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Insight from Conscious Reflection on Incorrect Answers
By Michelle Walker Harkey If life is a test, I think I just marked an incorrect answer this morning. As a volunteer at the Los Alamos Triathlon, my stated assignment...
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Aha and Aho! Reflections of Gratitude
Today I attended the first of a two-day Phoenix-based EMDR conference with Columbian born Ana Gomez. Ana is reputed to be a leader in EMDR implementation, research, and...
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Gabby and Paloma: A Love Story
I moved to Santa Fe from Texas in August 2012 to start my first year at Southwestern College. It was a hard move for me because I basically uprooted myself...
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Learning the Power of Language at Southwestern College
by Amy Hautman Bates We talk a lot about language at SWC. What are you saying? What do you really mean? This careful attention to words is part of the...
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Loyal Mama Molly Doerner, Entering Her 2nd Year at Southwestern College
By Molly Doerner "Bwoof... my name is Graham. Molly was my Mama for almost exactly 15 years and 4 months. We had so much fun together - walking, hiking, watching...
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First Year Southwestern Student: On Family Constellations
My Personal Take on Family Constellations by Beza Addis In my 3rd quarter I had the opportunity to participate in a class activity that left a great impression in...
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Lessons From My Multicultural Class, by Beza Addis
Lessons from my Multicultural class by Beza Addis In my multicultural class we each had to select a topic that is focused on multicultural issues which has bearing in our...
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Using Art to Slow Down and Feel Loss
Using Art to Slow Down and Feel Loss by Allegra Borghese I had a nervous breakdown my freshman year of college due to over exertion in athletics and an insistence...
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Group Behavior Learned in Original Family System
In our Group Dynamics class we looked at who we were in our original group– our family of origin. It helps to see how we came to operate in groups...
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8 Things I Miss About Being at Southwestern This Summer
8 Things I Miss About Being at Southwestern College This Summer by Allegra Borghese Having the summer off and being home in New York with family is fantastic. I am...
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Wholeness Through Mandalas: Putting the Pieces Together For Greater Unity
by Amy Hautman Bates The Mandala is a symbol of wholeness. And within that oneness, there is a wonderful kaleidoscope of experiences and expressions. Every moment is new as everything...
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Reflections on First Year, by Allegra Borghese
Does Southwestern College really deliver on its mission, "Transforming Consciousness through Education"? I am approaching the end of my first year at Southwestern College. Time has flown. This is not...
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The Potency of Groups – Archetypal Psychology
Amy Hautman Bates I like Robert Waterman's concept of “The Studio" – the sense that we are all one and share in one another's growth. I feel the transformation of...
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Marika Richard’s Seasonal Affective Disorder Treatment & Light Center, LLC
I am a 2005 alumni from the Art Therapy program. Since graduating from SWC, I have been on many adventures as a therapist working in home-based and outpatient settings as...
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Why I Chose SWC by Bryce Downey
In April 2013, I was privileged to hear Robert Waterman speak. The significance of this event is Robert Waterman founded Southwestern College, which I began attending as a Counseling student...
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Kate Latimer: Freedom Through Bridging the Mind/Body Connection
Kate Latimer, Santa Fe, NM I took a hiatus from the counseling world after the birth of my daughter in April of 2011, leaving my much loved job as a...
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Where Do Southwestern Grads Work? Rick Cotroneo, Counseling
1985 Graduate, Rick Cotroneo I started a part-time practice in classical homeopathy. My background in Education made me a candidate to serve as a commissioner on the Accreditation Commission for...
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Wilderness Fast Dreams Become Reality- Jessica Ventura-Ewing
by Jessica Ventura-Ewing "Until You Know Yourself Happiness Cannot Come To You" ~ Yogi Tea When thinking about the maternal lineage in my family the feeling that kept...
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Experiential Learning at Southwestern College
Is there Drama Therapy at Southwestern College? By Allegra Borghese At Southwestern College we incorporate many modes and traditions of healing into the classroom. For first year students in...
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Growthiness, By Andrew Fearnside
3,000 Hours: Growthiness Growthy [Grohth-ee] adjective. 1. Generating personal growth. 2. Transformative. Growth. Transformation. Expanding consciousness. Meaning the development of new psychological capacities, new relationships, new understandings. Those...
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The Teachings of Pachamama, Mother Earth
Pachamama is my teacher........... by Candy Jones, student at Southwestern College "I go among trees and sit still. All my stirring becomes quiet around me like circles on...