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Taking Constellations to the Community
I'm excited about the series of weekday mid-morning workshops that allow women to do their school drop-offs, maybe have a leisurely...

Karen Sole
Oct 14, 20241 min read


Celebrating Albrecht Mahr's Telling of Systemic Constellation
...watch Albrecht Mahr telling his sense + experience of systemic/family constellations. It's soft, precise, sensitive, elegant ...

Karen Sole
Sep 24, 20241 min read


The Healing Trifecta: Inter-generational Kinship, Land, Connection
.. constellations therapy .. links ..human kinship ..kinship with the land of our ancestors, and (their) impact on our lives + experiences

Karen Sole
Sep 19, 20244 min read


Starting At The Beginning: Our Earliest Experiences
Family Constellations...a safe and effective way of connecting to the past, and recognising, voicing, and releasing our (accumulated) pain.

Karen Sole
Sep 16, 20244 min read


What's Going On At manawa family constellations?
Next workshop Saturday 09 November 10-3 pm, one hour lunch, book online at manawafamilyconstellations.com limited places

Karen Sole
Sep 14, 20241 min read


Another Self - Zeytin Agaci
watch ...Another Self, the Turkish Netflix series. It's a drama about three friends who find a Family Constellations facilitator, Mr Zaman

Karen Sole
Aug 15, 20243 min read


Collective Trauma Shows Up and Shapes Us
'[(despite) resilience]...the trauma does not just float away. We hold it. We carry it. We embody it. We just may not know it.'

Karen Sole
Aug 7, 20244 min read


Ready to Try A Different Therapy?
'...change your approach. Family Constellations is a way... without intellectualising, in a supportive and safe environment...'

Karen Sole
Aug 5, 20242 min read


How Is It That We Need Therapy?
Our human messiness is inevitable. We do not necessarily notice ... some compassionate intervention would be useful.

Karen Sole
Jul 28, 20242 min read


Here's The Skinny On Manawa Family Constellations Appointments
replace old, buried, forgotten, unruly hitches in your family system, get fresh perspectives and peace

Karen Sole
Jul 21, 20241 min read


Way More Grandparents Bringing Up Grandchildren
Therapy can help individuals with the disruption... that occurs in families/whanau and households consisting of first and third generations

Karen Sole
Jul 20, 20243 min read


Life Is Too Short To Be Cut Off From People We Love
At heart of Family Constellations are belonging, order, and balance. ... cut offs disrupt..causing big emotions ...hard to come back from

Karen Sole
Jul 12, 20242 min read


Here I am. There You Are. Let's talk.
where I'm from, how I came to be a Constellations Facilitator, ...we are ...inevitably 'ready for therapy' and how Constellations work...

Karen Sole
Jul 4, 20243 min read


Cut Off Genes and Other Fabrications
Some time or other...you're going to feel the stinging bewilderment and frustration of being cut off from someone important to you...'

Karen Sole
Jun 5, 20243 min read


Mayday - What's The Workshop Setup?
The process is not hurried; things unfold as naturally as breathing in and breathing out.

Karen Sole
May 1, 20242 min read


The Inter-generational Longevity of Secrets and Shame
The liberation of a secret may also release an avalanche of emotion, or less so, a simple 'ah, that's what's been bothering me' response.

Karen Sole
Feb 19, 20244 min read
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