On Longing: A Workshop

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Saturday, October 5th, 2019 in Burr Ridge, IL
                           
10:00 am - 5:00 pm

 At the Center for Change & Healing
 Located 20 miles from downtown Chicago
“Each life is wrapped around longings set inside dreams, wound into the fabric of our souls. We die for a lack of knowing how big our longing truly is, and we die from allowing our true longings to be diminished by the banality of life and the ways in which we continue to abandon ourselves.”
 
~Michael Meade
So many of us are experiencing a sense that we are lingering in “spaces that are too small and shabby for the grandeur of our spirit” (John O’Donohue). We may have abandoned our true longings, or at best, tucked them away in the security of our journals or explored them freely only in the safety of our therapist’s office. Still, we may be experiencing what Martin Luther King, Jr. called “the fierce urgency of now,” the desire toward self-actualization that would have us give way and sway to our deepest dreams and longings. If not now, then when?
 
In this workshop, we will

  • Explore the idea of archetypal longings, those longings that come with being human
  • Discern different loci for our longings, including the personal, the physical, the relational, the familial, the cultural, the political, the vocational, and the spiritual
  • Name our own true longings, the ones wound into the fabric of our souls
  • Uncover and discover what gets in the way of the fulfillment of our longings, the ways we abandon ourselves, and why
  • Recover our longings, and renew our vows to live our life in accordance with them
"It remains the dream of every life to realize itself, to reach out and lift oneself up to greater heights. A life that continues to remain on the safe side of its own habits and repetitions, that never engages with the risk of its own possibility, remains an unlived life. There is within each heart a hidden voice that calls out for freedom and creativity. We often linger for years in spaces that are too small and shabby for the grandeur of our spirit."
 
~John O’Donohue
Jennifer Leigh Selig, PhD, is a depth psychologist, an educator, and an author who resides in California, but who travels and teaches all over the country and internationally.

To learn more about her, visit www.jenniferleighselig.com.
Cancellation Policy: 50% of the registration fee will be refunded up to 30 days before the workshop begins. No refunds will be given after that time.

Location:  The Center for Change & Healing is located 20 miles from downtown Chicago at 11S230 S Jackson Street Suite 104 in Burr Ridge, IL. Lunch is not provided--bring your own, or visit one of the many options within a five minute drive.
Copyright 2019 Jennifer Leigh Selig