“To begin a TAE procedure one needs to have – right there – a deep, bodily palpable sense of something  in one’s field of knowledge that has not yet been articulated.” Eugene T. Gendlin


Thinking at the Edge (TAE) is a method for getting in touch with your felt knowing and articulating it with fresh and precise language. TAE's structured learning steps help you find your distinctive voice whenever creative thinking is needed.

The Creative Journey Begins Prior to the Felt Sense

Many Roads Lead to Your Inner Wisdom

TAE asks for something very specific: a deep, bodily palpable sense of something in your field that has not yet been articulated. Many people get stuck in TAE right at the start because they don’t have an already-formed felt sense to think from.  And if it’s not there, TAE can not only feel frustrating, but also leaves them without a reference point from which to express their inner wisdom. 

This course is designed to work around the prerequisite of already having a formed felt sense. 

We cannot force a felt sense to form. But we can create the conditions for it to come. We will begin from what is already available: images, incidents, tensions, words that don’t quite fit, as well as what is not-yet formed but somehow vague, e.g., noticed as a passion, interest, longing, or just a . . . . ..

With curiosity and through careful listening to yourself, you will build enough relevance, like the roots of a tree, so it can become a stable ‘this’ you can return to again and again.


How You Will Benefit

This course will address what tends to be obstacles:

  • The formation of a TAE-grade felt

    TAE asks you to start from your experience in a field you know well, something that is “more” than what is already said or known. We’ll work with ways of letting that “more” become present and stable enough to think from.

  • The personal concerns that come with thinking at the edge

    To think with and from an edge, we often need to deal with personal difficulties. You’ll learn how to acknowledge, move through, or even enrich the creative process with what arises.

  • Continuity over time: holding the arc

    As you explicate, the felt sense changes. What stays is the relevance, the living continuity of the whole journey. You’ll learn how to keep the “same river” even as it forms whirlpools, eddies, and rapids. The specific felt senses and findings that arise along the way become “ornaments of the arc”: usable anchors that let you return and continue.

Who this is for

This course is for you if:

  • You have experience or expertise in a field and feel “there’s more here,” but can’t yet articulate it.

  • You practice Focusing and want to use felt sensing to think more deeply about your work and life.

  • You have done some TAE but never really engaged in a productive process or have given up trying to use it.

  • You are curious about TAE but found it too demanding or cumbersome, so you never tried it.

  • You want to expand your experience of how to think at the edge.

Course curriculum

  1. Session #1 - Find a topic and the core of the topic with pictures

  2. Session #2 - Find a topic and the core of the topic with pictures

  3. Session #3 - Walk at the edge of what you already know and embrace conflicts

  4. Session #4 - Integrate and let a felt sense form

Course Format

  • 4 Live Zoom Sessions

    During the sessions, you will receive brief teaching input. However, the main focus will be on guided experiential processes. In each session, you'll have the chance for breakout practice in pairs, and there will be time for questions and integration.

  • 6 prompts before, between, and after the sessions

    As soon as you’ve signed up, you will receive some questions to find and narrow down the topic you choose to work on. You will get prompts to encourage partnership or independent work between sessions. At the end of the course, you will be provided with suggestions of how to go on.

  • Permanent Access to a Learning Portal

    You will be invited into a learning portal where you will find the recordings of the live sessions and all the course material.

Schedule

Dates: 

Thursdays: March 12, March 19, March 26, April 2

Time: 

11:00 am–1:00 pm Eastern Time (EDT)

What you May Want to Bring

A topic you care about. It can be a vague idea, a work-related or creative project. If you don’t have one, you can still join; many people find their topic during Session 1.

In addition, you need a notebook (or a prepared document on your computer), drawing utensils, and a big sheet of paper. 

Most importantly, come with an open mind and curiosity. 

Pricing options

You have the choice to pay the fees at once or in three slices.

Enrollment Process

Once you click the button “Sign up now,” you will be taken to our secure checkout.
You will be asked to create an account or to sign in when you already have an account.

After the checkout is complete, you’ll receive a receipt and a confirmation email which includes a link for the learning portal.

Your Course Facilitator

I look forward to taking this winding and enriching path with you!

Evelyn Fendler-Lee

Dr. Evelyn Fendler-Lee is a self-employed organizational psychologist, a certified person-centered counselor and coach, a Focusing trainer, and Certifying Coordinator (TIFI). She encourages deep and interactive thinking for original creation, profound change, and sustainable solutions. In her work with individuals and teams, she integrates her experience from her previous career as a researcher and project manager, as well as from teaching social and personal skills at universities.

With the Thetaland® Academy&Consultancy, she applies the principles and practices of Gendlin's philosophy of the implicit to innovation, teamwork, leadership, and personal growth.

Do you have questions?

Don't hesitate to contact me by email or schedule a 30-minute free information session. I am happy to answer your questions.