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Andreas Brandstätter's avatar

Beautiful piece! I like the connection of dialectic with therapy. It reminds me of Robert Kegans work. More specifically speaking of how our aspirations and fears are intertwined if we have trouble realizing our aspirations - and simultaneously how aspirations provide the necessary generative tension to overcome our fears.

Daniel Hickman's avatar

Thank you! I'll definitely check out Robert Kegan. My cursory search of his stuff looks quite promising, and might also line-up with spiral dynamics! He talks of us moving from simple needs/goals to into complex transformations that require breaking out of previous patterns and paradigms.