When we’re having conversations about change, we can assume the other person is in an active-focus rational or emotional mode like we are. But often they’re not. And that mismatch of modes can lead to frustration and conflict. We need to understand that a lot of people, a lot of the time, are in a […]
psychology
The holes in the Earth Summit
It turned out the Earth Summit was more of a foothill. This was a huge event back in 1992. We hoped it would lead to fixing everything. Looking back I can see it was inevitable that it didn’t get that traction. It didn’t have a big enough picture. In the 1990s we simply didn’t know […]
Is scar tissue stopping you finding your treasure?
Have you ever been reflecting on your life, and had an experience like going into a room and realising there’s a door that’s been wallpapered over? Physical scar tissue comes from injuries that heal imperfectly. I’ve adopted the term as an allegory for something that happens in our inner lives. We have different kinds of […]