How being disrupted can change our families, our cells, and our interior lives
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This blog post was originally published at circleofhope.net. Bowenian pyschotherapists have a concept called homeostasis. In my elementary understanding, homeostasis refers to a “normal” state of things, where routines, norms, and rituals are understood by members of a system. Those routines keep things safe and relatively predictable. For dysfunctional families, homeostasis perpetuates that norm. Sometimes a therapist achieves her goals by disrupting the homeostasis in a system, so that it might grow beyond its typical limitations and through its problems. The extent of my knowledge about that school of thought ends there, but you can see its evidence in everyday life: the Philadelphia Eagles recently tried to undergo some disruption by bringing on Chip Kelly; three years later he was fired and it was back to business as usual (but what a great day in free agency yesterday was!). With Trump surging, and Bernie upsetting Hillary, it seems like Americans are sick of the political homeostasis and are ready to change the established way of things. Sports and politics aside, I also notice how this basic idea manifests itself in a few ways in the life of a Christian.
How being disrupted can change our families, our cells, and our interior lives
How being disrupted can change our families…
How being disrupted can change our families, our cells, and our interior lives
This blog post was originally published at circleofhope.net. Bowenian pyschotherapists have a concept called homeostasis. In my elementary understanding, homeostasis refers to a “normal” state of things, where routines, norms, and rituals are understood by members of a system. Those routines keep things safe and relatively predictable. For dysfunctional families, homeostasis perpetuates that norm. Sometimes a therapist achieves her goals by disrupting the homeostasis in a system, so that it might grow beyond its typical limitations and through its problems. The extent of my knowledge about that school of thought ends there, but you can see its evidence in everyday life: the Philadelphia Eagles recently tried to undergo some disruption by bringing on Chip Kelly; three years later he was fired and it was back to business as usual (but what a great day in free agency yesterday was!). With Trump surging, and Bernie upsetting Hillary, it seems like Americans are sick of the political homeostasis and are ready to change the established way of things. Sports and politics aside, I also notice how this basic idea manifests itself in a few ways in the life of a Christian.