Imagining Forgiveness

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” Martin Luther King, Jr.

Working with Imagery for Life Issues It is profoundly powerful to use images to ground yourself and set a course of healing and forgiveness. We will work interactively with metaphor, symbol, and guided imagery to facilitate greater joy, increased self-wisdom, and calm. Donations are requested. Lunch may be purchases for $14 or you may bring [...]

Please join me on January 11, 2012 as I lead a retreat day from 9:30am to 3:30pm at the beautiful La Casa de Maria Retreat Center in Santa Barbara, California. Here is the link to register https://www.lacasademaria.org/programdetails.asp?progid=V2S1S3M480H18X0OPM57PY1SD3MKP9Y3

Our Imagery International conference this past weekend went extremely well. The theme was Hope and New Beginnings and we had an array of inspiring presenters. Attendees found the experiential components particularly meaningful. I feel honored the be the current President of this wonderful organization. We had our Board meeting and retreat on Monday and we [...]

Annual Conference Imagery International’s Third Conference Co-Sponsored by Beyond Ordinary Nursing Imagery: Hope and New Beginnings September 30 through October 2, 2011 at Mercy Center in Burlingame, California USA Registration with commuter/day fee is available to the start of the conference. Speakers and Topics Robin Gayle, PhD, MDiv, MFT, “Metaphoric Dialogue: Bringing Hope Alive” Carl [...]

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I recently had the pleasure and honor of attending an open house at the Santa Ynez Valley Therapeutic Riding Program (H.E.L.P). I was quite impressed with what is happening over there and I wanted to share it with you. I will quote from their brochure: “The HELP program involves therapists and horses in an experiential [...]

Mbuti_exhibit_flyer_FINAL[1] Please join us at Antioch University Santa Barbara for an opening reception for the beautiful photographic exhibit “Mbuti: Children of the Rainforest.” The Mbuti are one of the oldest indigenous people of the Congo Rainforest region of Africa and their very existence is being threatened. This exhibit, which will be up through the end [...]

We are currently accepting proposals for our 3rd Annual Imagery International Conference. The conference will take place at Mercy Center in Burlingame, California, this year. The theme is Hope and New Beginnings. For more information on submitting a proposal for your presentation, please go to http://imageryinternational.org.

The guest this week on Emotional Pathways at www.webtalkradio.net is psychotherapist and author of Becoming a Wise Parent for Your Grown Child, Dr. Betty Frain. She speaks about Parenting the Adult Child. To find out more about Dr. Frain visit www.drbettyfrain.com or www.becomingawiseparent.com or www.50fabulous.com. Next week’s guest is Dr. Steve Kadin, who will speak [...]