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The Virginia Satir Global Network consists of individuals, institutes and organizations dedicated to furthering the creation of healthy and just relationships with self and others based on the teachings of Virginia Satir. The network was founded in 1977 by Virginia Satir and was first called the Avanta Network. Our network includes people from around the globe practicing Virginia’s vision of being “more fully human” working to make all interactions more genuine and all experiences ones which satisfy our souls and our goals. Among our numbers are true “living treasures” – experts, who learned from and worked with Virginia; practitioners, who embody her teachings; and cherished friends who supported her cause and ours. We hope you will find that the information and connections here support and expand your interest in how the Satir Process can work in the world today – for all of us and each of us. We invite you to learn and share and carry forward Satir’s lessons about the universality of the human experience, our behaviors, hopes and wishes, our deepest fears, and our resources to face them. Perhaps you will be touched, as we have been, by the practical, yet extraordinary process model that Virginia Satir developed. With it people have learned to make new choices in how they work and live. Our problems are not the problem, but how we cope and move through them. Satir’s model has resources that have been used by and are useful to therapists, business people, community organizers, legislators, educators, students, health care and social workers, and individuals of all types. Read our recent posts and feeds about Satir activity from other places. Explore the menu bar at the top to discover:
Seth Eisenberg has a great post on change. Food for thought during these days when revolution stirs in the Middle East and the Wisconsin governor challenges the status quo for state unions. He includes a story told by Virginia Satir about the challenges and feelings common to every revolution. This is the title of a blog by Seth Eisenberg (president of Pairs.com) and Sharon Loeschen (President of Satir Global) who ponder how Virginia Satir’s work might have changed the events of Saturday, January 8th in Tuscon, Arizona. The violence there killed 6 and injured others, including a US Congress woman, and saddened many who hope to curtail violence in the world. “Three and a half decades after Satir urged making contact as a human priority, we live in a world in which the seeds of conflict are planted, cultivated, played out, and forever memorialized in a connected world in which boundaries and distance disappear as quickly as we can refresh a page. What’s also new is that within that world, the illusion of friends and connections measured in numbers, images, and updates seemingly void of humanity can appear to replace the meaning of conversations and actions that come from truly being seen, embraced, and witnessed by another person.” It inspires us to continue to spread the work of Satir and help others see new ways of living and being. Making Contact: A Tribute to Those Lost to Violencehttp://fatherhoodchannel.com/2011/01/10/making-contact-tribute-to-victims-of-arizona-shooting-141/ Pat Medvick found this article on Wired about research at Carnegie Mellon into group performance and intelligence. “ To determine whether something similar also operated in collective minds, Woolley’s team divided 600 test subjects into groups of two to five people, then had each group complete a variety of problem-solving tasks. Afterward the researchers interviewed the groups and each participant. They measured group cohesion and motivation, individual intelligence and personality, and other factors previously associated with group performance. Their analysis, published Sept. 30 in Science, found several characteristics linked to group performance — and none involved individual intelligence. What mattered instead was the social sensitivity of individual members, the proportion of women (who tend to be more sensitive) in each group, and a balanced participation of conversation.” Most of us work in a teams or a group at one time or another. Some of us do this every day at work. The Satir Process offers valuable tools for group performance. But, some of you may already know that! Lakeya Johnson is using the Enriching program to help young people feel their value and fulfill their dreams. Lakeya works with youth in South Central Los Angeles. Greetings to you all, I have just returned from the Satir World Conference in Hong Kong where I assumed the role of President of the Satir Global Network. I came away from the conference feeling connected, touched and inspired! At a time when there is so much pain around the world, this conference gave me hope that we can add to the positive energy moving us toward Virginia’s dream of more peace within, peace between and peace among. I would like to share with you some of the highlights for me: The Opening Ceremony—the Hong Kong Tourism Board sponsored an exciting lion dance ritual to “awaken” us and ready us for new experiences from the conference and this was followed by many balloons being popped to start us off with a bang! Maria Gomori then welcomed the group and created a beautiful verbal frame for the conference. Jeff Zeig gave the first keynote entitled, “Experiential Therapy: The Art and Science of Impact.” It had an amazing impact on me as I had the privilege of being partnered with the chair of the conference, Caesar Chan, and felt a deep heart connection with him. To me, this is what we are all about, helping people through experience, to make heart connections! And speaking of Caesar, he was the chair of the conference and his leadership, along with that of his vice chair, Esther Lau’s, was amazing. The conference was so well organized and administered. I am so grateful to them for the time and talent that they contributed to make the conference such a success. Dr.Wai-yung Lee gave the second keynote entitled, “The Fun and Challenge in Applying Family Therapy to a Diverse Cultural Context.” Dr.Lee’s presentation was extremely validating as she shared her humanness and her humor regarding her mistakes over the years. She not only told of her experiences but showed some amazing videos demonstrating her points. I was impacted by her expertise and her willingness to be vulnerable with us so that we could give ourselves permission to risk and not think we have to do it perfectly. Dr.s Peter and Grace Cheung presented the third keynote entitled, “The Satir Model in Culturally Sensitive Practice-A Hong Kong Exploration.” As with each of the other keynote presentations, it was impactful in a different way. They presented a play using role-players to demonstrate the treatment of a young woman that had been torn a part by the separation of her parents. You watched her family members interact and deal with their conflicts, as well as her internal parts. The unique cultural issues of her situation plus her universal human feelings and needs were powerfully presented. Dr. John Banmen gave the last keynote, but unfortunately I was unable to attend as I had to leave prior to his presentation. However, I am sure it was also impactful as he has been so impactful in Asia. I believe the attendance and success of the conference are a testament to his impact, as well as that of Dr. Gomori! Other highlights for me were the people I got to know through the workshops that I helped present on the “Enriching Your Relationship with Yourself and Others” program that Margarita Suarez and I created. Grace Yung, Doris Cheung, Alice Fung, Rebecca Wong and Brenda Choi teamed with me to bring two workshops to the participants. One was the basic program and the second demonstrated the many different ways it can be applied. I presented a third workshop also on applying it to disabilities. My co-presenter for this one was Rob Schlesinger who was not able to attend due to his disability so he presented his part via a DVD. The excitement for me is that this was the launching of this new application which will be available on-line to persons from around the world. If you wish to know more, contact me through www.enrichingskills.net. Well, if you are not a member of Satir Global, I hope you will join us we work to promote peace within, peace between and peace among! Here are videos from three of the participants, I encountered at the conference sharing why they are members of Satir Global. They are Eva Wieprecht from Germany, Mavi Serpini from Italy and Grace Yung from Hong Kong. Take a look.
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