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MAUREEN MURDOCK
Interviews. On Memoir, an Interview with Maureen Murdock. Some of the best memoir s you can read are those that are reflective, those which are informed by dreams, myth, and synchronicities, maintains Maureen Murdock, a Jungian-oriented psychotherapist and the author of multiple memoirs and books about memoirs. In other words, there’s a depth psychological perspective that can facilitate ARTICLES | MAUREEN MURDOCK Articles. Maureen Murdock, PhD is an author, educator, and Jungian-oriented psychotherapist who combines her interest in the mysterious workings of the psyche with a study of mythology and a love of story telling and memoir writing. We invite invite you to explore the following articles written by Maureen or about her work. MEET MAUREEN MURDOCK Meet Maureen Murdock. Maureen Murdock is an author, educator, and photographer. She was Chair and core faculty of the MA Counseling Psychology Program at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara and adjunct faculty in the Depth Psychology Department at Sonoma State University. Maureen teaching a workshop on The Heroine’s Journey inLANGUISHING
If you’re feeling blah as we come out of the pandemic, the name of this feeling, according to Adam Grant of the New York Times, is “languishing.” “Languishing is a CONTACT | MAUREEN MURDOCK Please contact me or my publicist, Katelin Ross. Please be patient. Due to my busy schedule, I may not be able to respond to your requests right away. For more information, contact Maureen by email. Publicity Contact: Katelin Ross. Shambhala Publications, Inc. | Bala Kids.720-799-8251.
INTERVIEWS | MAUREEN MURDOCK Interviews. Maureen Murdock, PhD is a psychotherapist, writing teacher and the author of seven books, including The Heroine’s Journey:Woman’s Quest for Wholeness, a ground-breaking book which revealed a broader understanding of the female psyche on both a personal and cultural level. Murdock is also the author of UnreliableTruth, The
ARTICLES: THE HEROINE’S JOURNEY In 1990, Maureen Murdock wrote The Heroine’s Journey: Woman’s Quest for Wholeness as a response to Joseph Campbell’s model. Murdock, a student of Campbell’s work, felt his model failed to address the specific psycho-spiritual journey of contemporary women. She developed a model describing the cyclical nature of the femaleexperience.
THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HEROINE’S JOURNEY The 30th Anniversary of The Heroine’s Journey. I wrote The Heroine’s Journey 30 years ago when women of my generation sought validation from patriarchal systems and found them not only lacking but terribly destructive to the feminine psyche. We were the children of the post-Sputnik era who were encouraged to excel in thiscompetitive race
GIMBUTAS, MARIJA, AND THE GODDESS Gimbutas, Marija, and the Goddess 10/16/12 9:20 AM: The ResearchCenter. Gimbutas
WHY ARE WE AFRAID OF THE MENTALLY ILL? Why ARE We Afraid of the Mentally Ill? Last month 19-year-old Quintonio LeGrier was shot dead by a Chicago police officer after his father placed a 911 call because LeGrier was acting irrationally, wielding a baseball bat. This was not his first confrontation with the law but the death of LeGrier, who suffered from mental illness, gainedMAUREEN MURDOCK
Interviews. On Memoir, an Interview with Maureen Murdock. Some of the best memoir s you can read are those that are reflective, those which are informed by dreams, myth, and synchronicities, maintains Maureen Murdock, a Jungian-oriented psychotherapist and the author of multiple memoirs and books about memoirs. In other words, there’s a depth psychological perspective that can facilitate ARTICLES | MAUREEN MURDOCK Articles. Maureen Murdock, PhD is an author, educator, and Jungian-oriented psychotherapist who combines her interest in the mysterious workings of the psyche with a study of mythology and a love of story telling and memoir writing. We invite invite you to explore the following articles written by Maureen or about her work. MEET MAUREEN MURDOCK Meet Maureen Murdock. Maureen Murdock is an author, educator, and photographer. She was Chair and core faculty of the MA Counseling Psychology Program at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara and adjunct faculty in the Depth Psychology Department at Sonoma State University. Maureen teaching a workshop on The Heroine’s Journey inLANGUISHING
If you’re feeling blah as we come out of the pandemic, the name of this feeling, according to Adam Grant of the New York Times, is “languishing.” “Languishing is a CONTACT | MAUREEN MURDOCK Please contact me or my publicist, Katelin Ross. Please be patient. Due to my busy schedule, I may not be able to respond to your requests right away. For more information, contact Maureen by email. Publicity Contact: Katelin Ross. Shambhala Publications, Inc. | Bala Kids.720-799-8251.
INTERVIEWS | MAUREEN MURDOCK Interviews. Maureen Murdock, PhD is a psychotherapist, writing teacher and the author of seven books, including The Heroine’s Journey:Woman’s Quest for Wholeness, a ground-breaking book which revealed a broader understanding of the female psyche on both a personal and cultural level. Murdock is also the author of UnreliableTruth, The
ARTICLES: THE HEROINE’S JOURNEY In 1990, Maureen Murdock wrote The Heroine’s Journey: Woman’s Quest for Wholeness as a response to Joseph Campbell’s model. Murdock, a student of Campbell’s work, felt his model failed to address the specific psycho-spiritual journey of contemporary women. She developed a model describing the cyclical nature of the femaleexperience.
THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HEROINE’S JOURNEY The 30th Anniversary of The Heroine’s Journey. I wrote The Heroine’s Journey 30 years ago when women of my generation sought validation from patriarchal systems and found them not only lacking but terribly destructive to the feminine psyche. We were the children of the post-Sputnik era who were encouraged to excel in thiscompetitive race
GIMBUTAS, MARIJA, AND THE GODDESS Gimbutas, Marija, and the Goddess 10/16/12 9:20 AM: The ResearchCenter. Gimbutas
WHY ARE WE AFRAID OF THE MENTALLY ILL? Why ARE We Afraid of the Mentally Ill? Last month 19-year-old Quintonio LeGrier was shot dead by a Chicago police officer after his father placed a 911 call because LeGrier was acting irrationally, wielding a baseball bat. This was not his first confrontation with the law but the death of LeGrier, who suffered from mental illness, gainedPHOTOGRAPHY
Selected Work. Maureen Murdock is a prolific fine art photographer and her work has been widely exhibited. This gallery shows selected images from her work. To view additional work, please visit the gallery Changing Woman: Contemporary Faces of the Goddess for Maureen’s portraits and interviews of women whose focus is femininespirituality.
