Belonging: The Quest for Your Inner Home
A Personal Perspective: What does it mean to be more at home in the world? How can we create a sense of belonging and identity despite our rapidly changing environment?
Inherited Wounds: Tirzah Firestone on Ancestral Healing
Jungian psychotherapist and rabbi Tirzah Firestone discusses her work in healing transgenerational trauma.
Memory: Can We Trust the Stories that Shape Us?
What we remember about ourselves shapes the stories we tell about who we are, which shapes who we become. Are memories just where events are stored, or the foundation of our values?
Celebrating the Mysterious and Why It Matters
“The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of all true art and true science.”—Albert Einstein
Altruism, the Helper Archetype and Knowing Your Intention
“The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of all true art and true science.”—Albert Einstein
Necessary Descents: What Myths Reveal about Darkness
The underworld and overworld. Both have always existed—in myth, dream, and reality. What can we learn from what myths tell us about the metaphor of descent?
Reconnecting with Wonder: When Were You Last Amazed?
Why should children have a monopoly on wonder? How we can rediscover the marvelous — and why we need to do it now more than ever.
Murray Stein on Understanding and Coping with Anger
Psychoanalyst and Jungian scholar Murray Stein continues his conversation about anger, its deep roots in our culture, and why it is now so pervasive.
Murray Stein on the Eruption of Anger in Today’s World
Why is anger so pervasive today? Psychoanalyst and Jungian scholar Murray Stein explores the many ways anger manifests and what it means.
Landscaping Our Own Gardens: Cultivating Your Essential Self
Gardens are a metaphor for many things, and one aspect we can explore is how they relate to our inner gardens. What are you growing in your garden?
The Power of Naming: How Our Mothers Coped and How We Can
What’s in a name? Naming a problem confers meaning on what might feel abstract and vague.
Art and Empathy: Who Gets to Tell Your Story?
We all have the raw material to create. No one else knows your story better than you. What will you remember most about this time of the pandemic?
Fate and Destiny: What Role Do They Play in Your Life?
Have you resigned to your fate or are you seeking your destiny? Fate calls out our limitations but destiny involves an irreversible process of becoming from within.
Transforming Conflict through a Restorative Framework
"In a restorative framework, everyone’s feelings and needs are a priority." A conversation with conflict specialist Jessie Kushner about restorative-based dialogue and repair work.
Denial: Telling Ourselves Stories That Hide the Truth
Why do we engage in denial? How can we recognize when we do it, when society does? Does denial always result in a negative outcome—or can it be a coping strategy?
Mindfulness for Women: Confronting and Overcoming “Othering”
"Othering trains us to place our reference point in others and ignore our authentic experience; mindfulness creates balance in our attention." –Mare Chapman
Soul Care During COVID-19: How Have Your Rituals Changed?
COVID-19 has changed how we live. Inventing new rituals to replace those we’ve lost can have a positive impact.
The Hero’s Journey in the Time of COVID
Feeling fearful, hopeless, numb? Why stories of a hero’s adventures may resonate with you during the current pandemic.
What Ancient Traditions Can Teach about Coping with Change
“When you see your matter going black, rejoice, you are at the beginning of the work.”— Rosarium Philosophorum (1550)
Can Mindfulness Bring About Real Change?
Dale Kushner interviews meditation pioneer and teacher Sharon Salzberg about the role mindfulness can play in the struggle for social change.