Archive for June 2022
The Relevance of Mysticism’s Via Negativa for Today’s World II By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA
After reading The Cloud of Unknowing, my friend Tom said to me, “Whatever you think God is, God is not.” This same friend also told me many times prior to this declaration that to gain this same God’s favor, I needed to submit to the male church leaders of my church and to my husband.…
Read MoreEverything is Possible II By Samantha Camerino, LCSW
In the Summer of 2021, my best friend died. To say ‘best friend’ doesn’t even do it justice – he was beyond that. I can’t even bother thinking of the words to better describe him, it would be futile. What I do know is that the pain I’ve experienced in moments of extreme grief only…
Read MoreBringing the Soul back into Psychology II By Elani Nicole MA, MFTC, LPCC
My previous post gave a brief synopsis of the historical and cultural role of soul in psychology in the West. I received my masters in a program, grounded in depth psychology, an orientation started by Carl Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. Jung believed that the psyche or “soul” will move towards wholeness and thus…
Read MoreLeaping into Possibilities with Religious Abuse Recovery II By Laura Hogzett MA, LPCC, EMDR
Recently I may have stumbled on one of those breakdowns people say happen in their 40’s. This must be that “mid life crisis” I had heard so much about as a kid. I thought it was more about buying a convertible, or a toupee. Maybe it started getting thick for me when COVID hit. Doing…
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