Marjorie R. Barlow, Ph.D.

Someone asked for my latest reading list. Here are the books Paul and I are studying these days:

1. Prairie Home Companion Pretty Good Joke Book for the laughs.

2. The Living Universe by Duane Elgin, which gets us into cosmic thinking.

3. The Spontaneous Healing of Beliefs by Gregg Braden provokes us to examine our beliefs.

4. The Art of Extreme Self Care by Cheryl Richardson is her latest book on self-care and self-love.

5. The Heavens Declare, The Dove in the Stone, and The Web in the Sea by Alice O. Howell, whose lovely grandmotherly approach to all things of the soul are juicy treasures to read. She is my favorite Jungian writer on Astrology, which I am still studying. After 10 or more years, I know little.

6. In preparation for Laurence Hillman’s workshop at Red Corral Ranch in September, I am reviewing old books on Astrology: The New Way to Learn Astrology by Basil Fearrington and Intuitive Astrology by Elizabeth Rose Campbell. Alignments and Planets at Play by Laurence himself.

7. Living Your Strengths by Winseman and Clifton and How Full Is Your Bucket? By Don Clifton and Tom Rath, and Strengths Leadership by Rath are ongoing books I use in Strengths Coaching for Interface Flor, Inc.  and others.

8. The Dumbest Generation by Mark Bauerlein (How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future) is comfort for parents of the under 20-age group.

9. Excuses Begone! By Wayne Dyer summarizes what I am coming to believe—that our beliefs actually create our life. Another book that lead me to that thinking is The Biology of Belief by Bruce Lipton.

10. Breakthrough by Suzanne Somers enlightens us on the need for bio-identical hormone therapy.

11. If It’s Not Food, Don’t Eat It! Is a no-nonsense guide to an eating-for-health lifestyle, which we are attempting to follow.

That same person who asked about our reading list, wanted to know how we manage the time to read all these books. One of my top five Strengths is “learner” and that makes reading or any kind of knowledge very motivational to me. I hunger to learn and pursue learning like it is candy. So, any trip to a good bookstore is like a trip to a candy store. We have evolved into routines that support reading and study. Just as homework was a part of early school life, so the continual learning cycle is a daily process. Our schedule simply includes books. Some of the above we are literally reading to each other. Some we read in solitude. Our morning looks like this: 6:30 rise and shine, then our daily 7:00 a.m. apple and coffee or tea while we read and journal. Then breakfast and exercise. We both get to our work at around 9 or 10 a.m. Lunch is separate and on our own. Afternoons, Paul works on his Play Therapy project and I take calls. At 5:00 we stop for Happy Hour, which may be a glass of wine or cold water. The day ends with dinner and a walk around the neighborhood. Ideally we play a game of cards at 9 p.m. and go on to bed by 10:30.

So, there you have a day in the life of Paul and Marj Barlow at our new home in Buda, Texas. I would love to read about your day, also. I am so happy when I get to know you better. Thanks for reading this and I am hoping you will respond.

My favorite archetypal astrologer, Laurence Hillman, will be holding a workshop in Wimberley, TX next September 23-25, 2009.  If you are interested in looking at yourself in deeper ways, with lots of metaphor to “stretch” and grow your Self, this is a workshop you will want to take.  Call or e-mail me if you have questions or need more information.  Here is the description and directions for registration:

Has The World Gone Mad? – The 21st Century And You

an exciting, personalized workshop with Laurence Hillman for a limited number of people, to be held in Texas at the very lovely Red Corral Ranch near Austin.
(See www.Redcorralranch.com  for description and driving directions)
Dates: September 23-25, 2009.

Description from Laurence:
“At the beginning of 2009 I wrote an essay about our world in these changing times and got an overwhelming response from all corners of the globe. I decided to put together this workshop as a way for participants to explore how their particular chart fits into the the Aquarian Age. We will use all ten astrological archetypes and discuss how they are appearing “Aquarian ways” in our times. We will also ask the question if your particular language for the ten planets will do just fine as you have been expressing them, or if this is a time for you to re-imagine one or several of your inner characters.

This workshop will help you investigate specific details related to our times in your birth chart. You will learn how to apply ideas presented to the group. While there will be some limited one-on-one work, you will learn something else than you would get from an individual astrological reading. The two should not be confused. Mostly a relaxed yet intellectually challenging and enjoyable day will give you a much deepened sense of self understanding.

Open to anybody with an interest in astrology, archetypes and depth psychology. You must have your ACCURATE natal astrological chart to participate.”

Check in any time after noon on Wednesday, September 23, 2009.  We will be at the main house and help you find your room and roommate(s).
Check out before noon on Friday.  You will have time after breakfast for your own recreation (swim, horse-back riding, walk the labyrinth…)

The Workshop Schedule:
Laurence will join us for dinner at 6:30 p.m. in the ranch dining room.  We will hold our first session after dinner in “James’ Pavilion”

Meals (5):
Dinner at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday; Breakfast at 8:00 a.m. Thursday, followed by all day with Laurence (including lunch and dinner).  Our session will end Thursday after dinner

Breakfast on Friday at 8:00 a.m. followed by your personal time of recreation with check-out before noon.

Your Cost:  $295 per person (includes shared room, two nights, five meals, workshop Wednesday night and all day Thursday).  Day rates available for local people.  Call Marj

How to Register:  Go to Laurence’s website, www.LHillman.com homepage, find  “Calendar”, register online.   For your questions, call Marj Barlow at 512-879-7658.