What is an underlying question that gives form
to your work or interest in this field?
Can we become less programmed to exclude others? Can
we increase the possibility of global healing by healing first the trans-generational
wounds of communities? Can we collectively shift the world’s ability
to listen to other perspectives? I think there is always a tipping point,
and all of this is possible.
What is your personal experience of
collective wisdom in groups?
My observation is that the demonstration of collective
wisdom occurs most easily when respect is given for the individuals,
ancestors, elders and children represented in each person. My extended
family, work in aboriginal community (often incorporating a communal
approach) and experience with Family Constellation as Ceremony in groups
have all nurtured my learning about the strength and integrity of communal
fields and collective wisdom.
What is it about the work in this field that excites
you and connects you to your own deepest self?
I experience a sense of relief utilizing collective
wisdom fields. Many aboriginal community concepts, which have previously
been marginalized, are embraced when folks begin to talk about “fields”.
We all come originally from the tent, every culture, and every country.
I viscerally embrace the “knowing” that listening to each
other we find the whole answer. Everyone is needed; all input has value.
Please provide a brief storyline or snapshot of
what brought you to this work.
One summer, outside in the Nevada desert I sat by my
grandpa. It was a wonderful thing to do. Not talking, just being. He
was a Shoshone Elder, well up in years. We sat, in stillness, with the
sun just so, and the desert wind making sure we did not get too hot,
and as we sat I knew for certain that we were connected to everything,
and I realized that he was listening. He was in political and listened
to people, as a farmer and he listened to the land, as a cattleman and
he listened to the stock, but first he listened to the whole. I try
to listen too.
How would you like to be available to others in
this field? What would be a meaningful connection? Are you available to
talk with others? What contribution might you be able to make?
I facilitate Constellation as Ceremony and write and
like many I am on the road a bit and don’t check email when I’m
traveling. I don’t have a cell phone. But, when I am landed I
am listening for who would benefit by my contributions, and how.
I also set the intention that others who are working
in the collective field would be productive and happy.
