FEST Writing Group

The rain pounded on the dark and gloomy highway as I went home from Bayberry Hospital one windy night in June of 1974.  Butch had been hospitalized for a month. I was driving into the tunnel connecting Hampton Roads to Virginia Beach, Virginia. The wind.

Living in a family falling apart  

One cold day in April of 1974, I got a call from my brother Butch. He was on his way over with some “good news.”  I watched him arrive in his old blue surfing van, jumping out, he excitedly told me something that altered the.

Overview: The Big Picture

I was born on November 19, 1941, three weeks before the horrific bombing of Pearl Harbor. This changed the world and the lives of countless families, including mine. We were one of the millions whose early memories were full of war threats. In times of trouble I, as the.

VH here responding to Laurie Lassiter's comments via email. Here is a round a bout reply re: who do I view as the reader? I began this project in 1992 after moving away from immersion in Bowen theory communities of thinkers and the science available at GT, the Smithsonian, and elsewhere,.

I began thinking about this topic several years ago when I realized that I had met many people in my practice and in my personal life who are considered successful in life, but appear to be lower in level of differentiation of emotional functioning.

Many people have the thinking, “If.

The thinking here was spurred by recent news of the death of Russian mercenary leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, and information in the news about his life and activities.  The founder of the Wagner group, Prigozhin built a fortune by organizing militias, groups of fighters who could be employed for combat or security services by.

The Encounter Group

Fall 1968 Chapel Hill

Dad moved the family to Chapel Hill at the same time that I started there as a freshman. For three years he had been the North Carolina state director of vocational rehabilitation, and he had an opportunity in 1968 to.

  Photographs were a crucial and important part of my work with Dr. Bowen. I knew he was a genius, a man beyond his time. I was curious. What was he doing? I took his photographs to study him. I needed to know if he was real..

Below is the abstract I submitted to the International Conference on BT in 2024. It was accepted and I would appreciate any thoughts/ comments/suggestions as I work on the presentation. Thank you  

Mankind’s Relationship with the Earth Via the Lens of Bowen Theory

Ann V. Nicholson, RN, MS, CS

Dr. Bowen states: “The more.

In an effort to understand my own distractedness, I’ve started focusing on what is being researched, written and said about the topic. Now I wonder what the concept of emotional process in society would say about this and the human ability to meet the monumental challenges we face. Constant news alerts have many of us at.