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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 [...]

By Hilary Illick Creating time for recreation is a jump start for getting more play time in your life. Summer is here, offering us more daylight hours – and more time – to play with friends, play [...]

By Christine Falcon-Daigle When I was a kid, my mom and dad’s parenting skills dictated that I “behave,” be “good,” and be “seen and not heard.” If I was upset and angry, or scared or anxious, I [...]

By Shawn McAndrew As early summer rolls around, we are reminded of freedom in relation to hard-fought wars. But what about the freedom within, our emotional freedom? How do we conquer the wars we [...]

By Shawn McAndrew As Father’s Day comes around each year, I think about healing childhood. I look back on the years since I did the Process with a lot of awe and gratitude. It took me from a [...]

“I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become.” – Carl Gustav Jung By Shawn McAndrew As the teachers tell us when we leave the Process, life will keep happening. We can’t change [...]

By Hilary Illick It is spring, the season of renewal, where leaves start to bud on tree branches, and plants begin to push through the earth and bloom. The natural world is wondrous and inspiring [...]