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Embrace your grief, for there your soul will grow. —Carl Jung Grief both acknowledges what has been lost and ensures that we don’t forget what we must remember. We are gathered in a room, [...]

Many years ago, the Rev. Dr. Cornel West said, “I cannot be an optimist but I am a prisoner of hope.” This sums up my feelings right now about the next few years. I cannot be an optimist – I am [...]

Activism as an Antidote – New Energy for 5WCW The Million Women March The election results came in. Hillary was not to be our next president. My heart hurt. I waited to hear Hillary’s [...]

Friends, The stress and trauma of this election cycle — and fears for the future — are real. Many are enduring abuse now in their daily lives. All of us are trying to metabolize a [...]

The Election: Of Hate, Grief, and a New Story Normal is coming unhinged. For the last eight years it has been possible for most people (at least in the relatively privileged classes) to believe [...]

Introduction to Archetypal Activism Craig Chalquist, PhD Chalquist.com If you are a citizen yearning to take intelligent action but not called to the activist path, or an activist burned out from [...]

Further thoughts on the election… ~ Susan Rowland  Ph.D., Chair of Engaged Humanities & the Creative Life I have had a further depth psychology thought on the election which has changed what [...]

I Stand Up for All Pieces of Peace Like 62 million Americans, I woke up on November 9th stunned, flooded with fear for our country, fear for our future, fear for the millions of young people and [...]

My friends, do not lose heart. We were made for these times. I have heard from so many recently who are deeply and properly bewildered. They are concerned about the state of affairs in our world [...]

On Grieving This Historic Moment By: Tara E. Atherley, M.S.T., M.A. Psy, Doctoral Candidate, Depth Psychology with emphasis in Community, Liberation and Eco-Psychology To those of us who are [...]