I Love It When An Archetype Comes Together #2
In the previous episode, I claimed that there were deep parallels between the A-Team, The Three Musketeers, and Monkey. I had suspected this for some time. But it clicked with me after reading a book called King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine by Robert Moore and Douglas Gillette. In it, the authors examine “the four mature archtypes: the...
Read MoreEllen Langer Interview on Mindfulness
Click here to listen to a fascinating interview with psychologist and author Ellen Langer. “Claudia Hammond presents a series looking at the development of the science of psychology during the 20th century. She re-visits Ellen Langer and Judith Rodin’s 1976 study, conducted in a New England nursing home, Arden House. When the two psychologists set up the experiment so that residents...
Read MoreBusiness Networking in Mid-Ulster
Open Coffee Mid-Ulster is a new business networking group recently set up to enable businesses in Mid-Ulster area to connect, share ideas and advice and do business in a relaxed, informal setting. Along with Jacqueline McGonigle from What’sOnNI and Stephen Brown from The Adventure Team, I am helping to get things started. Who is it for? If you are a business operating in the Mid-Ulster...
Read MoreJedi Knight Training Event in Belfast!
This exciting 1-day workshop is a joint venture between me (Allen Baird of Sensei Learning and Performance) and Rory O’Connor of The Creativity Hub. In 2008, I designed and delivered the UK’s first university course teaching Jedi Skills. Held at Queen’s University, where I am a tutor, the 1-day workshop gained coverage in The Guardian Education Supplement, The Times Higher...
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