The Mentaframework method was developed in order to help people with all types of personal growth needs. The goal is to share the vulnerability that we all have to others in order to bring out our most vulnerable talents and human qualities. The process is rooted in the Law of Attraction and involves a coordinated disclosure of our attitudes, feelings, dreams, and goals. This coordinated disclosure provides a pathway for us to connect with all parts of ourselves through the experience of connection.
The development of the Mentaframe approach began at the Center for Cognitive Studies (CSC), a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, California. The Co-creators of Mentaframework, Avi Frister and Albert Lewis, began using the eight step framework for vulnerability when they were working on a paper for a doctoral dissertation. They presented their research as a case study at a conference, and it was widely used by other researchers and therapists. Their presentation helped patch up several vulnerabilities that were blocked from self expression because they were too abstract or complicated.
It is important to be vulnerable while you are developing your Mentaframe framework. This helps you to gain access to your resources and your ability to share them. The idea is that you can then help others to do the same. The process of developing the vulnerable scaffold involves sharing feelings, dreams, hopes, fantasies, concerns, hopes, and fears. Sharing is always a two-way street, and it will only help you if you take action.
When we are vulnerable, it means we are open to receiving and responding to others. In fact, sharing is the only way that we will ever learn to really connect with others. If we are not open to receiving and responding, how can we truly help them? It is important that the relationship between you and the other person does not disintegrate when you are vulnerable. On the other hand, if there is already a dissolution occurring, you might find that the work of connecting with each other becomes even more challenging.
One of the best things about Mentaframework is that you can set it up so that others can offer feedback on your work. This way, you are not solely responsible for your own development. You can learn from others as well as the work that is done on your paper. Another great feature is that feedback can come from people that are not in your study group.
There are some tools that help you to keep your vulnerable scaffolds from being depleted. You can assign roles to people in your study group. For example, if there are three members who know a lot about financial issues, you could assign one of them the responsibility of looking over your work before it goes into the creative writing stage. If one person has a different point of view than the rest of the group, then he or she would have to check the paper for possible holes or inconsistencies. This person would be in charge of pointing these out to you.
As time passes and you and your co-writers become comfortable with each other, you may choose to divide your work into different stages. If a particular point of view is more influential than the others, then it should be brought to the forefront. At this point, other members of your group can weigh in and suggest ways that the content could be improved.
The creation of a Mentaframework is an important process in building a supportive environment for your creative writing group. By assigning some of the work to individuals, you are giving them time to read the whole manuscript. This allows them to put their own unique mark on the text. Through regular communication, you are also able to ensure that the work is always being edited and that corrections can be made where necessary.