S04E06 Turn a Sacred Wound Into a Sacred Scar

Nov 21, 2024

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💡 SPOTLIGHTED BOOK : Wild Mind by Bill Plotkin

📚 GUEST READER : Andrei Stoicescu

💬 CONVERATION HIGHLIGHTS:

growing from a place of unknowing
not knowing where/when you will learn - it can happen at any time
we often forget that we are a part of nature
eco-psychology lens
we live in an ecosystem and don't recognize our interdependence
eco-centric -- start from the place of recognizing the nature and niche around us
you can work with metaphor without understanding it
you can live beyond knowledge and understanding
you don't know what "cold" is before you experience it
we communicate through our energy, not just our words
Four facets of the self - Interpersonal View of the Self
- Feeling Things
- Using your Senses
- Using our Intellect
- Using our Imagination
What happens if these facets are mature/immature?
Many of us are stuck in perpetual adolescence
We often develop our facets based on what the world needs of us at the time
Knowing your mature facet, and look toward the other facets to help you grow
Miscommunication can occur when our strong facets collide with other facets
What happens on your team when it's dominated by certain archetypes/facets?
Dysfunction on teams occurs when we don't understand ourselves more deeply, and those of our colleagues
Meet yourself from the different facets and treat yourself with compassion
Shifting our strategies that worked in childhood that don't work as adults
Improve your leadership not through tactical ways, but through self-exploration
Beginner's mind and humility in leadership
Look for the patterns in your life
Seeing the gift in the other facets of of self
All of us have a "wounded self" - can we have compassion for our self and that of others
Turn a sacred wound into a sacred scar
Break the promises you made to yourself when you were young
When we choose not to do the work, we pay in non-financial ways, so why not pay someone to help you do the work.

📚 OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED:

Soul Craft, also by Bill Plotkin

ℹ GUEST BIO AND LINKS:

Born in an industrial town of a soon to come out of communism Romania, I fell in love with books and stories in primary school. I have loved music and singing for as long as I can remember and I dabbled with acting until I went to university. I left Architecture after 4 years of studies (out of 6) and quit working in Architecture and Design (after 5 years), started doing odd jobs until, at 25, I ended up in a (then) more than 100.000 employee corporation where I received an Employee of the Year award (in my service center) after my first year for opening a new business line. I joined a (then) small ESG Research provider as an Engineer and worked my way up to Director of Engineering in 4 years. Even before the pandemic came I felt that I need a shift in how I approach things in life so I quit climbing the corporate ladder and started studying Philosophy and Psychology. I hold the same position with my employer and do my best to be there with my team, colleagues and friends. I continued to make music throughout my life and am now working to create my own music-oriented company that will hopefully launch next year.

LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrei-stoicescu/