Recently the topic of choice has been very present in various domains around and therefore I have designed a workshop for self-reflection and self-exploration on this matter, the matter of choice.
It would be great to see you there!
Kind regards,
Anna
The Matter of Choice:
Self-reflection and self-exploration workshop
In-person in Copenhagen:
May 15 and May 22, 2024
18:00 to 20:00
Price: 550 DKK
Registration: https://system.easypractice.net/event/matter-of-choice-d56ed
Online:
May 14 and May 21, 2024
17:00 to 19:00
Price: 550 DKK
Registration: https://system.easypractice.net/event/matter-of-choice-9cd9a
This workshop is a space to reflect on the matter of choice, what do we associate it with. How does it manifest itself in our daily lives, in our professional and personal lives, in our emotional lives, where is it most present with us?
What are the choices we make or have already made and was there something that happened to us that we did not choose? How do we live those experiences?
Are our attitudes, moods and emotions, values and beliefs, a matter of choice?
Looking at the choices we make, how do they unfold in our personal history, but also in the history of the previous generations in our families, what is the greater context of choices (cultural, historical, etc.), where do those choices lead us? Is there a way to know it? How do we deal with the uncertainty as we must choose without knowing in advance about the outomce and consequences.
We might touch upon the topics of existential choice, conscious choice, values, time, comparisons we make, inner consent, sorrow, regret or joy, forgiveness and gratitude, freedom and responsibility.
Workshop leader:
Anna Sircova, PhD
Clinical psychologist, researcher and educator. Practices Existential Analysis and Logotherapy. Specializes in transitions and endings, psychology of time, existential questions. Passionate for cross-disciplinary approach, visual arts and other creative endeavors.
Her work concentrates on saying “yes” to life, on finding your personal time, core essence, meaning and fulfillment. Denmark is the sixth country that became her home (Latvia – USA – Russia – Spain – Sweden – Denmark). Founder of Creative Time Studio, with over 20 years of research experience in exploring the concept of time.
TEDx speaker, expert in creative processes, well-being, psychology of time, futurization and so much more.
Some things to contemplate on:
“Life is a sum of all your choices” ~ Pythagoras
Lewis Carroll’s Alice tells the Cheshire Cat: “I don’t much care where … so long as I get somewhere.“
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” ~ Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night
Theodor Geisel / Dr. Seuss “What Pet Should I Get?”
The cat?
Or the dog?
The kitten?
The pup?
Oh boy!
It is something
to make a mind up.
Then I looked at Kay.
I said, “What will we do?
I like all the pets that I see. So do you.
We have to pick ONE pet
and pick it out soon.
You know Mother told us
to be back by noon.”
“I will do it right now.
I will do it!” I said.
“I will make up the mind
that is up in my head.”
The dog…? Or the rabbit…?
The fish…? Or the cat…?
I picked one out fast,
and that that was that.
Baldwin
Nothing is more unbearable, once one has it, than freedom.
“When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man.” ~ Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange
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