Addiction in The Family: Making a Difference
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…
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Raven Steals the Smokey Sun
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…
Living Alive Phase I through the Johari Window
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…
Healing the Social Brain
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
Brain Brakes and Nerve Signals
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…
A Vision for The Haven
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…
So You Want to Talk About Race
Wayne’s Zeitgeist series: So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo; Protest, poetry by Ella Wheeler Wilcox; and, Bring ’em All In by The Waterboys.
The Elephant in the Brain
Wayne’s Zeitgeist series: The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life; I Will Not Die an Unlived Life, poetry by Dawna Markova; Medicine Music by Bobby…
Confessions, Heartbreak and Doorways
Wayne’s Zeitgeist series: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist; the science of Heartbreak; Doorways to the Embodied Self: Eugene Gendlin and the Felt Sense by Marian Sandmaier; Moving On,…
Come Alive: The Future Is Now
Jennifer Hilton writes about The Haven’s Come Alive program and its transformative potential. “You must give birth to your images. They are the future waiting to be born. Fear…
How Emotions are Made
Wayne’s Zeitgeist series: How Emotions are Made: the secret life of the brain, by Lisa Feldman Barrett. A Monster Calls, movie. The Fourth Sign of the Zodiac, poetry…
Memories of a Murder
Wayne’s Zeitgeist series: Remembering the Murder You Didn’t Commit, an article by Rachel Aviv. Tangled up in Spacetime, an article by Clara Moskowitz. Walk Off the Earth, music…