Deepen your understanding of what makes a dream group "Jungian," and how a shared language can enhance cohesion. Jungian-based dream circles hold a unique container for archetypal material to emerge from the unconscious through sound, image, and complexes. However, the at-times unruly and suggestive power of this material requires a safe and practiced temenos – […]
Practice awareness and communication strategies that can help us move from passive to active, committed loving. It is easy to think of love as something that just happens: “I fell in love.” But if we conceptualize love as an energy we can contribute to and grow, love is not an accident of fate. Join us […]
A Director’s Perspective The acclaimed 2024 TV series Shōgun is based on the James Clavell novel of the same name. The MFAH presents Episode 8 “The Abyss of Life,” directed by Houston filmmaker Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour, who introduces the screening and participates in a Q&A afterward. (Shōgun was previously adapted into a miniseries in 1980.) Shōgun […]
Explore how to release the difficult thinking and challenging emotions which hold us in unhelpful perspectives. In 2017, behavioral coach Louise Evans released her book, The Five Chairs, based on Dr. Marshall Rosenberg's process of Non-Violent Communication. She describes a powerful method which can help us master our own behaviors and address the behaviors of […]
Have fun as we examine and question assumptions and stereotypes about the sexuality of people in mid and later life. Join us for an in-depth discussion of the idea of "sexual scripts" – ideals we learn in our formative years that not only instruct each of us how to think and feel about sex, but […]
What if "happiness" is found most often in the places which demand sacrifice and surrender? We are urged to be happy. But what is happiness? Does it ever fall under our control, or are we at the mercy of the unknown forces within and without us? Join Dr. James Hollis for an exploration of our […]
How can we outgrow and live more richly in the presence of life's problems? Jung, Freud, and others left us with a rich tradition of depth psychology. What is depth psychology, and how does it differ from other modalities? What are the chief insights into the human condition from which we may still profit? How […]
Explore how to release the difficult thinking and challenging emotions which hold us in unhelpful perspectives. In 2017, behavioral coach Louise Evans released her book, The Five Chairs, based on Dr. Marshall Rosenberg's process of Non-Violent Communication. She describes a powerful method which can help us master our own behaviors and address the behaviors of […]
INSTRUCTOR: Patrick Stockwell TIME: Six Tuesdays, July 23, 30, August 6, 13, 20, 27, 6:00–9:00 p.m. CDT PRICE: Early bird price: $210 for members, $240 for nonmembers. The deadline for early bird pricing is Wednesday, July 17. After Wednesday, July 17: $240 for members, $270 for nonmembers. Become a member here. Apply for a scholarship […]
Have fun as we examine and question assumptions and stereotypes about the sexuality of people in mid and later life. Join us for an in-depth discussion of the idea of "sexual scripts" – ideals we learn in our formative years that not only instruct each of us how to think and feel about sex, but […]
“Lord, what fools these mortals be!” Fall under the spell of Shakespeare's magical tale of midsummer madness. It is a wild night for lovers as an adventure in an enchanted forest leads to mischievous fairies playing tricks and a troupe of bumbling actors. Love, magic and mischief fills the forest as fantastical dreams blur with […]
“Parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall say ‘Good night” till it be morrow.” The greatest love story ever told, Shakespeare's powerful masterwork of exhilarating love and loss will capture your imagination and leave you breathless. Two star-crossed lovers are swept up by the hatred of their warring families, and they dare to believe […]
