Liminal Space & the Art of Creative Suffering
In Western cultures where the collective mantra is, I consume; therefore, I am we imagine ourselves beyond such realities as illness and...
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Nance Harding, MAHS-LPC
- Aug 2, 2023
- 4 min
Who Needs a Healing?
Previously published in Cassandra Voices, 2019. In the inner world, time has a way of standing still long enough so you can come to your...
Nance Harding, MAHS-LPC
- May 17, 2023
- 4 min
La Petite Mort*
Hannah sat deep in thought waiting for the reception room’s red light to turn green indicating she could open the door to Dr. Dysart’s...
Nance Harding, MAHS-LPC
- Mar 20, 2023
- 1 min
The Art of Psychotherapy
Even the most experienced psychotherapist will discover again and again that he is caught up in a bond, a combination resting on mutual...
Nance Harding, MAHS-LPC
- Mar 6, 2022
- 1 min
In the Mean Time
The poem In The Mean Time is about inhabiting the liminal space of life-changing illness be it physical, emotional, or spiritual. This...
Nance Harding, MAHS-LPC
- Feb 1, 2022
- 2 min
A Tricky Transformative Transition
The pupa stage of a butterfly’s life cycle is a transition lasting from a few weeks, a month, or even longer. Some species have a pupal...
Nance Harding, MAHS-LPC
- Jan 1, 2022
- 1 min
The Symbolism of the Well
Symbolically, the well taps into the Source, the invisible waters of life that flow through hidden recesses in the unconscious. Unlike a...
Nance Harding, MAHS-LPC
- Nov 27, 2021
- 1 min
Master of the House?
I am not Master in this house This exquisite design did not come from me. This house which breathes whether I will or not This house that...
Nance Harding, MAHS-LPC
- Nov 27, 2021
- 1 min
Amor Fati
It was the dark god shape-shifting to fit my hubris who taught me long ago to beware of morphing into that which was first found...
Nance Harding, MAHS-LPC
- Nov 27, 2021
- 1 min
A Cassandra's Confession
The following is based on a dream prior to 9/11. If you track your dreams, you'll notice that sometimes they make no sense until year...
Nance Harding, MAHS-LPC
- Aug 21, 2021
- 1 min
The Heart of the Matter
Deep within are buried the unmentionables where kept under lock and key they blend and defend . . . The Heart of the Matter. It takes a...
Nance Harding, MAHS-LPC
- Aug 2, 2021
- 1 min
Swan as Symbol
In Egypt, swans were known as vehicles for the journey to the otherworld, as they are in the shamanistic traditions of northern Asia. In...
Nance Harding, MAHS-LPC
- Jul 16, 2021
- 1 min
Spiraling Around the Issues of Our Time
I received the poem Oh Say Can You See in 1982. I use the word received because the words woke me abruptly in the early morning demanding...
Nance Harding, MAHS-LPC
- May 4, 2021
- 1 min
The Last Time
The last time I ran was at Point Reyes where the green earth slopes down jutting out over the Pacific. There I ran down to the edge to...
Nance Harding, MAHS-LPC
- Mar 6, 2021
- 1 min
The Way of the Stones
Virginia wanted a room of her own, a place to go so as not to be disturbed by the elusive something shapeshifting her inner world. I too...
Nance Harding, MAHS-LPC
- Jan 24, 2021
- 1 min
Our Mother. Our Earth
James Hillman once wrote that psychology, so dedicated to awakening human consciousness, needs to wake itself up to one of the most...
Nance Harding, MAHS-LPC
- Dec 22, 2020
- 1 min
Within Us is the Way
Believe me: It is no teaching and no instruction that I give you. On what basis should I presume to teach you? I give you news of the way...
Nance Harding, MAHS-LPC
- Dec 22, 2020
- 1 min
Anam Cara
Anam is the Gaelic word for soul and cara is the word for friend. So Anam Cara in the Celtic world was the soul friend. In the early...
Nance Harding, MAHS-LPC
- Apr 1, 2020
- 1 min
In the Shadows©
Come and sit for a while in the Shadows of life. Let me be your traveling companion in the place where strange things take shape and come...
Nance Harding, MAHS-LPC
- Feb 25, 2020
- 1 min
The Alchemy of Lent
Ash Wednesday initiates the penitential season of Lent that culminates in the Easter resurrection. Alchemy perceived ash, like salt, as...
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