Are You In Touch With Your Erotic Potential?
Written by Elfi Shaw, facilitator of Women & Sexuality: Stirring the Cauldron, Sexual Intelligence, and Eros & Intimacy: Sex & Spirit for Couples at The Haven. We are…
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The Unbearable Lightness of Anxiety
By Scott Acomba, a Haven Intern and Assistant in Transforming Anxiety and Stress, coming up November 28th – December 1st, 2019. I remember walking in to a 7-11 convenience…
Are You Eating for your Dosha? Seasonal Ayurvedic Nutrition
Ayurveda has been widely practiced for over 5,000 years, so surely there’s some wisdom in the tradition that can benefit us today. In this article, Josée Velsen, leader…
Our Book Is Getting Real – So Am I
Susan Clarke reflects on being a “congruent expert,” as the second book she has written with CrisMarie Campbell – The Beauty of Conflict for Couples – rolls off…
This Is How: Adventures in Liminal Space
Kristina Campbell contemplates the value of hanging out in liminal space, where all transformation takes place. By Kristina Campbell. Calibrating True North is at The Haven September 20–23. The image to…
From The Shen Archive: Just 15 minutes can make a big difference
With a number of relationship and communication programs coming up at The Haven this summer and fall, here’s an exercise you may recognize and which can be great to…
Calibrating True North
“Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.” Kristina Campbell describes the inspiration for…
Moving Forward, New Beginnings
Their personal journeys through divorce into new beginnings inspired Jennifer Roger and Blair Stanley to create the programs they are leading at The Haven in September. By Jennifer…
Enlightenment Now
Wayne Dodge reviews Steven Pinker’s book Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress. “Fear will not leave. / Assurances never suffice. / Invite fear to…
A Way with Words
Penny Robertshaw reflects on the rich use of metaphor in working with participants in China. By Penny Robertshaw. Penny is a Haven core programs Assistant and has worked extensively in programs…
A Bouquet of Summer Flowers
Ellery Littleton offers some of his summer poems. Ellery will be returning to The Haven with his program The Spirit Journal in the Spring of 2020. By Ellery Littleton….
Hard Conversations
“To not have conversations because they make you uncomfortable is the definition of privilege,” says Brené Brown. Cathy McNally writes that challenging conversations are at the heart of Dynamic…