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...

You are standing on a street corner and wondering how you got there. Nothing looks familiar and anxious energy starts to rise. You aren’t...

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...

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...

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

When I was younger, attending university, I used to take drives through the back roads of central Pennsylvania as a way to be by myself. ...

When we begin to step out and take more control over our lives, we will go through times that feel impossible. Making changes means...

I wanted to address the name of my column and the general concept I will be running with throughout my posts.  I’m sure I will deviate...

It is known that before a caterpillar becomes a butterfly it makes a cocoon. It eats many times its own weight before it begins to create...

I’m not sleeping well these days. My psycho-philosophical work with my addicted clients in treatment is too ripe a ground to explore...