Why We Love Halloween
I hope all of you had a fun and interesting Halloween! I’ve always said that Halloween is my favorite holiday: I love dressing up in costume and seeing what everyone else dresses up as. What is it about this activity that we find so enticing? I realize that as children, the main draw was going from house to house to get free candy. But now, as adults, that cannot be it! After all, with cash in my pocket and keys to the car, I could conceivably drive to the nearest CVS and buy a bag of the sugary stuff for myself! No, that’s not it.
In Imago theory, we posit that we come into the world as perfect, complete, vibrating balls of energy. If we receive messages from our caretakers which encourage our thinking, feeling, sensing, moving, being…then we remain relatively whole. If, however, our early messages are repressive (“stay still”, “don’t cry”, ” you’re not smart enough”, “I wish you’d been a boy”, “you were an accident”, etc.) , then certain parts of our wholeness are either shut down or exaggerated. We make these adaptations to our personalities in order to survive the family of origin. These “lost parts” are called the denied self, the lost self, the disowned self, or the “shadow” in Jungian terms.
Premarital Workshop on Saturday, April 10
“Marriage is not only the expression of love between two people, it is also a profound evocation of one of life’s greatest mysteries: the weaving together of many different strands of the soul.” –Thomas Moore
If you are Catholic and engaged (or even moving in that direction), you can’t afford to miss Start Right, Stay Connected on Saturday, April 10! This 8 hour Imago workshop is a fun and dynamic program designed to provide couples with a solid foundation as they start their journey together. In this concise and informative workshop, couples will learn:
- powerful communication skills
- tools for dealing with relationship “hot buttons”
- effective conflict resolution
- how to remove negativity from their relationship
- how to keep romance alive
- how to “affair-proof” their marriage
Welcome to My New Website!
I am really happy to be launching this new website this week.
Many of you had asked for an updated format where you could get new information, sign up for my emails and stay in touch. I think that you’ll find that this site will allow for all of that and more.
Just to highlight a few new features:
Don’t forget to take a few minutes to complete the Relationship Survey and see how you and your partner’s relationship is shaping up. There’s a special free offer at the end of the results page that you won’t want to miss! Click on the Upcoming Events link and read about the dynamic workshop I’m offering in November for Engaged Couples. Participation in this 8-hour event, Start Right, Stay Connected, is the best way I know to start a marriage. If you’re engaged or even thinking about getting engaged, you won’t want to miss this. Also, I’ll be updating this section each week, so be sure to keep checking back for interesting articles, photos, quotes, and ideas. Feel free to send me anything you’d like included or questions you’d like me to address.
And one more thing—-if you like this website and want to build one of your own, I recommend that you contact Doron Orenstein at Magnetic Webworks. Doron is a true professional: fast, smart, talented and responsive. Here’s his website http://www.magneticwebworks.com. Give him a call and tell him I sent you.
So start clicking and get to reading and be sure to leave your name and email address.
Have a good week!
Mary Kay
