Rising in Love: Self-development through Fostering Mature Relationships

Love is the vector of our personal growth, but what is ‘love’, and how do we love?

This one-day workshop will explore how we can improve the loving relationships with our parents, children and spouse, by using a simultaneously simple and difficult paradigm: “know, understand, accept, love.”

The levels of development correlate directly with our ability to engage with other people in a mature manner. We will also look into the psychoanalytical concepts of animus, anima, inner father, etc, but in a way that is understandable to everyone. By moving these subconscious inner figures into the conscious, we can lead a more harmonious life and love the people around us.

The course will explore the following topics:

• How to use the paradigm “know, understand, accept, love”;
• How to free ourselves from our childhood traumas and ending transgenerational trauma through loving our parents;
• How not to feel like God to your kids or see your kids as God;
• Eros, mania, ludus, pragma, storge, agape, and their implications for our relationships;
• Which love style will ‘guarantee’ a happy marriage.