Talking to Paper
By Ellery Littleton “Talking to paper is talking to the divine. It is talking to a listener that will understand even the most difficult things. Paper is infinitely…
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A Couples Alive Anniversary
By Don Hutton February 14, 2012 … It’s been exactly one year today since my partner and I started the new Couples Alive series of workshops at The…
Finding And Feeding A Man’s Primal Giggle
Dr. Jim Sellner, PhD., DipC. Jim leads the Live, Virtual, Facilitator-Led Workshop – For Men Over 55. I first met Ben & Jock at Cold Mountain, Cortes Island…
The Dream of an Artist’s Residency Becomes a Reality
By Mary Sullivan Holdgrafer It is always satisfying when a good idea becomes a plan and the plan becomes a reality. When I suggested to Rachel that The…
Scared to Life: Transforming Anxiety and Stress
By Toby Macklin Transforming Anxiety and Stress is scheduled in 2015 for May 28–31 and October 1–4. One of the first things I remember about coming to The Haven…
Jennifer Sass
Thank you to everybody who posted on the Shen blog page Celebrating Jennifer Sass. And thank you to everyone who attended the beautiful memorial for Jennifer during Reflections.
My Experience in Living Alive Phase II
By Libo Ma. Libo travelled from China to take part in this year’s Living Alive Phase II. 生命的回归 —记加拿大Haven学院阶段二学习归来 It has been more than one month since I…
The Communication Model at Work
A mining company in the heart of the Rockies is not the first place you might think of as fertile ground for the Communication Model. For Terri Wolfe,…
Counter-Intuitive Creativity at The Haven
By Rachel Davey I always read the articles coming from The 99 Percent with interest. I was struck reading one recently that lists 8 Counter-Intuitive Ways to Improve…
The Haven Harmonograph
By Peter Joyes. Peter’s Harmonograph in The Haven’s Games Room has entertained and fascinated children and adults for many years. Origins I built this double pendulum drawing machine…
The Whole Brain Child
Take a look at this wide-ranging interview with Dr Dan Siegel, talking about his new book The Whole Brain Child … and much more. The second part of…
To Grow: A Postcard from Gabriola
By Danielle Richey A group of students enrolled in the Royal Roads University’s MA in Intercultural and International Communication program visited Gabriola earlier this month and stayed at…