Creativity: Things we forgot we knew
By Marlyn Farrell Creativity isn’t just for artists. We express ourselves in the way we move through the world, create meals, play with children, or express our ideas…
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Bodywork at The Haven
By Elfi Dillon-Shaw Touch lives in the skin, which truly is the outside surface of the brain, through which we gather information and interpret it. Caring touch relaxes,…
Joanna Macy: The Work that Reconnects
Jack Choules is a member of The Haven staff, working in the maintenance department. Here he writes about his experience of Joanna Macy’s recent workshop at The Haven….
15 Minutes to Contact
By Ernie and Cathy McNally. Ernie and Cathy are leading Living Alive Phase I October 2-27. Do you have 15 minutes to invest in your relationship? Over time…
Poems from Primal Nudgings
Recently I had the privilege of working with a group of women in the Primal Nudgings program. Some of them agreed to have their poems published in the…
The Haven Selves Model (BAAAAA)
Following up on the Carl Rogers passage below (Acceptance and Change), here is The Haven’s Selves Model, which develops some of the ideas Rogers discusses. BAAAAA is an…
Thanks and Farewell from John Shields
As my tenure as The Haven’s Executive Director comes to a close, I want to acknowledge and appreciate the two Boards that I have served, as well as…
China earthquake
Our friends Dodo Lee and Cora Tao have been working with earthquake victims in the Duchainyian area of China, helping people deal with emotional trauma. Dodo and Cora…
Acceptance and change
I recently came across this passage from Carl Rogers’ On Becoming a Person. Rogers is considered one of the founders of the humanistic approach to psychology, whose ‘person-centered’…
Eric and Leon Bibb in concert
Eric and Leon Bibb performed at The Haven last week, to a packed Wong and McKeen Phoenix Auditorium. A moving, joyful evening. Thanks to the Gabriola Sounder for…
Why poetry matters
By Ellery Littleton “Poetry doesn’t matter to most people,” writes Jay Parini, poet, novelist and professor of English at Middlebury College, Vermont. “Most people don’t write it, don’t…
Behind the Scenes: Act Natural
Updated December, 2018. Jane Geesman and Sarah Lucht created Act Natural at The Haven in 2001. This is their story… Jane Geesman writes: Some years ago, I had a lively…