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Book Review: Gestalt Therapy: 100 Key Points and Techniques
Gestalt Therapy: 100 Key Points and Techniquesby Dave Mann It felt like an exhaustive index of Gestalt fundamentals, which will likely make this one of my professional ‘textbooks’ from now on. I came to this book after experiencing some essentials...
Book Review: A Gestalt Coaching Primer
A Gestalt Coaching Primer: The Path Toward Awareness IQ by Dr. Dorothy E. Siminovitch, MCC I was motivated to read this book mainly because I had the good fortune to learn, in person, from its author, Dr. Dorothy Siminovitch, MCC. It took me four...
Book Review: Community: The Structure of Belonging
Community: The Structure of Belongingby Peter BlockI read this book because of my growing fascination and sense of relevance towards organizational development. A big part of my appreciation for this book goes to the content that speaks to...
How to Keep Your Relationships Clean – in an Emotional Context
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ellery Ng | NCC® (@elng.coach) on Nov 18, 2019 at 3:17pm PST You can’t un-see what you saw, or un-know what you discovered. Once, ya know, you have choice. Which is also another way of saying, “With...
What Triggers You Reveals What You Need to Heal
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ellery Ng (@elng.coach) on Oct 20, 2019 at 4:11pm PDT It wasn’t in the exact words you see in the title, but it was nonetheless a mind-bending day for me when I first encountered this idea. Even...
The Value of Feedback
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ellery Ng (@elng.coach) on Oct 2, 2019 at 5:12pm PDT “I have a resting bitch face”, one of my coachees told me recently, “It’s a known fact." How DO you know you have a resting bitch face? Who did you...
Reaction vs Response
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ellery Ng (@elng.coach) on Sep 30, 2019 at 4:27pm PDT When shit happens, what do you do? More precisely, do you think you react? Or do you respond? For some, there may not be an obvious difference...