We hope everyone had an amazing summer. As the temperatures begin to cool off and the leaves start to change colors, we are excited to be sharing our latest news with you! Sept 30th Webinar 10am – 1:15pm EDT I will be partnering with the Higher Thought Institute to present my latest webinar. This webinar […]
Creativity and Addiction: Notes on the Differences
There exists in almost everyone the call to create and the siren’s call to engage in addictive behaviors. I have listened to both; perhaps you have as well. The creative call is to descend into our pain, past and present, and turn lead into gold. The addict is simply pulled down into a dark abyss. […]
The Flying Boy Letters: Getting Back to Y’all 30 Years Later
Letter 21 St. Louis, MO Dear John, I need to thank you for your book, “The Flying Boy.” I am in the midst of reading it for the second time. The first reading tore me to pieces and put me back together. I had to become consumed with intense pain before I was willing to […]
Enhancing Emotional Intelligence – Part II
Separation vs Isolation Emotionally intelligent people engage in separation instead of isolation. By age two children begin the process of separating from their parents. By age twelve they are fully engaged in the process; unless the parents did not experience healthy separation from their parents, in which case they will tend to cling and limit […]
The Flying Boy Letters: Responses and Replies 30 Years Later
This an excerpt from my forthcoming book written with Kat Hrdina. …I think that an addiction to a person is much worse than an addiction to a drug. My relationship with this man was like a roller coaster ride all the time. We would get close emotionally, so I thought, only to be dumped then […]