I returned home a few days ago from the 2011 U.S Systemic Constellations Conference in San Francisco, CA. It was a gift to be with 300 others from across the country, along with a few friends from other countries, to
Occupy Together

I have participated in my local community’s Occupy Bellingham protests the last two Fridays. These weekly gatherings are part of the Occupy Together gatherings in resonance with Occupy Wall Street protests in NYC. On Saturday my family and good friends
May the circle be unbroken

Ten years ago, I began offering a twice monthly introduction to systemic family constellations in my local community. After the first year, I switched to a once a month circle offering. I love these circles. After leading hundreds of them,
Climate change, coal, and ancestors

My local community, Bellingham, Washington, is facing whether to allow development of the largest coal terminal in North America for shipping of massive amounts of coal to Asia. “GPT (Gateway Pacific Terminal) filed papers for the terminal project on 2/28/11
Bin Laden, trauma bonds, and mothers

It’s been ten days since Osama Bin Laden was killed by an American team of CIA officers and Navy SEALs. A few days after this historic event, a friend sent me a blog post from Psychology Today, “The Psychology of
Authentic instead of perfect

“I’m feeling it more and more — that it’s more important to be authentic than it is to be perfect,” said Ade Anifowose. These are the kind of soulful comments I’m blessed to hear from Ade when we are preparing
Healing the Wounds of Slavery

This week is the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War in the United States. Yesterday’s article on CNN’s Opinion Page, “Civil War’s Dirty Secret about Slavery,” reminds us of how deeply the North’s economy depended on slave-picked