Archive for 'Presuppositions' Category
The Map is the Territory
19 March 2007
By: Kris Hallbom
Before he passed away, someone asked an ailing Gregory Bateson, “Who will carry on with your work, once you’re gone.”
Gregory, being the great philosopher, anthropologist and systems thinker that he was replied, “A man by the name of Humberto Maturana out of Santiago, Chile. He has been doing some very interesting research that [...]
Robert Dilts on Generative NLP
19 March 2007
By: Kris Hallbom
There is a presupposition in NLP which states that you already have the resources that you need to be successful. NLP developer, author, and trainer Robert Dilts has taken this presupposition one step further on the evolutionary path of NLP, by developing a process called Generative NLP.
The concept of Generative NLP is that [...]
The Systemic Nature of the Mind and Body and How it Relates to Health
2 March 2007
by Kris Hallbom
The whole notion of cause and effect has made healing for people in Western society more difficult than it needs to be. It would be much easier for people to heal if everyone in the world took a systemic approach towards health and well being. The whole nature of systemic thinking is about [...]
Double Binds
12 January 2007
By Roger Ellerton Phd, ISP, CMC, Renewal Technologies Inc. www.renewal.ca
Double binds occur frequently in everyday life. A double bind occurs when we believe we have only two choices available to us. This perceived boundary - based on our beliefs and values about ourselves, about others or about the world around us - is actually an [...]
A Proven Set of Principles to Guide You in the New Year
29 December 2006How many of us have set New Year’s resolutions or goals for our lives that all too quickly are forgotten or put aside until the next year? The following set of principles will help you achieve your New Year’s resolutions and much more. Read them over carefully. Challenge them, as at first reading you may [...]