by Jeff Howlin | Jun 28, 2019 | Dreams, Imagery, Individuation, Psyche, Psychology, Soul, Sports Psychology, Symbolic
On August 10, 2011, I published an article on this blog titled, Jungian Psychology and Sports. I am re-visiting this topic now due to a very short, but meaningful dream that I had recently. The dream: I made a really long basketball shot. Shortly after this dream I... 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 | 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... by Jeff Howlin | May 30, 2014 | Archetypes, Biology, Ecopsychology, Editorial, Imagery, Individuation, Nature
The underdog, the oppressed, the scapegoated, the last-picked for the game, the runt—these characters and the means by which they scrap themselves onward in life, weave themselves into some of our favorite stories and myths. The Biblical story of David and Goliath is... by Jeff Howlin | Apr 29, 2014 | Editorial, Imagery, Individuation, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Soul, Sports Psychology
When you reach the top of North America’s highest chairlift in Breckenridge, Colorado, you will sometimes see a string of people behind and above the lift, carrying skis and poles, climbing even higher. Aside from the joyful pursuit of even fresher powder above the...
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