Guest Speaker (and UUP member) Rachael Newman will join us to explore the ways pervasive systemic notions of shame inform our sense of self and other. She will then offer some antidotes to shame that can help us move toward experiencing the incredible blessings of aliveness and embodiment. Rachael Newman is a licensed Marriage and … Continue reading Moving from Original Shame to Original Blessing
April is Earth Month at UUP. We are asking ourselves what does it mean to be a community that loves the earth and all of its inhabitants? We live on earth, but where are we going? Does earth have anything to teach us about what happens when we die? How do earth and spirit meet, meld, merge? UUP member … Continue reading Born of Earth and Journeying into the Unknown
Continuing our theme of discovering the wild places inside and out. When is wildness a juicy invitation into the unknown and when is it foolhardy. We’ll share stories and songs of paradox, approach and avoidance, constraint and running free. Bring your whole self – wild and free, prim and proper.
How can we change our relationship to relationships? Are we doomed to keep repeating the same patterns endlessly throughout our lives? Can we heal the pathways that no longer serve us in love? What does it take to make the leap—can we learn it all from a self-help book? What is real connection—how do we cultivate dynamic … Continue reading A General Theory of Love