BLOG | MAUREEN MURDOCK Languishing. Maureen Murdock May 18, 2021 Art and Creativity, Mental Illness 12 Comments. If you’re feeling blah as we come out of the pandemic, the name of this feeling, according to Adam Grant of the New York Times, is “languishing.” “Languishing is a sense of stagnation and emptiness” he writes. “It feels as if you’remuddling
INTERVIEWS | MAUREEN MURDOCK Memory and Myth. An Interview in Story Circle Journal: LifeWriters Talk About LifeWriting. The guest presenter at our April 2005 LifeLines Retreat, Maureen Murdock is a psychotherapist, creative writing teacher, and a many-times published author.In our interview, Maureen Murdock talked to me about her recent book and about the role of myth in our life story. CHANGING WOMAN GALLERY The images shown here are from my gallery exhibit at The Woman’s Building in Los Angeles in 1987. The goddess is found in the urban environment as well as in nature, in solitude and group rituals, in lovemaking and in the sound of the drum, in political activism and in contemplation. She is referred to as the Creative Source out of whichthe
INTERVIEW: ON MEMOIR Interview: On Memoir. An interview with Maureen Murdock by Bonnie Bright, Ph.D. Jan 23, 2017, Pacifica Post, Pacifica Graduate Institute. Some of the best memoirs you can read are those that are reflective, those which are informed by dreams, myth, and synchronicities, maintains Maureen Murdock, a Jungian-oriented psychotherapist and the author THE REALITY SHOW THAT IS TRUMP The Reality Show That Is Trump. Last Sunday, TV critic James Poniewozik wrote an opinion piece in the NY Times reminding us that Donald Trump is not a real person but confirming that he is a TV character. I found the article enlightening. As a psychotherapist by profession, I had been faux diagnosing Trump from the early days ofhis presidency
ARTICLES: LONGISSIMA VIA Articles: Longissima Via. By Maureen Murdock. Published in Mythological Studies Journal , Vol. 1, No. 1, 2010. Tragedy, alchemy and the process of psychological development travel a long but parallel path to redemption. The stages of tragedy mirror the stages of the alchemical pattern: death, rebirth, and the transformation ofconsciousness.
TWO FACES OF PRISON
Two Faces of Prison. Yesterday I received my weekly email bulletin from San Quentin. A prisoner who was serving a life term with the possibility of parole, Thomas Curby Henderson, “fell” off a fourth-story tier (imagine a catwalk 4 floors up) in the infamous West Block of the prison last Tuesday. “Fell” is a euphemism for “wasthrown
ARTICLES: PAGING JOSEPH CAMPBELL Turns out that the fabled Hero’s Journey is a bunch of hooey when you’re writing about Heroines. By Jill Soloway Published in Los Angeles Magazine, October, 2011. When I came to Hollywood to be a writer, I learned the Hero’s Journey structure right away. DO MEN WHO PERPETUATE MASS SHOOTINGS HATE WOMEN? Connor Betts, 24, who murdered nine people in Dayton, Ohio, included his own sister in his deadly assault. In school he made a list threatening violence against certain female classmates. The man who killed 49 people in an Orlando nightclub in 2016 beat his wife while she was pregnant. In more than ½ of all mass shootings in the UnitedStates
MAUREEN MURDOCK
Interviews. On Memoir, an Interview with Maureen Murdock. Some of the best memoir s you can read are those that are reflective, those which are informed by dreams, myth, and synchronicities, maintains Maureen Murdock, a Jungian-oriented psychotherapist and the author of multiple memoirs and books about memoirs. In other words, there’s a depth psychological perspective that can facilitate ARTICLES | MAUREEN MURDOCK Articles. Maureen Murdock, PhD is an author, educator, and Jungian-oriented psychotherapist who combines her interest in the mysterious workings of the psyche with a study of mythology and a love of story telling and memoir writing. We invite invite you to explore the following articles written by Maureen or about her work. MEET MAUREEN MURDOCK Meet Maureen Murdock. Maureen Murdock is an author, educator, and photographer. She was Chair and core faculty of the MA Counseling Psychology Program at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara and adjunct faculty in the Depth Psychology Department at Sonoma State University. Maureen teaching a workshop on The Heroine’s Journey inLANGUISHING
If you’re feeling blah as we come out of the pandemic, the name of this feeling, according to Adam Grant of the New York Times, is “languishing.” “Languishing is a CONTACT | MAUREEN MURDOCK Please contact me or my publicist, Katelin Ross. Please be patient. Due to my busy schedule, I may not be able to respond to your requests right away. For more information, contact Maureen by email. Publicity Contact: Katelin Ross. Shambhala Publications, Inc. | Bala Kids.720-799-8251.
INTERVIEWS | MAUREEN MURDOCK Interviews. Maureen Murdock, PhD is a psychotherapist, writing teacher and the author of seven books, including The Heroine’s Journey:Woman’s Quest for Wholeness, a ground-breaking book which revealed a broader understanding of the female psyche on both a personal and cultural level. Murdock is also the author of UnreliableTruth, The
ARTICLES: THE HEROINE’S JOURNEY In 1990, Maureen Murdock wrote The Heroine’s Journey: Woman’s Quest for Wholeness as a response to Joseph Campbell’s model. Murdock, a student of Campbell’s work, felt his model failed to address the specific psycho-spiritual journey of contemporary women. She developed a model describing the cyclical nature of the femaleexperience.
THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HEROINE’S JOURNEY The 30th Anniversary of The Heroine’s Journey. I wrote The Heroine’s Journey 30 years ago when women of my generation sought validation from patriarchal systems and found them not only lacking but terribly destructive to the feminine psyche. We were the children of the post-Sputnik era who were encouraged to excel in thiscompetitive race
GIMBUTAS, MARIJA, AND THE GODDESS Gimbutas, Marija, and the Goddess 10/16/12 9:20 AM: The ResearchCenter. Gimbutas
WHY ARE WE AFRAID OF THE MENTALLY ILL? Why ARE We Afraid of the Mentally Ill? Last month 19-year-old Quintonio LeGrier was shot dead by a Chicago police officer after his father placed a 911 call because LeGrier was acting irrationally, wielding a baseball bat. This was not his first confrontation with the law but the death of LeGrier, who suffered from mental illness, gainedMAUREEN MURDOCK
Interviews. On Memoir, an Interview with Maureen Murdock. Some of the best memoir s you can read are those that are reflective, those which are informed by dreams, myth, and synchronicities, maintains Maureen Murdock, a Jungian-oriented psychotherapist and the author of multiple memoirs and books about memoirs. In other words, there’s a depth psychological perspective that can facilitate ARTICLES | MAUREEN MURDOCK Articles. Maureen Murdock, PhD is an author, educator, and Jungian-oriented psychotherapist who combines her interest in the mysterious workings of the psyche with a study of mythology and a love of story telling and memoir writing. We invite invite you to explore the following articles written by Maureen or about her work. MEET MAUREEN MURDOCK Meet Maureen Murdock. Maureen Murdock is an author, educator, and photographer. She was Chair and core faculty of the MA Counseling Psychology Program at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara and adjunct faculty in the Depth Psychology Department at Sonoma State University. Maureen teaching a workshop on The Heroine’s Journey inLANGUISHING
If you’re feeling blah as we come out of the pandemic, the name of this feeling, according to Adam Grant of the New York Times, is “languishing.” “Languishing is a CONTACT | MAUREEN MURDOCK Please contact me or my publicist, Katelin Ross. Please be patient. Due to my busy schedule, I may not be able to respond to your requests right away. For more information, contact Maureen by email. Publicity Contact: Katelin Ross. Shambhala Publications, Inc. | Bala Kids.720-799-8251.
