On the last day of 2015 I had the great honor and pleasure of meeting and interviewing Aranka Siegal, a survivor of the holocaust. She wrote the book, Upon the Head of the Goat. She is …
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Bullies, Worries – Mindsets and the Family Projection Process
Back in the dark ages, in 1956 before family systems theory was a thought, Dr. Bowen was observing families at NIMH and asking his staff to describe what the families were doing. There was to …
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Navigating in Social Systems: The use of social interactions around illness and death
Murray Bowen and Bobbie Holt 1983 at a Third Thursday Meeting at Georgetown University The origin of the human condition is best explained by the natural selection for social …
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When Does an Emotional System Guide Your Behavior?
Photo: Murray Bowen, MD and a very smart gorilla around 1987 Is it possible or even probable that we can learn about our own emotionally oriented, automatic behavior? Can we get a clue from observing other …
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Societal Reaction to the Killing of Nine People in Charleston SC . Are We Blindsided by the Emotional System?
These ideas were generated by the first summer session for Navigating Systems and Murray Bowen’s Concept of Societal Regression. http://www.navigatingsystemsdc.com/ Each day we are bombarded by the difficulties we as a society face: random violence, …
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If You Open Your Mind Can You Open the Door?
A tragedy of ignorance unfolds as more evidence comes to light about the relationship between a vulnerable person and society. How much do we know about how a seemingly relatively well functioning person can …
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Social Pressure and Differentiation of Self
Social Pressure and Differentiation of Self Yesterday, January 31st, would have been Murray Bowen’s 103 Birthday. Dr. Bowen left a tremendous inheritance to all of us. His broad grasp of nature, his deep understanding of …
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The Murray Bowen Archives of Leaders for Tomorrow (LFT)
There are archives for many famous people available to those interested in investigating the life, times and works of people like Darwin, (http://darwin-online.org.uk/) and Einstein, (www.alberteinstein.info/ ). For those of you who …
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The Nuclear Family and the Rabbi
JSB EDITS 10/29/14 8:30 AM The Nuclear Family and the Rabbi As part of the Navigating System’s (http://www.navigatingsystemsdc.com) monthly webinar to discuss the basic ideas of Bowen theory, we saw Dr. Bowen’s video on the …
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What are the Costs and Benefits of Leadership along the Border with Mexico?
October 10, 2014 I presented at a conference in El Paso, Texas honoring Louise Rauseo’s retirement. I have known Louse and admired her work since 1976. Her team asked me to present on my new book, …
