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You may view our online issues in their entirety by clicking here Below are reproduced the front covers of our paper issues Click on them for the pdf versions	ARRANGED BY SUBJECT AND BY AUTHOR AND INCLUDING A SPECIAL SECTION OF BOOK REVIEWS [Click on title to be taken to the article, or on author to locate other articles by the same author] SUBJECT INDEX BELIEFS Is You Is, or Is You Ain't - by Stephen Bray Logical Levels in Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Process-Oriented Psychology The Death of Science - by Stephen Bray Has science come full circle? Where Are We Now? - by Stephen Bray Understanding ourselves by understanding ancient gods and goddesses. The Black Box - or whose will is it anyway? - by Stephen Bray Joe Karbo promised me a fortune. Did he fulfil his promise? All You Need Is Lurve - by Stephen Bray The greatest motivator in the world. Upon This Earthquake I Build a House- by Stephen Bray Cultural differences and a Turkish earthquake are bizarre companions What is Creativity? - by Natalie d'Arbeloff Creativity is as natural to us as the ability to reproduce biologically. The Wheel of Fortune - by John Rowan The Tarot as a mnemonic for psychotherapy Faulty Assumptions - by Paul W. Schenk Challenging our basic assumptions and how we tease our brains Contemporary Shamanism - by Leo Rutherford Issues and difficulties of contemporary life from a Shamanistic perspective. Is Science More Sensible Than Magic - by Ramsey Dukes Science epitomises down-to-earth realism; Magic is the realm of escapist fantasy. Process Healing - by Garry A. Flint A treatment intervention using metaphors, the main and sub=personalities. I Believe - by Joe Sinclair The first in a series devoted to exploring personal belief systems. I Believe - by Tom Maguire The second in a series devoted to exploring personal belief systems. I Believe - by Michael Mallows Continuing the series devoted to exploring personal belief systems. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Revisited - by Michael Mallows A framework for use with trans-racially adoptive parents. Science as a Belief System - by Aaron Davidson Science and religion are totally incompatible belief systems. Does Science Lead to Magic or Vice-Versa - by Ramsey Dukes A challenge to the idea that magic is a primitive forerunner of science. Uncle Albert's Method - by Aaron Davidson The Rational Emotive Therapy way to deal with irrational beliefs. Artists as Challengers of Belief Systems- by David Lance Goines Challenging belief systems is what artists actually do. The Enneagram - by Sep Meyer How we fit the enneagram into our belief system Fundamentalism - by Denis Postle Praise the lord and pass the ammunition. Managing Change - by Bob Dick Today is part of tomorrow's history Beliefs Without Reason - by Bob Dick How beliefs arise, how they develop, how may they be challenged. BOOK REVIEWS Click here to be taken to the Book Review index BUSINESS AND CORPORATE Expert, Expert, Who's the Expert? - by Terry Goodwin How do business executives make their decisions? Nurturing Your Business Potential - by Terry Goodwin Unless we push our personal frontiers outward, we will simply repeat our past performance The Self-Change Model and Teamwork - by Terry Goodwin Applying the model as a team leader. Your Successor - Your Success - by Terry Goodwin Nurturing your successors throughout your incumbency. Nurturing the Potential of Your People - by Terry Goodwin Effective managers are able to nurture the potential of their staff Are you a candidate for burnout? - by Terry Goodwin When does excitement and pleasure become boredom and frustration? The business of communication - by Terry Goodwin Using NLP techniques to become a better communicator The S-word - by Terry Goodwin What really constitutes success for you in business? Surviving a recession - by Terry Goodwin The challenge is not merely to survive, but to prosper A Question of Balance - by Penny Sharland Nurturing potential via voluntary organisations Be Unique, Be Yourself, and Communicate - by Stephen Bray The rules of sustainable corporate communications Managing Generation-X - by Stephen Bray The rising corporate stars - born between 1964 and 1989 A Brief Guide to Creativity - by Stephen Bray Creative solutions arise from listening and dialogue. The Quest for the Ultimate Test - by Stephen Bray Life transcends