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Why tell stories rather than talk psychology?
Inner Child and and Self awareness work are easier to apply and understand when explained using an alternative story-telling approach (less psychology more practical and down-to-earth examples). This alternative approach is explored and explained on our Growing Awareness 2007 website. http://www.growingaware.com New postings and new links are added regularly - newest pages are identified by their "2006" or "2007" extensions. All free to copy.
NOTE: If you are interested in growing awareness work as a wonderful but a little more complex way of communicating with your inner child to go to our old Growing Awareness 2000 website http://www.growingaware.com.au
Much of this work is explained in the book "Growing Awareness 2000" now available only on CD - click here for Table of Contents and full details
Our
Love Your Inner Child
story-telling approach as
explained on this website is based very closely on Hal and Sidra
Stone's Psychology of the Selves (and voice dialogue).
The process (if you are familiar with "voice dialogue") is still voice
dialogue. The difference is in the way we explain it. We follow an
alternative, more down to earth, storytelling path to describe what is
happening. It's an experiment to see if there is a less
complicated way to explain and simplify self-awareness
work so people can use it more
easily and get results sooner.
You'll notice that these new articles use different (non-technical) almost child-like terms to describe the process you already know as "voice dialogue".
We are finding this storytelling approach also
helps people feel safer about using inner self awareness to understand what
their inner protector characters are doing and how and why they are do it.
What is exciting is the way it is producing observable results (longer lasting
and more effective changes) as explained in the new pages (listed as links)
below.
Keep in mind that process is still the same - only the description has
changed. And that's what the experiment is about. For example, we use lots of
fables, metaphor, parables, imagery and analogies. These are all easy to
visualise, non-psychological descriptions to help people get started on their
climb towards self awareness and begin making changes in their lives.
Some people refer to this as the "Harry Potter and the Hobbits approach to
Self-Awareness"
It seems to work anyway, whether you call it "voice dialogue " or try the more every-day terms we are experimenting with. We know that other people around the world are also trying similar alternative approaches. If you are reading this and would like to make contact please e-mail us: bligh4@growingaware.com
Bibliography - self awareness and associated readings
Feedback - please e-mail me John Bligh Nutting - at bligh4@growingaware.com
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