This year I will be leading a community of mythologists in a conversation on decolonizing mythology. Abstract of my presentation Often times as mythologists, a narrative or an image enchants us and we forget that mythic artifacts do not exist in isolation but are embedded in human culture with all Read more
Last weekend, I attended the Pacifica Graduate Institute Alumni Association (PGIAA) annual reunion at the amazing Ladera Lane Campus, which if you did not know is an old Jesuit monastery in the hills of Montecito/Santa Barbara/Caprinteria in California. The grounds are filled with old growth oak trees, altars to deities Read more
I completed my doctorate at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Mythological Studies and Depth Psychology while working full time and caring for a disabled parent who required 24-hour assistance. Needless to say it was hard and I was tired. My dissertation looked at how using mythic stories and journal writing enhanced Read more
Coming Home 2020 is my Pacifica Graduate Institute Alumni Association annual reunion. I will be part of the Author Spotlight on the evening of January 18, 2020 with amazing authors like Hendrika De Vries, Edward M. Smink, Ph.D. and many more. They made a brief video of me talking about Read more
My graduate school facilitates a Toast Heard Around The World using the magic of hashtags to allows us to see people toasting in the New Year as midnight rolls around the planet. Click here for details.
On October 15, the San Diego region gathered for an Alumni Mixer at Koi Zen Cellars. Many of use were meeting each other for the first time. That’s the thing with an alumni association, you don’t all attend at the same time or in the same program, but a connection Read more