I first met Dr. Bowen at a conference in 1976. He accepted me into the Post graduate Training Program and…
Happy New Year – 2017
To start out this New Year I wanted to give special thanks and appreciation to all those who visit my…
Social Copying from Wasps to Humans
Sometimes I am just so lucky to be in the right place at the right time. I had the opportunity…
Training Animals is Simple but My Marriage/Family is a Mess
A New York Times article, “No Sound, No Fury, No Marriage” by Laura Pritchett appears just as I am…
Triangles in Social Groups and Wu-Wei
Would it be useful to see how dominance behavior emerges in a triangle? It is easy to see the two person social…
101 Ways to 101 Ways to Lead While Escaping Being Focused On, or The Top Ten Reasons to be a Scapegoat
On the last day of 2015 I had the great honor and pleasure of meeting and interviewing Aranka Siegal, a survivor…
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…
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…
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…
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/…
