"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 meanings and articulating them in fresh, precise language. TAE's organized learning steps help you discover your unique voice whenever you need to think creatively.

Many Roads Lead to Your Inner Wisdom

Beginning the Creative Journey from Where You Are

Beginning is often the hardest part: the empty page, the feeling that there is too much to hold together, or the lack of clarity about the essence of your project.

TAE can make that moment feel even harder because it asks for something very specific to start with: a felt sense of what’s implicit but not yet sayable.  Many people stall here,  not because they lack depth, but because the felt sense hasn’t formed yet.

This course is designed to make the entry point easier.

Welcome to a thinking laboratory: a safe, open, and non-judgmental space to begin. We will use the TAE steps as resources to experiment with different ways to enter a creative process. You’ll go to the edge of what you already know and stay close to the “more” you sense.

By the end, you’ll have initial pieces of precise language that stem from your inner wisdom, a better understanding of your creative project, and an internal reference point along with a sense of direction for further exploration.

How this Course Works

Addressing what tends to be obstacles

  • Multiple entry points

    There is not one correct beginning for a creative process. We will begin from what is already available for you: images, incidents and stories, tensions, existing concepts and words that don’t quite fit, questions, as well as what is not-yet formed but somehow vague, e.g., noticed as a passion, interest, longing, or just a . . . to enter the realm of your inner wisdom.

  • Relevance-building as the missing step

    Usually, a felt sense just doesn't hang around, nor are you “finding” one. You’re cultivating the inner context that allows it to form by weaving together the findings of the beginning exercises. With curiosity and through careful listening to yourself, you will build enough relevance so it can become a stable ‘this’ you can return to again and again.

  • Personal concerns are not noise

    To think with and from an edge, we often need to deal with upcoming personal difficulties. You’ll learn how to acknowledge and navigate them as resources to enrich the creative process.

  • Continuity over time: holding the arc

    You will learn how to maintain continuity even if a felt sense hasn't formed yet or shifts over time. The specific felt senses and findings that arise along the way become “ornaments of the arc”: usable anchors that let you return and continue.

  • Linking the Pieces

    Not everything you explore has to be cutting-edge. You will learn and experience how to weave existing ideas and new insights together, not like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, but rather like creeks flowing together.

  • Generative Structure

    We reorder, reverse, and enrich the original TAE steps. We playfully apply them without pushing for outcomes. From this experience, you will be encouraged to find your own generative structure for thinking at the edge.

Who this is for

This course is for you if:

  • You have a project you care about, but you can’t find a starting point.

  • You feel there’s something important to say, but can’t articulate it.

  • You are curious about or have done some TAE but never really engaged in a productive process.

  • You want structure that supports your creative process without forcing a rigid sequence.

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

Course Format and Deliveries

This is what you will get

  • 4 live online sessions (Zoom), 2 hours each

    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. We will use not only words to connect with your inner knowing and express it; we will also work with pictures, drawings, movements, and music.

  • 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.

  • Bonus: Individual Session

    After the last course session, you will be invited to schedule an individual session to clarify how to proceed. This will also be an opportunity to work on specific challenges you may have encountered during the course.

  • Bonus: Handout

    After finishing the course, you'll receive a handout with all the exercises, thematically ordered, and your personalized path forward.

Course curriculum

  1. Welcome

  2. Course Material

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

  4. Session #2 - Find the (re)sources in you and from your lived experience

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

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

Schedule

Dates: 

Thursdays: March 19, March 26, April 2, April 9

Time: 

11:00 am–1:00 pm Eastern Time (EDT)

What you May Want to Bring

Bring your unfinished thoughts, vague ideas, half-finished projects, or any topic you care about. 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 installments.

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.