INTERVIEWS | MAUREEN MURDOCK Interviews. Maureen Murdock, PhD is a psychotherapist, writing teacher and the author of seven books, including The Heroine’s Journey:Woman’s Quest for Wholeness, a ground-breaking book which revealed a broader understanding of the female psyche on both a personal and cultural level. Murdock is also the author of UnreliableTruth, The
ARTICLES: THE HEROINE’S JOURNEY In 1990, Maureen Murdock wrote The Heroine’s Journey: Woman’s Quest for Wholeness as a response to Joseph Campbell’s model. Murdock, a student of Campbell’s work, felt his model failed to address the specific psycho-spiritual journey of contemporary women. She developed a model describing the cyclical nature of the femaleexperience.
THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HEROINE’S JOURNEY The 30th Anniversary of The Heroine’s Journey. I wrote The Heroine’s Journey 30 years ago when women of my generation sought validation from patriarchal systems and found them not only lacking but terribly destructive to the feminine psyche. We were the children of the post-Sputnik era who were encouraged to excel in thiscompetitive race
GIMBUTAS, MARIJA, AND THE GODDESS Gimbutas, Marija, and the Goddess 10/16/12 9:20 AM: The ResearchCenter. Gimbutas
WHY ARE WE AFRAID OF THE MENTALLY ILL? Why ARE We Afraid of the Mentally Ill? Last month 19-year-old Quintonio LeGrier was shot dead by a Chicago police officer after his father placed a 911 call because LeGrier was acting irrationally, wielding a baseball bat. This was not his first confrontation with the law but the death of LeGrier, who suffered from mental illness, gainedPHOTOGRAPHY
Selected Work. Maureen Murdock is a prolific fine art photographer and her work has been widely exhibited. This gallery shows selected images from her work. To view additional work, please visit the gallery Changing Woman: Contemporary Faces of the Goddess for Maureen’s portraits and interviews of women whose focus is femininespirituality.
BLOG | MAUREEN MURDOCK Languishing. Maureen Murdock May 18, 2021 Art and Creativity, Mental Illness 12 Comments. If you’re feeling blah as we come out of the pandemic, the name of this feeling, according to Adam Grant of the New York Times, is “languishing.” “Languishing is a sense of stagnation and emptiness” he writes. “It feels as if you’remuddling
INTERVIEWS | MAUREEN MURDOCK Memory and Myth. An Interview in Story Circle Journal: LifeWriters Talk About LifeWriting. The guest presenter at our April 2005 LifeLines Retreat, Maureen Murdock is a psychotherapist, creative writing teacher, and a many-times published author.In our interview, Maureen Murdock talked to me about her recent book and about the role of myth in our life story. CHANGING WOMAN GALLERY The images shown here are from my gallery exhibit at The Woman’s Building in Los Angeles in 1987. The goddess is found in the urban environment as well as in nature, in solitude and group rituals, in lovemaking and in the sound of the drum, in political activism and in contemplation. She is referred to as the Creative Source out of whichthe
INTERVIEW: ON MEMOIR Interview: On Memoir. An interview with Maureen Murdock by Bonnie Bright, Ph.D. Jan 23, 2017, Pacifica Post, Pacifica Graduate Institute. Some of the best memoirs you can read are those that are reflective, those which are informed by dreams, myth, and synchronicities, maintains Maureen Murdock, a Jungian-oriented psychotherapist and the author THE REALITY SHOW THAT IS TRUMP The Reality Show That Is Trump. Last Sunday, TV critic James Poniewozik wrote an opinion piece in the NY Times reminding us that Donald Trump is not a real person but confirming that he is a TV character. I found the article enlightening. As a psychotherapist by profession, I had been faux diagnosing Trump from the early days ofhis presidency
ARTICLES: LONGISSIMA VIA Articles: Longissima Via. By Maureen Murdock. Published in Mythological Studies Journal , Vol. 1, No. 1, 2010. Tragedy, alchemy and the process of psychological development travel a long but parallel path to redemption. The stages of tragedy mirror the stages of the alchemical pattern: death, rebirth, and the transformation ofconsciousness.
ARTICLES: WRITING THE TRUTH Articles: Writing the Truth. By Maureen Murdock. The National Association of Memoir Writers hosted a presentation of this material on their teleseminar July 15, 2009. Memoir is not a linear autobiography recounting a fully lived life, but rather a selectedaspect of the
ARTICLES: PAGING JOSEPH CAMPBELL Turns out that the fabled Hero’s Journey is a bunch of hooey when you’re writing about Heroines. By Jill Soloway Published in Los Angeles Magazine, October, 2011. When I came to Hollywood to be a writer, I learned the Hero’s Journey structure right away. DO MEN WHO PERPETUATE MASS SHOOTINGS HATE WOMEN? Connor Betts, 24, who murdered nine people in Dayton, Ohio, included his own sister in his deadly assault. In school he made a list threatening violence against certain female classmates. The man who killed 49 people in an Orlando nightclub in 2016 beat his wife while she was pregnant. In more than ½ of all mass shootings in the UnitedStates
MAUREEN MURDOCK
Interviews. On Memoir, an Interview with Maureen Murdock. Some of the best memoir s you can read are those that are reflective, those which are informed by dreams, myth, and synchronicities, maintains Maureen Murdock, a Jungian-oriented psychotherapist and the author of multiple memoirs and books about memoirs. In other words, there’s a depth psychological perspective that can facilitate ARTICLES | MAUREEN MURDOCK Articles. Maureen Murdock, PhD is an author, educator, and Jungian-oriented psychotherapist who combines her interest in the mysterious workings of the psyche with a study of mythology and a love of story telling and memoir writing. We invite invite you to explore the following articles written by Maureen or about her work. MEET MAUREEN MURDOCK Meet Maureen Murdock. Maureen Murdock is an author, educator, and photographer. She was Chair and core faculty of the MA Counseling Psychology Program at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara and adjunct faculty in the Depth Psychology Department at Sonoma State University. Maureen teaching a workshop on The Heroine’s Journey inLANGUISHING
If you’re feeling blah as we come out of the pandemic, the name of this feeling, according to Adam Grant of the New York Times, is “languishing.” “Languishing is a INTERVIEWS | MAUREEN MURDOCK Interviews. Maureen Murdock, PhD is a psychotherapist, writing teacher and the author of seven books, including The Heroine’s Journey:Woman’s Quest for Wholeness, a ground-breaking book which revealed a broader understanding of the female psyche on both a personal and cultural level. Murdock is also the author of UnreliableTruth, The
ARTICLES: THE HEROINE’S JOURNEY In 1990, Maureen Murdock wrote The Heroine’s Journey: Woman’s Quest for Wholeness as a response to Joseph Campbell’s model. Murdock, a student of Campbell’s work, felt his model failed to address the specific psycho-spiritual journey of contemporary women. She developed a model describing the cyclical nature of the femaleexperience.
