Lecture & Discussion: Conversations about Love
With Marla Estes, MA
$5.00 to $10.00 suggested donation, everyone welcome.
Presentation Description:
The Paradox of Relationship: "I alone must become myself; I cannot become myself alone." -Pittman Mcgeehee
I recently attended a conference called "Attachment, Differentiation & Neurobiology" and would like to continue bringing some of what I learned into our conversation this week. What do these topics have to do with love and relationship? Why has attachment become a bad word? What are the different attachment styles and what might they have to do with it? What might brain chemistry have to do with it? What might mindfulness have to do with it? And what might trauma have to do with it? In addition, we will be talking about the ideas of Helen Fisher (biologist-anthropologist) and Esther Perel (author of Mating in Captivity) about love.
Please join us to discuss these and other mysteries, weaving in psychological, Jungian, and sociological concepts. Our discussion will focus on relationships as a process instead of as a goal. Through this examination, we have the opportunity to bring more clarity, understanding and awareness to both our conscious and unconscious ideas of love with the possibility of making room for new ones to come forth.
Focus for June Meetings:
Pittman McGehee, a Jungian analyst, has recorded a series of four classes he has taught on "The Psychology of Love." We will be listening to and discussing these over four sessions in June, as follows:
-June 2 General Overview: Eros and Agape
-June 9 Mother Love
-June 16 Father Love
-June 23 The Romantic Other
Although each session can stand alone, they do build on each other. In Dr. McGehee's words, Eros is the love that yearns and wants something and Agape is the love that lets be, that allows and encourages the Other to be all that he or she can be. And within Eros, he says, lie the seeds of Agape. Eros, Agape, Mother, Father and Romantic Other are all interrelated. The ways in which he articulates and weaves these ideas together are simple, concise, easy to understand, and deep at the same time.
Facilitator's Biography:
Marla Estes, residing in Ashland, is a workshop leader, teacher, writer, and mentor. Having a Masters degree in Transpersonal Studies, she has taught at SOU Extension, the SAEJ program at Ashland High School, and leads a woman's study group called "Cultivating the Orchid." Currently she is also co-facilitating a monthly Enneagram workshop. Several of her articles have been published in the Sentient Times.
Website:
http://www.MarlaEstes.com
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