Process

I am a firm believer in the power process. Process is the how of the what. In other words, the ways in which lives proceed or groups operate are the processes of those phenomena. Human process is both intentional and subconscious. The best laid plans are intentional. Their undoing is often subconscious individual process or dysfunctional group process.

Understanding my individual process continues as a life's work. Learning my own brain is hard. Changing its process often feels overwhelmingly hard. There are those who say it is impossible. I disagree.

My first attempts to  more objectively understand my own process, how I proceed in life situations, were reactions to failed interpersonal relationships in my young adulthood. Those awakenings to my own unintentional process were painful but absolutely necessary for my growth as a human being, freed from repeating the same dysfunctional processes over and over again. While working with a therapist was helpful in looking at root causes of my process at that time, the real work has been developed with reflection and honest self-assessment daily. This is an important part of my humanist practice.