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Overview
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Extensive experience in Counseling, Consulting, Business, and Research/Teaching. Unifying threads that run through these activities are strong interests and well developed expertise in:

• wellness, emotional, spiritual, physical--what keeps individuals healthy and happy
• effective communication—connection, conceptual clarity, emphasis, metaphor
• networked systems—their effects on the health of organizations and individuals
  
• best methods—in these areas, exploring, designing, articulating them in writing

Details by Area

Counseling, Healing (17 years)

Founder, Principle Teacher, Author...........................................................................1989–1994
The Lower Hudson Bear Tribe New York City
Native American inspired, shamanic Spirituality and Healing Techniques (Circles, Sweat Lodges,
Vision Quests, Workshops, Articles). I was trained by Sun Bear and other native elders between
1986 and 1994.  (Some of my teachers do not wish to be named; see Apprenticeship below or
call me if you have questions.)

Founder, Principle Teacher, Author...........................................................................1995–2007
Walk In Balance Philadelphia
Native American inspired, shamanic Spirituality and Healing (Circles, Sweat Lodges,
Vision Quests, Workshops, Articles)

Coach, Constellator, Healer, Author.......................................................................2008-Present
ReddyWorks Philadelphia
WholeSelf Health & wellness coaching, family constellations, teleclasses, workshops,
private sessions in person or by phone, professional & popular articles and books

Consulting (7 years)

Owner, Project Manager, Author...............................................................................1980–1986
Michael Reddy PhD Consulting New York City
Systems Analysis, Rapid Applications Development, Creation of IT departments and data centers,
Articles, Papers. Some clients—NYC Board of Education, Couristan Carpets, Money Magazine

Senior Project and Relationship Manager, Author.....................................................2007–2008
Soliant Consulting Philadelphia
Management Consulting, Systems Analysis, Custom Software Development, Technical Papers.
Helped set up third regional office in Philadelphia, published several technical papers

Business (21 years)

Owner, Designer, Project Manager...........................................................................1987–1997
Exceptional Woodwork NYC, Philadelphia
Marine, Residential, and Commercial woodworking projects. This business formed a grounded,
flexible support system for me while I was apprenticed to native teachers, and later running the
Lower Hudson Bear Tribe

Director of Organizational Development.................................................................1997–2002
Chief Technical Officer.............................................................................................2003–2008
Music Together LLC Princeton
Design, Implementation, and Management of Human and Electronic Systems that helped this
early childhood Music Education company to grow from 6 employees to 60. A very profitable
business that did good in the world

Teaching, Research (10 years)

Research Technician...................................................................................................1967-1971
Argonne Cancer Research Hospital U. of Chicago
With considerable physics and math in my undergraduate background, I became part of a diagnostic radiology team investigating the frequent occurence of small-lesion false positives in liver scans made using Techntium 99m as the radioactive agent.  I became the team's developer when we modelled the behavior of early "collimaters" using Fourier transforms programmed in FORTRAN IV.  This problem was solved in a most interesting way and I was named as a contributor on three publications, and as first author on another (see citations below).

Assistant Professor....................................................................................................1972–1978
Columbia University New York City
Joint Appointment in Linguistics and English. Taught graduate and undergraduate semantics, humanities, writing—trained expository writing staff. Original Research on the role of und-erlying Conceptual Metaphors in human language, The Conduit Metaphor: A Case of Frame Conflict in Our Language about Language. (My groundbreaking article on a coherent, underlying “folk model” for human communication found in the English language. Google “conduit metaphor” to see an extraordinary number of references to my work; or see the Wikipedia article covering it.)

Education and Trainings

PhD, Cognitive Linguistics of English ..................................................... University of Chicago
BS, Philosophy and Physics ............................................................... University of Santa Clara
Advanced German Conversation ..................................... Goethe-Institut, Luneburg, Germany
Jr Yr Abroad, Freiburg, Germany als Ordentlicher Student ....... auf der Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat

Basic and Advanced Systemic Constellation Training

Systemic/Family Constellations ..................... Hellinger Institute of Western PA (Mark Wolynn)
3rd US Summer Intensive 2010 ..................... U of Connecticut, Family Systems Dept
4th US Summer Intensive 2011 ..................... U of Connecticut, Family Systems Dept(Without listing all the workshops and private sessions, I have represented for and/or done personal work with Hunter Beaumont, Ulrich Bold, Andrea Bosbach, Dan Booth Cohen, Judith Hemming, Ed Lynch, Claudia Mengel, Vernon Morin, John Payne, Eve-Marie Schaeffer, Heinz Stark, Mark Wolynn, and Chris Walsh.)

