EPA Interview with Petra Guggisberg Nocelli

Interview: Petra Guggisberg Nocelli I am delighted that I will be interviewing Petra Guggisberg Nocelli this evening (8th February) as part of a series of monthly interviews hosted by the European Psychosynthesis Association. Petra is the author of several influential...
Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

I realised early in the New Year that I was coming alive again, and with a bit of a roar. My first semi-lucid dream of 2022 involved a dark pupal form pulsating blackly, as if about to burst open or to split painfully. Nothing to do with too much Christmas turkey! I...

AAP Quarterly: Stirring the Pot

I submitted an article called “Stirring the Pot” for the June 2021 edition of the AAP’s quarterly journal, for which I was also the guest editor. The issue was followed by an interactive seminar in which I explained the process of creating a drama of...

Seeking Meaning

Heather Mullin and I will be holding a series of seminars in London on the theme of Seeking Meaning. The first of these will be held in February, and is offered as a package with six coaching sessions. Please call 07703 341 529 if you are interested to discuss this...

AAP Quarterly: Psychosynthesis and Creativity

Contribute to the June 2021 issue of the AAP Quarterly journal. Firm Deadline for Submissions is May 1, 2021 Creativity and Psychosynthesis with Guest Editor Peter Stewart “The seed germinates in the night”. Joseph Conrad, novelist Creativity and Psychosynthesis have...

Letting Go

For some weeks now, I’ve felt like I’ve been holding onto a rock with waves breaking over me, not quite sure what to do next. This feeling relates to a holiday memory from when I was a young man: I had been on a long swim, the weather turned windy, and I ended up...

Values of the Workspace

The Economist magazine’s online event Innovation@Work reflected the extraordinary changes in work practices that have resulted from the Covid-19 pandemic. But I was left with a big question-mark over whether attitudes to staff have really changed at a deeper...

Driving Lessons

Driving Lessons By Peter Stewart Go slowly at first. You are far more precious Than the car you are driving. Don’t be rushed. Even in a traffic jam, everything has its pace, And you are just starting. Be as calm as you can be And learn to laugh at other people’s ways...

Purpose and Meaning

“This volume should be considered as a beginning, and not as an end,” Roberto Assagioli, the founder of psychosynthesis, wrote in “The Act of Will”. My own copy of the Act of Will, published by Turnstone Press in 1984, is dog-eared, covered in pencil notes, and its...

The Lotus: A Creative Symbol

The lotus is an ancient and powerful symbol. The close connection between spiritual growth and creativity makes it a potent  symbol for artists. But the metaphors that give it symbolic depth  are also relevant for contemporary leadership challenges.  I have a personal...
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