by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Aug 9, 2024 | Resources and Recommendations, Trauma Treatment in Alabama, Trauma, Depth Psychology, and Social Work, Uncategorized
What is Meditation? Meditation has gained widespread popularity in recent years as a powerful tool for promoting mental health, reducing stress, and enhancing overall well-being. This beginner’s guide explores the numerous benefits of meditation and provides...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Apr 6, 2024 | Phenomenology and Existential Psychology, Philosophy
Who was Lao Tzu? Lao Tzu, the legendary Chinese philosopher and author of the Tao Te Ching, and Carl Jung, the influential Swiss psychiatrist and founder of analytical psychology, may have lived centuries apart, but their ideas share remarkable similarities. Both...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Dec 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
Meditation to Integrate the Shadow Welcome today we’ll embark on a meditation journey to integrate aspects of our shadow – those extreme emotional reactions, feelings of shame, and overwhelming sensations that we often repress and run away from in life....
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Oct 19, 2023 | Mystics, Gurus, and Spiritual Philosophers, Uncategorized
Crystals are not shaped like the Buddha’s face When I was in a bachelors psychology class at Sewanee I had to listen to a student, who was a enthusiast of psilocybin mushrooms, go on a rant to the professor about how there were “magic crystals” in...