7 Year Apprenticeship in Shamanic Healing...................... 3 Native, Mixed-blood Teachers
(I began working with Sun Bear in 1986 and through him connected with two others who do not wish to be named [call me if details are important].  Trained to lead healing circles, sweat lodges, vision quests, journey-work, soul-retrieval, and varioius ceremonies--I began public work in 1990.  Teachers I learned from and supported during the 90's include Wallace Black Elk, Hawk Little John, Grandfather Albert Ward, Dhani Ywahoo, Slow Turtle, Medicine Story, Granfather Ellis and Charles Chipps, Brooke Medicine Eagle, Grandmother Parisha, Brant Secunda, Spirit Eagle, Hollis Little Creek, Bear Heart, and Vince and Mom Stogan.)

Sales and Management Communication................................ Sandler Institute President’s Club
Core Energy Coaching........................... Institute for Professional Exellence in Coaching (iPEC)
Energy Leadership ................................ Institute for Professional Exellence in Coaching (iPEC)
“Book Yourself Solid” Marketing Trainer............................ Trained Personally by Michael Port
Book Breakthru Gold Mentoring........................................ Janet Goldstein, Elizabeth Marshall

Professional Memberships

Media Appearances

The Community Speaks. 30 minute interview of me on WNPV AM-1370 in the Philadelphia area by Betsy Chapman on family constellations.  

Selected Publications
(In the past, I have published popular articles in places like Sail Magazine, Motor Boating and Sailing,  and The New York Times.  A complete list, all areas, including significant speaking engagements, numbers over 100 citations)

Coaching & Constellations   |   Cognitive Science   |   Business, Technical, Medical

Autobiography

Coaching and Constellations

From Clockwork to Network--Constellations and the Evolution of Worldviews, Part Two:  Time, Space, and Consciousness, The Knowing Field, Dec 2011 (More detailed look the kind of a-temporal, non-local reality necessary to explain quantum effects; this is very much the same reality necessary to explain effects observed in constellations; not merely morality is a matter of social belonging, but also views of reality itself; does scientific materialism reflect left-over historical trauma?)

 From Clockwork to Network--Constellations and the Evolution of Worldviews, Part One:  Paradigm Shift, The Knowing Field, June 2011 (Cutting edge science moves in the direction of modeling the striking effects observed in constellations, but is hampered by struggles typical around the the times of major paradigm shifts.  How can open minded investigators and constellators open better dialogues?  How are empirical investigations and constellations actually similar?)

Higiene Emocional y Psiquica en las Constelaciones Familieares, Translated by Carmen Cortez, Ecos Boletin, Number 35, May/June 2011 (Spanish translation of initial sections of my "Emotional and Psychic Hygiene for Family Constellations" article, below.  ECOS Boletin is one of the primary constellation publications in Spain, created by Peter Bourquin)

Systemic Constellations--Evidence for Non-Local, A-Temporal, Continuous Consciousness, with Dan Booth Cohen, A Poster Presentation at the Conference "Toward a Science of Consciousness," Stockholm, Sweden, May 3-7, 2011.  (An overview of Constellation work, it's origins, effects observed, reasons for researching these, and which models of reality appear adequate to begin explaining them--click on thumbnail to download)

Emotional and Psychic Hygiene for Family Constellations—A Shamanic Perspective, The Knowing Field, January 2011.  Reprinted in the Commemorative Issue distributed at the US Systemic Constellations Conference, October 2011.  (Taking care of both facilitator and participants in family constellation workshops.)

Introduction, in The Coach's Journey--True Stories of Transformational Experiences, ed. by Amanfu J., Anderson R., Reddy M., and Prescott A., Tallahassee: Seedword, 2010, pp xiii-xxix. (A sketch of the many kinds of people who contributed their stories, a brief history of the development of professional life and business coaching, and a look at the iPEC training's core energy philosophy and Energy Leadership Assessment )

Journey Guide, in The Coach's Journey--True Stories of Transformational Experiences, ed. by Amanfu J., Anderson R., Reddy M., and Prescott A., Tallahassee: Seedword, 2010, pp xxxi-xli. (Quick, engaging summaries of the 20 stories in the book, so as to orient readers to what interests them first)

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Constellation Corner: Do Ancestral Families Have Souls?, Yoga Living Magazine, January/February 2010 (Our ancestral families form a kind of system or soul that extends across generations and influences our adult lives. We look at one being re-aligned.)