understanding. The Way of Business - by Stephen Bray How business people can cooperate as Vital Partners. The Heart of Governance - by Lynn McGregor The art of reciprocity and its place in corporate governance Human Performance - by Amanda Knight Why are organisations prepared to spend millions in the research and development of technology, yet do not seek to understand and develop their human resource? Stroking People to Success - by Julie Hay Improve relationships and communication with appropriate stroking patterns. Small is . . . Different - by Rosie Harrison SMEs are the fastest growing sector of most of the world's economies. People Risks - by Rosie Harrison Strategies for developing your Top Team. The One That Got Away - by Rosie Harrison The invisible risk of lost opportunities. The New Grail - by Rosie Harrison Is embedded risk management the new grail? No Surrender - the future of not for profit organisations - by John Gray Organisations can be catalysts for change - but who drives them? COMMUNICATION Teach Your Parents to Stop Nagging - by Paul W. Schenk How to achieve rapport with your teenage children French Fries and Food Fights - by Paul W. Schenk How to stop over-reacting. Lessons From a Flasher - by Paul W. Schenk How to communicate your choices - to yourself and to others Intelligence and Metaphor - by Michael Mallows Allowing new experiences or ideas to change our world view. ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT Nurturing Potential at the Big Green Gathering - by Maxwell Steer A delicate balance of perception to be nourished Sustainable Development and Business - by Terry Goodwin Business strategies need to be environmentally sustainable One Earthquake - Infinite Awareness - by Stephen J.M. Bray Groupwork with support volunteers following the Turkish earthquake of 1999. Sustainable Lifestyles - by Ashley Phillips Sustainable lifestyles group project in Southampton EDUCATION Try Something New - by Donna Brandes Games are not pointless activities Intuitive Thinking - by Mark Edwards Different ways of thinking with children Curriculum Development - by Mark Edwards Emotional literacy is essential for the reclamation of education. Putting on the Style - by Mark Edwards What can a style-conscious teacher offers students? Entertaining the Troops - by Mark Edwards An alternative approach to education. Wellbeing Projects: Nurturing Potential - by Mark Edwards Reducing teachers' stress and creating a healthy work/life balance. The Depersonalisation of Education - by Mark Edwards The current obsession with job specification in education. Safely Supervised - by Mark Edwards Exploring the boundaries between social care and education Nurturing the Exceptionally Gifted Child - by Joe Sinclair Educationalists and parents need to avoid misdiagnosis and treat gifted children appropriately Nurturing Reading and Writing Potential via NLP - by Tom Maguire NLP techniques and the triple aims of Goal, Sensitivity, and Flexibility. Brain Gym - by Tom Maguire Exercises to help learners coordinate their bodies and their brains. Out of School Bounds - by Tom Maguire Exploring changes in boundaries between teacher and pupil Education and Beliefs - by Maite Galan and Tom Maguire The power of beliefs in the classroom. Careful Discipline - by Maite Galan and Tom Maguire Small and efficient interventions will encourage quality learning. Learning Maps - by Maite Galan and Tom Maguire Concept mapping and body maps as teaching and learning tools. Classroom Management - by Maite Galán and Tom Maguire Classroom management often starts by healing guilty consciences Choosing the Right Words and the Right Thoughts - by Jamie Duncan and Laura Szmuch The presuppositions of NLP and their application in the classroom. Another Fine Mess - by Mark Edwards Disenchantment with the way ADD/ADHD has been treated traditionally. 