THEY LOOK LIKE ME
They Look Like Me. Speaking about the incredible failure by law enforcement in D. C. to prepare for and contain the mob rampage through the Capitol on January 6 th, R. P. Eddy, a former American counterterrorism official and diplomat said, “There was a failure among law enforcement to imagine that people who ‘look like me’would do this
THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HEROINE’S JOURNEY The 30th Anniversary of The Heroine’s Journey. I wrote The Heroine’s Journey 30 years ago when women of my generation sought validation from patriarchal systems and found them not only lacking but terribly destructive to the feminine psyche. We were the children of the post-Sputnik era who were encouraged to excel in thiscompetitive race
GIMBUTAS, MARIJA, AND THE GODDESS Gimbutas, Marija, and the Goddess 10/16/12 9:20 AM: The ResearchCenter. Gimbutas
WHY ARE WE AFRAID OF THE MENTALLY ILL? Why ARE We Afraid of the Mentally Ill? Last month 19-year-old Quintonio LeGrier was shot dead by a Chicago police officer after his father placed a 911 call because LeGrier was acting irrationally, wielding a baseball bat. This was not his first confrontation with the law but the death of LeGrier, who suffered from mental illness, gainedMAUREEN MURDOCK
Interviews. On Memoir, an Interview with Maureen Murdock. Some of the best memoir s you can read are those that are reflective, those which are informed by dreams, myth, and synchronicities, maintains Maureen Murdock, a Jungian-oriented psychotherapist and the author of multiple memoirs and books about memoirs. In other words, there’s a depth psychological perspective that can facilitate ARTICLES | MAUREEN MURDOCK Articles. Maureen Murdock, PhD is an author, educator, and Jungian-oriented psychotherapist who combines her interest in the mysterious workings of the psyche with a study of mythology and a love of story telling and memoir writing. We invite invite you to explore the following articles written by Maureen or about her work. MEET MAUREEN MURDOCK Meet Maureen Murdock. Maureen Murdock is an author, educator, and photographer. She was Chair and core faculty of the MA Counseling Psychology Program at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara and adjunct faculty in the Depth Psychology Department at Sonoma State University. Maureen teaching a workshop on The Heroine’s Journey inLANGUISHING
If you’re feeling blah as we come out of the pandemic, the name of this feeling, according to Adam Grant of the New York Times, is “languishing.” “Languishing is a INTERVIEWS | MAUREEN MURDOCK Interviews. Maureen Murdock, PhD is a psychotherapist, writing teacher and the author of seven books, including The Heroine’s Journey:Woman’s Quest for Wholeness, a ground-breaking book which revealed a broader understanding of the female psyche on both a personal and cultural level. Murdock is also the author of UnreliableTruth, The
ARTICLES: THE HEROINE’S JOURNEY In 1990, Maureen Murdock wrote The Heroine’s Journey: Woman’s Quest for Wholeness as a response to Joseph Campbell’s model. Murdock, a student of Campbell’s work, felt his model failed to address the specific psycho-spiritual journey of contemporary women. She developed a model describing the cyclical nature of the femaleexperience.
THEY LOOK LIKE ME
They Look Like Me. Speaking about the incredible failure by law enforcement in D. C. to prepare for and contain the mob rampage through the Capitol on January 6 th, R. P. Eddy, a former American counterterrorism official and diplomat said, “There was a failure among law enforcement to imagine that people who ‘look like me’would do this
THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HEROINE’S JOURNEY The 30th Anniversary of The Heroine’s Journey. I wrote The Heroine’s Journey 30 years ago when women of my generation sought validation from patriarchal systems and found them not only lacking but terribly destructive to the feminine psyche. We were the children of the post-Sputnik era who were encouraged to excel in thiscompetitive race
GIMBUTAS, MARIJA, AND THE GODDESS Gimbutas, Marija, and the Goddess 10/16/12 9:20 AM: The ResearchCenter. Gimbutas
WHY ARE WE AFRAID OF THE MENTALLY ILL? Why ARE We Afraid of the Mentally Ill? Last month 19-year-old Quintonio LeGrier was shot dead by a Chicago police officer after his father placed a 911 call because LeGrier was acting irrationally, wielding a baseball bat. This was not his first confrontation with the law but the death of LeGrier, who suffered from mental illness, gainedPHOTOGRAPHY
Selected Work. Maureen Murdock is a prolific fine art photographer and her work has been widely exhibited. This gallery shows selected images from her work. To view additional work, please visit the gallery Changing Woman: Contemporary Faces of the Goddess for Maureen’s portraits and interviews of women whose focus is femininespirituality.
