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A Heart that Knows
When I attended the NLP Conference at Regent's Park in June 1999, little did I realise that this was the first in a number of steps that would change my life. I had heard of Clean Language and Symbolic Modelling, but didn't really understand what it was, so when I heard James Lawley talking about Double Binds I was unprepared for the effect his talk would have on me. Here was someone who seemed to understand what it was like to get all tied up in knots by one's own thinking, and who offered hope that knotted thoughts may be able to be unravelled. I volunteered to be the demonstration subject and was soon sitting on a stool describing my metaphor landscape to the whole audience. Within three questions James had helped me to identify 'a heart that knows'...
Posted on 19 Sep 2004 by Marian Way in Life Purpose, Metaphor
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Moving Forward
If you want to move forward or get ahead, you're not alone. For many of us, life is a journey or pathway and taking certain steps will mean we end up where we want to go. This is a common metaphor that pervades everyday speech: I'd like to move forward; We've come a long way; My life has ground to a halt; I need to change direction; He's always one step ahead; She's at a crossroads in her career.
Posted on 04 Aug 2004 by Marian Way in Metaphor
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