Dear Readers, Over the years of my writing career this book has been one of my favorites. In fact I’ve read it over many times and even though I wrote it, it still generates new ideas, new understandings and I …
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The following is an excerpt from my book Becoming Whole: A Jungian Guide to Individuation. I think most of us would like to know more about what a complex is, what it does, how we spot it, and then what are …
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This morning a friend shared with me that she felt like the world has drastically changed for the worse. I have heard this comment a lot lately and tended to agree with it. But, as I have been reflecting on …
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I first published this poem for Father’s Day in 2009 while I was preparing a lecture and workshop here in Asheville titled The Father Quest: A Guide for Rediscovering and Renewing the Foundation of Fatherhood. My life was permeated with …
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Thank you so much to everyone who came to the presentation of my book Aging Strong at Malaprop’s Bookstore on November 12. If you weren’t able to attend, or would like to watch the presentation again, we have published it …
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“When death finds you, be sure she finds you fully alive.” This saying from an old African folktale has stuck with me for many years. One of the first steps we must take in becoming fully alive is to overcome …
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I will be presenting my new book Aging Strong: Living it Forward and Giving it Back at Malaprop’s Bookstore in Asheville this Saturday at 7 pm. Please join me for this presentation followed by discussion of how to thrive in …
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What triggers our engagement in life? What makes us want to deepen ourselves and have a life rooted in the authentic ground of our being? As we begin to consider these questions, we may realize that we aren’t born highly …
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… Do you really know what you want?… I encounter many different people daily who are fascinating and remarkable, and I often find myself standing in awe of how unique we all are as individuals. Yet as I get …
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To understand what Jung meant by a religious attitude and our emotional problems, we need to become familiar with what he calls the individuation process. While each of us grows and ages physically, whether we like it or not, the same fact isn’t true about our psychological growth. The individuation process recognizes that after we have grown to a certain point psychologically, we have to make an effort; we have to pursue self-knowledge, to mature as people and live in a satisfying manner in our relationships and culture.