Hellinger’s blind spot

….the purpose of the child’s attachment to a family system and the necessity of detachment to become an adult.

From the first moment I got acquainted with Bert Hellinger’s work through a videotape of Karl Auer Verlag, I was struck by his view of the relationship between parents and children. I was intrigued by the apparent beneficial effect of the child’s bow before the parents. I was fascinated and annoyed by it, in particular, of course, because of my relationship with my own parents, with whom I still had a bone to pick. Verder lezen “Hellinger’s blind spot”

On inner democracy and leadership

States

Our democracy has become a play, a game of appearances that lacks an inner democratic disposition. That is the thesis of German psychiatrist, therapist and writer Hans-Joachim Maaz. In Germany as well, you might think? Indeed so.

But there is hope, I counter. Democracy can learn from what has taken place in leadership practices in recent decades under the influence of leadership experts like my teacher Manfred Kets de Vries.

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Over innerlijke democratie en leiderschap

 Toestanden

Onze democratie is een spel geworden, een spel van uiterlijkheden waaraan een innerlijk-democratische innerseelische gezindheid ontbreekt. Dat is de these van de Duitse psychiater, therapeut en schrijver Hans-Joachim Maaz. Ook in Duitsland denkt U? Inderdaad.

Maar er is hoop, stel ik daar tegenover. De democratie kan leren van wat er zich in afgelopen decennia op het gebied van leiderschap heeft afgespeeld onder invloed van leiderschapsexperts als mijn leermeester Manfred Kets de Vries.

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