BLOG | MAUREEN MURDOCK Languishing. Maureen Murdock May 18, 2021 Art and Creativity, Mental Illness 12 Comments. If you’re feeling blah as we come out of the pandemic, the name of this feeling, according to Adam Grant of the New York Times, is “languishing.” “Languishing is a sense of stagnation and emptiness” he writes. “It feels as if you’remuddling
CONTACT | MAUREEN MURDOCK Maureen Murdock Author, Memoir Teacher and Social Activist Santa Barbara, California. I welcome inquiries about author interviews. I am available for speaking engagements for book groups, women’s book groups, memoir writing groups, parent groups and other organizations. CHANGING WOMAN GALLERY The images shown here are from my gallery exhibit at The Woman’s Building in Los Angeles in 1987. The goddess is found in the urban environment as well as in nature, in solitude and group rituals, in lovemaking and in the sound of the drum, in political activism and in contemplation. She is referred to as the Creative Source out of whichthe
INTERVIEW: ON MEMOIR Interview: On Memoir. An interview with Maureen Murdock by Bonnie Bright, Ph.D. Jan 23, 2017, Pacifica Post, Pacifica Graduate Institute. Some of the best memoirs you can read are those that are reflective, those which are informed by dreams, myth, and synchronicities, maintains Maureen Murdock, a Jungian-oriented psychotherapist and the author THE REALITY SHOW THAT IS TRUMP The Reality Show That Is Trump. Last Sunday, TV critic James Poniewozik wrote an opinion piece in the NY Times reminding us that Donald Trump is not a real person but confirming that he is a TV character. I found the article enlightening. As a psychotherapist by profession, I had been faux diagnosing Trump from the early days ofhis presidency
TWO FACES OF PRISON
Two Faces of Prison. Yesterday I received my weekly email bulletin from San Quentin. A prisoner who was serving a life term with the possibility of parole, Thomas Curby Henderson, “fell” off a fourth-story tier (imagine a catwalk 4 floors up) in the infamous West Block of the prison last Tuesday. “Fell” is a euphemism for “wasthrown
DO MEN WHO PERPETUATE MASS SHOOTINGS HATE WOMEN? Connor Betts, 24, who murdered nine people in Dayton, Ohio, included his own sister in his deadly assault. In school he made a list threatening violence against certain female classmates. The man who killed 49 people in an Orlando nightclub in 2016 beat his wife while she was pregnant. In more than ½ of all mass shootings in the UnitedStates
ARTICLES: PAGING JOSEPH CAMPBELL Turns out that the fabled Hero’s Journey is a bunch of hooey when you’re writing about Heroines. By Jill Soloway Published in Los Angeles Magazine, October, 2011. When I came to Hollywood to be a writer, I learned the Hero’s Journey structure right away. DON’T TOLERATE TRUMP Don’t Tolerate Trump. Maureen Murdock. January 16, 2018 Mental Illness 15 Comments. When I went to Washington D.C. for the Women’s March last January with my daughter, granddaughter and partner, I never thought we citizens would tolerate a President who has consistently displayed nothing but arrogant, erratic, belligerent andvengeful behavior.
MAUREEN MURDOCK
Interviews. On Memoir, an Interview with Maureen Murdock. Some of the best memoir s you can read are those that are reflective, those which are informed by dreams, myth, and synchronicities, maintains Maureen Murdock, a Jungian-oriented psychotherapist and the author of multiple memoirs and books about memoirs. In other words, there’s a depth psychological perspective that can facilitate ARTICLES | MAUREEN MURDOCK Articles. Maureen Murdock, PhD is an author, educator, and Jungian-oriented psychotherapist who combines her interest in the mysterious workings of the psyche with a study of mythology and a love of story telling and memoir writing. We invite invite you to explore the following articles written by Maureen or about her work. CONTACT | MAUREEN MURDOCK Please contact me or my publicist, Katelin Ross. Please be patient. Due to my busy schedule, I may not be able to respond to your requests right away. For more information, contact Maureen by email. Publicity Contact: Katelin Ross. Shambhala Publications, Inc. | Bala Kids.720-799-8251.
INTERVIEWS | MAUREEN MURDOCK Interviews. Maureen Murdock, PhD is a psychotherapist, writing teacher and the author of seven books, including The Heroine’s Journey:Woman’s Quest for Wholeness, a ground-breaking book which revealed a broader understanding of the female psyche on both a personal and cultural level. Murdock is also the author of UnreliableTruth, The
ARTICLES: THE HEROINE’S JOURNEY In 1990, Maureen Murdock wrote The Heroine’s Journey: Woman’s Quest for Wholeness as a response to Joseph Campbell’s model. Murdock, a student of Campbell’s work, felt his model failed to address the specific psycho-spiritual journey of contemporary women. She developed a model describing the cyclical nature of the femaleexperience.
CHANGING WOMAN GALLERY The images shown here are from my gallery exhibit at The Woman’s Building in Los Angeles in 1987. The goddess is found in the urban environment as well as in nature, in solitude and group rituals, in lovemaking and in the sound of the drum, in political activism and in contemplation. She is referred to as the Creative Source out of whichthe
THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HEROINE’S JOURNEY The 30th Anniversary of The Heroine’s Journey. I wrote The Heroine’s Journey 30 years ago when women of my generation sought validation from patriarchal systems and found them not only lacking but terribly destructive to the feminine psyche. We were the children of the post-Sputnik era who were encouraged to excel in thiscompetitive race
GIMBUTAS, MARIJA, AND THE GODDESS Gimbutas, Marija, and the Goddess 10/16/12 9:20 AM: The ResearchCenter. Gimbutas
WHY ARE WE AFRAID OF THE MENTALLY ILL? Why ARE We Afraid of the Mentally Ill? Last month 19-year-old Quintonio LeGrier was shot dead by a Chicago police officer after his father placed a 911 call because LeGrier was acting irrationally, wielding a baseball bat. This was not his first confrontation with the law but the death of LeGrier, who suffered from mental illness, gained ARTICLES: PAGING JOSEPH CAMPBELL Turns out that the fabled Hero’s Journey is a bunch of hooey when you’re writing about Heroines. By Jill Soloway Published in Los Angeles Magazine, October, 2011. When I came to Hollywood to be a writer, I learned the Hero’s Journey structure right away.MAUREEN MURDOCK
Interviews. On Memoir, an Interview with Maureen Murdock. Some of the best memoir s you can read are those that are reflective, those which are informed by dreams, myth, and synchronicities, maintains Maureen Murdock, a Jungian-oriented psychotherapist and the author of multiple memoirs and books about memoirs. In other words, there’s a depth psychological perspective that can facilitate ARTICLES | MAUREEN MURDOCK Articles. Maureen Murdock, PhD is an author, educator, and Jungian-oriented psychotherapist who combines her interest in the mysterious workings of the psyche with a study of mythology and a love of story telling and memoir writing. We invite invite you to explore the following articles written by Maureen or about her work. CONTACT | MAUREEN MURDOCK Please contact me or my publicist, Katelin Ross. Please be patient. Due to my busy schedule, I may not be able to respond to your requests right away. For more information, contact Maureen by email. Publicity Contact: Katelin Ross. Shambhala Publications, Inc. | Bala Kids.720-799-8251.
