ABSTRACT

There are different ways we can think about life and also the qualities of ‘aliveness.’ This definition would clearly change in the discipline of space science by asking if a virus on Mars is alive? There is a quantum jump in complexity to using the conceptual approaches from my own profession. As a clinical psychologist, a specialist in neuropsychology, and a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, I have spent my career understanding the mental life of human beings and social systems – usually under extreme stress. This work has stretched and evolved from looking at and treating the worst kinds of psychological trauma to developing high performance levels with coaching. There is a key relationship between the worst of humanity and seeing the best we are capable of creating.