A four part interview with Dr. Gilligan from ChinaTV

We are delighted to be able to share with you this four part interview produced by ChinaTV.

In each part Dr. Gilligan discusses different aspects of Generative Trance, from it’s history, it’s relationship to creativity, how to apply it in intimate relationships with partners and children and the nature of Trance.

It’s fabulously produced set of films joining with a beautiful aesthetic, joining Dr. Gilligan’s words with sounds and images.

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Remember Milton: A video interview between Dr. Stephen Gilligan and Dr. Gunther Schmidt

I met Milton Erickson, M.D., in 1974, at the ripe age of 19. It was a momentous event for me, awakening a great fire in my soul that persists all these years later. There are few (if any) people that have affected me so positively and deeply, both personally and professionally.

I met Gunther Schmidt not that long afterwards, still in the 1970’s. We met in my home town of San Francisco, where a young Gunther was on his “hero’s journey”. Our connection has grown over the years, both personally and professionally. 

I feel Gunther has about as deep an understanding of Erickson’s work as anybody i’ve met, and the even more impressive thing is that he has developed it in his own unique and amazing way. 

When we were teaching together in Heidelberg this past May (2017), the opportunity arose for this conversation about Milton Erickson. I found it a very interesting exchange, and feel so lucky that Lutz Berger and Frieder Ittner have done such an exceptional job in recording and then crafting an extraordinary video from it. I hope that you find the conversation illuminative and helpful.

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Creative Consciousness An Interview – edited by Anna Pensante

Stephen Gilligan proposes new ways of considering and solving some fundamental problems such as violence, industrialization and the spread of virtual reality, which is increasingly diverting us from contact with the living world. 

This book-interview addresses the discomfort of contemporary man and possible strategies in a lucid and provocative perspective to realize the fundamental meaning of our existence in the world: the connection with the community, with the spirit, with the human beings.

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Stephen Gilligan in Dialogue with Andrea Schueller

This interview is part of Andrea Schuller's work in creating 'COS' which stands for Challenging Organizations & Society. The purpose of COS is to create and offer a unique space for learning, transformation and generative collaboration at three inextricably linked levels: individual, organizational and collective or societal. In May 2017 Dr. Stephen Gilligan is presenting a workshop on 'Somatic Intelligence in High Performance Teams' and this interview discusses the workshop and Stephen's and Andrea's work.

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