Spiritual Life and Our Shadow
Carl Jung, a 19th century Swiss psychoanalyst whose work bridges the gap between psychology and spirituality, understood our Shadow to be...
Contemporary Trends in Spiritual Direction
Today, around the world and across traditions, the ancient spiritual practice of meeting regularly with a spiritual director is growing...
Spiritual Pathology
Spiritual pathology describes how we can distort and undermine our spiritual path and its practices, because of our own deep unresolved...
Barbara Hepworth's Spiritual Vitality
I've been staying a stone's throw from Barbara Hepworth's studio and museum in St Ives. So, before the crowds arrive each morning, I slip...
Living With Paradox
In our Western world many people suffer from an inability to live with paradox and contradiction. We have lost touch with paradoxical,...
The Wisdom of Imperfection
Rob Preece, a Buddhist spiritual mentor I am privileged to know, recently wrote a book entitled 'The Wisdom of Imperfection.' An...
The History of Spiritual Direction
Spiritual direction is not a modern innovation but a very ancient and simple process of one person offering another spiritual guidance...
Spiritual Life and Our Emotions Part 2 - Spiritual Bypassing
Spiritual bypassing, a term coined by psychologist John Welwood in 1983, is the use of spiritual beliefs and practices to avoid dealing...
Spiritual Life and Our Emotions Part 1
Transformation of our emotion life remains one of the greatest challenges confronting us on our spiritual path. Indeed, perhaps in...
Spiritual Life Series
My intention is to write a series of blog articles drawing on my work in the interface of spiritual direction and psychology, and from my...
