Spirituality

Recently, I participated in an exciting training conference in Charlotte, North Carolina grounded in Jungian therapy. Given the depth of the presentations at the conference, I would like ... Read More

The Eleventh Step: We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood God, praying only for knowledge of God’s will for us and the power ... Read More

“For years it lay in an iron box buried so deep inside me that I was never sure just what it was. I knew it carried slippery, combustible things more secret than sex and more dangerous ... Read More

I recently started studying Tai Chi with a Sensei (Master) who’s almost 69 years old. He moves gracefully and powerfully and also looks great. I was sent to him by the Orishas, the divinities ... Read More

As I sit here in my upstate NY cottage on a chilly late summer morning, I am suddenly aware that today is the anniversary of 9/11. It has been floating in and out of my consciousness lately. ... Read More

At times during the past decade in my spiritual psychotherapy practice, I’ve advised a skeptical patient to have faith in the process. This is usually in response to a question about ... Read More

A very spiritually oriented colleague recently asked me what I love to do. She had shared that she loved her work particularly as it related to being the container which held other peoples’ ... Read More

As a Yoruba priest, I frequently make offerings to the Orishas (divine spirits who guide our lives) and my ancestors. The type of offering varies, with the simplest being a white candle, ... Read More

As we approach Mother’s Day, a holiday designed to pay homage to our birth mothers, their mothers, and any other living relatives with the word “mother” in their titles, many people ... Read More

The spiritual dimension can surface most unexpectedly. The change process seems to invite it. People come to therapy because they perceive, at some level, that something about their inner ... Read More

This article is a meditation on the third step of Alcoholics Anonymous (and all other 12-step programs). The third step says: “We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to ... Read More

John Lahr, writer for the New Yorker, wrote a profile of the playwright and actor Sam Shepard (February 8, 2010). I came across a section of the article that struck me deeply. Discussing ... Read More