EP 16: Stephen Gilligan and Generative Trance

"Usually with trance you think close your eyes and go away. And that's a good thing to be able to do but I think we always should regard it as a special case. Really what people are needing is how to connect with others and how to participate in life in the present moment with all of who they are." Before there were therapist there were priest, mystics, magi and the like. Stephen Gilligan is a throwback to the best of those healing traditions. Talking with him and seeing him work is always inspiring and reminds me that what happens between people is more than words. I first got into his work because I was studying hypnosis, but he's gone far beyond traditional hypnosis now and looks at all the ways we can ease suffering through connecting with excluded parts in order to create communities strong enough to hold human suffering.  In this episode we discuss: the importance of tapping in to your center how healing comes from connecting to isolated parts how the future is all about community and much more ... Read more about Gilligan here.  PS if you enjoyed this you should check out my episode with Douglas Flemons. I think they're cut from the same cloth.  Listen HERE on iTunes or search Behind the Mirror on Podcast Addict (for androids)