by odpage@gmail.com | Jun 13, 2025
I recently took part in a wonderful course run by Thomas Moore, an author and psychotherapist influenced by James Hillman and C.G. Jung. We dove into Archetypal Psychology, Jungian Psychology, Greek mythology, and the arts. The course stirred my imagination in...
by odpage@gmail.com | May 4, 2025
A few years ago, I discovered the work of anthropologist and psychotherapist James Davies. Davies rose to prominence with the boldly titled Cracked: Why Psychiatry is Doing More Harm Than Good, and later, Sedated: How Modern Capitalism Created our Mental Health...
by odpage@gmail.com | Mar 6, 2025
In a society that values thinking over feeling, logic over intuition, and willpower over surrender, the modern person is in flight from their own body. To reject the body is to become trapped in a narrow, horizontal space where harbingers of awakening, such as grief,...
by odpage@gmail.com | Nov 10, 2022
Whenever I watch The Truman Show, it puts me in a trance. This film is a masterpiece, packed with multiple layers of symbolism and meaning. As the years go by, it only feels more relevant, Truman’s journey more profound. I’ll explain in this post why The...
by odpage@gmail.com | Sep 17, 2022
“No regrets” is popular mantra in our society, but how useful is it? From one angle, regret is a form of attachment to an alternate reality that was never destined to transpire. If everything happens for a reason, then where is the value in looking back...
by odpage@gmail.com | May 18, 2022
What is freedom? It’s an immense question, and one I’m now beginning to grapple with. I find it challenging not to idealise certain forms of freedom. Often, for example, I find myself longing to be financially free. But is this freedom in its purest sense?...