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... by Jeff Howlin | Sep 24, 2013 | Archetypes, Imagery, Nature, Poetry, Soul, Symbolic, Unconscious
Sitting on a small island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean I can’t help but notice the wind. As the temperatures climb, the trade winds pick up bringing with them a cooling breeze as thoughts and memories drift and shift with the symphony of the wind. Something deep... by Jeff Howlin | Jul 30, 2013 | Dreams, Ecopsychology, Imagery, Individuation, Nature, Psyche, Psychology, Soul, Synchronicity, Unconscious
What does it mean to be alive? Most everyone can agree that a horse is alive or an oak tree is alive. But is a river alive? Are clouds alive? Is the psyche alive? We call something alive for different reasons—one being when the thing that we are trying to describe as... by Jeff Howlin | Jul 15, 2013 | Alchemy, Depression, Ecopsychology, Editorial, Individuation, Nature, Poetry, Psyche, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Spirituality, Symbolic, Unconscious
NPS Photo by Jim Peaco Fire and heat—what occurs outside in nature and is viewed as a natural process there can also occur inside of us in the form of symptomology. But because of one dimensional views on natural psychological phenomenon on the inside, we sometimes... by Jeff Howlin | May 7, 2013 | Depression, Dreams, Ecopsychology, Editorial, Imagery, Nature, Psyche, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Symbolic, Unconscious
There is a great paradox for the psychotherapist in helping a client navigate through depression. On the one hand, life can be extremely painful and debilitating for a person suffering with symptoms of depression, especially for moderate to severe depression. Some... by Jeff Howlin | Mar 26, 2013 | Archetypes, Biology, Dreams, Ecopsychology, Imagery, Individuation, Nature, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Self, Spirituality, Symbolic, Unconscious
I don’t usually write about my own dreams on this blog, but I had a recent dream that reminded me of an elemental truth. Here is the dream: I was riding a horse down a river with the water up to the horse’s knees, and I had a fishing rod in my hand and I was fishing....
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