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Jungian Psychology and the Razor’s Edge

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...

Learning from Animals: Why it Matters

by Jeff Howlin | Feb 1, 2012 | Depression, Dreams, Ecopsychology, Editorial, Nature, Psyche, Psychology, Psychotherapy

We share a deep emotional connection with the rest of the animal world whether we choose to acknowledge this or not. We have evolved from and with the other animals sharing this planet with us and this fact has not been forgotten by the deeper part of our souls....

Waking Up Into the Night: Insomnia and Creativity

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...

Your Wall and the Impediments to the Unfolding of the Self

by Jeff Howlin | Jan 1, 2012 | Dreams, Individuation, Psyche, Psychology, Psychotherapy

Walls come in many sizes and shapes; big and thick, concrete and hard, colorful and graffiti-filled. Walls stop things, quickly. They don’t give. There is no easy way through. Walls are solid and they mean business. I heard the following dream with an important image...

The Alchemy of Sea Glass: From Junk to Jewel

by Jeff Howlin | Dec 29, 2011 | Alchemy, Dreams, Ecopsychology, Individuation, Nature, Psyche, Psychotherapy

How is the archaic and symbolic process of alchemy demonstrated through human behavior in modern times? An excellent example is the more recent phenomenon of the coastal quest for sea glass. Living by the sea, I have been a regular observer and participant in the...

The River, the Story, and the Rescue: A Waking Dream

by Jeff Howlin | Dec 10, 2011 | Careers, Dreams, Ecopsychology, Nature, Psyche, Psychotherapy

The river. The river was our life-line. The Missouri river, the longest river in North America, begins in Montana, flowing east into North Dakota and then south into South Dakota, where this story takes place.  The Missouri runs straight through the center of South...
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