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Creative Edge Focusing ™ Intensive: Weeklong Opportunity to Learn Core Skills and Creative Edge Pyramid Methods In An Experiential Learning Community

Participants, in a group of 20 or less, will learn the PRISMS/S Focusing Process, with Core Skills Intuitive Focusing and Focused Listening, and its application throughout Creative Edge Focusing Pyramid of methods -- in Focusing Partnerships, Interpersonal Focusing, Focusing Groups/Teams, in building a Focusing Community, and for Creative Edge Organizations.

The optimal way to learn Creative Edge Focusing Pyramid is to become a community ourselves and to struggle with some of the interpersonal conflict and group decision making that arise as we live as a community. Living and working together will stimulate the need for Collaborative Edge Focusing Decision Making so that we can practice these skills. Everything that we experience can be grist for the mill, opportunities to practice our skills at all levels of Creative Edge Focusing Pyramid!  So, we look for a diverse mix of individuals who will be negotiating around training opportunities as well as over transportation, boat scheduling, arranging and sharing our meals, and cleaning up. We will be happy to stir some (minor) conflict so we can practice Interpersonal Focusing!

If possible, bring friends, partners, and colleagues with you. Then you can have support to continue with Focusing Partnerships, Groups/Teams, or Communities when you return home, and to bring PRISMS/S into your work place or organization.

Beaver LakeThe Creative Edge Focusing ™ Intensive with Dr. McGuire takes place at a lodge on Beaver Lake near Rogers, AR (airport XNA = Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport), in mid-September or early October.  The lake is quiet after summer, the autumn leaves are turning, it’s still warm enough for boating and swimming….

Over 40 hours of training in six work days, with plenty of time to “vacation” by the lake!!! A three hour morning session will go from 9AM- 12 noon, break for lunch until 1:30PM, three hour afternoon session from 1:30-4:30PM. The training is hands-on, experiential, relaxing, and invigorating at the same time.

After 4:30PM, participants can enjoy Beaver Lake at its best. They can canoe, kayak, fish, swim, or just lounge on the dock, decks, pool.  If desired, they can also arrange additional Listening/Focusing practice turns in their rooms.  Some of us will work on a dinner-from-the-grill, (dinner 6:30 PM), some on clean-up.

Evening sessions, from 8-10PM, will be used as needed for additional Collaborative Edge Focusing Decision Making, Interpersonal Focusing, or other optional sessions. We also might plan to go to dinner in town one night, etc.

The Self-Help Package

As part of registration, all participants will purchase and study The Self Help package prior to attendance. For maximum learning, they can begin practicing the Core Skills of Intuitive Focusing and Focused Listening and begin building a Focusing Group/Team or Community.

E-Discussion List Pre-Planning Experience

Starting several months before the Residential, there will be a strand on the Creative Edge e-discussion list where participants will begin study and discussion of The Self-Help Package //link to 5.B.1)// and  Collaborative Edge Focusing Decision Making (CEDM) in preparation for the Intensive. This is an essential part of the experiential learning program.

By invitation, Creative Edge Focusing ™  Intensives can also be planned in other regions of the USA and in other countries.

Visit our Store to reserve a place.

Lodging:

The Lodge At Treasure Cove (www.treasurecovelodge.com ) right on Beaver Lake, minutes from downtown Rogers, AR, 30 minutes from Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA): baby grand piano, five fireplaces, gourmet kitchen, outside barbecue grill, pool, easy walk to lake with four boat slips, swimming, kayaks, canoe, fishing, possibly pontoon boat trip. Formal accommodations are five suites, with a combination of queen/king beds, pull outs, and roll-aways. There are no singles available, but private sleeping spots  can be found in other areas as needed.

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These materials are offered purely as self-help skills. In providing them, Dr. McGuire is not engaged in rendering psychological, financial, legal, or other professional services. If expert assistance or counseling is needed, the services of a competent professional should be sought.