Making Life Wonderful – Part 1

Go to Part: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 (old base page – needs some work)

Part 1 in one piece: 1h16m

Marshall gave this two-day workshop in spring of the year 2000 in San Francisco. I have boosted some portions of the audio files, to make them audible.


Segments of Part 1

In order to fully appreciate the gifts of this teaching, I provided smaller time segments.
May this serve needs for orientation, learning and sharing. Damn it! 🙂

MLW-1.1 – Fundamentals of Jackal and Giraffe
How to destroy or nourish our joy of making life more wonderful for each other.

MLW-1.2.1 – Training Giraffe Ears 1 – Responding to Jackals in Giraffe
Participants collect hard to hear messages and try to hear them with giraffe ears.

MLW-1.2.2 – Training Giraffe Ears 2 – Father-Daughter (1)
Father trying to hear his daughter’s jackal with giraffe ears.

MLW-1.3 – Navigating Giraffe Empathy
What is enough empathy? How to get clarity of a person’s request after receiving empathy?
And more.

MLW-1.4 – Giraffe Ears from Friends – Father-Daughter (2)
Giraffe communities and friends for empathy support.
Roleplay: Father shares his jackals and a friend offers him his giraffe ears.

MLW-1.5

MLW-1.6

MLW-1.7
Empathy for the Daughter

MLW-1.8 – Why 40 words in Giraffe?
On the importance of respecting the gift of attention

MLW-1.9 – Choice, Touch and Physical Closeness
Respecting Choice & Offering Physical Contact, Closeness as ‘Being With’

MLW-1.10 – Feelings – Doorways to Aliveness and Presence
Rejection Exercise 1970 – Marshall’s Insight – Joy of Exploring the World of Feelings