What is a partnership of equals? What qualities contribute to it? What are the steps by which it comes into being? Why is it important? Together we will explore these questions. Anne will read a few excerpts from her chapter, “Learning to Love: From 1964 to Yesterday Afternoon” in the recently published book Willing to Love, The Couples Journey as a Path of Transformation. Anne and Tom will share learnings and insights from their more than 50-year relationship. Reflective writing and group dialogue will be part of this exploration.  

Anne has been a therapist and group facilitator for many years and is one of the authors and one of the editors of the recently published book, Willing to Love, The Couple’s Journey as a Path of Transformation. She is also the author of the well-known article Self Care During Dark Times.  Anne is one of the founders of the Women’s Well, an educational center dedicated to the re-honoring of the sacred feminine in a world out of balance. She has created and facilitated countless women’s sacred circles, most recently in Russia.

Tom has trained professionals in Psychosynthesis and Spiritual Psychology in North American, Europe and in Russia for fifty years. He has published many articles on Psychosynthesis and Spiritual Psychology, and, most recently Holy Fire, the Process of Soul Awakening, (2020). He is the founder of the Concord Institute and a co-founder of The International School in St Petersburg, Russia. 

Both Anne and Tom studied with Roberto Assagioli, the founder of Psychosynthesis, in the early seventies, a few years before his death in 1974. The principles of Psychosynthesis underlie all their work.