A temple for the lost pieces of soul
Much of our wounding occurs prior to the acquisition of language and is not able to be healed through questioning and reorganizing patterns of thinking. We can’t think our way out of trauma. A more …
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The Soul Alchemist – Matt’s new online course now open for enrollment
The Soul Alchemist: Trusting Your Inner ExperienceMy new six-week live online course is now open for registration. We’ll be getting started on September 18.
Wired to love and be loved
So many feel shame about their trauma and wounding, as if it is evidence that they’ve failed, it’s their fault, and that they should be able to “get over” it and heal on their own.Even …
Falling apart and trusting the process
At some point along the way, we may discover that the inner process of restructuring and falling apart isn’t the expression of some cosmic error or mistake, but of a certain kind of grace.It’s not …
Slowing down each day (plus FREE live webinar)
“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light but by making the darkness conscious.” C.G. Jung, Alchemical Studies, Volume 13 of the Collected Works This was Jung’s invitation at the very essence of psychological …
Gold in the shadow
As long as we have a body, there will be shadow. The goal isn’t to “get rid of” the shadow or even to “fully integrate” it, as its emanations are ever-emerging by way of psychic …
The Soul Alchemist: A New Online Journey
The Soul Alchemist: Trusting Your Inner ExperienceSave the Date: my new six-week live online course will launch in September. Additional information available soon.There has always been something unique about the autumn season for me, personally, a …
Pieces of the unlived life
Inside the body the lost ones travel, carrying our dissociated experience and unfelt feeling, taking up temporary residence in our muscles, cell tissue, organs, and breath.Scattered pieces of soul gather in our eyes, shoulders, and …
The alchemy of self and other
Usually when we speak about “others” in our lives, we are referring to those on the outside we are in relationship with, that we care about and matter to us. It’s important to attune to …
Holding the figures of the unlived life
At times, the ground will fall away from underneath us and we’re unable to find the center. It’s the death of an old dream, of me and my life and how I was so sure …