I seem to spend more and more of my time exploring the links between experiential / creative methods I increasingly use in my coaching and the neuroscience which explains why they work. Rather than conflicting, I find the science and the creativity make a perfect match.
My own experience has been that the science has helped me to accept and embrace these so-called "right brain" techniques, so that I use them more often and with greater confidence. My character style needs to have a rational basis for doing irrational work (!), whether that is physical mapping of systems, body work, using imagery and story, or even the dream analysis I was learning about last weekend.
Although the science can explain what's going on, it often doesn't help you change things... exactly what the experiential methods do help with. The outcomes from these methods can be truly "magical"... but it helps me that I don't have to believe they are actually "magic"!
