Every year in grade school, Valentine's Day filled me with a particular dread. Like Charlie Brown waiting at the mailbox, I worried: Would I get enough cards? Would anyone forget me? Would the popular kids get more than me? Would…
At age 70, James Hillman, author and founder of archetypal psychology, finally got his Leo moment in the spotlight. Oprah Winfrey invited him on her show to discuss The Soul's Code. Her excitement was palpable–her copy of the book was…
"Unfulfilled desires prove the existence of heaven," thundered the campus Lutheran pastor at the beginning of a sermon decades ago. Out of all the sermons I heard during the first half of my life, this is the only sentence that…
When I was a child I loved going to the stationery store (it was literally called The Stationery Store) in my small hometown. It was a classic Main Street business where one could buy school supplies (Trapper Keeper for me,…
Years ago I worked in an office where my desk was temporarily situated in an area with no windows. All day I sat under fluorescent lights and felt I was slowly losing my mind. Actually, there was a window nearby,…