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Teaching from Your Grounding

Updated: Apr 25

Why this matters more than any method or script

When people begin sharing the Three Principles, one of the most common questions is how to do it. Should I use stories? Should I explain the Principles in a certain order? Should I prepare or script what I want to say?

In this clip from our 2020 Professional Training, George Pransky, Linda Pransky, and Barb Patterson share why the most impactful teaching doesn’t come from structure or planning—it comes from grounding.

The Impact of Grounding

Your grounding is the depth of your own understanding—the feeling you live in, the clarity you carry, the insights that have become real to you. When you speak from that place, you may not always have perfect words, but you’ll have the most important thing: connection. As Barb says in the video, “People hear us through the feeling we’re in, not just the content we share.”

Teaching from grounding means trusting that your presence, your tone, and your understanding will speak louder than your explanations.

When Words Don’t Matter as Much

One of the most freeing insights for practitioners is realizing that their job isn’t to convince or perfectly explain, but to point others in the direction of insight. George shares that he used to think he had to “get it right” when talking about the Principles. But over time, he realized that “what people responded to was the feeling I was in, not my exact words.”

This frees you up to listen deeply, speak authentically, and let the moment guide you.

A Different Kind of Preparation

Instead of preparing your message, prepare your mind. Linda encourages teachers to quiet their thinking before working with clients or groups—to let go of agendas and step into presence. That stillness allows you to respond in real time, attuned to the person in front of you, rather than locked into a plan.

If you want to be an impactful coach, teacher, or speaker in this work, the most powerful thing you can do is deepen your own grounding. From there, you’ll know what to say—and when silence might say more.




Pransky & Associates

In 1976, George and Linda Pransky stumbled on a new way of helping people that was radically different from the traditional counseling methods they had been using in their work. The new principles they were learning had a huge impact on their personal lives, their relationship, and the way they worked with their clients. They began to teach these principles to their clients and became pioneers in a new field of psychology that profoundly changed people in a short amount of time.

Young George Pransky & Linda Pransky

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