They usually come from a good place. Practitioners want the work to sound clear. They want the setup statement to be compassionate. They want to show that they understand the pattern underneath the client's...

There is a particular kind of strain that can show up when you are helping someone and the pattern becomes clear before the path does. You hear the repetition in their story. You notice...

In earlier Mentor's Corner posts, I have written about why knowing EFT is not the same as demonstrating proficiency, why session notes should show the clearest stretch of process, why testing methods matter, and...

Those are good questions. They usually show up at a very real learning edge.

In earlier Mentor's Corner posts, I have written about why knowing EFT is not the same as demonstrating proficiency, why session notes should show the clearest stretch of process, why testing methods matter, and...

Those are good questions. Usually they show up right when a mentee is becoming more perceptive, but not yet consistently more precise.

Those are good questions. Usually they show up right when you are actually beginning to understand the next layer of the work.

In earlier Mentor's Corner posts, I have written about making the work visible, about why notes should show the clearest stretch of process, and about why the questions section matters more than many students...

In earlier Mentor's Corner posts, I have written about making the work visible, about why notes should show the clearest stretch of process, and about why structure comes before fluidity. Once the work is...

An accomplished student comes to learn, but he keeps filtering everything he is shown through what he already knows. He watches closely. He listens carefully. But every teaching is immediately compared, measured, and judged...