This is a silly title because the brain is pretty amazing.

Nonetheless, it’s not the place to look for answers. When working with clients, I avoid talking to the brain.

The brain is useful for *translating* answers. But it is the Press Office, not the Oval Office.

The Oval Office is where the decisions are made. The press officer merely gives us some words to describe the decisions.

If we get stuck talking to the press officer, we get all kinds of intellectualisations and confabulations. But we don’t necessarily get the truth.

So, where can we find answers if not asking the brain? The body.

The body knows things that the cognitive brain has lost awareness of. When we connect to the body, we feel the responses of the nervous system. And the nervous system is the key decision-maker.

This is why experiential work is so important. You could ask the brain and get a limited, cognitive reply. Or you can invoke the imagination and let the body talk.

Interestingly, what we do is often called talk therapy. But this focuses only on the role of the press officer. The real wisdom – and the transformational changes we seek – are most often born from facilitating experiences.

Not talk therapy. Experiential therapy.

Would you like to learn how to master experiential work to create consistent, transformational change?

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