

Ep#3 – Doing and Non-doing w/ Lulie Tanett
Use Internal Double Crux
- Use internal double crux technique to have dialogue between conflicting parts within yourself.
- This structured parts work helps clarify issues and reduces internal conflicts.
Body as a Second Brain
- Eugene Gendlin's Focusing technique revealed that emotions are physically felt and processed through the body.
- This bodily felt sense acts like an additional brain, providing deeper access to subconscious information.
Enneagram Reveals Emotional Maps
- The Enneagram maps core fears that shape personality and emotional management regimes.
- Recognizing healthy versus degenerative expressions helps in understanding and developing personality aspects.
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).