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In my recent studies, I came across the work of Bill Plotkin, a depth psychologist, wilderness guide, and author who has devoted his life to exploring […]

Since arriving in Chile a couple of months ago, I have spent lot of my time landscaping and gardening at Los Lobos Sanctuary—where Alberto and I […]

Alberto and I just return to the Americas after a few rich and abundant weeks in Europe. We cherish the time we spent with our students, […]

Nowadays we use the word synchronicity in a much lighter sense than Carl Gustav Jung intended when he first began exploring the idea in the 1920s, […]

As we awaken to the realization that we need to mature to life’s demands—literally, emotionally and spiritually—we begin to take responsibility for our growth and step […]

There are moments in life when what once sustained us begins to undo us. A virtue becomes a vice, ambition becomes exhaustion, devotion turns into self-betrayal. […]

Many of our students have heard Alberto’s teaching story about the difference between information and wisdom. When he was a recent PhD graduate, he was in […]

Twenty some years ago, when my life was falling apart and I felt the urgency to become conscious of my healing journey, I saw my process […]

After writing and publishing Awakening Your Inner Shaman, where the hero’s journey was a central theme, I now find myself curious about a different kind of […]