Are you experiencing heightened anxiety due to COVID-19?  I want to share some tips with you. First of all, it is normal to feel worry...

I’ve been thinking about the idea of coping strategies lately. Sometimes in my work with substance abusers, or anyone struggling to deal...

The word substance has my attention lately. There is something both conceptually satisfying about it as well as experientially...

After being lost for periods of time, we sometimes find our way. Or maybe I should say we find “a” way. A path, a route, that at least...

I’ve written elsewhere that you have to change to change. Pretty simple, right? But yet we all struggle with this. Even the smallest and...

Why do we live in a world where honesty is a scarce value? What does honesty mean to people? What are we even talking about when we...

I’ve been learning a lot in the past several years. I have delved more deeply than ever into the areas of philosophy, psychology and...

We are now into the autumn season. It’s cooler, it gets dark earlier and things are beginning to die. The fall is a transition period....

As I sit here and stare at the blank page, anxiety builds. There many things to say, too much really, and carving that down into an essay...

Why are you not getting better? Why does it seem like nothing changes for you? Why do you continue to have the same ailments haunting...

Sometimes I believe that people come to me for the wrong reasons.  Not that there is even anything wrong with that, because who am I to...

Can we accept that some people won’t get better? Can we accept that issues like addiction and homelessness aren’t going away? Can we...

I like simple things that have a lot of meaning.  I also like utilizing experiences that do not require a whole lot of preparation,...

In the following video, archetypal psychologist James Hillman takes on the important but neglected topic of aging.  We have lost a sense...

There is something exciting and rewarding when embracing the fear that comes with “falling forward” (see my article Getting Into Your...

Curiosity is a word that has been on my mind for months. I try and let it guide both my life and my work with clients. I try and...

We have over vilified anger in our society. Religions see it as a major problem. Psychology treats it like a toddler to be managed....

I want to write about the experience of embracing fear, or the very experience which one fears happening. Whether it is the actual...

I think we often miss what ingredients led to change or fulfillment. Sometimes we confuse the primary intention with the secondary...

I wrote a piece not too long ago entitled “The Lost Generations” that addressed some issues with the younger, more postmodern...