Not Offering Consolation….

I am not sure what  has instigated this current need of mine  to scrutinize, when and why, I offer consolation. Possibly the stage of life I have entered. Certainly there are many situations  in which  I am grateful that I have the resource, impulse, desire  to soothe, to comfort, to empathize.    But there are tragedies

Recreating Our Selves In the Ongoing Creation Of Life in Our Families

I have been immersed in research as I develop the theoretical construct of the book I am still in the process of  writing. When I made this commitment to write this book, I never imagined  what level of commitment I was making. If I had known   both  the delight and the burden it would be,

Meeting Places: The Elusive Engagement of Memory and Desire: Book Excerpt

 :                       Mended Wings, Brokenness and Inspiration      When a child is deprived of basic relational sustenance other resources must be  employed. Emory  entered his little world like all creatures, reliant on others for nourishment and protection from danger. At first, these were provided, if barely

Dissolving and Creating

Many of the people that come to see me in my practice me are “creatives,” artists, musicians, writers, actors. When they enter a cycle of deep integral change and the familiar ways of approaching their life no longer offer clarity or comfort, I remind them of the cycles in a creative process. One begins inspired, magnetically