FEST Writing Group

Is it possible that our lives are predetermined by our emotional reactivity to others? If so what can we learn from considering that to some extent we are all living on Shakespeare’s stage? Think about King Lear who tells us about the down side of pressuring others to follow and flatter the “boss”. If you are.

Has anyone ever invited you to the church, or was it the temple or the masque of the emotional cut off? Or perhaps you automatically knew it was for the best to get rid of annoying people in your family? Perhaps you grew up with this belief. But there was no religious reason behind the.

A mass murder takes place in Los Vegas and LeBron James takes to twitter asking the most provocative question - “What the hell is going on people!?!?” A world class team player, he understands the pain of ignorance, of being blindsided, of your team falling apart. Would LeBron see how the family itself is one factor.

Reflections In an era of societal polarization how can I understand the power of the emotional system to manipulate me? One way: take time to think and write about an emotional event. That is my purpose here. What are the emotional triggers preventing me from acting with greater emotional maturity and living more optimally? When am I.

Tonight there was a tape of presidential candidate, Donald Trump, talking about how his power gave him access to woman in a sexual way. Most people are reacting to this tape in a way they have not reacted to many of the other things he has said, including "I could stand in the middle of.

  Unfortunately I did not have time to really give this the time it needs but people may find some of it intersting.  I am writing a chapter for Pete's book and this is my part so far.  Warning not edited..  Andrea M. Schara   In June 1981 the C.D.C. reported an account of five young gay men.

We see blame and scapegoating in politics and just about everywhere today. Most of the candidates can easily find something to complain about, and mock the others, and sure enough their poll numbers go up. Understanding how automatically small two against one triangles begin in the family, whereby one person is scapegoated to bring the.

Insight Garden Program 4.4: Family Systems Section 1 Purpose: To empower participants to OBSERVE and then reflect on their role in the family and to understand that by making changes to self, while relating well to important others in the family system, the system will over time change. (I always start with the idea that we are learning to.

Insight Garden Program Lesson 4.5 – Family Systems – Handout FAMILY SYSTEMS SUMMARY ● Every family is an emotional system with ancient ingrained action and reaction patterns of behavior that are inherited over generations. We all inherit a guidance system and automatic ways to manage anxiety. By developing awareness of these ‘seeds’ of behavior each person can alter.