Paul Dunion, EdD

“Paul invites us back to what most of us knew in life, but then over time forgot the joy and wonder that comes from accepting life’s impenetrable mystery.”

—Thom Allena, Professor of Peace Studies, University of New Mexico and co-author of Restorative Justice on the College Campus

“Paul is one of few writers I know who can reveal the creative fire that appears when you get soul and spirit together, when psychology and spirituality join, and when you reach a point where you see eternal truths in a simple story from everyday life.”

—Thomas Moore, author of Care of the Soul and A Religion of One’s Own

Family: In Search of Genuine Belonging needs to be part of any psychology, family therapy, or group discussion where family bonds and entanglements are of prime interest.

-D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review

Family: In Search of Genuine Belonging not only engages and enlightens but also offers pragmatic tools for personal development and healing. It is a recommended read for those grappling with family dynamics or seeking deeper insights into the intricacies of life.

-Literary Titan

In Family, Paul Dunion provides the reader with the tools to answer these questions and to recognize themselves in the text. As he describes, “My best wisdom is that to be born into a family guarantees only two things; you will be wounded and gifted.” To heal the wound, he provides ways to cope; to celebrate the gifts, he presents ways to continue good behavior. This text is packed full of sound advice for parents and acts as a tender band-aid to heal our inner child.

-Jadidsa Perez, Independent Book Review

About Paul

Paul Dunion is a teacher, author, mediator and transformational coach committed to remaining mindful of life as a mysterious and unpredictable journey. As a Consulting Psychologist he offers private and group consultations, transformational coaching, and seminars internationally aimed at deepening our capacity to receive the mystery of life and to travel our unique path.

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May 2025
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Bouncing Back: The Personal Resilience Insights

Paul discusses external versus internal referencing, and how this may affect an individual's resilience as well as tendency to act in denial. Offered will be practices to strengthen an individual's internal referencing. Life Management Science Labs (LMSL) is an organization dedicated to empowering people globally to transform their lives.

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October 19-24, 2025
LIVE SEMINAR
The Power of Being Internally Referenced

Join Dr. Paul Dunion & Andi Winter at the 8th Annual Gathering of the Next Practice Institute, Cape Cod, MA.

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Family: In Search of Genuine Belonging

"Family: In Search of Genuine Belonging explores an important topic - how family love can fall apart in even the most loving of circles.

'Blessings' of different family structures and dynamics accompany the identification and definitions of families that center on different incarnations; from 'too much family' (with entwined identities that aren’t separate) to shame-based families; those dedicated to supporting heroic countenances; and others which require a scapegoat or mascot in order to function.

Each incarnation is treated to Paul Dunion’s analytical eye with the idea of exploring how denial, personal truths, chaos, or facades of looking good to those outside family translate to experience tempered by appearance.

Case history examples support these identifications, reinforcing their boundaries and often-unspoken assumptions and rules; but it's the 'blessings' conclusion to each identification which holds the most uplifting opportunities for reconsidering ideals of perfection, survival, adaptation, connection, and, ultimately, love.

Plenty of books on the market already tackle the nature of family relationships and connections. The difference in Family lies in not just its definitions of family circles, but in its supportive realizations about how each type of family structure can offer new possibilities and blessings..."

D. Donovan
Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review.

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Teaching & Training

For over 40 years, Paul has facilitated over 300 workshops globally on topics related to human potential and transformational development. He is an accomplished, dynamic, and interactive presenter.

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Latest Blog Entry

“If I Keep Moving, I’m not Dead”

Personal Perspective: Observations on how death avoidance affects our behavior. Read on Psychology Today.

Making Peace with Mystery

Making Peace with Mystery reflects the most pervasive initiatory process in all indigenous cultures. It is regularly referred to as the Initiation into the Mysterium Tremendum (Great Mystery). Once we can accept that we are on a deeply mysterious and insecure journey we can begin to step into a dynamic and creative dance between our personal wills and the power of Fate. Such a dance is aimed at yielding a destiny illuminated by both depth and meaning.

“Life is an extremely deep mystery.
Let yourself be touched by her and she may grant you a glimpse.”