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Alumni/AE Celebrating their Pacifica Experience (Read their stories here)

I am honored to be among those who feel they arrived at Pacifica through a series of synchronistic events. After working through the counseling program and diving into the depth psychology program (almost finished), I can honestly say that everything I do (family, work, and otherwise) has been affected and fortified by my experience as a Pacifica student. I am so grateful to those who keep the structures in place at Pacifica and nurture the immense vision of tending soul in the world. It is an a…

Holly ReusingM.A. (Counseling Psychology, 2005)

I’d first enrolled in the Ph.D. in Depth Psychology program, with its inauguration on Friday, 13 September, 1996 — it was my birthday. Nevertheless, I soon came to realize that I needed to change to the Clinical program, to deepen my knowledge and practical skills as a therapist, while still attending to “depth.” From 1997 to 2000, this was it: What excitement, what effort, what struggle, what satisfaction! These were easily the best years in all of my life’s academic learning, and I…

Marianne TauberPh.D. (Clinical Psychology, 2005)

C.G. Jung describes the time near mid-life as an opportunity for expanded consciousness. For many, including me, Pacifica became the organic extension of this call. Pacifica’s greatness lies in the ability to hold and contain the multiplicity of experience while growing towards a more authentic self. No matter how one arrives at Pacifica, the experience is transforming. By sharing and developing a collective language of soul and service we each operate in the world changed, and better for it.

Marci LoftinM.A. (Counseling Psychology, 2010)

I continue to be in awe at the speed at which our beloved Alumni Association grows and multiplies. I feel so incredibly honored to be involved with all the dear souls who have made this possible.

Lupe ZunigaPh.D. (Clinical Psychology, 2001)

Pacifica allowed me to liberate mySelf and gain confidence in formulating my narrative with racism and sexism as it pertains to Black women in America. Liberation is an important factors in the relationship work I offer the world, Pacifica enhanced that process. Using my voice and being in service to the world is a gift from My Pacifica.

Sherrie Sims AllenM.A. (Depth Psychology, 2010)
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Quotes Worth Sharing

"Find a place you trust, and then try trusting it for awhile"
- Corita Kent (Sister Corita)

"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world."
- Harriet Tubman

"It's important to ask yourself, How am I useful to others? What do people want from me? That may very well reveal what you are here for."
- James Hillman

"Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough."
- Oprah Winfrey

"Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow."
- Melody Beattie

“For all that has been, Thank you. For all that is to come, Yes!”
- Dag Hammarskjöld

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
- Mahatma Gandhi

"You don't know what you're going to get into when you follow your bliss."
- James Hillman

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
- Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"We forget that the soul has its own ancestors."
- James Hillman

"The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases."
- Carl Jung

"....for to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others...."
- Nelson Mandela

"Though I do not speak the language of herons and they do not speak English — we each speak the language of beauty and through it find communion."

"....anything you attend to carefully can bring blessing...."
- James Hillman

"....even in sleep, write a poem.
when waking, write a poem.
while loving, write a poem.
even voting, write a poem.
when angry, write a poem.
while dreaming, write a poem...."
- Deng Ming Dao

"...I can write my own stories and I can write myself in."
- Octavia Butler

"Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again"
- Joseph Campbell

"I hope at least that the following will endure: my trust in the people, and my faith in men and women, and in the creation of a world in which it will be easier to love"
- Paolo Freire

"I think that when enough time has passed, when you've survived that which you didn't imagine you could, there's a dignity in that. Something you can own. A pride in knowing the pain made you stronger. The pain made you fight to succeed. Someday, when I'm living my dreams, I'm going to think of all the things that broke my heart and I'm going to be thankful for them."
- Mia Sheridan

"Walking, I am listening to a deeper way. Suddenly all my ancestors are behind me. Be still they say. Watch and listen. You are the result of the love of thousands."
- Linda Hogan - Native American Writer

"Thinking is difficult, that's why most people judge"
- C.G. Jung

"The road ahead is not going to be easy. It never is, especially for folks like you and me."
- Michelle Obama

"The process of discovering yourself, of inventingyourself, of reinventing yourself is about to begin in earnest."
- Tim Cook, CEO Apple

"Until you make the unconscious conscious it will direct your L-I-F-E and you will call it fate."
- Carl Jung

"Fear is a LIAR. Call its bluff!"
- Unknown

"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."
- William Arthur Ward

"We learned about gratitude and humility - that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean... and we were taught to value everyone's contribution and treat everyone with respect."
- Michelle Obama

"One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child."
- Carl Jung

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them."
- John F. Kennedy

"I was being compelled to go through this process of the unconscious. I had to let myself be carried along by the current, without a notion of where it would lead me. When I began drawing the mandalas, however, I saw that everything, all the paths I had been following, all the steps I had taken, were leading back to a single point - namely, the midpoint."
- Carl Jung, Memories
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