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This is an animated transcript of a short exchange between James Lawley and a training participant. James uses Clean Language questions and the participant’s own words to facilitate the other’s exploration of their metaphor, with surprising results. The transcript was taken from an article ‘Less Is More – The Art of ...

By Judy Rees, for The Model magazine, Christmas 2006 And what would you like to have happen this New Year? Are you thinking of making that big change – stopping smoking, cutting down on booze, getting regular exercise and eating well – yet again? It’s like Samuel Johnson said of second marriages: a triumph of hope over ...

by Phil Swallow and Wendy Sullivan Once we accept that we always affect a person with whom we interact, we can also realise that there are many ways to avoid clumsily trampling over another’s map and even attempting to re-write it for them.  The map is not the territory ‘The map is not the territory’ is one of the ...

In our March newsletter we mentioned a blogger who claimed ‘Clean Language is easy enough to learn in five minutes’, and asked what you thought. Here are some of your responses. Please note: these comments do not neccessarily represent the views of Clean Change Company. A little optimistic 5 mins sounds a little optimistic, I ...

by Judy Rees, February 2007 Are you and your clients missing out on the true magic of metaphor? If you still think that metaphor means telling stories to change people, it’s time to think again. There’s a whole other world of metaphor for you to explore. Linked to latest work in cognitive linguistics, it amounts to a new way of ...

by Wendy Sullivan and Marian Way Have you ever felt you were behaving like a headless chicken, or as though you were under a big black cloud; have you suffered from jangling nerves or painful tension in your neck and shoulders? If you are one of the estimated five million people in this country who suffer from work-related stress, it’s likely ...