Oiling the Tin Man’s Armor and Healing His Heart IV: Finding Support and Guidance

I focus on ways we can manage the challenges and accompanying stress of contemporary times—while fulfilling our own needs and life purposes (healing our heart).

Posted by William Bergquist
On July 27, 2023
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Oiling the Tin Man’s Armor and Healing His Heart III: Reich’s and Feldenkrais’s Treatment

The Tin Man can attend to his posture, his breathing and even his heart rate. What happens to his body (particularly his armor) when he conceives of himself as a brave warrior who can go to battle for his colleagues (rather than staying frozen in the threatening forest).

Posted by William Bergquist
On June 22, 2023
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Oiling the Tin Man’s Armor and Healing His Heart II: Reich’s and Feldenkrais’s Preparation for Treatment

I propose many of us are stuck in our own personal armament. We are defending against the often-traumatizing challenges of mid-21st Century life. Psychological rain is falling on us. Our armor is quickly rusting. Our hearts are wounded and encased in the rusted armor. We need some oil and some healing of our heart.

Posted by William Bergquist
On June 8, 2023
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Oiling the Tin Man’s Armor and Healing His Heart I: The Nature of Energy and Anxiety

This story about Oz and the Tin Man frames the narrative which we are about to engage in four essays. We offer a premise: what if we could assemble a team to diagnosis and treat the ailments articulated and exhibited by the Tin Man. What about his frozen condition and wounded heart?

Posted by William Bergquist
On June 4, 2023
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Personality Disorder and the Workplace

Personality disorders are long standing disturbances in personality.The authors describe how these behaviorally affected individuals manifest in the workplace with repetitive patterns of dysfunctional behaviors that are disturbing and often destructive.

Posted by Kevin Weitz
On October 21, 2013
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Coaching to a New York City State of Mind

This is the first in a series of essays, on how specific cities impact me and I will suggest ways in we might find similar states-of-mind in our clients. I begin with the “Big Apple” – New York City.

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On March 25, 2013
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Coaching in Organizations: A Status Report (Past, Present and Future)

The field of professional coaching has matured during the past decade. Now seems to be an appropriate time to offer a status report concerning the past, present and future of this emerging human service endeavor.

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On September 7, 2011
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Managing Life Transitions: A Coaching Tool

We have provided an inventory, a series of coaching questions and some concepts that can be of use when a coach is assisting his/her client in reflecting on past transitions, as well as preparing for future transitions.

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On August 29, 2011
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Managing the Caffeine: A Coaching Tool

At 350 mg per day of caffeine, one’s coaching client is likely to experience a diminished capacity to focus on a specific issue for a sustained period of time—the kind of concentration that is needed during a coaching session.

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On August 27, 2011
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Coaching and Neuroscience Research Findings

A series of "animation" questions are posed concern the implications of neuroscience research for the professional of coaching.

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On August 22, 2011
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