Category Archives: Personal Growth

humanistic psychology, personal development, human potential, etc.

#343 – The Marriage of Tarot and Psychology with Ruth Ann and Wald Amberstone





Ruth Ann & Wald Amberstone are co-founders of The Tarot School created in New York City in 1995. Pillars of the modern Tarot movement, Ruth Ann and Wald teach, write, speak and publish about tarot on every conceivable level. Divination, psychology, esotericism and magical practice are all areas of expertise covered by this pioneering tarot [...]

#337 – Using Dreams in Health Care with Christopher Sowton, ND





Transcript Dr. Christopher Sowton, N.D. has been a practicing homeopath and naturopath since he graduated from the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine in 1988. His practice in Toronto is a blend of classical homeopathy and psychotherapy, with an emphasis on dreamwork and depth psychology. Since 2003 Christopher has been focusing on training health care practitioners [...]

#335 – The Archetypal Couple with Jungian Analyst Tamar Kron, PhD





Transcript Tamar Kron, Ph.D. is clinical psychologist and Jungian analyst. She is head of the clinical psychology graduate program, the academic college of Tel-Aviv-Yafo, Israel, and has a private practice in Jerusalem. Her main research interests are: Dreams, the therapeutic relationship, postpartum depression and the couple relationship. Dr. Kron published articles and books on the [...]

#334 – The Fear Project with Jaimal Yogis





Transcript Jaimal Yogis is an author, journalist, and outdoors-man. His first book, a coming-of-age memoir called Saltwater Buddha, was praised by The Times of London, The Age, Publishers Weekly, The San Francisco Chronicle, and is currently being made into a film. Jaimal’s second book, The Fear Project, is a personal and journalistic investigation into our [...]

#326 – An Overview of Body Psychotherapy with Michael Heller PhD





Michael C. Heller, Ph.D. is a USA and Swiss citizen, born in Paris. Dr. Heller is the author of the definitive 2012 book, Body Psychotherapy: History, Concepts, Methods. He is a psychologist who has studied, as a researcher and a clinician, the relation between mind and body. As a researcher, he has primarily studied the [...]

#325 – Reflections on The Anima Mundi with Jungian Analyst Monika Wikman PhD





Transcript Monica Wikman, Ph.D. is a Jungian Analyst and author of Pregnant Darkness: Alchemy and the Rebirth of Consciousness (2005) and various articles in Jungian psychology journals. Monika obtained her BA from UC San Diego and her doctorate from the California School of Professional Psychology in San Diego, where her research took her deep into [...]

#324 – Exploring HeartMath with Rollin McCraty PhD





Transcript Rollin McCraty, Ph.D. has worked with the Institute of HeartMath since its inception in 1991. Working with the Institute’s founder Doc Childre, Dr. McCraty developed the organization’s research goals and created the Institute’s Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. McCraty is a Fellow of the American Institute of Stress, holds memberships with the International Neurocardiology Network, [...]

#323 – Aikido, Empathy, and Neurodiversity with Sensei Nick Walker, M.A.





Nick Walker received his M.A. in Somatic Psychology from California Institute of Integral Studies, where he now teaches in the undergraduate Interdisciplinary Studies program. He holds the rank of 6th Dan (6th degree black belt) in aikido, and has taught the art of aikido to adults, teens, and children for over 30 years. He is [...]

#322 – Mastering Resilience with Dennis Charney MD





Dennis S. Charney, MD is Dean of Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs of The Mount Sinai Medical Center. Dr. Charney is a world expert in the neurobiology and treatment of mood and anxiety disorders. He has made fundamental contributions to the understanding of neural circuits and neurochemistry related [...]

#320 – Frontiers in Somatic Therapy with Eleanor Criswell EdD





Transcript Eleanor Criswell, Ed.D.is emeritus professor of psychology and former chair of the psychology department, Sonoma State University. Founding director of the Humanistic Psychology Institute (now Saybrook University, San Francisco), she is currently a Distinguished Consulting Faculty member for Saybrook University. Editor of Somatics Magazine, the magazine-journal of the mind-body arts and sciences, and director [...]