by Jeff Howlin | Oct 16, 2018 | Consciousness, Editorial, Individuation, Nature, Self, Spirituality
In fact it seems to me as if that alienation which so long separated me from the world has become transferred into my own inner world, and has revealed to me an unexpected unfamiliarity with myself. (Carl Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections, p. 359) What should... by Jeff Howlin | Apr 2, 2018 | Careers, Editorial, Soul
You are defined not by the work that you do, but by how you do the work that you do. The exact work that you do, of course, is important. But not as important as the focus, integrity and soulfulness, that you bring to your work. Not long ago, I watched boats bringing... by Jeff Howlin | Sep 9, 2016 | Editorial, Imagery, Soul, Symbolic, Synchronicity, Trauma/PTSD
I could not breathe. Hot, tired and afraid, I was. Trapped in the middle of a crowd of strangers in an airport—people looking at one another more from suspicion than from wonder. Me—held in my mother’s arms while being touched and bumped by bags and elbows. There,... by Jeff Howlin | Mar 1, 2016 | Dreams, Ecopsychology, Editorial, Imagery, Nature, Poetry, Symbolic
There is a fish that lives deep in the ocean dark The fish has evolved over time To “see” in the deep With a lantern as a light Just in front of its eyes A young man Who knew about this strange fish Had a big dream In the dream He was riding his motorcycle... by Jeff Howlin | Feb 6, 2016 | Biology, Depression, Dreams, Ecopsychology, Editorial, Nature, Psyche, Soul, Symbolic, Trauma/PTSD
If your life was like a tree, you would learn to be a master gardener. You would take the time to prune away all of your dead wood. Like the life of a tree, your process of growth and change can be hindered by the dead wood that is left behind. And like a tree that... by Jeff Howlin | Dec 16, 2014 | Adolescent psychotherapy, Dreams, Editorial, Imagery, Individuation, Psyche, Psychology, Psychotherapy
Society needs to be shaken by the aspirations of those who are not responsible. Donald Winnicott The image is to Jungian psychotherapy as thinking is to cognitive therapy. But there is a difference. In cognitive therapy, it is assumed that one of the events that leads...
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