I am interested in people, and in the ways we create the world we live in, and the ways we don't. I am interested in how we've learned to think about and feel about things in particular ways, and in how we can make more conscious choices about the thoughts and feelings we have, and about the actions we take. I've come to believe that all of us can play a far more active role in the creation of our own individual experience than we commonly assume we can. And I believe we can take far more responsibility for the world we create together. Even though it is sometimes difficult, it is exciting and rewarding to explore different ways of thinking about who we are and how we live, different ways of being in relationship with other people, and different ways of seeing, accepting and changing the world we live in, here and now. There is so much inspiration to be found for living a richer life, personally and collectively, and I have become interested in making such Inspiring Stuff more widely available.

I've just finished a book titled, Deep Intelligence: Giving our Young the Education they Really Need. It is in the publication pipeline and will be available for purchase here as a paperback and as an eBook download about July. While the book has some focus on the ways we educate young people, it also has profound implications for most areas of human endeavour. What a different and wonderful world it will be, when we have all learned to play the instrument of our whole human being, and have awakened and nurtured what I call 'Deep Intelligence'.

On the road travelled, I have taught, written coursework and/or conducted research for several universities, including Queensland University of Technology, Griffith University, and the University of Southern Queensland, and from mid-2004 spent two years as full-time Lecturer in New Learning at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. I have done extensive consultancy work in the area of educational paradigm change, both in Australia and overseas. Previously, I taught in primary schools and high schools in several states of Australia, and worked in school-based and district-based advisory and leadership capacities relating to shifts in educational theory, policy, culture and practice. I have had numerous writings published in professional and academic journals and books. I have a B.Ed. from Canberra University, and an M.Ed.(TechEd) from the Queensland University of Technology. My Ph.D. thesis, titled 'Investing in Intelligence: An Inquiry into Educational Paradigm Change', was completed at Deakin University in 2005.

I am married to Clinical Psychologist, Dr Pamela Seaton, have an adult step-son, and two gorgeous dogs, Buffy (right of picture) and Magic. For relaxation, I enjoy music, driving in the countryside with Pamela, and communing with nature. Whenever I can, I love working on our piece of land in the mountains of far northern New South Wales. Pamela and I are having fun establishing a Nature Stay, and a centre for enjoying and engaging with horses to our mutual benefit. I am excitedly exploring the work of Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling on communicating and 'dancing' with horses. See this wonderful video clip, for example, and this one.

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