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Timing and Discernment on the Journey of Your Life

by Jeff Howlin | Nov 30, 2012 | Biology, Depression, Ecopsychology, Editorial, Individuation, Nature, Psyche, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Self, Symbolic, Unconscious

You will have some important and pivotal decisions to make as you journey through your life. A decision at the right place and at the right time can make all of the difference. In biology and developmental psychology, there are windows of opportunity known as...

The Stag and the Essence of the Masculine in 21st Century Man

by Jeff Howlin | Oct 27, 2012 | animus, Archetypes, Dreams, Ecopsychology, Editorial, Imagery, Nature, Self, Symbolic

The stag* The masculine, and masculinity are both alive and well in the psyche of 21st century man. The challenge for today’s man is to acknowledge precisely where and when to actualize his masculine potential. The idea of “where” to channel this psychic energy in...

Under the Dock: An Ode to Summer’s End (Jungian Psychology in Everyday Life Series)

by Jeff Howlin | Sep 3, 2012 | Ecopsychology, Editorial, Nature, Poetry, Self

Summer’s end is just around the corner. It is a time of moving from the sun to the shadows of fall and winter. In the summer, many are oriented to the world outside. As fall approaches, you may feel a slight inward shift in your orientation. The sun sets earlier. The...

The Wild Inside: Grizzly Bears, Yellowstone, and the Craighead Brothers

by Jeff Howlin | Aug 28, 2012 | Dreams, Ecopsychology, Editorial, Imagery, Nature, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Self, Unconscious

John and Frank Craighead / Photo by the Craighead Institute* A high school biology teacher impressed upon me some of the adventures to be found in the wilderness in and surrounding Yellowstone Park. He talked of Grizzly bears and the wildlife biologists and...

The Whispering Grasses

by Jeff Howlin | Jul 23, 2012 | Ecopsychology, Editorial, Imagery, Nature, Poetry

  Beneath the prairie skies. Below the moon and stars. The grasses whisper. Under the sun and wind. Below the flying geese. The grasses whisper.   Beneath the thunder and lighting. Below the rain and snow. The grasses whisper.   Under my cloudless eyes....

The Columbine and the Connection to the Soul

by Jeff Howlin | Jun 13, 2012 | Ecopsychology, Editorial, Nature, Soul

I have always thought the Columbine flower especially beautiful.  Like many flowers, it is delicate, frail looking.  It appears as if a strong rain or wind storm would break it.  The Columbine’s appearance looks fragile, but it is not, really.  It can withstand the...
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