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One of 101 Ways to Differentiate Self: Navigating Systems Summer course in action
From the Navigating Systems Summer Course, one participant’s first-hand report on the battle for differentiation of self in the age of COVID-19.
My Thoughts During this Time of Covid-19 - ideas to promote thinking by Andrea Schara
Humans at times seem to be nothing but history stuffed into a bag of bones. But hold on, we have some ability to understand the influence of the past and to consider the choices before us.[i] If we can perceive more of “reality,” then we can choose the high road instead of being hijacked by emotional cries to join the low road. Emotions are contagious. People can lose their identity in an emotional crowd.
Systems Thinking For This Moment In Time
This video is my first attempt to use the animation program Doodly. A number of quotes were highlighted from Lois Farfel Stark's book, The Telling Image.
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.
Families: A Revolution in Mental Health
Is there no protection from mental health issues? Seemingly it does not matter if you have a great deal of money or if you are successful in your profession. People fight, they worry, they criticize, they misinterpret, and blame each other.
What is Neurofeedback and Why Use It?
NS Faculty Member, Priscilla Friesen discusses why Neurofeedback is a useful tool when integrating the work of family systems theory.
Death And Its Complexities
My brother Walter “Butch” Maloney died on November 2, 2019. On that morning, there was calmness as I came into his home to see him. His head was resting on his chest, his eyes were closed, and he seemed comfortable with death as he sat so still in his Captain’s chair. Checking, just in case, I said his name and put my arm on his shoulder, but he was gone; Butch’s life force had just run out of steam. For nine months he had fought death in every way possible. Now his race with death was over and there was time to say good-bye, before people came, before the day broke.
How Do You Think, Where Do You Stand and How Do You Hold the Line?
Words, like seeds, may be lovely or scary invading monsters with deep roots. Words may offer you information, greater awareness, more responsibility for self or even a deep understanding of your predicament. New ideas in mental health do not fit with the way we have learned to think about the individual as the problem. At work and at home someone else is the problem, not me.
What's A Family To Do... Turning Differences into Opportunities
Unfortunately, statistics for the longevity of these family-run businesses are not positive. Thirty percent of all family-owned businesses make the transition into the second generation, while only 12% are still around in the third, and a mere 3% of all family businesses survive into the fourth and beyond, despite family owners wanting them to.
What's A Family To Do...Inheritance, Equal or Not?
Inheritance reflects the time individuals have spent considering the future impact of what they do now on future generations. At the most negative end, people use their wills as a way to punish people. They cut out the ones who annoyed them and reward the ones who were pleasing.