Tale & tool of the day: Standing up for the underdog (excerpt from my new book Waltzing with Wolverines: finding connection and cooperation with troubled teens, now available in print) One of the most supportive things you can do with your power as a leader and role-model with teens, is to stand up for the underdog. […]
Tale of the Day: Trusting the unconscious Recently I had a client come to me because of a “big black sea of emotions.” Frank told me he felt tense, like he didn’t even want to “go there.” I began by working with the part of him that felt tense, guiding him through the Core Transformation* […]
Tale of the Day: Rewinding out of a bad experience Did you ever wish you could press rewind and just reverse right out of a bad experience? Well it’s actually possible. I know because I do it about three times per year. And it works every time. I used to get an intense asthma-like reaction […]
Tale of the Day: Sleepless Nights? Lack of sleep negatively impacts all areas of life. Countless studies show lack of sleep correlated with huge losses in productivity, happiness, safety, and long-term health and longevity. “Sandy” came to me recently complaining of severe lack of sleep. It could take her three to four hours to get […]
Tale of the Day: Bringing extreme blood pressure back into balance. Diane came to me in late October of 2012 because of dangerously high blood pressure over the previous ten months. Her doctor had put her on medication (Labetalol) in an attempt to bring her blood pressure into the normal range, but even so her […]
Welcome to what will now be my monthly blog "Tools & Tales of Change." You can also sign up to receive these monthly posts as an email newsletter by entering your name and email in the green box (upper right). This blog/newsletter is: Short and concise Offers you practical tools you can use yourself Shares […]
An article I wrote for Steve Andreas's NLP Blog: Years ago, I had a wonderful opportunity to hear a presentation by Marshall Rosenberg, founder of NonViolent Communication (NVC), a method for resolving conflicts. This was before I worked in wilderness therapy for several years and later started my own NLP private practice, so the field […]
