Yearly Archives: 2022

NOTE: I am researching Acadian history for a novel I plan to write.  I'd love any comments on threads I might follow to see this history through the lens of Bowen theory. I think current life in Acadian villages also his something worth examining through theory, but I don't deal with that here.  My people were.
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The Evolution of the Benefit of Stress Early life represented by bacteria were exposed to stressful and toxic substances such as iron and selenium. Life evolved to make use of these initial stressors, so that they are now used to promote an organism’s health. For animals, food scarcity was a major stressor. Recent research has shown.
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“In one sacred moment, my questions were hushed”   -from the popular song The Spirit of Fatima, by Don Maclean* (see lyrics and link below) “UNUSUAL LIFE EXPERIENCES” CAN GROW DOS
  • In his December webcast, Mike Kerr stated: “Bowen said there were two ways to grow DOS. Work on the family of origin and unusual life experiences”.
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Societal emotional process describes patterns of interaction one finds in large societal groups, similar to the patterns of interaction which Bowen observed in the nuclear family.  Two patterns of societal interaction observed so far are social category projection process and reciprocal societal projection process. The first, social category projection process, is very like family projection process. Read more