9 Ways to Quit Sabotaging Good Conversations - by Paul W. Schenk A nine-week classroom-based pilot project. First Person: Above and Beyond - by States M. McCarter What is that special something some teachers have to nurture their students' potential? We have an equal right to Education - by Kevin Phillips Multiculturalism in our Schools - a plea for a level playing field - by Penelope Waite Nurturing Giftedness = and how do educators meet the challenge - by Penelope Waite Identifying and nurturing giftedness in the young Theories of Learning - by Joe Sinclair Move out of your educational belief system LANGUAGE *Language - the two-edged Sword* *The Map is not the Territory* *The Gender Agenda* *Ambiguity* *The Eurish Language* Anyone for FinnCzech? - by Joe Sinclair *Having Fun With Words* Cliches - by Joe Sinclair Avoid them like the plague! Even More Fun With Words - by Joe Sinclair False Friends - and more - by Joe Sinclair Chase the Ace - by Joe Sinclair Revisiting the life and work of Stuart Chase Did I really say that? - by Joe Sinclair Linguistical Humour - by Joe Sinclair A light-hearted collection of verbal games, wordplay and semantic japes. Language Imperialism - by John Rowan We have to invent language; language does not invent us. The Correct Language Myth - by Elizabeth Winder Organising a newsletter in a day centre. Less is More - by Penny Tompkins and James Lawley The art of clean language. Relationships between languages - by Sep Meyer Gobbledygook - by Sep Meyer Airline Safety through Language - by Marjo Mitsutomi Standardizing aviation English proficiency MAJOR THEMES: BUILDING CULTURAL BRIDGES *Building Bridges - Part I - Cultural Values* *Building Bridges - Part II = Cultural Differences in Education* *Building Bridges - Part III - Cultural Differences in Business* *Bridging Differences - Gender Issues* *Bridging Differences with Art, Music and Dance* *The Stockholm Syndrome* *The Name is Bond* - by Joe Sinclair *The Smart Affair* - by Joe Sinclair Going to Hell in a Hand Basket - by Sep Meyer Real Cultural Differences - by Annie Manuka EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUE What is EFT? - by Joe Sinclair 2 case studies - by Diane Kendrick and Michael Carr-Jones EFT and Smoking - by Valerie Whiteley Belief Change with EFT - by Don Blackerby I'd Built Myself a Prison - by Michael Mallows THE SELF-CHANGE MODEL What is the Self-Change Model - Leading article Processes of Change - by Joe Sinclair Living Inside Out - On Purpose - by Michael Mallows Self-Change and Parenting Skills - by Michael Mallows UNDERSTANDING PERSONALITY Personality Assessment - Leading article Therapy and the Four Levels - by John Rowan Get Out of Your Box - by Amanda Knight An Astrologer Looks at Myers-Briggs - by Lionel Snell Measure for measure - by Rosie Harrison All Personality Tests Are Wrong - by John Rowan NOTIONS, POTIONS AND NOSTRUMS Part I - Self-massage; Colloidal Silver; Health Supplements Rub It Better - by Joe Sinclair Circles of Confusion - by Stephen Bray Spirit Release - by Alan Sanderson and Deena O'Brien Part II - Bates Eye Therapy; Flower Therapy; Natural Remedies The Eyes Have It - by Joe Sinclair Doing What Comes Naturally - by Joe Sinclair Kefir the Wonder Drug - by Joe Sinclair GROUPS AND GROUPWORK What is a Group? - Leading article What is Groupwork? - Leading article Groupwork Theory - Leading article What is Group Therapy - Leading article Further Thoughts on T-Group Training - Leading article Wilson's Ladder - Leading article In Praise of Large Groups - by John Bernard Harris The Tarot as a Handbook for Group Facilitators - by John Rowan A Social History of the T-Group - by Steve Potter ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT Ecology and the Environment - Leading article How do you measure up? - Leading article test Sustainable Development and Business - by Terry Goodwin One Earthquake - Infinite Awareness - - by Stephen J.M. Bray Sustainable Lifestyles - by Ashley Phillips LEARNING DIFFICULTIES Learning Difficulties - Leading article - Issue 10 Learning Difficulties (continued) - Leading article - Issue 11 Nurturing the Exceptionally Gifted Child - by Joe Sinclair Another Fine Mess - by Mark Edwards The Prisoner - by Stephen J.M. Bray The Autistic Family - by Sylvia Farley I am one of them - by Kevin Phillips Letters to the Editor PSEUDOSCIENCE What is Pseudoscience? - Leading Article, Issue 15 What is Pseudoscience? - Part II *Pseudoscience and Psychotherapy* *Pseudoscientific Theories* Science and Pseudoscience - by Tom Maguire The Most Annoyingly Obtuse Argument - by Aaron Davidson BOUNDARIES *What do we mean by boundaries?