27th October, £10 (some concs), 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Relationships between men and women changed forever in the latter half of the 20th century. The age-old mechanism of man as breadwinner and woman as homemaker began to disintegrate with the dawning of feminism and the aftershock of two gruelling world wars.
For the first time in human history, relationships had the potential to become a powerful exploration of personal and spiritual development. In our first stumbling steps towards a new power dynamic, there was a breaking down of marriage, the family unit and a deep struggle to cling on to the status quo.
We are now tentatively beginning to witness the chaos as an inevitable step towards a fantastic potential to live in the world as lovers of each other, but also as lovers of life itself. We are starting to break free of the chains of conditioned behaviours as we rise up from our bondage to play a greater part in the inevitable (if we are to survive and thrive as a species) evolution of humanity.
This talk will attempt to map the journey ahead of us and offer a set of skills and support which include:
• accessing and exploring honest, authentic and heartful communication
• learning to manage difficult conversations and honouring your own perspective as well as another’s
• being comfortable with our anger, grief, sexuality and fear
• liberating our potential to be extraordinary human beings
• learning to love ourselves and in the process love others
• recognising the power of living our lives in service to life
Malcolm Stern
Malcolm Stern is a psychotherapist, specialising in group dynamics, relationships and individuals seeking change and transformation. He also works as a coach and business facilitator, organiser for creative events and is a media relationships expert.
He originally trained in Humanistic Psychology in the late 1970’s with “The Institute for the Development of Human Potential”. His life has been rich and varied – sailing on the Rainbow Warrior with Greenpeace; ex estate agent, music producer and co-presenter of Channel 4’s reality TV series “Made for Each Other” (2003 and 2004). He is the author of “Falling in Love / Staying in Love” ( Piatkus 2004) and co-founder and trustee of “Alternatives”
