The Nature of Relationships

Writer, producer and coach Kathrin Seitz and Marc Felix, a Camden psychotherapist and student of shamanism, are exploring the phenomenon of relationships – what they are and what they mean for the human experience. As part of this project, they venture forth with the broader Midcoast community with this column, to investigate the idea of relationship, that heavily nuanced word in the English language that implies much but is so hard to define.
Marc Felix holds a doctorate in counseling psychology and has been a psychotherapist in private practice for more than 30 years. He currently practices at Camden Whole Health. His work radically shifted after completing a two-decade shamanic apprenticeship with an Apache medicine chief. His current work is body, mind and spirit healing of individuals and couples.
Kathrin Seitz has more than 30 years experience in the publishing, television and film businesses in both New York City and Los Angeles. She has been teaching Method Writing for more than six years in New York City, Newport, R.I., Maine and Florida. While working in the entertainment business, Seitz trained and worked as a lay analyst. She took several years of courses, reading all the important psychoanalytic literature, and worked with patients in a supervised setting for four years. Visit kathrinseitz.com.
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Relationship to pain
By Kathrin Seitz and ... - Apr 23“Find ways to be with those who are suffering.” -- Gautama Buddha Tara in Waldoboro, who has just undergone heart surgery, asks about our ...
Our relationship to creativity
By Marc Felix and ... - Jan 30Marc’s perspective Shamans say that all of us have songs, poems, pictures, dances, stories and every kind of creativity inside of us. If we keep ...
Our relationship to the holidays
By Marc Felix and ... - Jan 01Marc’s perspective Close your eyes. Can you hear Bing Crosby singing, “I’m dreaming of a White Christmas”? Bing paints a poetic picture of ...
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The Nature of Relationship: Attraction
By Marc Felix and ... - Nov 28Marc’s answer What makes a woman attractive to a man? My personal opinion is that there’s nothing more attractive on the planet than a woman. ...
Finding a Relationship: self sovereignty
By Marc Felix and ... - Sep 25Marc's perspective Self sovereignty. Doesn't the word have a certain glory to it? A fully independent self in charge of one's self, ruled by no ...
How to find a relationship: Let go of the past
By Marc Felix and ... - Aug 18What is the next step in finding a relationship? Here we discuss how to let go of the past.Marc’s answer My favorite Zen story is of the two ...
How to find a relationship
By Marc Felix and ... - Jul 21The Nature of Relationships will begin exploring how individuals find relationships, in advance of a workshop that Kathrin Seitz and Marc Felix ...
The nature of relationships: animals
By Marc Felix and ... - Jun 23Several readers have asked us, "What do you think about our relationship to animals?" Marc's answer I've been considering this question and ...
The nature of relationships: soul mates?
By Kathrin Seitz and ... - May 26Is there such a thing as soul mates? Kathrin's answer The dictionary defines a soul mate as "a person ideally suited to another as a friend or ...
The nature of relationships: spirit
By Kathrin Seitz and ... - Apr 28Steve from Appleton writes: My girlfriend keeps telling me I should pay more attention to spirit. What the heck is she talking about? Kathrin's ...
The Nature of Relationships: Keeping the fire alive
By Marc Felix and ... - Feb 19Marc's view Are you patting yourself on the back because you gave a card or gift for Valentine’s Day? Well, don’t. Giving a gift for Valentine’s ...
New Year's resolutions
By Marc Felix and ... - Jan 15Marc's perspective Every year, I hear people tell me that they’re making New Year's resolutions. When I ask them how they did with previous ...
The Nature of Relationships: Our Relationship to Money
By Marc Felix and ... - Dec 21Marc's answer — Money. For many people money is an obsession, or at least a fascination. As a therapist I've learned that attitudes about money, ...
Finding a Relationship, listening to the body
Oct 09Marc’s perspectiveEach one of us has a body. Obvious, yes? Yet so many people do not really inhabit their bodies. They spend most of their day in ...
How to find a relationship: Be awake in the present moment
By Kathrin Seitz and ... - Aug 30Marc's perspective Perhaps the greatest enemy of intimacy is the sense of familiarity. We often have the idea that we know who someone is. This ...
Valuable techniques
By Marc Felix and ... - Aug 04What do you think is the most valuable technique for finding a relationship? Marc's answer That's a tough question because there are so many ...
The Nature of Relationships: computers
By Kathrin Seitz and ... - Jul 07Many people have asked us what we think about our relationship to computers.Marc’s answerWhen I first began thinking about our relationship to ...
The nature of relationships: food
By Marc Felix and ... - Jun 09Luke from Lincolnville asks: I know that my relationship to food is really complicated. Is there anything you can say to help sort that out? Marc...
The nature of relationships: anger
By Mard Felix and ... - May 12Jessica from Owls Head asked: "What do you think about getting angry? Shouldn't we always be peaceful?" Marc's answer We live in a society ...
The nature of relationships: Jobs
By Marc Felix and ... - Apr 14Writer, producer and coach Kathrin Seitz and Marc Felix, a Camden psychotherapist and student of shamanism, are exploring the phenomenon of ...