When the heart is closed off, when it turns hard and stops vibrating with Life, what then? What happens and how does it affect the person concerned and the people around them? What if you could get a front row seat to see inside someone else's inner world, to see…
It's important to trust your crew (the different parts of you) to do their job, but it's also important to know when they've reached the limit of their skills. Hearing everyone's views and experiences is essential, but it's important to take over as the leader when the task in hand…
Have you ever had a conversation with someone who’s just not listening to you? Every time you speak they interrupt with something of theirs, and you feel like there’s no space for your thoughts, or even your existence? Perhaps internally you have a similar dominating voice that doesn’t make much…
Expressing ourselves honestly and openly can leave us wide open to the risk of pain and hurt if it's not received with compassion or understanding. So why do it? Protection can take over where we hide our true selves and become distant and separate from each other. I want to…
What do you do when faced with opposition? Do you raise your hackles and fight, or crumble and submit like I so often do? What if the opposition is within you? Do you argue with yourself, overrule certain voices, or do you hear out all the different parts of you…
"You're the worst Captain ever!" Truthy declares, showing that she has absolutely no trust in me as my own personal leader, at least in that moment. What do you do when you have internal disharmony, where your inner voices are reacting to each other? Are you able to take personal…
The principles and practices of Nonviolent Communication are constantly up for debate. Just as we all have our own unique perspective on Life, so do we all have our own unique perspective on Nonviolent Communication. Is there a right way to practise it? Probably not, but I think there are…
How do others see us? Do we want to know? Do we want to broaden our perspective on Life, to learn how others see things, to potentially deepen trust and connection between us, and to make ourselves better human beings? Or is it just too difficult to hear other people's…
Daring to seek out fear - I want to feel it, welcome it and understand it - Giraffe puts up some resistance. She tells how she doesn't like fear, she's tired of it, and she wants to be free from fear. It seems to allude us even when we go…
It''s easy to blame others for causing our reactions but what if we take a closer look at what happens internally in response to an outside trigger? What if we can clear a whole load of our own baggage to manage our own reactions and grow and learn in the…