Reflections on psychological healing from a soulful perspective.
Welcome. I write about how we can meet the challenges of everyday life by cultivating imagination, soul, and depth. Rooted in Jungian and archetypal psychology, my articles weave together myth, dream, and story to help uncover meaning in our stuck and wounded places.
My writing serves as a refuge from modern life and a ritual space in which to contemplate ideas. Just as other authors have kindled my imagination, I hope my reflections offer a little light on your own journey of becoming. You’re warmly invited to explore my recent pieces below.
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Deviation, Destiny, and the Necessity of Mistakes
A failure throws the train off the track, closes a door: bursts the river levee. But a derailment also starts a new chain of events in an unexpected direction; the closed door means one is forced to find another way through; and the flood may change the river course and bring new life to dry land.
– James Hillman1
Many time travel stories centre on a protagonist meddling with the past, hoping to fix their present-day troubles. After going back and making some alteration, they usually succeed only in generating different troubles. Worse, the world they return to often feels disturbing and unfamiliar.
When life feels difficult, we might find ourselves longing for a time machine. We convince ourselves that certain decisions have sent us careening onto the wrong path. We imagine that if only we could go back and eliminate our foolish blunders, failed endeavours, and missed opportunities, life would not feel so impossible, so impenetrable.
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