Ally, I’m assuming you guys did this all over zoom, correct? I think I remember reading somewhere that al your clients are zoom clients right now. Either way, I’m tickled to read how you guys worked together and created a nature connected experience this way. I admittedly struggle with the nature part with zoom in the mix, especially after wor…

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Sul, that’s an excellent question, if certain parts are in different stages! My tentative answer is yes. I can reflect on my creative ventures and feel like one part is ready to go, always churning and burning. Another part wants the creative project to happen but isn’t as far ahead as my creator part. I think this is why the partswork mat…

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Right off the bat, can I say I love this question of “When you woke up this morning, what was it like to be you?” Man, what a cool question! This inspires me to think of my own opening question for sessions. I also love your plant idea, having something to cultivate. I have thought of sending out a small plant for my clients before, but hav…

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You love metaphors too? I love metaphors! I agree with you that you have a strength in linking key metaphors and bringing them back to reflect on goals. I really enjoyed the times where you were my coach, and I felt seen because you could see the story behind the story. I like to think that as coaches, we get permission to access this core of…

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Hey Sul. I would say that awareness and presence can be pretty interchangeable. I do know that technology really becomes and issue for my kids, and even myself. What I tell clients, and often my own family and friends, is that we haven’t had a brain hardware update in 30,000 years. Our brain is better accommodated for a more rugged way of l…

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I find that rather amazing that

A) you tried something that was new and unfamiliar

And

B) That your trainer spoke of neural networks.

That’s delightful! Kudos for doing the uncomfortable and unfamiliar. And yes, you will absolutely build those networks and be a pro at all sorts of maneuvers pretty damn quick. 😊

On a smaller scale, I’ve been lea…

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Since our first exposure to partswork, I’ve believed in the power of accessing ourselves in this way. I’ve witnessed how it can bring awareness and fundamentally change people. The partswork session I had with Michael during our last intensive was one of those moments of fundamental change. It was a nexus, where everything converged into a sin…

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In Changing for Good, Porchaska speaks to the difference between “change” and “action.” He writes, “Professionals who equate change with action design terrific action-oriented programs, and are bitterly disappointed when sign-up rates are minuscule…programs designed to help precontemplators are vastly different than those designed for peopl…

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Sul,

I’m particularly drawn to your reflection of “I too have an artist story…”. Someone once told me that when we are working with others in this space, whether coaching, intuitive work, etc, that 80% of what we do is meant for them and 20% is meant for us. I find a lot of truth in that observation, as there are always things that I am learn…

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In Siegel’s Pocket Guide to Interpersonal Neurobiology, he writes that “Awareness is also a crucial aspect of how we use the mind to alter the course of our lives, to learn new skills, and even change the structure of the brain itself, and to reflect on what has meaning. Awareness makes choice and change possible.” (1-3). One of the phrases that…

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I read a passage in Jill Bolte-Taylor’s My Stroke of Insight that has been sitting with me in relation to my learning of grief and the grieving process. She says:

“Because the term “feeling” is broadly used, I’d like to clarify where different experiences occur in our brain. First, when we experience feelings of sadness, joy, anger, frustrati…

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Well, this is some fascinating stuff. I’ve read through it a couple of times and the stages are really fascinating. I can see elements of myself in them, elements of others. I will have to think on it more. Thank you for such a thorough introduction. 🙂

What you said about trauma is interesting, in that jumping to alchemist through the c…

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This is a really interesting question right now. Here we are, two months later, and the answer is completely different than it was then. The simple answer is I’m starting to tend to my own traumas, because I can recognize that they are there. I’ve recognized how down I’ve been the early part of the year. (Austin is really grey in January and F…

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I appreciate your incredibly candid and raw response. The idea of others “trying to find an escape” in the midst of needing that container to unpack and feel resonated with me. Our container determines our capacity to support others. Is it microwaveable? Can it be washed in the dishwasher, or is it a one-time use container? We don’t alway…

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