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“The adage is true: the system is perfectly designed for the present results. If we like the results we are getting, we ought not consider changing a thing. If we want different results, however, something must change. But we humans do not much like suggestions of change. It makes us break out in an anxious sweat.”
― Family Systems and Congregational Life: A Map for Ministry
― Family Systems and Congregational Life: A Map for Ministry
“each child leaves home slightly more or slightly less well-differentiated than the parents. If that child marries, the spouse will be someone at the same level of emotional maturity. If the couple has children, those children will leave home slightly more or slightly less emotionally mature than their parents and marry people at their same level of differentiation. Over generations, these differences magnify, producing nuclear families with considerably different levels of differentiation of self, and consequently families that function in life at very different levels.”
― Family Systems and Congregational Life: A Map for Ministry
― Family Systems and Congregational Life: A Map for Ministry
“Sometimes people respond to rising anxiety by fleeing. Bowen called this reaction “distancing.” Although this behavior is quieter, it is an anxious response and generates further anxiety as well. People withdraw from relationships, responsibilities, and communication. Conversations become superficial. People avoid topics that might produce conflict. People “walk on eggshells” to avoid upsetting others. Although emotional systems characterized by distance may appear harmonious, they are anxious systems too.”
― Family Systems and Congregational Life: A Map for Ministry
― Family Systems and Congregational Life: A Map for Ministry
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