I’m delighted that this new website allows me to blog regularly, engage guest bloggers, and read your replies in the comment section. In this way, we can be in dialogue, learning from one another. Let me know your responses, your related ideas, and the impact of archetypal and mythic awareness and narrative intelligence on your life and work. You also will find reply platforms on the News, Press, and Events sections.
This thoughtful review of my latest book, Persephone Rising: Awakening The Heroine Within was offered by my colleague, and fellow mythology enthusiast Ginette Paris, Ph.D. She has done extensive research on the goddesses of ancient Greece, connecting archeo-historical research with myth and archetypal analysis. To that end, she is the author of Pagan Meditations: Aphrodite, Hestia, and Artemis. To read […]
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By Carol S. Pearson To thrive in today’s world, it is critical to be able to track emerging cultural stories that empower rather than limit you. One change I’ve noticed is the shift in the environmental and evolutionary sciences from a focus on “survival of the fittest” stories to narratives about ecological systems—a change that […]
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I was thrilled to do a free “Dinner and Depth” Webinar with Depth Psychology Alliance founder Bonnie Bright on February 2, 2016. Together, we explore why stories from the ancient Greeks have impacted us so strongly in contemporary life and how the field of neuroscience teaches about what we perceive as reality. I discuss how […]
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Dear Friend: Now that the rush of the holidays is behind us and we all have had time to shift our attention to opportunities in the new year, I thought it would be a good time to let you know about some exciting events coming up over the next few months, including several in which […]
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By Carol S. Pearson Ever feel lost, despairing, angry, and searching for answers? I have, and found some answers through learning how to trigger my body’s joy hormones. Dopamine rewards accomplishment: Having goals, a purpose, and actively achieving desired outcomes. Oxytocin rewards caring and belonging: Feeling connected to and supported by others; giving and […]
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By Cynthia Anne Hale, Ph.D. How can we support each other and work with hope for the future when all around us human life is being violated? Daily we hear the news of brutality around the world and in our own communities—killing, rape, kidnapping, and torture are some of the worst I know of, and […]
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By Carol S. Pearson The situation is bleak. The dark side has taken over again, the proof of which is how regimented and violent its soldiers are, and the light is being held only by a rebel band, guarded by a republic. The two great masculine heroes—Luke Skywalker and Han Solo—have lost faith in their […]
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I am leading a weekend workshop on the Sacred Feminine at the beautiful La Casa de Maria in Montecito, California. For society to achieve optimal balance, and for each of us to have access to our full human qualities, feminine contributions need to be valued as much as are masculine ones. If you would like […]
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By Carol S. Pearson Most people have no idea that the stories inside our heads determine much of what we notice in the world or how we string our observations together to make meanings of them. This suggests that stories that are invisible to us define a good deal of what we experience, so we […]
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By Carol S. Pearson Christmas is a time when many of us show our love for friends and families through presents and lovely occasions with decorations and the foods and precious traditions, old or new, from our families or friendship groups. I know that part of what I loved as a child was not so […]
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