Transforming the Sacred Wound Part 6: Descending into the Wound
The transformational shift that can occur around the sacred wound feels a whole lot like a descent. It has a downward quality to it. It often feels heavier, stickier, thicker, and more…
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Transforming the Sacred Wound Part 10: The Genius
And so what emerges from the initial aversion, resistance, and pain of the wound is something generative creative, playful, and sometimes even luminous or numinous. Marianne Williamson…
Transforming the Sacred Wound Part 5: Handling Numbness
Oftentimes the starting point is just numbness, like there is nothing there to access. We can’t feel ANY emotion. We just sense a wall or a barrier. Instead of regarding numbness as bad or…
Transforming the Sacred Wound Part 4: Go to the Body
In order to identify the sacred wound, it helps to feel into the body for an emotional reaction. People often report a tightness in the chest, a nausea, a blockage in the throat. Our…
Transforming the Sacred Wound Part 3: Stop Scratching
Few of us relate to our wound like it’s a form of genius in any sense of the word. We relate to it like we have to get rid of it. I have a friend whose father left her mother, and sisters…
Transforming the Sacred Wound Part 2: Identifying the Wound
In my previous blog post, I began a discussion about the sacred wound . The essence of the message was that when we regard the wounding we experience in our lives as good news rather than…
The Sacred Wound: A Doorway to Your Genius
Everyone carries a wound. No one is exempt.
Creating Authentic Relationships
For the most part, people take relationships for granted. We assume we know what the other person wants and needs, and they assume we know what we need. The main source of relationship…
Getting Real
I was working with a coaching client this morning, and he was pretty anxious. As we started to explore the anxiety, what we discovered was that he wasn't being real with himself. He wasn't…
Stop “Should-ing” on Yourself
Below is a quote from the section of a book that I’m reading by Claudia Naranjo. Naranjo was a student of Fritz Perls, the well-known gestalt psychotherapist that led encounter groups at…
Hoping and Waiting, Waiting and Hoping
I just got off the phone with a potential client. He was feeling stuck in terms of his work. He’s transitioning from a service oriented job to an investment field. After a bit of exploring…
Meta-View
My wife, Melissa, friend, Peter, and I were on Mt. Tam early this morning having a great conversation. Nature has a funny way of giving you a fresh perspective. At one point, we were…