Creativity and Healing

Creativity and Healing

Creativity and Healing: Some Jungian and Shamanic Perspectives C. Michael Smith, Ph.D. © 2015   “Art is the proper task of life.” -Friedrich Nietzche          If you live from the heart, you will continually dip into the immensely creative Dreaming Field, and from it...
Depth and the Medicine of the Heart

Depth and the Medicine of the Heart

Heart Depth vs Surface Appearances.     The way to the depths is the way to the heart, which results in true selfhood and aliveness. To connect with the heart, tend it, explore it, mend it, and live from it is a spiritual psychology of depth. To make this...
THE FOUR ACTS OF POWER (TM) in brief

THE FOUR ACTS OF POWER (TM) in brief

The Four Acts of Power ™ For Transforming Your Life C. Michael Smith, Ph.D. (Mikkal) © 2010   “The Great Spirit dwells in the heart of each creature, even the tiniest ant.”                                              -Black Elk, Lakota Sioux Medicine Man   Based...
Signs of Heart Health and Heart Sickness

Signs of Heart Health and Heart Sickness

Signs of Heart Health and Heart Sickness C. Michael Smith, Ph.D. © 2015   We get a better sense of what is wrong with a person, if we know what they can be at their best. We therefore will begin with signs of heart health.   Signs of Heart Health The heart...