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The Storm: Mountains Ablaze

by Jeff Howlin | Oct 3, 2020 | Depression, Dreams, Ecopsychology, Editorial, Nature, Poetry, Soul, Symbolic, Trauma/PTSD

Shelter from the storm–Bob Dylan sang about it and the sirens with their beautiful voices lured sailors toward it.  When life deals you one heavy blow after another with no end in sight, seeking shelter may seem like the right thing to do. Here in California...

The Puppet Master and the Free Man

by Jeff Howlin | Jul 20, 2019 | Archetypes, Complex, Consciousness, Ethics, Evil, Individuation, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Shadow, Soul, Trauma/PTSD, Unconscious

Although it will require some effort, there can be moments in your life when you are truly a free man or a free woman, no matter your circumstances.  During those times, when you are a free woman or a free man, you may discover that they are the most insightful and...

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,...

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...

Silence and the Soul

by Jeff Howlin | Dec 21, 2012 | Editorial, Nature, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Soul, Spirituality, Trauma/PTSD

Silence can be the soul’s only retreat from horror and tragedy. And that is alright. I heard on the radio this morning that the musician Paul Simon knew one of the victims of the recent school massacre. He attended the funeral this week and sang his classic song The...

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