Jeff Brown

If the difficult parent is not available or open to a healing process, then work on the relationship nonetheless. We don’t need a willing counterpart to work through the effects of a connection. If you can afford it, work with a therapist on the many ways that the relationship has landed within you. Clear emotional debris.

I got my answer around the next corner. As I turned into the Market, I saw my homeless mystic- Dude- sitting against his pushcart in front of the taco place. He was sipping a beer and taking some sun. I put $20.00 in his bowl and sat down beside him.

The central theme of the book- uncommon bonds refers to a concept developed by Psychologist, professor and author, Jeanne Achterberg, Ph.D. It is a sense of meant to be, a beyond the beyond connection between two people. It brings with it, amazing synchronicities and miracle manna-festation. Often fraught with soul searing interactions, it smooths away the rough edges, calling out both the shadow and the light of each one. Not an easy row to hoe. Brown uses it to explain the roller coaster ride that Lowen and Sarah find themselves on.

In the words of systems theorist Kathia Laszlo “Everything feminine has been suppressed in patriarchy for so many centuries. Earth based spirituality, natural healing and childbirth, and anything that empowers women has been eliminated by men in power and presented as evil. The same is true for relationship as spiritual path. That would have made men and women equal partners, and it would have given too much power to the feminine if it recognized the uncontrollable, volatile, chaotic nature of emotional connection as valid, natural, healthy and helpful.”

Jeff Brown is a life- long learner at the “School of Heart Knocks” whose clever word fusions continue to endear readers to his books and articles. He found that his trials and triumphs led to his upward and outward spiral. He will invite listeners to explore the ways in which their own experiences shape their relationships, as well as innovative ways to enhance them.

What does “true-path” mean to you? Are you embodying your truths? Do you hear a nagging voice calling you in another direction, or do you have peace with
path?

Jeff Brown reflects on how our inner growth is like a truth serum that reframes and clarifies our lens to the outside world…

The Soulshaper understands that “spirituality” is just another word for reality. The most spiritual person
lives in ALL aspects of reality simultaneously – the material, subtle, emotional etc.

Jeff Brown takes us on a journey that fully celebrates the healthy feminine and masculine within us all, so that we can openly learn from each and create healthy relationships with ourselves and each other.

At the heart of Soulshaping is a profound faith in the human experience, in the karmic significance of our personal identity. This stands in real contrast to some of the detachment models that are gaining favor in Western culture. These models present true-path as something distinct from the emotional body, as though our usual self-identifications are inherently inauthentic, as though our physical forms are inferior. At the extremes, they seem to suggest that God made a mistake when she placed us in human bodies. These models worry me and present an image of heightened consciousness that often feels more robotic than human, more heady than hearty.