Writings

Essays, reflections, and research on the journey from consumer culture to cultures of connection.

Psychology Today

The Hidden Truth in Every Hero's Journey

The true hero's journey is never about gold or glory. Through a classic tale, we discover it's really a journey home — to connection, kinship, and the village life we've been missing.

Why You Never Stop Longing for Home

When a large immigrant family filled the room beside my dying mother, it brought back memories of the village she'd left 55 years ago. Her tears taught me about the home we all long for.

How Modern Culture Drowns Out Psychology's Important Message

Psychology's most important message is "We belong to each other." But consumer culture insists that we live separate lives. How we respond will shape our future.

Research and scholarship

From the Dark of Isolation to the Dawn of Mutuality

The Psychologist, British Psychological Society

An exploration of how modern isolation emerged from the loss of village structures, and how therapeutic communities can help us rebuild the mutual care our ancestors knew.

When the Heart Shatters: Sorrow, Presence, and Post-Traumatic Growth

International Journal of Integrative Psychotherapy

A clinical and theoretical examination of how grief, when held in community, becomes the doorway to transformation rather than a wound to be managed alone.