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Managing Meta-ruption: Coaching in chaos through adaptive presence
Dorothy E. Siminovitch explores how adaptive presence helps leaders and coaches meet continuous disruption with awareness, resilience and intentional action.
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The need for an “Oxytocin Checklist” in this Distancing time: New Opportunities
An unusual phenomenon is happening as we are, for our own survival needs, being asked to engage in physical distancing (PD). Though it may feel better to say PD rather than saying social distancing, t
The MINDset Game®: Interview with Dorothy Siminovitch
An interview with Dorothy Siminovitch, listed in the original Gestalt Center for Coaching archive.
Well Done, Son!
In the magnificent Atlas Shrugged (1957) by Ayn Rand, a question is posed: “If and when you die, you are to be welcomed by all the great people who lived before you and made strong impacts on the…
Awakening Is Merrier Than the Happiest Dream
I am eating lunch with a friend. I am not in a good mood. I witnessed a recent encounter that did not flow the way I wanted. Two sleeping individuals crashed into each other, thinking each are…
The Silence of Unsatisfied Needs
Stop what you are doing now. Just stop for a while. Listen to your body, your feelings and your thoughts for a moment. They are telling you something; do you hear them? For example, you may feel that
Master, Where Does this Road Lead to?
It is said the route, method or system is not something that you follow or apply; it is something you carry within you.
Self-Work in Coaching, Consulting, and Leadership: Awareness Matters
A business client once told me she just did not have the time for the self-work that so deeply influences our actions and interactions, professionally and personally. I responded with…
The Master’s Journey
I will never forget my first managerial experience. It was 10 years ago, or maybe more, but it seems a lifetime ago and is difficult to remember. It’s as if it happened to a total stranger instead…
Thinking and Waiting…
What are the things you can do? What features, strengths, and abilities do you have that will enable you to realize your desires and fulfill your dreams? What have you learned so far? What skills…
On Saying Farewell to Sonia Nevis: Teacher, Adopted Mentor, Legend
“You cannot feed your own soul. Connecting is food.
The Tennis Ball and the Targets
Where did we make a mistake? What kind of a system did we build? Where did we give up being human and just begin to imitate? Where and when did we begin to think that living is merely breathing?…
Hope
One of my clients once founded a company. It was a big success until it went bankrupt, but my client then established another successful business.
Bumblebee or a Butterfly? Come Find Your Mastery.
Learning and development remind me of the transformation of the butterfly and the pollination of the bumblebee. A famously humble and brilliant mentor of mine, Harrison Owen, the creator of Open Space
You Are What You Believe
You’re certain you have set your goals, and they are what you really want. Not only will you feel better about yourself when you reach them but also while working toward them. What’s more, you know fo
“A Gestalt Coaching Primer” Reflections
A book must be the ax for the frozen sea within us. – Franz Kafka
For Those Wanting to Become a Coach or a Client of One…
There’s something I’m quite happy to see happening: the widespread acceptance of “coaching” as an occupation. For example, coaches in Turkey could be counted on the fingers of one hand just a couple o
Where Do You Start Eating an Elephant?
Imagine a country where every person is blind from birth. Because no one can see the world, they live using images they create with their sense of touch.
Horses, Leadership, and Vision
This story comes from Joan Starkowsky, CEO of Roadway Reverse Logistics, who once spoke at the Cleveland Gestalt Institute where I was working as an instructor.
The Point of Real Hope
I once had a counselee who had started a business. It went bankrupt, but he started another business and finally managed to make it work.
Your Perception of Me Is a Reflection of You
The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.
Mindfulness
Mindfulness” has become a favored competency and way of being, not only in leadership training and practice but also in personal effectiveness. Such is the power of the concept that it seems to have u
Being Powerful, and All the Other Things We Wish For
“Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t.”
Ways to Obtain Information about the Past and the Future
If you continue doing the same thing, you will keep getting the same result.
25 Ways to Happiness
How can I be happy? This question is behind every human thought and action, marketing campaign, manufactured product, social structure, philosophy, theory, psychology, science and religion.
The Need for an “Oxytocin Checklist” in This Distancing time: New Opportunities
An unusual phenomenon is happening as we are, for our own survival needs, being asked to engage in physical distancing (PD). Though it may feel better to say PD rather than saying social distancing, t
Power and Control
We humans are really interesting beings.
The Unavoidable Risk of Asking the Right Questions
Gary Haugen is a lawyer, a supporter of human rights, a founder of The International Justice Mission, and author of the book The Locust Effect. I came to know him from one of the TED Talks.
Coaching in Times of Challenge – Choose Resilience
In coaching others, what are strategies to support resilience—the capacity to meet adversity with strength? We’ve identified a few at Gestalt Coaching (and let us keep adding what works.):
Evolution: The Truth Everyone Knows and No One Wants to See…
We say that we bring the greatest troubles upon ourselves with our unrealistic expectations and desires…
An Optimistic View of Some Painful Truths
I wonder, what’s the longest period for which there hasn’t been a war anywhere in the world?
There’s Only One Way Out: Become Aware
It’s time to stop complaining now, because this is just a way of finding excuses. It’s a way to avoid taking responsibility.
Are You Sure You’re Asking The Right Questions?
I’ve been working as a councilor and a coach for the past 16 years.
Between The Two “Divine” Powers: Order and Chaos
I recently had a conversation with a client who owns a mid-sized company. He talked about how he brought himself to the verge of a panic attack because of the current chaos in the markets.
The Power of Learning in the Presence of Others
Satsang is a Sanskrit word that means “gathering together for the truth” or, more simply, “being with the truth.” Whenever something increases your experience of the Truth, it opens your Heart and qui
The First Thing You Need For Creating Lasting Change, Success And Happiness
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Gestalt Coaching Program in Toronto Starts 2016
A new energy has entered the coaching community in Toronto and we are so proud to be working to bring our program here. While we are coaching in English, we are also proud of bringing the depth of the
Announcing the Gestalt Center for Coaching (previously Eurasian Gestalt Center)
Dear students, alumni, and friends of Eurasian Gestalt Coaching Program and Eurasian Gestalt Center;
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The Coaching Studio with Guest Dorothy Siminovitch
The Coaching Studio with Guest Dorothy Siminovitch
Dorothy Siminovitch speaks to the importance of listening, with Shiyen Shu
Dorothy Siminovitch speaks to the importance of listening, with Shiyen Shu
The MINDset Game®: Interview with Dorothy Siminovitch
The MINDset Game®: Interview with Dorothy Siminovitch
Keep Leading!® Podcast Episode: Gestalt Coaching
Keep Leading!® Podcast Episode: Gestalt Coaching
Life As A Contact Sport, Use Of Awareness Intelligence with Dorothy Siminovitch
Life As A Contact Sport, Use Of Awareness Intelligence with Dorothy Siminovitch
Awareness IQ: Gestalt Coaching as an Awareness Vehicle in Our VUCA World
Awareness IQ: Gestalt Coaching as an Awareness Vehicle in Our VUCA World
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