Archive for 2010

Discovering and using my ‘Shadow’

Peter April 1, 2010 Post Comment Uncategorised

The Shadow Everyone carries a shadow, and the less it isembodied in the individual’s conscious life,the blacker and denser it is.At all counts, it forms an unconscious snag,thwarting our most well-meant intentions.— Dr. Carl G. Jung One of the features and exercises during my attendance ...

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Cloud Technique – even partially!

Peter April 1, 2010 Post Comment Uncategorised

Since discovering (thanks to Nigel Hetherington) the practical uses of the Cloud Technique, which was initiated by Kevin Creedon, I have used it fully and also partially for a number of clients – each time causing an immediate and positive outcome. On our recent course ...

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Avoiding eye contact – getting over a childhood shyness

Peter March 18, 2010 Post Comment Uncategorised

Another great inner lightbulb moment lit up last week, thus: Part of my very shy childhood (about 6 or 7 yrs onwards) was the looking down and turning my head whenever I made any direct eye contact with anyone except perhaps a relative or very ...

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Trust the Unconscious! Especially when Metaphors are revealed…

Peter March 18, 2010 Post Comment Uncategorised

You know how it is when you think after a conversation or (especially) a confrontation or argument – “Why didn’t I say that?” or “I wish I’d had the presence of mind to say that.” I had a moment like that hours after an in ...

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The Dog Whisperer – Cesar Millan

Peter March 16, 2010 Post Comment Uncategorised

I’m a big fan of the TV programme The Dog Whisperer. I watch it on many levels, especially for the changes he makes in the owners more than the dogs themselves – its watching psychology in action, week in week out. Currently Cesar is on ...

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Mapping Across – Bye bye to Jaffa Cakes?!

Peter March 15, 2010 Post Comment Uncategorised

Another “Aha!” moment from last week was perhaps submitting to my farewell to jaffa cakes. During a mapping across exercise I meekly agreed to eliminating my, not so much desire for the little fellas, as opposed to the behaviour of eating a whole packet (or ...

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Winter Olympics – did we do enough?

Peter March 13, 2010 Post Comment Uncategorised

To check out my thoughts on this and the way forward, read my posting on the Discussion Board of Inside Performance: ...

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Breathing through the Feet!

Peter March 12, 2010 Post Comment Uncategorised

After another fascinating 3 days away for trainings with Inside Performance, I encountered more than my fair share of “Aha!” moments. (and not in the style of Alan Partridge either!) One of these was during an exercise doing guided PMR (relaxation) – also adding in ...

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Interesting Phenomena!

Peter March 12, 2010 Post Comment Uncategorised

My daughter was cooking “spag bol” for supper, and we were just chatting about our respective days at work. And I mused, as we both were standing in the kitchen, “Now might be a good time to just have a go at the hand-stick routine ...

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What Makes a Genius? Its the detail that counts for me

Peter February 19, 2010 Post Comment Uncategorised

I managed to watch this programme in earnest this evening:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPEqmcDLjHw Once again with Horizon gems like this, I find that the really exciting jewels for me are embedded in the detail of the programme. For instance – About 37 minutes in there is a ...

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