Love as a Category of Healing
Dr. Roy Barsness challenges us to consider love as a primary category in the work of psychotherapy and the ongoing healing process.
Relationship
Students, Staff, and Faculty Weigh in on the Nature of Friendship
We wandered around The Seattle School to hear from students, staff, and faculty about the nature of friendship and how to build meaningful friendships.
Our Enduring Need for Divine and Human Connection
Our profound need for connection is enduring—it’s what makes us human, and it is all too often exploited and turned into a shallow fantasy.
Mary Oliver and the Poetry of Love
Beau Denton reflects on the gifts the poet Mary Oliver left us with, and what her life and work reveal about the nature of love.
Listen to Your Lust: New Research on Sexual Fantasies
In this video from The Seattle School’s Symposia 2018, Jay Stringer argues that we need to change the conversation about engaging unwanted sexual behavior.
The Art of Blessing
If I had to select one book of poetry that is the most dog-eared in my library, the most quoted in classes at The Seattle School, and the most used by friends in times of celebration and need, it would be, To Bless the Space Between Us by John O’Donohue. A master poet, O’Donohue has taught us that some of the most powerful and intimate words are the invocation, “May you…” Those two little words awaken our longing and desire. They strengthen our presence and belonging. They make a place for the Holy Spirit to dance. They evoke light and life and yes.