IndieReader, an online magazine featuring books written by Independent Authors has declared Seekers: Finding Our Way Home “a thoughtful, warm, and benevolent guide for those who find, or want, their lives to be a continual quest for spiritual and emotional growth.” Paul wrote his newest book for those who seek a spiritual home. We are…

Kirkus Reviews, a highly respected book reviewer has declared Seekers: Finding Our Way Home “[a] guidebook explores avid seekers and their vision quests…a densely packed celebration of the resilience in some questioning souls.” We are honored by Kirkus’ glowing review and want to share it with all of Paul’s readers: “Why does everyone else seem…

We live in a society offering ongoing homage to images of heroism.  Is our fascination with heroic gestures reflective of a desire to be victorious over death?  Is it symbolic of our investment in winning? Do we actually believe that our goal is to conquer life? A propensity for being heroic typically denies personal limits,…

Paul’s book launch and signing for Seekers: Finding Our Way Home was a raving success! In spite of the rain, approximately forty people came out to help Paul celebrate the release of his fifth book. He not only read from the book, but shared the story behind why he wrote Seekers and how he hopes…

The same contractions that pushed and nudged you from the comfort and repose of your mother’s womb will again and again announce the presence of some threshold awaiting you. May you be received with welcome whenever you dare to be born again. That initial incubation was meant to prepare you for something larger. You were,…

Due to advances in contemporary Neurology, we know that emotional wellness depends upon the body and brain remaining in constant communication. The only issue is whether or not we are listening. “The brain implies the stomach and the stomach implies the brain; they are mutually intertwined in this democratic web of reciprocity.” (In An Unspoken…

One of the greatest challenges in a marriage is what happens when a couple has different needs or different values, the latter being more problematic. Often when a couple has dated for a reasonable amount of time and they seem to have come to know one another and love what they know, marriage becomes a…

Similar to most descriptions of human potential such as intelligence, productivity, academic potential and financial success, we place psychological wellness within a framework of the mentally ill vs. the mentally well. This hierarchal perspective tends to either keep folks trapped under the weight of pathological labels, or has us enduring the distress created by denial.…

We live in a society offering ongoing homage to images of heroism. Is our fascination with heroic gestures reflective of a desire to be victorious over death? Is it symbolic of our investment in winning? Do we actually believe that our goal is to conquer life? A propensity for being heroic typically denies personal limits,…

We easily translate our experience of security from feeling secure to being secure, when in fact they are quite different.  Feeling secure is a fleeting sentiment guaranteeing very little, while being secure suggests something substantial and enduring. However, confusing the two tends to leave us feeling quite insecure. The things and events allegedly empowered with the ability to have us being…