Paola Napolitano

  Getting used to selecting the right hashtags on social media to catch the right audience, has possibly helped me locate a few subjects for my AOLs today.  It may take a multi-perspective analysis to ponder over and select the right words or labels that define your practice. At least for me it takes time, reflection and learning. During our first Zoom call yesterday, we talked about our practice.  As a visual learner, and not a fun of public speaking, I tend to simplify my thoughts by jotting bullet points before it's my turn to speak. Thanks to time constriction, I quickly managed to summarize key concepts depicting my current practice and future areas of focus.  What is my practice? This is probably the reason why I am taking the MAPP. Since I have welcomed the opportunity to gain new insights on experiential learning , I have been trying to absorb every single notion about this subject, learning from self-reflection, re-evaluate reflective conclusions based on ne...

Here I am: a new beginning, a new title, a new logo, a new website, a fresh new set intention. Openness, flow and curiosity are probably the words that mostly apply to this brand new re-start. A simpler vision is now accompanying my journey, acting as a clear map helping me navigate through the darkness of thick expectations and assumptions. As my colleagues replied to one of my previous blogs, uncertainty is the essential tool for learning as it gives you the privilege of discovery and growth. I can now label myself with 2 new professional titles, however these are not conclusive of all of my capabilities, rather reflect my engagement into learning and development so far.  After completing my Sports Massage training course in December, and having deferred my MA to Jan's start, I finally had plenty of time to go through the reading material of the life coach course I had purchased back in March last year. Weirdly enough, I started finding concepts that the MA programme would enqui...

I felt lost in the flow of concepts and abstract thought exchange at our last Sunday's discussion.  This confusion was relevant for my process of learning. Ongoing uncertainty and lack of solid answers are giving me the chance to ask questions and find their intrinsic value in the context of my whole experience as a learner, as the book 'Knowing knowledge' suggests. I had already made a conclusion and firm point to myself of what information, knowledge, learning and doing represent for me, I thought. The conversation took me to unchartered waters where I reiterated my tendency to like structures and organized content delivery. Knowledge can be a trap if you codify your language and you manage to interact with others truly by means of that code.  Knowledge without empathy leads you to intellectual elitism and intellectual elitism is the antithesis of culture dissemination.  The process of learning is taking me to sharpen my tools of communication, whereas the empathic abil...