FEST Writing Group

I have been thinking about the core concept of Bowen Theory - Differentiation of Self. It seems to broaden the field of vision in so many ways. How differently would we think and act if we assessed ourselves, our family, the Supreme Court and world leaders, and large social groups based on the concept of.

I will sketch here a paper I want to write. In the 1950s through the 1980s, there was an abundance of family research, both quantitative and clinical, which followed efforts of the major pioneers of family therapy.  A great deal of this research dealt with families of schizophrenics.  This focus expanded to the family,.

(Colleagues: Here are some summer notes from my inner/outer research on the effect of long-term mediation on differentiation of self.) I am interested in a state of awareness described by ancient texts, and translated as "knowingness".  My colleague and fellow meditation researcher Mark Roberts, and increasingly I, at times, experience a clear, concentrated, abstract sense of.

Draft for FEST: Ideas for presentation at the 2020 Symposium, The human family as a product of evolution—Any ideas about this draft? Including how does the multigenerational emotional process fit with evolution?  Thank you for any feedback, Laurie   Murray Bowen described in detail how a human family tends to compromise the functioning of one or more members,.