A beautiful poem from the magnificent @parkerPalmer, one of my favorite teachers. “Your life never was the solo turn it seemed to be. It was always part of the great weave of nature and humanity, an immensity we come to know only as we follow our own small threads to the place where they merge…
At no point in her life did my mother ever ask me about my work, nor, to my knowledge, did she ever read any of my three books. But in her final hours, something changed. It was the height of the pandemic and I was teaching an online course at Pacifica Graduate Institute. Sitting next…
Thirty years ago, I was bored and directionless in a Ph.D. program at the University of Chicago. My father had just died somewhat unexpectedly at the youthful age of 57 and I committed from that moment on, I would ONLY do work that was fun, juicy, and creative. After a couple of months spent grieving…
The brilliant philosopher Jacob Needleman passed away one year ago today. Needleman is the one who famously said, “We’re built to serve something greater than ourselves.” In a letter to the president of the Fetzer Institute, Needleman wrote something else that has continued to inspire me throughout my career: “I believe that the group is…
The existential psychologist Rollo May published a ton of books while he was alive. I’ve read two: My Quest for Beauty and The Courage to Create. Rollo May helped develop and popularize existential psychology—a branch of therapy that explores universal aspects of human existence, including concepts like death, freedom, responsibility, and meaning. It’s a psychology…
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