Mending hearts broken by the rat race
The heart of Strategic Narrative Embodiment (SNE) There is a war going on – a war for your heart and your soul, […]
Tag: story
Story Secrets for Speakers #6 – When the world is against me
You painted a picture of the possibility (Secret #1). Then you lead your audience past their doubts and reservations about their […]
Cosmic resistance – When the world is against me
You have lead your audience past four types of resistance: 1. their doubts and reservations about their own suitability (Personal resistance), whether […]
Overcoming Practical resistance: What’s the plan?
The tool, the plan, the rules Every facilitator or speaker faces resistance. If you have done a good job of Painting a […]
How to avoid dropping the energy in the room
The Role of the MC This week I am preparing for the Professional Speaker’s Association of Southern Africa’s annual convention themed ‘Walking […]
How to have a great chemistry session with a new coaching client
A Case study When a new client really loves me, it makes me sweat, my teeth chatter and I very nearly wet […]
Story walking
“We’ve learned to fly the air like birds, we’ve learned to swim the seas like fish, yet we haven’t learned to walk […]
Five types of resistance and how to break through
Introduction: Paint a picture of the possibility What made James in ‘James and the Giant Peach’ climb inside a giant peach, befriend […]
The Rat Goes Home – a story about belonging
Where the story comes from Sometimes I dream significant bits of story, but only once in a blue moon do I dream […]
My Afrikaner identity
Let’s talk about adultery. At a theatre workshop after introducing ourselves, we were asked to complete he sentence “I am…” Someone said, […]