Browsing articles tagged with " metaphor"

The Bonsai Tree

Jul 24, 2012   //   by Steve Wooding   //   A Slice of Lemon, Articles  //  2 Comments

IN SHORT: Is your life all it should be, or just a miniature of what it could be?

“Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being. They make use of a very small portion of their possible consciousness, and of their soul’s resources in general, much like a man who, out of his whole bodily organism, should get into a habit of using and moving only his little finger. Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.”
[William James, 19th/20th-century American Psychologist, Philosopher & Author]

 [1145 words, estimated reading time 6-10 mins]

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Safe in the Harbour

May 10, 2011   //   by Steve Wooding   //   A Slice of Lemon, Articles  //  No Comments

(1274 words – approx 7-11 mins to read)

We spoke last time about being open enough and brave enough to entertain the idea of worlds different to our own, so I thought I’d tell you a story that I wrote a while back for a client that seemed to be appropriate

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Pebbles (podcast)

Jan 7, 2010   //   by Steve Wooding   //   Audio, Podcast  //  1 Comment

This isn’t that new a tale – I first used it as part of a series of ‘Creating Calm’ stress-management sessions a few years back.

As always with metaphorical tales, it’s about whatever you take from it… enjoy! Read More »

Distant Singing (Podcast)

Jan 4, 2010   //   by Steve Wooding   //   Audio, Podcast  //  No Comments

A therapeutic and metaphorical tale about… well, I’ll let you decide..!

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Unploughed Ground (podcast)

Oct 21, 2009   //   by Steve Wooding   //   Audio, Podcast  //  1 Comment

A tale of opportunity, potential, focus, action, investment, success and reward…

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How do you get it all into someone's mind..?

Mar 27, 2009   //   by Steve Wooding   //   General  //  No Comments

Odd, isn’t it, how we manage to keep some shelves and cupboards reasonably tidy and others are a total jumble?

I was speaking to a legal boffin at a local networking group last week about presenting and public speaking and came up with a metaphor for one of the powerful techniques derived from hypnosis of creating speeches that really, truly work.

It’s a bit like filling an empty cupboard with stuff. Read More »

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