Presentation by Dan Keusal:
"The Work You Were Born To Do: How To Help It Find You."
December 3, 2009.
Puget Sound Career Development Association
Location: Mercer Island Community Center
Time: Networking starts at 6:30, presentation begins at 7:30.
Details, including how to register, are in the PDSCA Fall newsletter.
For more info, visit the PSCDA web site.
“To feel that what we do is right for ourselves
and good for the world at exactly the same time
is one of the great triumphs of human existence.”
(David Whyte, Crossing The Unknown Sea: Work As A Pilgrimage of Identity)
The quest for meaningful and rewarding work can be conceived of as having two stages: identifying and finding the type of work that suits your natural gifts, and then attending to the issues that arise as you step into that work. However, it turns out that these two seemingly separate processes may go hand in hand—addressing the issues helps you find the right work, just as much as finding the right work reveals those issues that need attention.
In this presentation, we’ll explore this paradox using an often-ignored yet extraordinarily insightful tool: astrology. We’ll see how astrology can help you identify the parts of yourself you’ll need to develop before the work you were born to do finds you. We’ll also look at how astrology helps you place the quest for meaningful work in the context of the rest of your life journey—relationships, creativity, spirituality, money, and more.
Finally, we’ll look at how astrology can help those people who weren’t “born to do” anything, but still need to earn a living!
Each person who attends the workshop will receive a free copy of their own astrological birth chart.
Dan Keusal, M.S., LMFT, is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and a professional Astrologer in private practice in Seattle. He loves his job! For more than 20 years, Dan has facilitated workshops on psychological, spiritual, and astrological topics for a wide range of organizations, including Microsoft, Providence Health Systems, Seattle University, The Rainier Club and dozens of other businesses, churches, and community groups (a complete list is available on his web site). He has three times been invited to serve on the faculty of the Northwest Astrological Conference (NORWAC). By integrating practical examples with stories, humor, and the arts, Dan has gained a reputation for making complex ideas accessible, speaking to the heart as well as the head.
Dan holds a master’s degree in Marriage & Family Therapy from Seattle Pacific University, has studied Analytical Psychology at the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago, and is a Past President of the Seattle Counselors Association. He completed a five-year astrological apprenticeship with Steven Forrest, an internationally renowned astrologer, author, and teacher. Dan also holds a degree in theology from the University of Notre Dame. He is a musician (his CD “All Along” has garnered both critical and popular acclaim), a photographer, and an avid baseball fan.