* *Some observations on boundaries* *Boundaries in personal interaction* *Boundaries in the group context* *Boundaries for children* *Boundaries in therapy* SYNCHRONICITY, INTUITION AND COINCIDENCE *Jung's view of synchronicity* A famous example Apophenia Intuition, decision-making and pseudoscience Coincidence That famous presidential coincidence Criticism STRATEGIES FOR SURVIVAL Strategies for Survival - Main Theme article Moving on from the original fight or flight strategy The remarkable survival strategy of Mr Lester Levenson - By Stephen J.M. Bray What is it we all want? Coming home to self. - by Michael Mallows Identity and survival issues in trans-racial and inter cultural adoption/fostering. Surviving a presentation - the non-verbal way - by Tom Maguire To acquire knowledge, you must study; to acquire wisdom, you must observe. Survival - who needs it? - by Stephen J.M. Bray One billion years of human nature . . . ? Surviving a recession - by Terry Goodwin The challenge is not merely to survive, but to prosper Endangered languages and their survival - by Joe Sinclair A language is a collectively produced artifact inherited from previous generations Survival Strategies in Later Life - by Sep Meyer. MENTAL HEALTH The Mental Health Bill - by Elizabeth Winder Services to support sufferers are often inappropriate, inadequate and under-funded. Portrait of the Author as a Madwoman - by Abigail Freeman *How did The Chrysalid Years* come to be written?** Mindfulness - Elizabeth Winder interviews Jini Lavelle A therapist discusses her "being present in the moment" work. Access to Mental Records - by Channa Perry We all know so little and we live in our own versions of the world. RELATIONSHIPS True Vision - Accessing Levels of Potential - by Soleira Green Potential: the meat and potatoes of all human endeavour Nexus - by Anonymous A client's dilemma Abusive Relationships - by Recovery Man SELF-HELP AND FITNESS Choosing Your Focus - by Amanda Knight How Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs helps us to understand our motivation Putting in a Star Performance - by Amanda Knight Taking ownerships means doing it your way. Handling My Chronic Distress Patterns - by Joe Sinclair Distressed behaviour patterns and co-counselling. The Bowen Technique - by Joe Sinclair A remarkably effective treatment for muscular disorders. Change Your Home and Change Your Life - by Vivi Benreytan Using the home as an agent of change. Twelve Rational Principles - by Wayne Froggatt Twelve steps to successful stress management Transformation in Three Days - by Laurie Phillips An introduction to the Landmark programme Audax Images - by John Ewing An Audax is an audacious bike ride. Ventoux - by John Ewing An even more audacious bike ride. And there let us wallow - by John Ewing Putting a mid-fifties body to a physical challenge Through the Looking Glass - by Elizabeth Winder A description of an event organised by Oxford Survivors. Ten Ways to Improve Your Mental Image - by Bruce St. John Some real commonsense suggestions Self-Help Groups and Resources - a Nurturing Potential report. Fatness or Fitness - by Sep Meyer How to lose weight and get fit pleasurably. Think Yourself Unhealthy - by Sep Meyer A description of the Nocebo Effect In Defence of Positive Thinking - by Vera Peiffer As we are content, others around us start relaxing and feel more comfortable Using Rhythm to Strengthen Wellbeing - by Penny Sharland Drumming will connect you to ancient resonances. Positive Energy - by Judith Orloff How to build vitality and stop energy vampires from draining you THERAPY Brief Therapy - by Joe Sinclair New Age treatment for age-old conditions. Here's Looking at You - by Joe Sinclair How efficacious is NLP combined with co-counselling? Strategic Therapy, Mr Bond? - by Stephen Bray A unique model of life within a specific social context. Solution Focus - by Rob Cumming Solution Focused Brief Therapy is giving good results in many fields. Unravelling the Bonds of Shame - by Elian Aysoy Shame from a gestalt perspective I'm right here, grandma! - by Paul W. Schenk Dealing with clients who claim contact with deceased relatives. On Bent Nails and Attitudes - by Paul W. Schenk Your best tools are a good attitude and an appreciative spirit. How to Talk So He'll Listen and Listen So He'll Talk - by Paul W. Schenk Communication on one level encourages response on the same level. Brief Therapy and Solution-Focused Thinking - by Michael Mallows More important than the destination is the journey. Time to Think - by Michael Mallows By way of an outdated book review Health Kinesiology - by Jane Thurnell Read Teaching and using HK to achieve balance and harmony Is Counselling a Force for Social Change? - by Mark Edwards Emotional stability is not indelibly welded to material