Colleen SzaboThe Other Man (2008): Redeeming the Soul’s FlowThe soul is here for its own joy.28 min read·Mar 23, 2023----
Colleen SzaboFrom Trauma to Wholeness #2This article is a continuation of From Trauma to Wholeness: Brothers Grimm’s Fitcher’s Bird.12 min read·Oct 30, 2022----
Colleen SzaboFrom Trauma to Wholeness: Brothers Grimm’s Fitcher’s BirdHere is a version of the story, if you wish to read it: Fitcher’s Bird15 min read·Oct 29, 2022----
Colleen SzaboLife’s Meaning and Hell’s GatesThrough me you pass into the city of woe: Through me you pass into eternal pain: Through me among the people lost for aye.10 min read·Sep 10, 2022----
Colleen SzaboIn Love With Father Sky: Algonquin tale The Rough-Face GirlI ran across this story in an illustrated children’s book: image above obviously. Most reviewers tout it as a Cinderella story, and that’s…16 min read·Jun 30, 2022----
Colleen SzaboRumpelstiltskin: Reclaiming Our Creative PowerRumpelstiltskin is a teaching tale concerning the ways in which we give our creativity away, with some pointers on reclamation. In the…19 min read·Jun 12, 2022----
Colleen SzaboTowers, Trauma, and Toxicity: Symbolism of We Have Always Lived in the Castle (2018)“… a change is coming, and nobody knows it but me.” Merricat in opening scene at desk35 min read·May 21, 2022----
Colleen SzaboUntangling Suffering: Sedna, Creatrix Under the SeaThe story of Sedna, Inuit sea goddess, has a number of variations- usual for myths, of course. Some versions focus on social conditioning…18 min read·Mar 10, 2021----
Colleen SzaboHiding From JoyI lived in East Palo Alto, CA in 2010 while I finished my Master’s degree. Having lived in a very rural community for years, I was pretty…10 min read·Dec 21, 2020----
Colleen SzaboWe’re In The Great Turning Now: Joanna Macy’s Coming Back To Life (and more)Maybe you’ve never heard of The Great Turning. I think I first read the term from Joanna Macy, around ten years ago, in her book Coming…7 min read·Apr 25, 2020----