INTERVIEWS | MAUREEN MURDOCK Interviews. Maureen Murdock, PhD is a psychotherapist, writing teacher and the author of seven books, including The Heroine’s Journey:Woman’s Quest for Wholeness, a ground-breaking book which revealed a broader understanding of the female psyche on both a personal and cultural level. Murdock is also the author of UnreliableTruth, The
ARTICLES: THE HEROINE’S JOURNEY In 1990, Maureen Murdock wrote The Heroine’s Journey: Woman’s Quest for Wholeness as a response to Joseph Campbell’s model. Murdock, a student of Campbell’s work, felt his model failed to address the specific psycho-spiritual journey of contemporary women. She developed a model describing the cyclical nature of the femaleexperience.
CHANGING WOMAN GALLERY The images shown here are from my gallery exhibit at The Woman’s Building in Los Angeles in 1987. The goddess is found in the urban environment as well as in nature, in solitude and group rituals, in lovemaking and in the sound of the drum, in political activism and in contemplation. She is referred to as the Creative Source out of whichthe
THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HEROINE’S JOURNEY The 30th Anniversary of The Heroine’s Journey. I wrote The Heroine’s Journey 30 years ago when women of my generation sought validation from patriarchal systems and found them not only lacking but terribly destructive to the feminine psyche. We were the children of the post-Sputnik era who were encouraged to excel in thiscompetitive race
GIMBUTAS, MARIJA, AND THE GODDESS Gimbutas, Marija, and the Goddess 10/16/12 9:20 AM: The ResearchCenter. Gimbutas
WHY ARE WE AFRAID OF THE MENTALLY ILL? Why ARE We Afraid of the Mentally Ill? Last month 19-year-old Quintonio LeGrier was shot dead by a Chicago police officer after his father placed a 911 call because LeGrier was acting irrationally, wielding a baseball bat. This was not his first confrontation with the law but the death of LeGrier, who suffered from mental illness, gained ARTICLES: PAGING JOSEPH CAMPBELL Turns out that the fabled Hero’s Journey is a bunch of hooey when you’re writing about Heroines. By Jill Soloway Published in Los Angeles Magazine, October, 2011. When I came to Hollywood to be a writer, I learned the Hero’s Journey structure right away.PHOTOGRAPHY
Selected Work. Maureen Murdock is a prolific fine art photographer and her work has been widely exhibited. This gallery shows selected images from her work. To view additional work, please visit the gallery Changing Woman: Contemporary Faces of the Goddess for Maureen’s portraits and interviews of women whose focus is femininespirituality.
CHANGING WOMAN GALLERY The images shown here are from my gallery exhibit at The Woman’s Building in Los Angeles in 1987. The goddess is found in the urban environment as well as in nature, in solitude and group rituals, in lovemaking and in the sound of the drum, in political activism and in contemplation. She is referred to as the Creative Source out of whichthe
INTERVIEW: ON MEMOIR Interview: On Memoir. An interview with Maureen Murdock by Bonnie Bright, Ph.D. Jan 23, 2017, Pacifica Post, Pacifica Graduate Institute. Some of the best memoirs you can read are those that are reflective, those which are informed by dreams, myth, and synchronicities, maintains Maureen Murdock, a Jungian-oriented psychotherapist and the author SITE UNSEEN: INCARCERATION Site Unseen: Incarceration is a gallery show curated by Sheila Pinkel, Emerita Professor of Art, Pomona College, to highlight the realities and challenges confronting incarcerated people. MAUREEN MURDOCK INTERVIEWED BY MARY DAVIS Interview by Mary Davis Published in C.G. Jung Society of Atlanta Quarterly News, Summer 2005. Women are standing, lining the walls, spilling over into the hallway — all of us hungering to learn about ourselves, about the meaning of our life journeys as we gather to listen to Maureen Murdock’s lecture, “The Heroine’s Journey: Woman’s Quest for Wholeness,” at last year’s Mythic DO MEN WHO PERPETUATE MASS SHOOTINGS HATE WOMEN? Connor Betts, 24, who murdered nine people in Dayton, Ohio, included his own sister in his deadly assault. In school he made a list threatening violence against certain female classmates. The man who killed 49 people in an Orlando nightclub in 2016 beat his wife while she was pregnant. In more than ½ of all mass shootings in the UnitedStates
THE PATRIARCHY IS CRUMBLING The patriarchy is crumbling and it’s about time! Last week a grand jury in Pennsylvania reported that 300 priests abused at least 1000 children over a period of 70 years and it was known and covered up by the bishops of the Catholic hierarchy. The 900-page document released by the attorney general listed more than 300 abusive priests by name THE REALITY SHOW THAT IS TRUMP Last Sunday, TV critic James Poniewozik wrote an opinion piece in the NY Times reminding us that Donald Trump is not a real person butconfirming that
CORPORATE GREED FUELS THE OPIOID CRISIS For some time the focus of the opioid crisis has been on the doctors who run pill mills, the pharmacies who dispense opioid pills by the thousands, and the Sacklers, the family that controls and profits from Purdue Pharma, the makers of OxyContin. DON’T TOLERATE TRUMP Don’t Tolerate Trump. Maureen Murdock. January 16, 2018 Mental Illness 15 Comments. When I went to Washington D.C. for the Women’s March last January with my daughter, granddaughter and partner, I never thought we citizens would tolerate a President who has consistently displayed nothing but arrogant, erratic, belligerent andvengeful behavior.
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“Every woman has to learn where her true source of validation is.” ― From _The Heroine’s Journey: Woman’s Quest for Wholeness_ Welcome to my website, which is devoted to memoir writing and the heroine’s journey. My work explores the mysteries of the psyche, a fascination with mythology and a love of story telling and memoir writing. In 1990 I wrote the best selling book _The Heroine’s Journey_ as a response to Joseph Campbell’s hero’s journey. It was groundbreaking at the time and continues to inspire a new generation of women. A critical stage of The Heroine’s Journey addresses every woman’s yearning to create so my blog will explore memoir writingas a powerful
creative expression of each person’s desire to understand their life and the lives of their loved ones. My blog will also explore the public policy issues relating to mental health, addiction
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ON MEMOIR, AN INTERVIEW WITH MAUREEN MURDOCK Some of the best memoirs
you can read are those that are reflective, those which are informed by dreams, myth, and synchronicities, maintains Maureen Murdock, a Jungian-oriented psychotherapist and the author of multiple memoirs and books about memoirs. In other words, there’s a depth psychological perspective that can facilitate, enhance, and deepen the telling of one’s story in a profound way. Murdock is co-leading a 9-month certificate program on writing memoir at Pacifica Graduate Institute starting in March 2017, along with Dr. Jennifer Selig and Dr. Daphne Dodson, and with the participation of Kelly Carlin who wrote her own memoir about her famous father, in part as a result of her education with Murdock at Pacifica. In a recent interview, Maureen was asked to expound on what it takes to produce a good memoir. > Read the interview ------------------------- _POETS AND WRITERS _RECOMMENDATION I’m honored that _Poets and Writers_recommended
my book _Unreliable Truth_ as one of its “BEST BOOKS FOR WRITERS.” _ “The job of writing memoir is to find one’s truth, not to determine the accuracy of what happened; that is history, a testimony, perhaps even an interesting tale. The memoirist, instead, both recounts an event and makes meaning from it.”_ – Maureen Murdock, _Unreliable Truth: On Memoir and Memory _ ------------------------- FOR ASPIRING CREATIVE WRITERS… For aspiring writers looking to earn a degree or pursue a career in creative writing, I recommend looking at “The Top Online Bachelor’s in Writing Programs for 2019,”
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In celebration of the 30th anniversary of its original publication, Shambhala Publications is reissuing Maureen’s groundbreaking book, _The Heroine’s Journey: Woman’s Quest for Wholeness_. The new edition of the book will include an updated preface from Maureen reflecting on the last 30 years of women’s experiences and a new foreword by ChristineDowning, PhD.
