av Anna Thurdin Hedblad | okt 15, 2025 | The Premise
A teacher once told me: “We attract what we most need to learn.” If we are attentive, our surrounding world serves us chances to grow our capabilities, experiences and judgment. And yesterday I listened to a person I follow who added another layer....
av Anna Thurdin Hedblad | okt 9, 2025 | The Premise
This is a view from my new office. From this window I can glance down along the narrow alleys of Gamla Stan, where people stroll and stumble over the uneven cobblestones much as they must have done five centuries ago. And if I go down into the street below, I am...
av Anna Thurdin Hedblad | sep 26, 2025 | The Premise
To inquire into the Self is to slow down the step, to look in the opposite direction of what life typically asks of us. The Gestalt practitioners call this the phenomenological attitude. As opposed to the natural attitude, where we engage with the objectives and tasks...
av Anna Thurdin Hedblad | sep 26, 2025 | The Premise
I took this picture on my birthday this year. I was working in Istanbul, surrounded by symbols of centuries past, the breeze of the entrancing Bosphorous, and the sounds of the modern city. And as we started the day’s work, with a group of 25 people, I realized I had...
av Anna Thurdin Hedblad | sep 23, 2025 | The Premise
Above the entrance of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, where you could seek divinations from the Oracle already 600BC, visitors received a word of caution: ”Gnothi seauton”. Know thyself. Self-inquiry is not a new phenomenon. So how come we need reminding?...
