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Dreams, Truth Serums and Anti-truth Serums

by Jeff Howlin | Dec 5, 2017 | Dreams, Psychotherapy, Soul, Symbolic, Unconscious

Just the other day I walked by two men who appeared to be homeless and whose conversation caught my attention.  One man said, “You know they have truth serums and anti-truth serums.”  I didn’t hear the rest of the conversation, but I heard enough to make me wonder. If...

The Red Ribbon (A Short Story of Trauma, Dreams and Healing)

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,...

Learning to See in the Dark

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...

Dead Wood

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...

Abundance

by Jeff Howlin | Nov 16, 2013 | Biology, Ecopsychology, Editorial, Imagery, Nature, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Spirituality, Symbolic, Unconscious

And He said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast, and now they were not able to haul it in, because of the multitude of fish.  John 21:6 The past months have seen an abundance of anchovies in the Monterey Bay....

The Psyche at Dawn and Dusk: A Look at Crepuscular Moments

by Jeff Howlin | Oct 28, 2013 | Archetypes, Biology, Dreams, Ecopsychology, Editorial, Imagery, Nature, Poetry, Psyche, Psychology, Symbolic, Unconscious

Any fisherman or fisherwoman knows that fishing is best at dawn and dusk. Similar to the feeding behavior of fishes, other wildlife is most active at twilight during those precious crepuscular moments. Crepuscular is a term used in biology to describe animals that are...
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