Sometimes shit just doesn’t work out. It’s the way it is. You try and try and try, and the bottom just drops out from beneath you. This is how a conversati...

Ceremony is embedded in our bones. It is an integral part of our human inheritance. It has been woven through our DNA for thousands of years. And yet, it ...

Have you ever felt like the world is collapsing around you? Like nothing you do can stop the onslaught of fear, sorrow, or desperation that floods your mind...

You have the power to change the world. It won’t be a fast change. No overnight discovery of the solution to all of our problems. No instant awakening tha...

In his book The Soul’s Code James Hillman offers an interesting perspective on what determines the course of our life. He says that when we are born into th...

For the past few years, I have been helping people discover a deeper sense of purpose in their lives. I have helped them through some of the most difficult ...

In traditional indigenous cultures the village takes part in everything. That is what proponents of village life have to tell us. People that experienced i...

The last week has been tinged with the sorrow, outrage, and hatred that masks itself as self-righteous indignation over the horrific attacks in Paris. It ha...

I work with a lot of young people. For twelve years I have spent a lot of time being a mentor, advisor, confidante, and guide to countless teenagers and you...

Sometimes the right thing is letting go. There are times in our lives when the illusions we have created of how it all should be no longer serve us. They a...

The planet does not need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers and lovers of all kinds. - ...

The cell was cold. It was summer in the Chihuahuan Desert, and yet this tiny cinderblock room in the middle of the Doña Ana County Detention Center was free...

The exercise at the end of last week's post is a Shadow exercise. If you didn't get a chance to do it before, I strongly recommend that you take some time t...

There are a few different layers to projection (If you missed last week's intro on projection, read it here). We are complicit in all of them, until we get t...

Have you ever experienced something like this? Luis started dating Jennifer a few days ago. He really liked her. He was excited about the relationship and w...