Tools for Heart-centered Life-leadership     Archetypal Maximization & Inversion     I.mpact T.heatre The Creative Response     Learning through Community Sharing Teaching thru Performance Artistry     Learning thru a shared experience of dialogue during an ILC weekend workshop     Learning occurs in a dynamic & creative way that includes:   Teaching.  Discussion. Community-style sharing. Drama.  Laughter.  Music.  Poetry. Celebration. AND. . .   Your creative nature & natural style are fully honored and celebrated: No analysis of who you are. No judging of your way of being. No shaming.     Learning Together: A Shared Experience     "Life-leadership Tools have brought many gifts to my life.  I am again and again amazed at their power and effectiveness.  I use them in my day-to-day life of communicating with others and building friendships and relationships.  I use them to help me gain clarity about myself and what I desire.  I use them to help me create direction and meaning in my life.  I use them to get unstuck from places I want to breakthrough.  I use them to help me live passionately inspired.  And I use them in my work and to help me gain mastery in the creative process.  The life-leadership tools help me live a life that is authentic and congruent with who I desire to be in the world."   Casey ~ Artist   Tools for Heart-centered Life-Leadership *Heart-centered Life-leadership tools are about mentoring ourselves in a way that provides us with the know-how to live authentically, passionately and in partnership with others. Chris Saade, ILC Founder, Director & Senior Trainer *Heart-centered Life-leadership tools are about making "authenticity" and "intentionality"  come to life in real-life situations. These tools are the practical methods and techniques that allow us to passionately bring heart-centered leadership to our day-to-day situations and encounters.  Barry Sherman, ILC Assistant Director & Trainer     A Few Examples of Heart-centered Life-leadership Tools: Mining the singularity & authenticity of our creative nature for its gifts Recognizing lacks & losses as vital building blocks of passion & vision Distinguishing a wish from a creative heart desire  Distinguishing a heart desire from a core heart desire Honoring (reflecting back to another person a specific quality we see in them) Intentional Romancing (letting another person know how they have inspired us to take a certain action in our own life) Distinguishing anger from aggression The Sandwich Theory (expressing anger in a way that also honors and maintains a sense of connection with the other person) Archetypal Inversion (learning how to allow the unfamiliar parts of ourselves to inspire and motivate new behaviors) Embracing "Both Hands" of Our Feelings (breaking the myth of "positive" vs. "negative" feelings) Ennobling Our Feelings (intentionally connecting our feelings with the service of the greater world around us) Speaking our needs & discomforts without labelling (aggressing) others Advocating the Other (passionately championing some aspect of a belief or position that is very different from our own) Intentional Celebration . . . . . . . . .and many more!                                     "Life-leadership relationship tools provide a way for me to be in partnership without losing the truth of my own heart and allowing room for the truth of my partner.  Learning how to negotiate around issues that are going to be there is creating true heartful intimacy in my relationship." Jackie ~ Executive Director (non-profit organization) Back to Top Archetypes can be thought of as universal instincts/patterns of thought or behavior that inform and shape the basic nature of who we are as human beings. (Carl Jung was a great pioneer of archetypal theory.)  It could probably be said that there are an infinite number of archetypes. And infinity is very difficult to work with! So, different archetypal theorists have developed models that focus on a limited number of archetypes that are deemed essential to our development as human beings. The work of the ILC focuses on over forty archetypes: the twelve from Carol Pearson's book Awakening the Heroes Within and many others that have been identified and developed by Chris Saade. In speaking about or naming archetypes, it is very common to use poetic, symbolic or mythological language (i.e. Lover, Rebel, Warrior, Pioneer, Catalyst, etc.). Through such naming, we are able to speak about and describe aspects of our humanness that can otherwise be very difficult to distinguish and put into words. It is important to recognize that each person will have some archetypes that are dominant while others are less prominent (or even "exiled"). From the perspective of the ILC, the process of self development is about striving toward a wholeness of being which involves: 1) honoring, claiming, & ennobling those archetypes that are most pronounced in us (maximization); and 2) identifying and intentionally calling forth the archetypes that are most "foreign" or "exiled" within us (inversion). The archetypes that are most dominant in us define the essence of our character; they are the roots of our authentic nature and specific creative style.  It is tremendously important that we work to free and consciously unleash our dominant archetypes. In addition, the archetypes that are most unfamiliar to us are tremendous sources of vital energy and untapped potential that can help us achieve breakthrough, and thus, move our lives forward in ways that previously seemed unimaginable. We call this process "Archetypal  Maximization" and "Archetypal Inversion."   Click here to download a PDF Booklet entitled Archetypal Inversion: The Moment of Impact (written by Chris Saade) to learn more about this empowering tool.  (This link not available at this time).                                     Back to Top                                      Back to "Archetypal Exploration" page   I.mpact T.heatre I.mpact T.heatre (I.T.) is a teaching methodology developed by Chris Saade and Barry Sherman that combines ideas, tools & archetypes with drama, music and visual art. I.T. provides a very dynamic learning opportunity that allows participants to be immersed in a "learning laboratory." Lots of fun. Very interactive. Very creative. Very impactful.                                    Back to Top