Inner and outer battles

Posted on March 23rd, 2012 by micka002

Sometimes I feel like I’m walking a line. A Thin Red Line. A battle between essence, ego and inner critic. But is it really a battle to be waged?  Or is it an imaginary war that I can never win, that exists solely in my stories, my egoic structure? Perhaps it’s simply about noticing, naming,

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Inner and outer battles

Posted on March 23rd, 2012 by micka002

Sometimes I feel like I’m walking a line. A Thin Red Line. A battle between essence, ego and inner critic. But is it really a battle to be waged?  Or is it an imaginary war that I can never win, that exists solely in my stories, my egoic structure? Perhaps it’s simply about noticing, naming,

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Inner and outer battles

Posted on March 23rd, 2012 by micka002

Sometimes I feel like I’m walking a line. A Thin Red Line. A battle between essence, ego and inner critic. But is it really a battle to be waged?  Or is it an imaginary war that I can never win, that exists solely in my stories, my egoic structure? Perhaps it’s simply about noticing, naming,

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The “Myth” of Tough Negotiators

Posted on February 25th, 2012 by micka002

Whenever I offer workshops about how to resolve conflict more consciously, constructively and creatively, I talk about John Paul Lederach’s peacemaking principles – namely: The capacity to imagine a web of relationships that includes our enemies, The discipline to sustain curiosity, The eternal belief in the creative act and   The willingness to take a

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Conflict and the Enneagram

Posted on January 19th, 2012 by micka002

Context In 2010 and 2011, I worked with the Global Health Fellows Program (GHFP) in D.C. to help staff from USAID, the Centers for Disease Control, the US State Dept and the Dept of Defense figure out how to more successfully and constructively move from conflict to collaboration. It’s this work that’s motivated me to

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