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"When we honour an ending, the connection deepens, even as it dissolves." Hi Everyone, The quote from the previous newsletter seems so appropriate, so I kept it. Thank you Ben! I'm writing to let you all know this will be last newsletter you receive from This Human. You can still buy the books of course, and anywhere amazing life changing books are sold ;-) but we won't be publishing this newsletter anymore. Thank you to Ben McEwing who's been the curator of this for the last year or so. For...
"When we honour an ending, the connection deepens, even as it dissolves." Endings are everywhere right now. This past fortnight, I (Ben) have moved through many; the completion of my master’s degree, the close of a group process I co-facilitated, the final moments of a retreat, and the end of the calendar year itself. Each one held an invitation: Be here for this. In this week’s article, I reflect on the power of endings and what happens when we actually give them our presence. Because when...
"What am I wanting from this relationship that I’m not getting...and is this the place to be getting it?" Sometimes, the tension in a work relationship isn’t about the work at all. It’s about the roles we’re unconsciously playing. In this week’s article, Ben reflects on a powerful framework he encountered in a workshop with Dirk Appel (Essence in Process). It explores how we sometimes bring the dynamics of other relationships...parent/child, friendship, even romantic partnership...into...