Author: The Haven

Written by Leslie Sanderson, Registrar at The Haven.   I recently went home to Saskatchewan to visit my father.  When I arrived, I realized I had forgotten the most important…

By Graemme Brown, co-leader of Gestalt: The Art & Practice  For many years, I had the good fortune to attend personal development workshops led by The Haven’s co-founders,…

By co-leaders of Dynamic Dialogue: Communicating and Connecting When It Really Matters, Cathy McNally, Jane Kilthei and Jennifer Hilton. Next session Nov 1-4, 2018 at The Haven. **** Every time before…

Wayne’s Zeitgeist series: Breaking the Cycle, by Sushma Subramanian; poetry by Wendy Westlake; and, The Hard Stuff, music by Justin Timberlake.

Wayne’s Zeitgeist series: The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness, by Sy Montgomery; Mind: A Journey to the Heart of Being Human,…

This September 20–23, Judi Oakes and Jim Edwards will be leading Addiction in The Family, a psycho-educational, experiential opportunity, based in the work of Virginia Satir. Here they…

As a contribution to The Haven’s hot tub fund, Shelley Lewis donated her beautiful photograph Raven Steals The Smokey Sun. The names of all the hot tub donors were…

By Toby Macklin Living Alive Phase I (October 1–26, 2018) focuses on self-awareness, but very much in the context of relating with others. It’s an intensive course in what we describe as…

Wayne’s Zeitgeist series: The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy: Healing the Social Brain, by Louis Cozolino; Hidden Brain, a podcast by Shankar Vendantam; and, Footprints, music by Molly Kate Kestner

Wayne’s Zeitgeist series: The Brain’s Brakes by Simon Makin; Preventing Suicide by Lydia Denworth; The Brain Reimagined by Douglas Fox; poetry by Vera Pavolova; music by Andra Day…

By Warren Fraleigh, The Haven’s Executive Director Some of the questions I’m asked more frequently as the Executive Director are “What’s The Haven all about?” and “What’s in…