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THE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S WRITING GUILD’S WOMEN WRITING TO THE WORLD FOUR WEEK WEBINAR offers professional and personal insights into crafting prose, poetry, memoir and monologue, as well as exceptional enrichment of your creative life and writing network with women writers from around the world. Choose all or one of the series, featuring featuring four outstanding Guild presenters: Susan Tiberghien (Geneva), Kelly DuMar (Boston), Vanessa Jimenez Gabb (NYC) and Maureen Murdock (CA). Women writers from around the globe are invited to this one-of-a-kind Digital Village experience, LIVE on Zoom Videoconferencing: April 21, 28, May 5 and May 12, 2020, from 12:00-1:30 p.m. (Eastern US). MAUREEN’S WORKSHOP, _WOMEN WRITING THEIR TRUTH: USING MEMOIR TO WRITE TO THE WORLD_, IS ON TUESDAY, MAY 12. In the last several years, with the emergence of the #MeToo Movement, more and more women are not only speaking their truth but they are writing their truth and putting it out into the world. Whether their truth involves interactions with family members, work associates, clergy, politicians or others, women are finding their voice to honor their identity, heal their wounds, and document their achievements. This memoir workshop will encourage you to write what you have never written before and provide you the support to get your writing out into the world through examples from blogs, social media or op/ed pieces in local newspapers.>REGISTER HERE
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“Combining personal experience and painstaking erudition, Maureen Murdock’s _The Heroine’s Journey_ shares with us the essence of the female journey. A fine, warm, and insightful book.” —CAROL PEARSON, author of _The Hero Within: Six Archetypes We LiveBy_
“_The Heroine’s Journey_ offers a map of the feminine healing process. Murdock writes in a clear and compassionate voice which draws inspiration from her experiences as a mother, artist, and therapist and from the collective wisdom of the community of women on the path of the goddess. This book speaks to each woman who longs for a spiritually alive feminine self, one who is actively engaged in the world, and who embraces the masculine principle as a mirror of herself. The Heroine’s Journey guides the reader in reweaving the threads of her life story into a mantle of empowerment for herself, for other women, and for Gaia, the Planet Herself.” —PATRICE WYNNE, author of _The Womanspirit Sourcebook _ “Maureen Murdock’s important book on the heroine’s journey contains a wealth of insight that is of great value to contemporary Western women. It explores a rich territory of the feminine psyche and opens an understanding of female development that relates not only to personal transformation but cultural transformation as well.” —JOAN HALIFAX, author of _Standing at the Edge_ “Though the book is rich with examples drawn from myths and Jungian psychology, it is surprisingly easy to read. The journey requires serious, often frightening, wandering before one’s true identity and power are known. Like the journey Murdock describes, there are no cheap, easy lessons. There are many rich, rewarding lessons, but these are gained only through integrity, courage, and the willingness to meet challenge with all the resources one can muster.”—_CREATION_
“Murdock’s personal journey will surely speak to many women, but I hope also to those men willing to hear these newly awakened female voices—and of the feminine in their own souls.”—_UTNE READER_
IIN CELEBRATION OF THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS ORIGINAL PUBLICATION, SHAMBHALA PUBLICATIONS IS REISSUING MAUREEN’S GROUNDBREAKING BOOK, _THE HEROINE’S JOURNEY: WOMAN’S QUEST FOR WHOLENESS_. The new edition of the book will include an updated preface from Maureen reflecting on the last 30 years of women’s experiences and a new foreword by Christine Downing, PhD. _The Heroine’s Journey_ was written as a response to Joseph Campbell’s book on the hero’s journey. Maureen, who was a student of Campbell’s work, felt his model did not address the specific psycho-spiritual journey of contemporary women. She developed a model of the feminine journey based on her work with women in therapy and showed it to him in 1983. Campbell’s response was, “Women don’t need to make the journey. In the whole mythological journey, the woman is there. All she has to do is realize that she’s the place that people are trying to get to.” Knowing that women were indeed involved in their own deep psycho-spiritual journey, Maureen developed a model of the heroine’s journey which has become a template for novelists, screenwriters, and those who desire to understand the deep wounding of the feminine on both a personal and cultural level. Maureen received thousands of letters from women throughout the world, particularly from fathers’ daughters, relating to the wisdom in _The Heroine’s Journey_. It has been published in French, Spanish, German, Dutch, Serbo-Croatian, Italian, Korean, Japanese, Polish and Farsi. -------------------------Order
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“This ‘map for every woman’s quest, with guided imagery, dreamwork, and creative exercises,’ a companion workbook to Murdock’s best-selling _Heroine’s Journey_, is an eye-opener. My first jolt came while addressing the author’s initial “Question for . . . Reflection,” which was, “Who are the heroines in your life . . .?” I could have reeled off a whole list of heroes, but even one heroine was a stretch. There’s message enough in that, yes? We’d better get working! And this workbook is a great tool, for individuals or for groups. Skillful prompting and multiple techniques guide readers through various stages of recognition, acceptance, healing, and integration of the feminine. Others’ experiences, myths, and fairy tales further combine with personal realizations to produce a much-needed antidote to an affliction of the spirit that haunts us more than we know.”— _NAPRA ReView _
This workbook is designed to guide the reader consciously through the different stages of the Heroine’s Journey. Based on workshops conducted by the author with women of all ages, it can be used individually or in a group. The reader will explore each stage of the journey and look at the myths and fairy tales that shed light on these archetypal experiences: * Separation from the Feminine, in which a woman searches for an identity in a masculine-defined culture * The Road of Trials, in which she challenges the myths of female inferiority, dependency, and romantic love * Spiritual Aridity, a feeling of having lost herself in her struggle for achievement * Initiation and Descent, a period of drawing inward and looking for the lost pieces of herself * Urgent yearning to reconnect with the Feminine and heal the Mother-Daughter Split * Integrating and healing the wounded parts of her inner Masculine * The Sacred Marriage, which occurs as she learns to integrate and balance all aspects of herself. The chapters include questions for reflection as well as exercises in guided imagery, writing, art, and dreamwork to bring clarity and understanding to the quest. Finally, the skills learned on this archetypal journey prepare a woman to work toward the larger quest of bringing consciousness to others and preserving the balance of life onearth.
