“We can choose what we focus on” When I was studying hypnotherapy 30 years ago, a common metaphor for the unconscious mind likened it to a vast, dark storehouse full of treasures and memories, and our conscious awareness as being like a narrow-beam torch that we shine into one corner or another. We only see
In a nutshell, the Anticipatory Principle says that people (and human systems on every scale) move in the direction of their images of the future – and the more positive the image of the future, the more likely it is to lead to positive action in the present. In one form or another, this is
According to the theory of social constructionism, the language we use, and the conversations we have, shape our social reality. We make sense of things through conversation with other people. What becomes established as ‘knowledge’ is a broad social agreement created among people through communication. What are the implications of the Constructionist Principle for coaching?