Constellation Corner: What Transforms—The Person, or the Family?, Yoga Living Magazine, July/August 2010 (Perhaps surprisingly, transformations through family constellations bring positive change on more than the   level of the individual. How is this possible?)

Coach Thyself: Healthcare Overstress,Yoga Living Magazine, September/October 2009 (A look at the stress caused by ever-shifting “expert” pronouncements about health, and the loss of perspective caused by overspecialization in US healthcare.)

Coach Thyself: Resolving Chronic Disease, Yoga Living Magazine, Winter 2011 (Why are paraplegics happier than so many chronic disease sufferers? There's a “chronic disease trap” built into our health care system. How do you avoid it?)

Coach Thyself: Inviting Intuition, Yoga Living Magazine, May/June 2009 (How to cultivate intuition for creative projects.)

Coach Thyself: Six Rules for Successful Affirmations, Yoga Living Magazine, Fall, 2011 (Affirmations of positive outcomes have gone mainstream.  Both atheletes and patients use them  now.  But how do you make them really work?)

Coach Thyself: When Natural’s Not Normal, Yoga Living Magazine, July/August 2009 (Common practices are not always “natural” in the larger environmental sense.  Go easy on yourself when trying adopt sound practices that are not supported by the culture you live in.)

Coach Thyself: An Attitude of Gratitude, Yoga Living Magazine, November/December 2007 (Happy people seem to live longer, more fruitful lives. Can a sense of thankfulness in advance prepare the way for true happiness without living in denial?)

Coach Thyself: Shamanism—Fault Lines or Core Beliefs, Yoga Living Magazine, May/June 2010 (Native Americans have much to teach us about our relationship to the planet. Yet the old wounds live on. How can we heal that which separates us?)

Coach Thyself: The Mind in Meditation, Yoga Living Magazine, November/December 2009 (The Dalai Lama exemplifies an aspect of how mind works in meditation.)

Coach Thyself: Peak Intellect?, Yoga Living Magazine, Fall 2010 (Could it be that the information we receive from every corner is really a distraction making us dumber? Recent research has some disturbing answers. Reviews Nick Carr's book, The Shallows)

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Family Constellations and Coaching—Recognizing and Reframing Transpersonal Gremlins, iPEC National Teleclass and White Paper, August 2009 [obtain white paper from me, or hear teleclass by clicking above] (A concise, now somewhat dated, introduction to family constellation work and its application to coaching.  I'll have new videos made and posted shortly.)

Cognitive Science

From Clockwork to Network--Constellations and the Evolution of Worldviews, Part Two:  Time, Space, and Consciousness, The Knowing Field, Dec 2011 (More detailed look the kind of a-temporal, non-local reality necessary to explain quantum effects; this is very much the same reality necessary to explain effects observed in constellations; not merely morality is a matter of social belonging, but also views of reality itself; does scientific materialism reflect left-over historical trauma?)

From Clockwork to Network--Constellations and the Evolution of Worldviews, Part One:  Paradigm Shift, The Knowing Field, June 2011 (Cutting edge science moves in the direction of modeling the striking effects observed in constellations, but is hampered by struggles typical around the the times of major paradigm shifts.  How can open minded investigators and constellators open better dialogues?)

The Conduit Metaphor: A Case of Frame Conflict in Our Language about Language, 1979, in A. Ortony (Ed.), Metaphor and Thought (pp. 284–310). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (My groundbreaking article on a coherent, underlying ”folk model“ for human communication found in the English language. Google “conduit metaphor” to see an extraordinary number of references to my work; or see the Wikipedia article covering it; or read it here.)

Multiguity: A Characteristic of Poetic Language, Publications of the Arkansas Philological Association, 1.2, 1975, pp. 42-48. (Coining the and justifying the term "multiguity" to denote the rich, intentional ambiguities of much poetic language, such as that of Dylan Thomas or G. M. Hopkins, for example)

Formal Referential Models of Poetic Structure, 1973, in Papers from the Ninth Regional Meeting, Chicago Linguistic Society. Chicago: University of Chicago, Department of Linguistics (A proposed notation for diagraming the rich syntact, semantic, metaphoric, and metonymic structures in poetic language.  This visual and typographic framework gives readers of poetry a way to chart their differing readings of lines of poetry.  It was designed to help elucidate the question of what constitutes a "valid" reading.)