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“Drawing on her background as a psychotherapist, she richly illuminates questions about memory and the self, the way emotions are embedded in metaphors, and the underlying myths of our stories. A pleasure to read.” —Kimberly Snow, _In Buddha’s Kitchen_ “_Unreliable Truth_ is both a beautifully crafted book about memoir writing and a rich, honest memoir on its own.” —Susan M. Tiberghien, _Circling to the Center_ _Unreliable Truth: On Memoir and Memory_ is a captivating treatise on the corruptibility of memory that also provides tools for exploration of the self and soul through personal narrative. It started as an essay about the similarities between myth and memoir but took on a more personal meaning as Maureen’s mother struggled with Alzheimer’s disease. Maureen began to look at the relationship of memory to identity as the loss of her mother’s memory affected her sense of herself. It also brokered a healing in the relationship between mother and daughter. As Maureen wrote, the book became more and more about the relationship with her mother and less and lessabout myth.
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“An incisive, engrossing book…Murdock has beautifully illuminated an important aspect of many people’s lives.” —_Los Angeles Times_ “Groundbreaking and dynamic. …a moving exploration of the feminine journey from father’s daughter to peer.” —Brenda Peterson, _Nature and Other Mothers_ One of the most profound relationships in a woman’s life is with her father. In childhood, she is often referred to as “Daddy’s little girl.” As cute as that may sound in childhood, there is often a dark side to that alliance. Such a “father’s daughter” pays a high price for her favored status. In order to sustain his approval, protection and love she often distances herself from her mother. Although she may be successful at work, she may have difficulties in intimate relationships and in the realms of sexuality, spirituality, and creativity. _Father’s Daughters_ explores the shadow side of father love through myth, fairy tales, and Jungian psychology. It has been published in Korean, Chinese, Hebrew, Portuguese, and Spanish. Through myth, fairy tale, case studies, and Jungian psychology, best-selling author Maureen Murdock explores the unique relationship between a “father’s daughter” and her father, its rewards and pitfalls, and how this idealized relationship affects the mother daughter bond. This rich and thoughtful analysis examines Beauty and the Beast, Donkeyskin, The Wizard of Oz, King Lear, and The Handless Maiden to empower the father’s daughter to untangle the ties that bind her to her father and redeem a female vision that is truly powerful and nurturing. -------------------------Order
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“Murdock’s work should be fundamental to education, not stuck in the ‘enrichment’ category. Our brain thinks in imagery; imagery is part and parcel of symbolic-metaphoric thinking, on which all higher intelligence is based. This book will surely be on my recommended list to parents, teachers, and everyone interested in development.” —Joseph Chilton Pearce Maureen Murdock’s first book, _Spinning Inward: Using Guided Imagery with Children for Learning, Creativity and Relaxation _came out of her own meditation practice and subsequent work with guided imagery in elementary, middle school, and high school classrooms. Spinning Inward, published by Shambhala Publications in 1987 has been published in Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch and German and is widely used along with the playing of Tibetan singing bowls to enhance concentration, relaxation, and creativity in German classrooms. If you have ever wished you could show children and teenagers how to enrich their lives with meditation and visualization, this book will delight you. It presents simple exercises in guided imagery designed to help young people aged three through eighteen to: • Relax into learning • Focus attention and increase concentration • Develop good listening skills • Stimulate creativity • Build a strong self-image • Improve academic, artistic, and athletic skills • Cultivate inner peace and group harmony The use of guided imagery has been internationally recognized as an effective method of “whole brain” learning. The author’s approach will have special appeal to parents and teachers who are frustrated by an educational system that seems to reward only those children who excel at verbal, linear learning. With the exercises in this book, young people can discover the learning styles that are effective and enjoyable for them. These techniques of guided imagery offer adults as well as children a unique way to tap the wealth of creativity and wisdom within. -------------------------Order
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“Perfect to turn your Monday blues to pink.” — _Goodreads_ Published in 2002, _Monday Morning Memoirs: Women in the Second Half of Life_, is a dazzling collection of intimate stories written by ten remarkable women who first met in a creative writing class at UCLA in the mid-nineties and have continued to write together ever since. This wildly different, yet amazingly similar group of women, aged forty-five to eighty, have provided a unique view of the second half of life across several generations. They have crafted their memories with exceptional compassion, humor, insight, and attention to the cultural changes that have occurred in the last four decades. An introduction to each chapter describes the elements of memoir writing contained in each piece so that you can begin to write your life storytoo.
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“A fresh look at mental illness written by a mother who loves her son. Family therapist, psychology professor, creative writing teacher — Murdock has it all but the key to unlock her son’s illness and set him free. What I love about this book and what made me want to keep on reading was the voice that told the story — a mother’s voice. I heard the yearning for answers, as well as the shame in acknowledging mental illness in the family. This is a book full of insight even as the reader feels the heartbreak.”—Julie F. Maloney
“It provides guidance for those going through this first hand, and is an excellent source of information for family members and friends who what to learn more.”—Rosemary McGlynn
Maureen’s newest book, _The Emergence of Bipolar Disorder: A Mother’s Perspective_, published as a Kindle Single in November, 2013, informs the reader about the early signs of bipolar disorder in an adolescent or young adult from a mother who has been through this journey with her son. The book describes what’s involved in a mental health crisis, the trauma of a first hospitalization and facts and figures about bipolar disorder, the fastest growing brain illness in children today. According to the U.S. Surgeon General, four million children and adolescents in America suffer from a serious mental disorder. Through early diagnosis and treatment these young people can live productive lives. As a mother and a psychotherapist, it was difficult for Maureen to find adequate resources when her son was first diagnosed so she offers tools to navigate these turbulent waters. Included are suggestions about Mental Health First Aid, personal recommendations for links to TED Talks by two young people talking about living with bipolar disorder and community resources a family can access for support before, during, and after a mental health crisis. Like the award-winning movie “Silver Linings Playbook,” _The Emergence of Bipolar Disorder: A Mother’s Perspective_ gives the reader a glimpse into the challenges a family experiences when a child is struck with amood disorder.
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