circumstances. Empathic - by Carl R. Rogers An unappreciated way of being Trust Your Hunches - by Pamela J. Ball Exploring the nature of intuition Regret - by Pamela J. Ball Regret is a pointless emotion unless one is prepared to deal with it THIRD AGE Journey of a Lifetime - by Sylvia Farley A multiple sclerosis sufferer crews for the Caribbean Challenge It's Still Happening - by Joe Sinclair A retrospective look at Dr Winifred Rushforth The Joy of a Disgraceful Old Age - by Mike Baynes If you aren't respected, you don't need to be respectable. A Start in Art - by Joe Sinclair Young at Art - by Natalie d'Arbeloff Blanche began painting at the age of 94. It's Been Ages - by Michael Mallows A repeat of Michael Mallows' tribute to his late mother. A Dream Fulfilled - An interview by Joe Sinclair Joe Sinclair interviews Yaron Livay Let's Choose Executors and Talk of Wills - by Joe Sinclair Where there's a will there's a wait Third Age and its Opportunities - by Sep Meyer What opportunities are "out there" for the 50-plus contingent? Keeping Fit in the Third Age - by Sep Meyer You are never too old to benefit from moderate physical exercise Keeping fit in the Third Age: Part 2 - by Sep Meyer Learning in Later Life - by Sep Meyer A description of the Centre for General Academic Continuing Education A National Trust for the Future Run by Third Agers - by Peter Laslett We should do for those that follow us what was done for us by those who preceded us Stepping Stones to Success - by Sandra Braznell A third age move from Cornwall to the Scottish Highlands VERSE Strategies for Survival- by Beryle Williams It Couldn't Be Done - by Edgar Guest Sermons We See - by Edgar Guest They Earned the Right - by Edgar Guest Cross-Cultural Communication - by Marjo Mitsutomi And This - by Michael Mallows The Child Within - by Nadine Garrod A Message to Administrators - Chinese Proverb The Casual Cruelty of Positive Intentions - by Michael Mallows To One Distant - by Henry Rose The Moment - by Henry Rose Query - by Henry Rose Winter Ride - by John Ewing Mending Wall - by Robert Frost Me and My Shadow - by Laurie Phillips Just Perfect Prose - by Joe Sinclair The Statesman - by Joe Sinclair Living Between the Lines - by Michael Mallows Just Watching - by Dani Bundy Scratching - by Dani Bundy The Cage - by Dani Bundy Just a Piece of Paper - by Amelia May Kingston At the End of the Day - by Clive Williamson Phew - by Dannie Abse A Winter's Visit - by Dannie Abse Blessing of Blessings - by Laurie Phillips When a Country Obtains Great Power - by Lao Tzu The Huron - by Ruth Herschberger So If You Love Me - by Ruth Herschberger CROSS-INDEXED BY AUTHOR Aysoy, Elian *Unravelling the Bonds of Shame* Shame from a gestalt perspective Ball, Pamela J. *Trust Your Hunches* Exploring the nature of intuition *Regret* Regret is a pointless emotion unless one is prepared to deal with it Baynes, Mike *The Joy of a Disgraceful Old Age* If you aren't respected, you don't need to be respectable. Benreytan, Vivi *Change Your Home and Change Your Life* Using the home as an agent of change. Blackerby, Don Belief Change with EFT - Main Theme article Brandes, Donna *Try Something New* Games are not pointless activities Bray, Stephen *Is You Is, or Is You Ain't?* Logical Levels in Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Process-Oriented Psychology *Be Unique, Be Yourself, and Communicate* The rules of sustainable corporate communications *A Brief Guide to Creativity* Creative solutions arise from listening and dialogue. *The Quest for the Ultimate Test* Life transcends understanding. *Where Are We Now?* Understanding ourselves by understanding ancient gods and goddesses. *Managing Generation-X* The rising corporate stars - born between 1964 and 1989 *The Death of Science* Has science come full circle? *The Black Box - or whose will is it anyway?* Joe Karbo promised me a fortune. Did he fulfil his promise? *One Earthquake - Infinite Awareness* Groupwork with support volunteers following the Turkish earthquake of 1999. *The Way of Business* How business people can cooperate as Vital Partners. The Prisoner Deconstructing the meme of ADHD *All You Need Is Lurve* The greatest motivator in the world. *Upon this Earthquake I Build a House* Cultural differences and a Turkish earthquake are bizarre companions. *The remarkable survival strategy of Mr Lester Levenson* What is it we all want? Survival - who needs it? - One billion years of human nature . . . ? Braznell, Sandra *Stepping Stones to Success* A third age move from Cornwall to the Scottish Highlands Carr-Jones, Michael A case study - Main Theme article (EFT) Cumming, Rob *Solution Focus* Solution Focused Brief Therapy is giving good results in many fields. d'Arbeloff, Natalie *Young at Art* Blanche began painting at the age of 94. *What is Creativity?