Looking and listening: the rare gift of presence
June 30, 2025
Not long ago, I found myself at the memorial service for a friend’s father. I’d never met him, but everyone – friends, colleagues, even people who’d spent just a few minutes with him – said the same thing: “He made you feel like you were the only person in the world.” Have you ever felt truly seen by a stranger? Understood, as if the world suddenly fades away and it’s just the ...
read moreInvisible no more: the healing power of being present
April 29, 2025
He ran away at thirteen. Jobs came and went. Friends disappeared. Shelters became home. The worst part wasn’t the cold or the hunger – it was being invisible. The seizure hit like lightning – violent, sudden, unforgiving. One minute, Jake was trembling on the hospital bed, sweating and muttering through the fog of alcohol withdrawal. The next, his body convulsed uncontrollably, his eyes ...
read moreAbout the Process Communication Model®
September 20, 2024
The Process Communication Model® (PCM) is a behavioral communication model developed by clinical psychologist Dr. Taibi Kahler. It describes six Personality Types, Harmonizer, Thinker, Persister, Imaginer, Rebel and Promoter, that are present in all of us in a different order. Each has its own way of perceiving the world, its own psychological needs, and a predictable pattern it follows under str...
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