Journal
Journal is a space where I share my thoughts, observations and responses. I hope they are useful to those who are trying to find out more about me or who want stimulus for their own thinking.
Alex Staniforth is an executive coach, leadership coach and facilitator.
Perception & Sense Making
Gestalt & Attunement to
Competing Experiences
Creative Process & Emergence
Temple of Rain
As I sit here reflecting on a topic to write about, I find myself asking the question ‘What’s going on in my life right now?’ I like this question because it invites...
Something I value about a Gestalt way of relating is the unending possibility and immediacy of the present moment. Today I’m going to give some attention to...
When I begin a new creative piece, I never really know when it starts. There is usually a period of several months, sometimes up to half a year, sometimes only weeks...
Transfixed I sit. Transient temples of water boil up, dome,
fall
and in a second, gone
Experiences of Manhood (1)
Trust as an Act of Attention
The Quality of Water
Contact & the Practice of Joy
08:32 it said 08:31 when I had started typing. I am thinking on awe as an antidote to helplessness. As a kid I was sensitive to death. At a friend’s party their cat brought in...
Trust, much like awareness, does not sit neatly in theory. It unfolds in the moment, in contact with others and with oneself. It ebbs and flows constantly in the...
When wind blows over lake, or ocean, the water’s surface descends into a boiling mass of disturbance. Ripples, waves, commotion. And in this moment, disruption appears...
In many contemporary cultures, joy is often treated as a reward: something earned after difficulty has been overcome. We work hard, endure suffering, solve problems...