If you haven’t seen it, “Into the Wild” is a 2007 film written and directed by Sean Penn, and starring Emile Hirsh. It is based on the true life story of Christopher McCandless, originally recounted by John Krakauer in his 1992 book of the same…
“Say No to Big Box Schools” is a message on signs recently posted around my neighbourhood in Oakville. The local school board has announced plans to consolidate a number of schools, in some cases closing smaller schools that have been part of communities for a…
There is a theme or motif that I see repeated with great frequency among my client group. There are always profound individual variations and unique aspects, but there are common central kinds of experience. © Hanhanpeggy | Dreamstime.com A great many of the individuals I…
I’m enjoying the process of writing this blog on a regular basis, and having the chance to communicate with all of you about different aspects of what it is to be a therapist and a Jungian in Halton and Peel Regions in this continually surprising…
© Stuart Corlett | Dreamstime.com Viewed from the point of view of Jungian therapy, suburbia can seem like it is entirely about persona, just living on the surface of life, never penetrating into its true depths. The suburban experience can sometimes be very caught up with appearances. We…
Suburbia is fundamentally linked with the symbolism of “home”. And the symbolic reality of Home runs incredibly deep in the human psyche. In the western world, one of the greatest and most profound tributes to the depth and power of this symbolism is found in…
Underpinning the whole of life in the suburbs, in fact, the whole reason for the existence of the suburbs, is a particular vision of “the ideal life”. This ideal is incredibly pervasive. Just as fish who swim in the ocean or an aquarium may have…
Well, this is the first new post for me on this blog for a very long time. Thanks to a tremendous amount of help from the people at Six Apart, my blog is now re-vitalized, with a whole new look, and very many new features. …