by Jeff Howlin | Nov 11, 2025 | Archetypes, Biology, Dreams, Individuation, Psyche, Psychology, Self, Uncategorized, Unconscious
enthusiasm: a strong excitement or feeling, something inspiring zeal or fevor, borrowed from the Greek word “enthousiasmos” meaning “inspiration or possession by god.” (Merriam-Webster) I had a dream in which a colleague was reading a book... by Jeff Howlin | Dec 10, 2022 | Dreams, Ecopsychology, Imagery, Nature, Psyche, Psychology, Symbolic, Uncategorized
Of all humanity’s clever tools, perhaps the greatest is metaphor. Buffalo can serve as the metaphor for all wildness, and the lesson in their near extinction and return can inform us all about bringing our planet back to balance. —Dan O’Brien, Great Plains Bison In my... 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 | 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... by Jeff Howlin | Jun 7, 2014 | Announcement, Depression, Dreams, Editorial, Individuation, Psyche, Psychology, Psychotherapy
Last month for May 2014 Mental Health Awareness Month, I was interviewed by the International Association of Healthcare Professionals and FindaTopDocRadio on BlogTalkRadio. In the interview and podcast below, I answer questions related to dreams, Jungian psychology...
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