When meeting with a friend who is down…
When we meet with someone who is feeling melancholic, empty, shaky, or confused, we can quickly become convinced that something is wrong, and that our role is to act urgently to fix them – to …
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Return into the inner temple
There is spirit buried inside matter, but we must open our imagination and allow our perception to be cleansed. Behind the veil, multiplicity is just as holy as oneness, sound as sacred as silence, form …
The capacity to grieve
One thing I’ve discovered in my own life (pain) – and also in my clinical work – is that it’s the capacity to grieve that creates the linkages in psyche and soma that are at …
Matt’s 2024 Inner Work Group & Community
My new 2024 online inner work group and community will start on February 1 with registration opening for a limited time in mid-January. If you’d like to learn more and join the waitlist, please visit …
Attachment, fusion, and the yoga of relationship
In close personal relationships, it is important to emphasize a secure attachment bond and the co-regulation of challenging emotional states. To practice kindness toward our lovers and friends, listen to the way they are making sense …
Tending to the Soul: A Self-Guided Online Course
My self-guided, home study course on Tending to the Soul: A Journey of Being and Belonging, and a Spirituality of the Heart is currently available: >>Learn more or register for Tending to the Soul There are times …
The path is everywhere
The path of the heart is not only one of transcendence – ascending and rising above – but also one of descent: Into underworld, earth, and shadow, and into relationship with the figures of the …
Thanksgiving: How well did I love?
On this new Thanksgiving Day, it is so easy to take for granted that tomorrow will come – that another opportunity will be given to witness a sunrise, spend a moment with someone we love, …
Honoring ego and its role in our inner ecology
There’s a lot of talk in contemporary spirituality equating “true” spiritual realization with “getting rid of,” “transcending,” “killing,” or “annihilating” the ego. These archaic, patriarchal, war-images and metaphors are violent and feel very tired. A …
The portal to new life
It’s afternoon in the forest and the light is yielding to the darkness, just as the stars yield each morning at dawn. One moment they’re here; so close, luminous, that beauty, and then they’re not. …