Southwestern College Santa Fe, NM
How To Find Southwestern College Grads in Other Cities & States
Posted October 27th, 2015 by & filed under Where do SWC Grads Work.How to find Southwestern College graduates all over the country...…
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Monthly Archive October 2015
Creativity in the Classroom at Southwestern College
Posted October 26th, 2015 by & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Counseling at SWC.Students at Southwestern College show mastery of content in creative ways.…
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The World Dream – a poem
Posted October 25th, 2015 by & filed under People of SWC, SWC Blog.
The World Dream
In the dream of the whole world
She notes
a pair of red-tailed hawks
a wedding of white deer
an uproar of ravens
a terror of coyotes
a pile of wives
a slumber of cellos
an apotheosis of poets
a maverick of boys
a hippo of…
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Embracing the Frightened Child
Posted October 24th, 2015 by & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, Consciousness & Mindfulness.On Monday evenings there is an informal gathering of writers in the art studio building on the campus of SWC. Facilitated by Ann Filemyr, this group in dedicated to self exploration and expression through writing. The rules are simple: keep your hand moving, suspend judgment, and it is OK to write bad stuff. The exercises…
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What It Means to Become a Man at Southwestern College, by M. Kevin Clark
Posted October 24th, 2015 by & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, Consciousness & Mindfulness.Graduate student and Student Board Member of Southwestern College reflects deeply on what it means to be a man in this age, at Southwestern College/New Earth.......…
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What I Love About My New Home in the Southwest by Lauren Hamilton
Posted October 19th, 2015 by & filed under Student & Alumni Stories.It has officially been two months since I made Santa Fe my home, and the beauty I have been discovering over these past 60 days has been absolutely unreal. Moving here from Colorado, I was a little worried coming to a place that at first thought invokes mental images of cacti and dusty desert plains.…
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Self-Care and HedgeHUGS
Posted October 15th, 2015 by & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Student & Alumni Stories, Consciousness & Mindfulness.I’ve always been the type to give my time, energy and love to just about everything except for myself. I eat junk food, I can’t keep a sleep schedule to save my life, and I only exercise on accident. I was able to get by doing the bare minimum for myself and not thinking too…
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Transformation Through the Light of the Lens
Posted October 14th, 2015 by & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Student & Alumni Stories.I have had the honor of watching the power of art therapy first hand, in my personal life recently. I asked my husband if he would mind if I shared this story, and he told me to go ahead, so I would like to share it with you. It is a true testament of how…
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Reduce Shame, Enhance Love: Reflections on Self-Love and the Journey to Find It
Posted October 12th, 2015 by & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, Consciousness & Mindfulness.It was during my second week at Southwestern College, the second meeting of Tuesday’s Psychology of Altruism class, that Ann Filemyr presented us with this lesson: “reduce shame, enhance love.” We talked about feelings of shame and the aching, overwhelming presence it can have in our daily lives. Shame that can continually haunt us whether…
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Trippy Colorful Significantly Spiritual Experience- Without the Use of Drugs
Posted October 11th, 2015 by & filed under Professional Training Certificates & NEI, Consciousness & Mindfulness, SWC Blog.Graduate student, Amy Gordon, describes a fascinating first experience with Holotropic Breathwork. …
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The Hogwarts of Santa Fe
Posted October 9th, 2015 by & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Student & Alumni Stories, Consciousness & Mindfulness.This morning I was chatting with one of my lovely classmates about our first two weeks at Southwestern College. She said something that instantly resonated with me- “I feel like we’re at Hogwarts!”
Thinking more about this humorous comparison to Harry Potter, I began to see more and more striking parallels. We are summoned here by…
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Imagination or Memory? by Beth Lykins
Posted October 9th, 2015 by & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, Consciousness & Mindfulness.I am sitting here outside The Cottage (the pottery studio) at SWC listening to the sounds all around me. Across the way are the sounds of earth movers as they feverishly work to complete the new Tierra Nueva Counseling Center next door, slated to open at the beginning of 2016. In the distance is the sound…
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Nature As Teacher: Reflections on a Hike by Hilary Gunby
Posted October 9th, 2015 by & filed under Professional Training Certificates & NEI, Student & Alumni Stories, Consciousness & Mindfulness.A first-year student integrates the beauty of Santa Fe and her learning at Southwestern College.…
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Finding a Therapist
Posted October 9th, 2015 by & filed under SWC Blog.How to Find a Good Therapist
Here are suggestions from the Academic Council of Southwestern College on how to find a good therapist:
Seek referrals from people you trust – ask your friends, social network, fellow students and colleagues who they have found to be helpful.
Just because a therapist is great for…
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