by Jeff Howlin | Apr 21, 2012 | Archetypes, Dreams, Ecopsychology, Individuation, Nature, Psyche, Psychology
The old man lived on a wooded point of land on a deep glacial lake. His home, close to the water, yet still partly hidden by pine, oak and ash trees, was modest. It was wood, two stories, with a large picture window overlooking the water. There was a two foot rock... by Jeff Howlin | Apr 5, 2012 | Depression, Individuation, Nature, Psychology, Psychotherapy
There are many ways to solve the pressing problems that occur in everyday life. I received this photograph with the title “Mystery Duck” from a good friend. His brother, a waterfowl photographer, had taken the photograph. They wanted my opinion concerning the... by Jeff Howlin | Feb 25, 2012 | Dreams, Editorial, Individuation, Psyche, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Soul, Sports Psychology
He had made that last stride, he had stepped over the edge, while I had been permitted to draw back my hesitating foot. And perhaps in this is the whole difference; perhaps all the wisdom, and all truth, and all sincerity, are just compressed into that inappreciable... by Jeff Howlin | Feb 11, 2012 | Depression, Ecopsychology, Editorial, Individuation, Nature, Psychology
Even in winter the flower finds a way to bloom. In January, there was a winter-time lone rose in my backyard. Nature can surprise us like that. A rose is not necessarily rare to see where I live in coastal Central California in January. But a single, brilliant red... by Jeff Howlin | Jan 25, 2012 | Editorial, Individuation, Psychology, Psychotherapy
I saw a middle-aged man recently exercising vigorously with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth. He paused periodically to take deeper drags on his cigarette. There was a humorous side to this scene, but even more, it reminded me of the forces that hold us back in... by Jeff Howlin | Jan 17, 2012 | Depression, Ecopsychology, Editorial, Individuation, Psyche, Psychology, Psychotherapy
I borrowed the phrase “waking up into the night” from a James Hillman quote that I remembered from a column that I read some time ago. I liked it then, and I like it even more now as I was thinking about this quote recently during a mostly sleepless night. Hillman was...
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