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If the Family Is An Emotional Unit, What Is It Up To?
In my coaching work I am fortunate to be able to listen to people who are willing to challenge the status quo in the family emotional unit. The effort to separate a self from the intensity with-in the nuclear and mutigenerational family unit is not for the faint of heart. Consider both how long psychology has taken to understand the family as a system. Then let us look at one person’s report on her effort to change herself.
The Unrecognized Impacts of Death, Part 2 - The Long-Term Effects of Death
Continuing the three-part blog series by Navigating Systems faculty member Andrea Schara, Part Two - The Long-Term Effects of Death, looks at the importance of recognizing and understanding the family relationship system and the forces operating within that system.
The Unrecognized Impact Of Death, Part 1 − What is an Emotional Shock Wave?
Last week marked a death toll of over 200,000 individuals who have died from COVID-19. This first installment of a three-part blog series by Navigating Systems faculty member Andrea Schara looks at understanding the family as an adapting system during a time of change, often brought about by the death of family members.
Covid-19 Anxiety and Automatic Behavior
Both for leaders of the country and for each of us personally, this is a perilous, difficult, and confusing time. The future becomes harder to predict when we are faced with a threatening situation.