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Although it has a transpersonal orientation, it is not affiliated with any particular religion and is therefore easily embraced by followers of most traditions and by those who are not connected with religion per se, but who have a sense of the spiritual in their lives. While it involves the creative process, it does not require artistic abilities, but rather offers a practice to those who desire to express and know themselves more deeply." (from Seeking Wholeness in Partnership with the Unconscious)

Articles by Mariabruna Sirabella, MFT

Choose Joy!
"Harvesting Pleasure through our Five Senses"

Since childhood, I've had such pleasing expectations about summer: school was out, and there was more time for playing in the garden, swimming, reading, even going on vacation and staying up late. In the old days, the merry making used to start with the Midsummer rites. From Ireland to the Alps and all the way to the New World there was dancing around bonfires and frolicking in the woods during long languorous evenings and into warm nights. Joy was in the air. When I found discovered these rites, I wished I had lived in those times.  Continue reading ...

Dealing with the Shadow in the World
(presented at the 2007 SoulCollage® Pre-Conference)

When we explore our personal shadow in the safe container of the SoulCollage process, we "invite" those inner disquieting voices, our demons, for tea. Such civilized circumstances inform the inhabitants of our disavowed unconscious that we accept their existence and are open to courteous exchanges of news, mutual requests and beneficial negotiations, but we do not expect them to stay for dinner, spend the night or ever crash our parties. In SoulCollage terms, their presence at the round table of our Committee is made official. No longer are they allowed to sabotage the assembly from under the table and, while they may not take over the meeting, their mysterious instinctual vitality make us freer and more authentic.   Continue reading ...

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Multiplexity – A Tool for Cross-Cultural Empathy

My personal and professional interests often lead me to address the unique and challenging features of this multicultural society that strives, or should strive according to its founding principles, to be an inclusive democracy. One of the greatest obstacles to achieving this ideal is racism, and one way to overcome this obstacle is to deconstruct racism so that we may overcome it on a personal and on a societal level.

When I lecture on this issue, I am aware of my inner search for words that would illuminate without offending or making anyone feel too exposed, words that would explain without patronizing. Yet I also search for words powerful enough to engrave in the minds and souls of my audience, and especially my White audience, the non-negotiable moral and ethical responsibility to address in their professional lives the many isms that plague our society. Although our minds may easily become convinced of the social and political necessity of doing so, for me the question remains, “How do we involve the heart?”  Continue reading ...

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SoulCollage® ~ Seeking Wholeness in Partnership with the Unconscious

Imagine yourself pausing for a moment of reflection. Your chosen source of inspiration is a deck of collaged cards that you have created. You reach out and recognize the image you randomly picked as if it were a member of your family. It is in fact the symbolic reflection of a unique aspect of your inner family. You remember the pleasure felt while creating it, and you anticipate the dialogue this visual key is about to elicit in cohort with your intuition and your inner wisdom.  Continue reading ...

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