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By Stanley Stefancic I first met Bob Hoffman through a mutual friend in the early ’80s. At that time, the Quadrinity Process (as it was known then) was a 13-week, non-residential course, but Bob [...]

Hoffman graduate leaders are the front line for community after the Process. They are volunteers who help keep the Process alive for everyone who attends a graduate group. How does one become a [...]

By Jobi Manson August 2017 is two years since I graduated from the Hoffman Process. When I think back to the events that led me to the program, and of the days leading up to orientation, I can [...]

By Frank Topper I am a fan of the Hoffman grad groups, a fan of community, and a fan of spiritual practice… I can’t work on myself alone because my world is a Left Road Dark Side Fantasy Land: [...]

Bob Hoffman, founder of the Hoffman Process, had an innate and highly gifted ability to listen to deeper truths and wisdoms. It became his mission to figure out how to have more love in the world [...]

by Tara Ellison Driving up to White Sulphur Springs for a one-week emotional detox at the Hoffman Process, I wondered what I’d gotten myself into. A mix of excitement and white-hot dread was [...]

By Darlene Niemeyer After 25 years in the career of court reporting, I retired in 2015. I became a student at the Healing Arts Center (HAC) in St. Louis, Missouri and graduated in the fall of [...]

By Jeffery Camp Telling humorous stories was always a pattern behind which I hid my true feelings and discomfort in social situations. This pattern was on full display during my time in the [...]

By Shawn McAndrew Love: It is one of the strongest and most durable emotions that is brought forth in the Process. We rediscover it, reunite with it, and even find it. When we leave on that final [...]

By Freddie Camozzi My father was sitting in the driver’s seat, my brother and two sisters in the back seat, and I was in the “way back” of our ’67 Ford Fairlane wagon. The car was idling in the [...]

By Hilary Illick Mindfulness is simple. To be mindful is to focus one’s awareness on the present moment. Simple, yes, but not necessarily easy. The state of mindfulness includes calmly [...]

By Tami Tack In August 2003, the Portland Hoffman Graduate Group was born, and has been meeting monthly ever since. Gatherings have been held in private homes, churches, and community centers. [...]

By Marissa Ingrasci I was scrolling through Facebook the other day when I saw that my best friend from college had had a baby. I “liked” the photo and congratulated her, but I was also struck [...]

By Shawn McAndrew I like to watch singing competitions (“The Voice”, the UK’s “X Factor”). I watch young and old artists stand in front of internationally known personalities and sing. [...]

By Shawn McAndrew “When you’re serious about change” is not only Hoffman’s slogan indicating that we support and facilitate people making changes in their lives, it’s also about what we, as [...]

By Shawn McAndrew As each person walks through the classroom door on the first day of the Process, there is a part of her or him that may feel broken. That’s one of the reasons we’re there – to [...]

By Hilary Illick Buddha had it right: the only constant in life is change. Life, every aspect of it – the season, the hour, the date, the state of the world, what we’re feeling, what we’re [...]

By Shawn McAndrew Political mudslinging, ethnic cleansing, shootings and mayhem – with all that is going on in the world these days, I sometimes wonder how we can show more kindness toward each [...]

By Marissa Ingrasci “Believe with all of your heart that you will do what you were made to do.” – Orison Swett Marden Visioning can open our minds, expand our perspective, and unlock our [...]

Living authentically is easier said than done. It is, as the popular saying goes, “a process.” As babies, we begin our lives authentically, expressing ourselves freely – often loudly and in the [...]