* Creativity is as natural to us as the ability to reproduce biologically. Davidson, Aaron *Science as a Belief System* Science and religion are totally incompatible belief systems. *Uncle Albert's Method* The Rational Emotive Therapy way to deal with irrational beliefs *The Most Annoyingly Obtuse Argument* Utilizing our own existence in cosmological arguments Dick, Bob Managing Change Today is part of tomorrow's history *Beliefs Without Reason* How beliefs arise, how they develop, how may they be challenged. Duncan, Jamie *Choosing the Right Words and the Right Thoughts* Applying the presuppositions of NLP in the classroom Dukes, Ramsey *Is Science More Sensible Than Magic* Science epitomises down-to-earth realism; Magic is the realm of escapist fantasy *Does Science Lead to Magic or Vice-Versa* A challenge to the idea that magic is a primitive forerunner of science Edwards, Mark *Putting on the Style* What can a style-conscious teacher offers students? *Intuitive Thinking* Different ways of thinking with children. *Curriculum Development* Emotional literacy is essential for the reclamation of education. *Entertaining the Troops* An alternative approach to education. *Wellbeing Projects: Nurturing Potential* Reducing teachers' stress and creating a healthy work/life balance. *The Depersonalisation of Education* Current obsession with job specification in education. Another Fine Mess Disenchantment with the way ADD/ADHD has been treated traditionally. *Is Counselling a Force for Social Change?* Emotional stability is not indelibly welded to material circumstances. Safely Supervised Exploring the boundaries between social care and education Ewing, John *Audax Images* An Audax is an audacious bike ride. Ventoux An even more audacious bike ride. *And there let us wallow* Putting a mid-fifties body to a physical challenge Farley, Sylvia *Journey of a Lifetime* A multiple sclerosis sufferer crews for the Caribbean Challenge *The Autistic Family* The experience of socialising an autistic child Flint, Garry A. *Process Healing* A treatment intervention using metaphors, the main and sub=personalities. Freeman, Abigail *Portrait of the Author as a Madwoman* *How did The Chrysalid Years* come to be written? Froggatt, Wayne Twelve Rational Principles Twelve steps to successful stress management Galan, Maite Careful Discipline Small and efficient interventions will encourage quality learning. Learning Maps Concept mapping and body maps as teaching and learning tools. Education and Beliefs The power of beliefs in the classroom. Classroom Management Classroom management often starts by healing guilty consciences Goines, David Lance Artists as Challengers of Belief Systems Challenging beliefs is what artists actually do. Goodwin, Terry Expert, Expert, Who's the Expert How do business executives make their decisions? Nurturing Your Business Potential Unless we push our personal frontiers outward, we will simply repeat our past performance The Self-Change Model and Teamwork Applying the model as a team leader. Your Successor - Your Success Nurturing your successors throughout your incumbency. Sustainable Development and Business Adopting environmentally sustainable business strategies. Nurturing the Potential of Your People Effective managers are able to nurture the potential of their staff Are you a candidate for burnout? When does excitement and pleasure become boredom and frustration? The business of communication Using NLP techniques to become a better communicator The S-word What really constitutes success for you in business? Surviving a recession The challenge is not merely to survive, but to prosper Gray, John No Surrender - the future of not for profit organisations Organisations can be catalysts for change - but who drives them? Green, Soleira True Vision - Accessing Levels of Potential Potential: the meat and potatoes of all human endeavour Harrison, Rosie** Measure for Measure - Main Theme article (Personality Assessment) *Small is . . . Different* SMEs are the fastest growing sector of