Welcome to summer at The Haven!

An important part of July at The Haven is Kids in the Spotlight, with five courses running back-to-back through the month. Nearly 160 children are participating, plus 30 youth leaders. In this Shen there are articles about this course and several others coming up this summer:

Mackenzie Dickson, a longterm participant and now Senior Assistant on Kids in the Spotlight, has written on why the course has been such a success for 21 years. [read more]

Annika Raithby writes about Teens Alive, a set of three courses for teenagers that is unique in the range it offers participants, and with Kids in the Spotlight, is an essential part of The Haven's Youth Training Program. [read more]

John Shields discusses the challenges and pleasures of his first year as The Haven's Executive Director in a wide ranging interview with Ellery Littleton. [read more]

Judy Sellner writes about the two first stages of the relationship cycle described by Ben and Jock – Romance and Power Struggle – and the courses she runs at The Haven to help people make the most of these stages and experience the remaining stages of the cycle as well. [read more]

Jane Bement Geesman and Sarah Lucht write about the relationship between acting, personal development and life, as taught in their course Act Natural. [read more]

Finally, there is a recorded interview with Maria Gomori and Linda Nicholls, who discuss the close relationship between the ideas taught at The Haven and the work of Virginia Satir. [listen to the interview]

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