Tag: selfwithothers
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Self is a fiction
You’re not a thing, you’re a relationship How can we live authentically, when we’re each such a tiny part of a vast universe? How do we combine self-care and individual fulfillment, with social engagement and ethical, altruistic life-choices? How can we align our needs, desires and obligations without exploiting others or the earth? We start,…
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Acting and Life
A brief extract from a longer introduction to What Actors Know
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Right here, right now, you’re good enough
A principle to live by Lack of self-confidence is brutal. Every decision is tinged with anxiety. Each step is hyper-vigilant. Any set-back triggers a confirmation bias response — ‘I knew I’d not be able to do this….’. Opportunities are problems. Challenges are defeats. One set-back wipes out ten successes. We’re told to change our thinking…
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Sometimes it’s really not you….
It’s the system I’ve created a free introduction to Self With Others, accessible to anyone in any sphere of life. It’ll offer you insights and guidance towards aligning with the world, struggling less, living more easefully and accessing greater daily joy. When you sign up you’ll receive two emails a week for 8 weeks giving…
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The Interconnected Self
The central idea of Self-With-Others From very early in life we’re taught to live a lie. It concerns the very nature of self. I call it the myth of The Isolated Self. We’re taught to believe we’re separate from other people, nature, the world, even from those closest to us. Writer Charles Eisenstein calls it…
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Inner Work
The second ‘domain’ of Self-With-Others Most approaches to professional or personal development focus on one area of our lived experience. Much personal development focuses on changing our inner world — how we think, feel, use our body etc. Much Professional Development deals with how we connect and forge relationships. Organisational or political perspectives deal with…
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The power of connection
The third ‘domain’ in Self-With-Others I’m offering a free introduction to Self-With-Others, an way of living in connection in an interconnected world. It takes the form of 14 emails — two per week sent over 7 weeks. Self With Others is based on exploring three different domains of human experience simultaneously: our inner universe, the…
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The Interconnected Self
From very early in life we’re taught to live a lie. I call it the myth of The Isolated Self. We’re taught to believe we’re separate from other people, nature, the world, even from those closest to us. Writer Charles Eisenstein calls it ‘the myth of separation’. Like all myths, it contains some truth. We’re…
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Life’s an improvisation
Short Video
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I talk to my car
He makes me a better person. I talk to my car. Doing so makes me a better person. I also talk to my cooker, paintbrushes and washing machine. Sometimes I talk to the gravel on the drive, but I admit I worry the neighbours might hear. My relationship with things I talk to is real.…