Years ago, when training as a spiritual director ,I was fortunate enough to be able to continue my study of Carl Jung’s work.
Before this time,as a therapist , I gravitated to helping people navigate the inner world  of who they really were.
An article came my way that has forever remained in my mind; it was [...]

Wedding day, for most couples, is the most wonderful day of their lives. How many of them are committed to making the wedding a consciously green one? This doesn’t mean that every aspect of wedding day has to emphasize green products and green activities. It does mean paying more attention to ways [...]

Have you evaluated the state of your marriage recently? Have you given any thought to how you would envision it a year or five years from now? In light of the recent publicity given the infidelities and divorces among the rich, famous, and well connected, the sanctity of marriage is once again in question.  The [...]

Imagine yourself on a beach, remembering the day you were married.  Only this time you are actually there, surrounded by a southwest Florida breeze, the soft lapping of the waves from the Gulf of Mexico, looking into your beloved’s eyes, making a new commitment.  Consider the possibility of renewing one’s vows in Naples.
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In our marriage ceremony we often use the term “spirit” to refer to the essence or heart of the bride and groom and to the core of their relationship.  We talk about  the “particular personality and spirit” that each person brings to the marriage.  We remind them that the rings they are about to exchange [...]

In our last article we focused on how the marriage relationship can be a call to personal growth. This article addresses how our marriage vows play themselves out in our married life.The wedding ceremony is the culmination of all the marriage preparations.  The only two elements essential to a legally binding wedding are the vows [...]

We have retitled the second of our Conscious Marriage Series “Conscious Coupleship” because we realize that what we have to say applies to any couple in relationship. 
“You are not two halves but two whole individuals…” is a phrase we use frequently in our wedding ceremony.  We remind the couple that each individual is a complete [...]

“‘Who among us entered marriage fully aware of what to expect?  My model, not surprisingly, was my parents – live happily or unhappily ever after till death do us part (which they did, mostly happy).  When it became my turn, I embraced this commitment naively.  Being married, I assumed, was like being on automatic pilot.  [...]

Baptisms
one of the fruits of marital union is the birth of offspring.  We rejoice with parents, family, and friends in blessing and naming the new arrival(s) and incorporating them into the human community.  We recently performed this ceremony for twin daughters of parents we had married two years previously.