To pull yourself together, first you must pull yourself apart 20 August 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , No Comments “Get a grip.” “Pull yourself together.” How often have you heard these phrases? More to the point, how often have you barked them at yourself when your world was disintegrating around […]

You’re in a process that you’re too close to see 10 August 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , No Comments In ‘Tight Connection to My Heart’, Bob Dylan sings: “What looks large from a distance / Close up ain’t never that big.” Dylan, one of the greatest philosophers of our age, […]

Solve problems at their source – mental, emotional or sexual 6 August 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , No Comments As a left-brain, masculine-dominant society we tend to assume that our intellect is the only diagnostic tool at our disposal. We solve problems by thinking, regardless of their nature. Yet the […]

We remember what suits us and forget what doesn’t 1 August 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , No Comments In The Boscombe Valley Mystery, Sherlock Holmes says: “You know my method. It is founded upon the observance of trifles.” The Victorian master detective relied on noticing seemingly insignificant details to solve […]

The more you dig out your emotional damage, the more it affects you 17 July 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , No Comments On this site I’ve catalogued the emotional mechanics that govern our lives. We have to work with those mechanics as we go through the process of clearing our […]

“Pipes everywhere” – how Process Manufacturing maps human emotions 10 July 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , Mother wound , No Comments I used to work at the largest cannery in the southern hemisphere. Back in the 1980s, the cannery sold vast quantities of tomato sauce, baked beans and tinned fruit. […]

Judging precludes understanding 8 July 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , No Comments Frank Herbert, the author of Dune, wrote that, “Systems incorporate the unexamined beliefs of their creators.” Herbert highlights a fundamental law: we can never fully understand anything of which we’re a part. Or, more succinctly, judging precludes understanding. […]

The laws of emotional mechanics 2 July 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Cornerstones , Emotional principles , 1 Comment In our intellect-driven world we’re very comfortable with the words ‘laws’ and ‘mechanics’. ‘Emotions’, less so—particularly when it’s in a sentence about laws and mechanics. Yet emotional mechanics are just as precise, just as […]

Problems cannot exist without their solutions 28 November 2019 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , No Comments Ah, problems. We all have them. What distinguishes success from failure in life is the ability to solve them. To turn problems into solutions. Yet what if problems cannot exist without their own solutions? When […]

All the solutions you seek are inside you 16 August 2019 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , 1 Comment All the solutions you seek are inside you. It’s one of those pithy sayings floating around the Internet and popping up in annoying Facebook memes. A colleague used to call them “inconvenient.” They’re […]