0. What keeps things hidden? How does secrecy feel to you? Is it like a deep, reflective silence where truth grows rooted and strong? Is tender…
Suffering Consciously
“Only conscious suffering has any sense.” – Attributed to Gurdjieff’s Study House in Prieuré “The only cure for the pain is the pain.” – Rumi “You have…
A Life of Gratitude and Connection
In last week’s post, I railed against my pet peeve of the Tyranny of Positivity. After exploring what was so limiting and unhelpful about compelling…
The Tyranny of Positivity
Although I am passionate about mental health and believe a life well-lived is benefitted by generous portions of gratitude and remembering what is sweet in life,…
Knowing You Are Enough
Lately, I and several brilliant thinkers I am lucky to encounter have been discussing the idea of being “enough.” Some of us experience a sense…
Help and Power
At some point in life, everyone needs help, and almost everyone gets an opportunity to offer it. Another thing humans like to do is build identities around…
On Indignation
Something about indignation is enticing. Where there is a group of people, particularly an institution, there are pockets of indignation, complaining, and gossip. Groups within the…
We Can Do Better
This post breaks from my usual psycho-spiritual explorations of Self to addressing a material, social reality: the problem of incarceration in the United States of…
Sacred Marriage: I Am… Sasha Fierce
After my lengthy close reading of archetypes, identity, and relationship in Beyoncé’s album B’Day, I debated whether to continue the exploration for later albums. This series of…
What is the Unconscious?
Western culture has internalized enough psychological language and insight as to give even the most uninterested person a casual understanding of concepts like the unconscious,…