FEST Writing Group

    First, we saw only the tall green tree,  We were blind to the surrounding forest. The earth was flat. The forest, dark.  . . . They knew not what to do.   January 19, 2020, the Washington Post carried a very personal story of one family’s experience in the effort to find help for their son, Aaron. Reading this family's misadventure through.

I am thinking about the elections and choosing a candidate to lead the nation. I am wondering how a poor functioning group could elect someone who is capable of functioning at a better level. We all seem to be looking for someone who will save us from this steady decline without upsetting our comfortable existence.

Pat, Having followed your writing and presentations over years, I was pleased and impressed to see this chapter that has now been published in the new book on research based on Bowen Theory (ed. Keller and Noone). You have brought together many strands of your work, both personal and professional, into a cohesive whole..

Stephanie, I was impressed with your comprehensive article in the recent Family Systems journal.  If you would like, I think FEST could be a forum for responses to it. There is much to learn and to ponder in your article, so I will only pick out some small points. The way you describe the natural hierarchy that.

This short piece is an introduction to a topic I am trying to develop. Years ago I heard from somebody that Murray Bowen had been asked, “What is the single best indicator of level of differentiation?” And that he answered, “occupational attainment”, or “educational attainment”. I don’t know if he said any of this. I’ve never been.