Living from Center is a forum for people to share their experiences of living what
they've learned at Hartford Family Institute.

Current listings:

January 2003, Mona Cavallero, Let Me Have My Grief I was in the bookstore, frantically searching for the right book, the one that could comfort a good friend of mine, that could take her sorrow away...

November 2002,Jenny Honen, Shifting Gears Last week my car got a heart transplant. For some reason it feels right to assume that the transmission is the heart of my car. Though it is relatively young, my car started having trouble in the early spring. Not big trouble...

July 2002, Andrea Simmons, Two Poems These poems came directly out of my HFI therapy. They are another way for me to see my process...

May 2002, Scott Sweeney, Being Perfect During a recent school vacation, my 5-year-old son, Michael, asked if he could invite his friend Richard over to play...

January 2002, Bill McMillian, The Teacher Next Door I've never loved a house like I've grown to love 21 South Highland. It wasn't love at first sight...

September 2001, Don Pogue Working with Grief - I am writing this on September 14, 2001..."

May 2001, Garth Matthes A heart attack is not just a physical event, it has emotional, psychological and spiritual meaning as well...

March 2001, Scott Sweeney, Supporting Kimberly I walked into the living room where Kimberly and Michael, my 4-year-old son, were playing. I told Kimberly that I had just spoken to her teacher, she immediately hung her head, as if she were bad...