From the Haven garden: until the heather blooms
By Don Mattson Hi, Don the gardener here. Well, another season in the Haven garden has come to an end and I am home catching up on some…
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The Creativity of Anger
We found two very interesting articles on the creativity of anger. If you’re interested in the subject, check out Anger, Boundaries and Safety, a program created and taught…
What Happened to Downtime?
A very interesting article on the99percent.com Interruption-free space is sacred. Yet, in the digital era we live in, we are losing hold of the few sacred spaces that…
Loving is My Pleasure
By Bennet Wong Here’s another story (both the text and Ben’s recording of it) from In and Out of Our Own Way by The Haven’s founders, Bennet Wong…
The Divided Brain
The intuitive mind, said Einstein, is a sacred gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant. But we have created a society that honours the servant, and…
You can leave your toque on
By Gary Holdgrafer. Along with Mary Holdgrafer and Wendy Huntington, Gary leads Creative Aging: Embracing the Second Half of Life. Being a person of a certain age, I…
The Landscape of Our Lives
By Bennet Wong, co-founder of The Haven and co-creator of Come Alive and other programs here. This entry is from In and Out of Our Own Way by…
Inner Activist: A Unique Multi-Disciplinary Program Launches at The Haven
By Ellery Littleton & Wendy James Several years ago, Ian Curtin had a germ of an idea – one of those ideas that get hold of you and…
The Spirit Journal – New in 2012
Following is an interview/article written by Ian Curtin, one of our talented ‘Come Alive’ leaders, with Ellery Littleton, poet and novelist, who has been offering intensive journal-writing programs…
Story Water/Story Wisdom
By Margo McLoughlin Margo is leading Storytelling for Reinventing the World at The Haven, November 4–6. A version of this article appeared in “Giving and Receiving,” the Summer…
Inform, Remind or Control
By CrisMarie Campbell My life is very full right now. In July, I completed the second of two sixth month training programs with Martha Beck to become a…
Eric Bibb: September Workshop, New CD
Eric Bibb has recorded a new CD, whose release in September will coincide with his workshop at The Haven, Spirit in the Song – and the CD is…