The Art of Achievement Connection Course

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I think it is of a similar level of fundamentalness to maybe not quite focusing but Alexander technique. The basic idea is that so it's called view which stands for vulnerability impartiality empathy and wonder. Each of these four concepts are yeah wonder also has come up in this conversation when I said like that grabby trying to know. They define wonder as basically curiosity without the grabinessso some kinds of curiosity can be oh I need to know and if I don't know then I'm not okay Whereas wonder is this sort of open like ha like what is that okay there's a sort of sense of awe and a kind of like just following whatever is interesting, right?

Tee has a spirited chat with Lulie Tanett, an independent researcher, Twitter celeb and teacher trainee of the Alexander Technique.

We follow the narrative arc of Lulie’s own self-development journey, somewhat intentionally falling into rabbit holes of all varieties, including:

(12:35) The Taking Children Seriously (TCS) parenting movement and educational philosophy – “My first words were ‘that’s coercive!’”
(29:50) Eugene Gendlin’s Focusing “changed her life forever” and is the “foundation of all inner work.”
(33:10) The surprising (to us) usefulness of the Enneagram – blindspot prediction, character construction, and healthy & degenerative expressions
(47:25) Enheartened philosophical exploration and debate versus ‘grabby’ intellectualism
(1:00:45) The Alexander Technique and VIEW (Vulnerability, Impartiality, Empathy, Wonder)

Spicier parts of the episode include spotting hallmarks of the pretense of vulnerability often found within Authentic Relating circles (1:19:52), Tee’s pushback of Alexander Technique-isms (1:18:30), skepticisms about emphasizing a single type of personal development tradition (1:39:28), Lulie disabuses Tee of his bias against ‘mindsets’ (1:41:00)and what Lulie would now say to the previous “floating brain” version of herself regarding bodily processing and energy (2:02:44).