most of the world's economies. *People Risks* Strategies for developing your Top Team. The One That Got Away The invisible risk of lost opportunities. *The New Grail* Is imbedded risk management the new grail? Hay, Julie *Stroking People to Success* Improve relationships and communication with appropriate stroking patterns. Kendrick, Diane A case study - Main Theme article (EFT) Knight, Amanda *Choosing Your Focus* How Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs helps us to understand our motivation *Human Performance* Why are organisations prepared to spend millions in the research and development of technology, yet do not seek to understand and develop their human resource? Get Out of Your Box - Main Theme article (Personality Assessment) *Putting in a Star Performance* Taking ownerships means doing it your way. Laslett, Peter *A National Trust for the Future Run by Third Agers* Lawley, James - [See Penny Tompkins and James Lawley] Maguire, Tom *Nurturing Reading and Writing Potential via NLP* NLP techniques and the triple aims of Goal, Sensitivity, and Flexibility. *Brain Gym* Exercises to help learners coordinate their bodies and their brains. *Education and Beliefs* The power of beliefs in the classroom. *Careful Discipline* Small and efficient interventions will encourage quality learning. *Learning Maps* Concept mapping and body maps as teaching and learning tools. *I Believe* Tom's contribution to our series on belief systems *Classroom Management* Classroom management often starts by healing guilty consciences *Science and Pseudoscience* Why science is not a magic answer to everything. *Out of School Bounds* Exploring changes in boundaries between teacher and pupil Surviving a presentation - the non-verbal way - To acquire knowledge, you must study; to acquire wisdom, you must observe. Mallows, Michael Living Inside Out - On Purpose - Main Theme article (Self-Change Model) I'd Built Myself a Prison - Main Theme article (EFT) Self-Change and Parenting Skills - (Main Theme article) *Intelligence and Metaphor* Allowing new experiences or ideas to change our world view. *Brief Therapy and Solution-Focused Thinking* More important than the destination is the journey. *It's Been Ages* A repeat of Michael Mallows' tribute to his late mother. *I Believe* Michael's contribution to our series on belief systems *Time to Think* By way of an outdated therapeutic book review. *Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Revissited* A framework for use with trans-racially adoptive parents. *Coming home to self* Identity and survival issues in trans-racial and inter cultural adoption/fostering. And this. Verse The Casual Cruelty of Positive Intentions. Verse Living Between the Lines. Verse. Manuka, Annie Real Cultural Differences Diversity and innocent or ignorant stereotyping McCarter, States W. First Person: Above and Beyond The special teaching art of nurturing students' potential McGregor, Lynn *The Heart of Governance* The art of reciprocity Meyer, Sep *Fatness or Fitness* Losing weight and exercising pleasurably. *Third Age and its Opportunities* What opportunities are "out there" for the 50-plus contingent? *Keeping Fit in the Third Age* You are never too old to benefit from moderate physical exercise. Keeping fit in the Third Age: Part 2 Going to Hell in a Hand Basket Build bridges not walls - specifically a critique of the Israeli barrier *The Enneagram* How we fit the enneagram into our belief system *Relationships between languages* *Think Yourself Unhealthy* The Nocebo Effect *Gobbledygook* *Learning in Later Life* A description of the Centre for General Academic Continuing Education Survival Strategies in Later Life - Mitsutomi, Marjo *Airline Safety through Language* Standardizing aviation English proficiency Cross-Cultural Communication - Verse Orloff, Judith *Positive Energy* How to build vitality and stop energy vampires from draining you Peiffer, Vera *In Defence of Positive Thinking* As we are content, others start relaxing and feel more comfortable. Perry, Channa *Access to Mental Records* We all know so little and we live in our own versions of the world. Phillips, Ashley Sustainable Lifestyles Sustainable lifestyles group project in Southampton Phillips, Kevin *I am one of them* The nature of Asperger's Syndrome *We have an equal right to Education* Provisions that need to be made for children with Asperger's Syndrome Phillips, Laurie