If You Met My Family You'd Understand with David Mullen

Course Title: If You Met My Family You'd Understand

Instructor:  David Mullen

Brought to you by Odyssey   

June 11, 2024 - July 16, 2024 (6 Sessions)  

Tuesday,  5:00PM ET - 6:30PM ET  

Virtual via Zoom 

Course Description: We live in anxious times. This course will be an exploration of chronic and systemic anxiety through the lens of Bowen Family Systems Theory. Through a book study of Jack Shitama’s book "If You Met My Family You’d Understand," we will explore a framework for understanding emotional systems in the family, workplace and society. We will discuss the mechanisms by which anxiety is spread through emotional systems (any group of two or more people) and ways in which we can act in more mature ways to alleviate that anxiety in ourselves and those around us. With one or two chapters of reading in advance, this class will be mostly discussion with some mindfulness and Non-Violent Communication practices.

Read David Mullen’s article in Connections Quarterly Fall 2021, Vol. XLI for a brief taste of the theory.
https://viewer.joomag.com/connections-quarterly-fall-2021-vol-xli-issue-1/0342646001631909436

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