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Relating with Presence

Alistair McKinnon

Aug 15, 2018
3 min

Relating with Presence

In recent years I have found the people I work with are asking and looking for more than the basics of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) as a way to connect and express themselves with their loved ones and peers. It's sometimes described to me as "a sense of something is missing" in the way they connect to themselves and others, or "something deeper" is calling from within that wants to be expressed but they are unsure how to access or action this. Some may even venture into c

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Are you baffled by the behaviour of someone close to you?

Alistair McKinnon

May 8, 2018
1 min

Are you baffled by the behaviour of someone close to you?

It can be confusing when others don't behave as we expect them to. Whether it's an intimate partner, a child, a parent, or a work colleague. To be honest, I didn't understand my own behaviour in relation to my intimate partner. For years I thought I was offering understanding, connection and love and yet when conflict came along, I'd run for the hills, pull the shutters down and pretend no one was inside. No wonder my partner became extremely upset. Meanwhile I would protes

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A woman's fear in intimate relationship. It's not what you think.

Alistair McKinnon

Apr 15, 2015
2 min

A woman's fear in intimate relationship. It's not what you think.

I’m feeling totally blessed to be able to listen to my partner share what she believes to be the the most significant fear she has experienced in her relationships with men. She did that recently. And it’s not what I imagined. I imagined it might be aggression or physical violence or abusive language. What she told me was that, for her, her greatest fear is to not feel safe in sexual intimacy. She let me know that she needs to be able to say ‘no’ to my advances. She needs to

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Is you intimate relationship all you want it to be?

Alistair McKinnon

Mar 17, 2015
2 min

Is you intimate relationship all you want it to be?

Is your intimate relationship all you want it to be? Do you cherish your partner and know that you are loved deeply? Are you enjoying yourself? I care deeply about my own intimate relationship and I care about others in their relationships, because I know first-hand the difference it makes to my life when my intimate relationship is singing with aliveness, freshness, challenge, delight, passion and a sense of deep connectedness. It has taken me years to get to a place of clar

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What you can expect - the inside job on relationships

Alistair McKinnon

Jan 5, 2015
2 min

What you can expect - the inside job on relationships

Relationships have always intrigued me. In my early adult life I didn’t have much of an idea about relationships. Seemed like a mystery to me. Since then I have been on a steep learning curve from the inside out. I started by exploring my inner world until I discovered the sense of something that felt pretty good but which still left me scratching my head with my intimate relationship that seemed to have more conflict than I thought it should have. So I explored a powerful m

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