There’s a lot going on the planet today, much of it disturbing if you follow the evening news. With so much technology around us providing instantaneous
access to information and events around the world, it’s easy sometimes to feel
overwhelmed and lose a sense of center and self.

According to recent conversations I’ve had with others, I don’t think I’m the only one who feels that time is speeding up and globally, things are spiraling out of control on many fronts.

However, this is why I continue to believe so strongly that depth psychology
offers us the opportunity to maintain our reflective center and to look beyond the
surface of everyday events. Paying attention to how the inner world mirrors the
outer—and vice versa—is such a powerful tool for insight and growth, both personally
and collectively.

It is in this spirit of opening to what is hidden, forgotten, lost, abandoned or
invisible in the self—even as we reel from disquieting events in the outer world—that
I hope you will enjoy the wisdom and beauty of the works offered in this issue of Depth Insights.

Huge thanks to the contributors, selection committee, and especially to editor Rebecca Livingston Pottenger for coming together to make it happen.