Linguistics and Literary Skills, 1972, a Working Paper of the Columbia University Departments of English and Lingustics  (Distributed to all current teachers of the core Humanities classes, this monograph untangles the unhappy impact of the conduit metaphor on the teaching of the reading of literature, and presents a linguistically based version of the University of Chicago's "Great Books Method")

A Semantic Approach to Metaphor, 1969, in Papers from the Fifth Regional Meeting, Ed. R. Binnick, et. al., Chicago Linguistic Society. Chicago: University of Chicago, Department of Linguistics.  (Successful, widely read disproof of the then current theory that metaphorical understandings of utterances resulted from anomolies in either syntactic or semantic structure. Context alone determines whether perfectly well-formed statements like "the rock is turning brittle with age" are literal or metaphorical.  Helped inspire Lakoff and Turner's Metaphors We Live By).

Technology and Society

Endless Invention--Panacea or Peril?, Yoga Living Magazine, Summer, 2011 (If we “externalize” all human skills by inventing mechanical and electronic replacements for them—what happens to us?  What becomes of our role in the world?)

Does Digital Dilute Materialism?, Yoga Living Magazine, March/April 2009 (The shrinking of nearly everything that can be rendered digitally has taken the gravity out of materialism. Is the invisible giving us a new kind of power?)

Coach Thyself: Peak Intellect?, Yoga Living Magazine, Fall 2010 (Could it be that the information we receive from every corner is really a distraction making us dumber? Recent research has some disturbing answers. Reviews Nick Carr's book, The Shallows)

Music, Migrations, and Hope-in-Hard-Times, Yoga Living Magazine, January/February 2009 (Singing, dancing, playing music and drumming together with friends and family foster a sense of renewed energy, warmth and community, magic and hope.)

Voice-only, Email, and Text—the Goodwill Squeezeplay, Yoga Living Magazine, November/December 2008 (If you want to talk about bandwidth, a “fattest pipe,” then human bodies communicating face to face in the same room still dwarf any other channel.)

Work, Service, and Media Hygiene, Yoga Living Magazine, September/October 2008 (A flood of messages inundates us nearly all the time, almost no matter where go. How will we cope with this toxic invasion of our intellect and bodies?)

Books, Video, and Family Health, Yoga Living Magazine, July/August 2008 (There are certainly some good videos out there, but books have always been an absolutely fundamental way to build our imagination and intelligence.)

CyberSense: Holistic Health in a Wireless World, Yoga Living Magazine, May/June 2008 (Wireless technology drives us into an abstract “i-life” where only fingers and brains do any walking. How do we stay healthy in body, emotions, and spirit?)

Business/Technical/Medical

Blending Agile and Waterfall in Filemaker Development Projects, FileMaker Advisor Magazine, November/December 2008 (http://my.advisor.com/doc/19498 on web).

In-house and Consulting Developers Collaborate to Produce Better Software, Filemaker Advisor Magazine, March/April 2008 (http://my.advisor.com/doc/19419 on web).

[During 5 years of graduate work at the University of Chicago, I was employed as a research technician at Argonne Cancer Research Hospital. I list the publications immediately below because they reflect my intimate experience of working with doctors and hospitals which I use today as needed in my wellness coaching.  ]

P. Harper, K. Lathrop, R. Beck, M. Reddy. "Comparison of Short-lived Radioisotopes as Scanning Agents." Presented by Harper, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RADIOLOGY, Tokyo, Japan, 1969.

P. Harper, R. Beck, M. Reddy. "Two Dimensional Image Analysis in Radioisotope Scanning Systems." Presented by Harper, 16TH ANNUAL MEETING, THE SOCIETY OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE, New Orleans, 1969.

M. Reddy, P. Harper, R. Beck. "Calculation of Radially Symmetric Figures of Merit." In abstract form, JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE, X, vi (June, 1969), p. 431.

M. Reddy, P. Harper, A. Gottschalk, K. Lathrop. "The problem of Noise in Technitium 99m Liver Scans." Presented by Reddy, 15TH ANNUAL MEETING, THE SOCIETY OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE, St. Louis, 1970.