner experience as you do. “All things are changing; nothing dies. The spirit wanders, comes now here, now there, and occupies whatever frame it pleases…For that which once existed is no...
Wisdom and folly: The myth of Daedalus and Icarus

Wisdom and folly: The myth of Daedalus and Icarus

Many years ago, the island of Crete was ruled by the cruel King Minos. One day he summoned to the island a famous inventor called Daedalus, who brought with him his son, Icarus, to do a job for the King. Minos had the inventor build a great palace for him, within...
To do what needs doing…to do the right thing

To do what needs doing…to do the right thing

“Just that you do the right thing. The rest doesn’t matter. Cold or warm. Tired or well-rested. Despised or honoured. Dying…or busy with other assignments. Because dying, too, is one of our assignments in life. There as well: “To do what needs...