Presentation and Q & A with Dr. Keith Witt

Friday, 6/12 @ 7pm (doors open 6:30pm)

$15 (Boulder Integral Members $10)

Evolution is relational. Atoms relating to other atoms relating to molecules relating to life relating to other life spirals upward into greater complexity and deeper consciousness. Human evolution is each one of us relating to ourselves, others, and spirit. When we are in intimate harmony with ourselves, others, and spirit, we optimize our personal evolution which contributes to the wave of development that started with the big bang and extends outward and inward to who knows where.

Mammals learn from social approval and disapproval. When disapproved of by significant others, mammalian nervous systems have shame reactions that evoke change. The gift of self-aware consciousness gives humans the capacity to approve or disapprove of others or ourselves in the past, present, and future. Disapproval can result in shame emotions like guilt, embarrassment, chagrin, or humiliation, which pressure us to seek relief by neurotically avoiding the feeling or growing toward compassionate caring for others and deeper consciousness. Such shame driven growth is central to individual and collective evolution.

This talk will explore the psychology, interpersonal neurobiology, and interrelatedness of shame, development, and transcendence. We will learn practical applications of transmuting shame into positive change, deeper wisdom, and radiant love.

Dr. Keith Witt (www.kwwitt.com): Author of, The Gift of Shame, The Attuned Family, Waking Up, and Sessions, offers 35 years experience as a therapist, lecturer, and teacher.  He has conducted fifty thousand therapy sessions in Santa Barbara with individuals, couples, and families from all walks of life including the film and music industries, corporate management, information technologies, engineering, academia, the law, and a full spectrum of other cultures. He is a professor at the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute.