Author: The Haven

By Susan Clarke. With her partner CrisMarie Campbell, Susan leads Come Alive, Living Alive Phase I, and Couples Alive at The Haven. This article first appeared on Susan’s…

A photo from Dance and Games for Kids in 2004. We think this is My Fair Lady, Annika Raithby and Mackenzie Dickson far right. Denise Goldbeck, if you’re…

GIVING TUESDAY BLOW OUT DEALS! HAPPINESS ON SALE December 3 – Buy one, get one FREE! By Louise Amuir, Development Manager for The Haven The Friday after American…

By Robin Kelley With thanks to Ben and Jock After recently surviving a very nasty bout of depression, I was thinking about The Haven and what it means…

When we first found this photograph, we were puzzled. How did those whales get to be where they are now, on the other side of the wall (in…

This is Seagull cabin in 1983, one of the original Taylor Bay Lodge buildings. We still use it today, though it has been considerably modified. Story has it…

In the Lodge, Winter 1984. This area was known at the time as the Satir Lounge. From Heartwood (the Shen’s predecessor), Winter 1983 or ’84: “Throughout the past…

 By Ellery Littleton  “I do this work because I love it. I love what happens for others and I love what happens for me. I am always learning…

Jock, Ben, Xanon … digging in 1987!

Before there was Shen, there was Heartwood. The following are some of the earliest Haven Happenings articles from Heartwood, documenting the challenges and joys of the early days…

Two photos this week, from a collection given to The Haven in 1988 by Earle Davis (for whose family Davis Road is named). The first picture shows the…

Before The Haven: Ben Wong at the Cold Mountain Institute, 1970s. Ellery Littleton writes, “His groups up in the big teepee-like session house in the trees unfolded like…