Transformation in Three Days An introduction to the Landmark programme Me and My Shadow - Verse Blessing of Blessings - Verse Postle, Denis Fundamentalism Praise the lord and pass the ammunition. Rogers, Carl R *Empathic* An unappreciated way of being Rowan, John *The Wheel of Fortune* The Tarot as a mnemonic for psychotherapy *The Tarot as a Handbook for Group Facilitators* A circular trip through the pack from Fool to Fool. Therapy and the Four Levels - Main theme article (Personality Assessment) *All Personality Tests Are Wrong* The existence of sub-personalities may mean that a different person is being tested. *Language Imperialism* We have to invent language; language does not invent us. Rutherford, Leo *Contemporary Shamanism* Issues and difficulties of contemporary life from a Shamanistic perspective St. John, Bruce *Ten Ways to Improve Your Mental Image* Some real commonsense suggestions Schenk, Paul W. *Faulty Assumptions* Challenging our basic assumptions and how we tease our brains *Teach Your Parents to Stop Nagging* How to achieve rapport with your teenage children *French Fries and Food Fights* How to stop over-reacting. *Lessons From a Flasher* How to communicate your choices - to yourself and to others *I'm right here, grandma!* Dealing with clients who claim contact with deceased relatives. *On Bent Nails and Attitudes* Your best tools are a good attitude and an appreciative spirit. *How to Talk So He'll Listen and Listen So He'll Talk* Communication on one level encourages response on the same level. *9 Ways to Quit Sabotaging Good Conversations* A nine-week classroom-based pilot project. Sharland, Penny *A Question of Balance* Nurturing potential via voluntary organisations *Using Rhythm to Strengthen Wellbeing* Drumming will connect you to ancient resonances. Sinclair, Joseph *Nurturing the Exceptionally Gifted Child* Educationalists and parents need to avoid misdiagnosis and treat gifted children appropriately. What is EFT - Main Theme article Processes of Change - Main Theme article (Self-Change Model) *It's Still Happening* A retrospective look at Dr Winifred Rushforth *Handling My Chronic Distress Patterns* Distressed behaviour patterns and co-counselling. *Kefir the Wonder Drug* Not just a food - a life-saver. *The Eyes Have It* An introduction to Dr Bates's Eye Therapy *Doing What Comes Naturally* Natural remedies for headaches and arthritis *A Dream Fulfilled* Joe Sinclair interviews Yaron Livay *A Start in Art* An 85-year old artist publishes a book of art instruction for other retirees. *I Believe* Joe describes his personal belief system *The Bowen Technique* A remarkably effective treatment for muscular disorders. Cliches Avoid them like the plague! *Having Fun With Words* *Even More Fun With Words* *Anyone for FinnCzech?* *False Friends - and Friendly Falsehoods* *The Name is Bond* *The Smart Affair* *Let's Choose Executors and Talk of Wills* Where there's a will there's a wait *Chase the Ace* Revisiting the life and work of Stuart Chase *Did I really say that?* *Theories of Learning* Move out of your educational belief system *Linguistical Humour* A light-hearted collection of verbal games, wordplay and semantic japes. *Endangered languages and their survival* A language is a collectively produced artifact inherited from previous generations. Just Perfect Prose - Verse The Statesman - Verse Snell, Lionel An Astrologer Looks at Myers-Briggs - Main Theme article (Personality Assessment) Steer, Maxwell Nurturing Potential at the Big Green Gathering A delicate balance of perception to be nourished Szmuch, Laura *Choosing the Right Words and the Right Thoughts* Applying the presuppositions of NLP in the classroom Thurnell-Read, Jane Health Kinesiology Teaching and using HK to achieve balance and harmony Tompkins, Penny and Lawley, James Less is More The art of clean language Waite, Penelope *Multiculturalism in our Schools* A plea for a level playing field *Nurturing Giftedness* Identifying and nurturing giftedness in the young Whiteley, Valerie EFT and Smoking - Main Theme article Winder, Elizabeth *The Mental Health Bill* Services to support sufferers are often inappropriate, inadequate and under-funded. *Mindfulness* Interviewing Jini Lavelle *Through the Looking Glass* A description of an event organised by Oxford Survivors. *The Correct Language Myth* Organising a newsletter in a day centre.
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