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Simple Rules, Complex Consequences
A couple of weeks ago, one of my Clean Language buddies, Keith Gregory, sent me a link to a You Tube video called “Doodling in Math: Spirals, Fibonacci, and Being a Plant” (click the picture, left, to play). He sent it to me because he knew that, many moons ago, I was a maths teacher, and I still have a love of maths. And he was right to send it because I was riveted to the spot as I watched this incredible display of mathematical thinking that highlights the fabulous patterns in cones and flowers and artichokes. Part 2 is now available, and I can’t wait for part 3. As someone on You Tube has commented, whoever would have thought there could be a mathematical cliff-hanger?!
Posted on 12 Jan 2012 by Marian Way in Pattern Spotting
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Is Your Team of Rivals Working in Harmony?
I’ve been reading “Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain” by David Eagleman, a book about the latest neuroscience relating to the nature of mind. In it he argues that most of our processing is done unconsciously (hence ‘incognito’) and that our conscious minds have only a limited role – that of setting direction, or a desired outcome.
The importance of having an outcome orientation when working with clients is something we emphasise a lot during our Clean Facilitator Programme.Posted on 12 Jan 2012 by Marian Way in Book Reviews, Coaching, Outcomes
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# 2 Listening to Each Other
In this 2nd edition of the Clean Learning Pocast, I'm joined by NLP Trainer, Coach, Certified Clean Facilitator and Intuition expert, Bev Martin. Bev lives and works in Portland, Oregon, USA and four years ago she asked if I would run a Clean Language training there. I took up the challenge and have been back every year since. In the first part of the show we cover a wide range of topics, including: how Bev and her friend got started by reading "Metaphors in MInd"; how she has since…
Posted on 09 Jan 2012 by Marian Way in Podcasts
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Clean Language is like… Origami
Metaphor is to the human mind what folding is to science.
Everything is made of folds - the earth, our DNA, illness and health in the folding and unfolding of protein molecules, the human brain, our clothes, the folding and unfolding of our memories, metaphors and dreams ...
A few weeks ago, as I was watching a documentary about origami (Between the Folds by Vanessa Gould) I found myself thinking about Clean Language, what it means to me, my experiences with it and how I have formed a…
Posted on 22 Nov 2011 by Sharon Small in Clean Language, Creativity, Metaphor
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A Common Vocabulary?
Last week a friend sent me a link to a discussion on TED - the ‘good ideas’ website - where leading lexicographer Erin McKean posed the question:
How important is a common vocabulary for sharing ideas, and how do we arrive at one?
Do we need to all be "on the same page" to have productive conversations? Do we have to use the same language or talk about ideas in the same way? What are some examples of vocabulary that's divisive, rather than helpful?
Unfortunately by the time I clicked…Posted on 11 Nov 2011 by Marian Way in Clean Language
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As or When?
At our practice group meeting on Monday we focussed on the syntax of Clean Language and in particular, the use of 'as' and 'when'.
There are three parts to a Clean Language question. First of all, we acknowledge what the other person has said by repeating some, or all, of their words, prefaced by the word 'and'. Secondly, we pick out a word, phrase or gesture to direct their attention to and do so by saying, "And when... [client's word(s)]" or "And as... [client's word(s)]". Finally we ask a clean question.
Posted on 19 Oct 2011 by Marian Way in Practice Group
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#1 A Good Clean Laugh
In this first episode of the Clean Learning Podcast, listen to an interview with laughter coach, Lisa Sturge. She describes what attracted her to Clean Language and how she uses it in her coaching, her business and with her family. And in the second half of the show, I ask Lisa some clean questions about her laughter.
Lisa helps people to laugh and works with schools and organisations as well as individuals to help them create more laughter every day. She describes it as 'a joyous way…
Posted on 11 Aug 2011 by Marian Way in Podcasts
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Weight Loss: If at First You Don’t Succeed…
…do you try again, or give up? If change is hard, do you see it through, however long it takes, or do you compromise on what you really want? There are plenty of stories about how one or two Clean Language sessions radically changed someone’s life. And what about all the sessions that gave someone a fantastic insight or two, but which did not result in the desired behavioural change?
My story is about losing weight. Not based on a single flash of inspiration, but with repeated attempts – and Clean Language sessions - over a long period of time, each of which has moved me forward in my quest to eat in a healthy way for good. After five years of accumulated learning, I believe I am now finally doing this.
Posted on 05 Aug 2011 by Charlotte Ellis in Client Stories, Health, Metaphor, Outcomes
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