How to interpret our dreams To get a true sense of who we are, become more complete and integrated human beings, we must set up communication with our unconscious. In my first two blogs on dreamwork, I spoke to the two most important steps in setting up communication with the unconscious—first, by valuing our dreams,
This is the second of six exercises that pertains specifically to Psyche’s four tasks as published in Love and Soul-Making: Searching the Depths of Romantic Love (Shelby, 2022, Chiron Publications). For a recap on the introduction to the story of Psyche and Eros and the first impossible task, see the blog from September: "Psyche’s
Finding Deeper Meaning in Your Film Viewing Experience. If you’re like me, you’ll go see a movie simply because Brat Pitt is in it. It doesn’t matter what role or how big a role, I’ll be there or be square. It’s been a while since a movie has intrigued me on a depth
This is the first of six exercises that pertains specifically to Psyche’s four tasks as published in Love and Soul-Making: Searching the Depths of Romantic Love (Shelby, 2022, Chiron Publications). We will start with an introduction to the story of Psyche and Eros and then consider what this myth is about, and why we
Join Asher Packman of the Fifth Direction and I in conversation recorded from a live event on Zoom. We begin with a guided embodiment meditation and move along to the myth of Psyche and Eros and how it is relevant in our every day lives. We cover a reading from Love and Soul-Making on the
Blog – How to remember our dreams There are reasons why it may be hard for you to recall your dreams. Perhaps your parents hushed away your nightmares by telling you they were “only dreams.” Or maybe you had a series of scary or uncomfortable dreams and now you blocked dream-recall. Most commonly, you may
A hidden suitcase of emotions the body won’t let us forget by Associate Depth Therapist, Bec Simone We have all likely heard that “The body never lies.” What does this actually mean? How do we listen to the body? How can we find meaning in listening to the body and work towards healing? Recently, in
Dissecting Midlife: There's a Point to Unraveling In this post, I write about the experience of midlife through the lens of individuation, a term coined by C.G. Jung, one of the founders of depth psychology – the study of the unconscious. You can think about individuation as the process of coming into relationship with all
“A dream is a piece of reality whose origin is personal but obscure, whose meaning is pregnant but uncertain and whose fate in the world of the waking-ego lies in our own hands.” - James Hall One thing that sets depth-psychotherapists apart from other therapists is that they work with dreams. In fact, they take
