The Bonsai Tree
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]
Safe in the Harbour
(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…
Pebbles (podcast)
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)
A therapeutic and metaphorical tale about… well, I’ll let you decide..!
Unploughed Ground (podcast)
A tale of opportunity, potential, focus, action, investment, success and reward…
How do you get it all into someone's mind..?
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 »