The Psychology and Value of Emotional Containment
In order to grow as people, we must learn to harness our emotions, contemplate them, learn from them, express them appropriately, and let them transform us.
Depressing Depression Therapy
Conventional ways of treating depression often focus on ignoring the dark and embracing the light: “think just positive thoughts.” But real healing typically requires an authentic encounter with the dark. The seeds of new growth germinate in the dark. There is a purpose to your suffering.
The Life You Live is the Life You Get
No need to wait for karma. The quality of your life goes hand-in-hand with the quality of your relationship with your soul. Live your life with integrity and you will experience its deepest value.
The Psychology of a Viagra Ad
According to a Viagra commercial I recently saw, we are in “the age of getting things done.” The advertisement shows a mid-life cowboy hauling a horse trailer behind his pickup truck. Predictably, his truck gets mired in a mud slick so he uses the two horses he’s been hauling to pull the pickup and trailer…
Spiritual Development and the Heart of Gold
Neil Young’s song “Heart of Gold” offers an opportunity to reflect on what is most important in life. You can look outside of yourself, but your real gold is found within you.
The Spirit is Still Moving
The vision and mission of the Sixties is still with us, still remains to be achieved. The work is less glamorous now. Now the battle is in the trenches as every individual is called to bring peace and justice to their own life and soul.
Watering the Soul
Why did Jim feel the urge to water the boulder in hisback yard? Jungian psychology can be useful in helping us to understand our seemingly irrational behavior.
God’s Signs
Life gives us signs which guide us to our unique path and spiritual fulfillment. Pay attention; learn the language of signs in your life and you will experience more of the magic and mystery of the psyche and God.
The Value of Your Life
To Love yourself and, indirectly, to love others, is to care enough to become the unique individual you were created to be. The spark of God is within you; it is your soul. It is the most valuable thing you’ve got.
Welcome to Jungstop
There is a growing hunger in the world, a hunger not of the body but of the soul. Materially satisfied but spiritually starved, more and more people hunger for a deeper sense of meaning and purpose in life. We want to feel connected to others, not just through our phones, but through our hearts. We…