Navigating the Serpentine Path

Post-Traumatic Growth

Growth Is an Unlearning Process

Mark Shelvock, RP, MACP, MA on January 9, 2026

Why growth isn’t about becoming more.

Why growth isn’t about becoming more.

Grief

When Love Refuses to End: The Mysterious Life of Grief

Mark Shelvock, RP, MACP, MA on January 5, 2026

"Continuing Bonds 2.0" and the unseen dimensions of connection after loss.

"Continuing Bonds 2.0" and the unseen dimensions of connection after loss.

Fear

Why Feeling Lost Might Mean You’re Growing

Mark Shelvock, RP, MACP, MA on October 16, 2025

The uncertainty you fear may be the way toward psychological growth.

The uncertainty you fear may be the way toward psychological growth.

Unconscious

The Living Threshold: It's Alive

Mark Shelvock, RP, MACP, MA on September 25, 2025

There is a psychological space for the mysterious and fertile ground between what was and what is becoming.

There is a psychological space for the mysterious and fertile ground between what was and what is becoming.

Dreaming

In the Night, Grief Speaks: Understanding Grief Dreams

Mark Shelvock, RP, MACP, MA on June 27, 2025

Here's how to work with grief dreams in your personal life.

Here's how to work with grief dreams in your personal life.

Grief

When Wounds Become Worldviews

Mark Shelvock, RP, MACP, MA on June 6, 2025

Here's how loss can fuel division, and what we can do instead.

Here's how loss can fuel division, and what we can do instead.

Grief

Gen Z Grief: The Hidden Grief of a Generation

Mark Shelvock, RP, MACP, MA on May 7, 2025

When the future feels out of reach, grief becomes the language of a generation in transition.

When the future feels out of reach, grief becomes the language of a generation in transition.

Wisdom

Wisdom Is the Gateway to Life

Mark Shelvock, RP, MACP, MA on March 7, 2025

It’s time we all choose the path of wisdom.

It’s time we all choose the path of wisdom.

Time Management

The Hidden Cost of Living on Fast Forward

Mark Shelvock, RP, MACP, MA on March 5, 2025

Do entire months or years blur together—like time is slipping away faster than you can hold onto?

Do entire months or years blur together—like time is slipping away faster than you can hold onto?

Psych Careers

Becoming a Therapist: A Guide for Future Clinicians

Mark Shelvock, RP, MACP, MA on January 22, 2025

Practical wisdom from expert therapists for aspiring mental health practitioners, counsellors, and future therapists.

Practical wisdom from expert therapists for aspiring mental health practitioners, counsellors, and future therapists.

Play

Go Outside and Play!

Mark Shelvock, RP, MACP, MA on January 14, 2025

When’s the last time you heard someone say, "Go outside and play"? Two therapists discuss play as an embodied psychological liberation.

When’s the last time you heard someone say, "Go outside and play"? Two therapists discuss play as an embodied psychological liberation.

Trauma

Understanding Trauma: How It’s Always Connected to Loss

Mark Shelvock, RP, MACP, MA on December 11, 2024

Healing trauma through compassionate care.

Healing trauma through compassionate care.

Grief

Where Is Daddy?: Attending to Father Wound Grief

Mark Shelvock, RP, MACP, MA on December 2, 2024

Father wound grief is a silent yearning that may be driving an unspoken collective crisis.

Father wound grief is a silent yearning that may be driving an unspoken collective crisis.

Grief

Attachment Theory and Grief

Mark Shelvock, RP, MACP, MA on November 12, 2024

Grief as a response to the loss of love and connection.

Grief as a response to the loss of love and connection.

Wisdom

How to Cope With Change and Uncertainty

Mark Shelvock, RP, MACP, MA on October 6, 2024

Statistical significance won't save us from the oldest cosmic expression: chaos, change, and uncertainty.

Statistical significance won't save us from the oldest cosmic expression: chaos, change, and uncertainty.

Environment

Green Death Practices: Sustainability at the End of Life

Mark Shelvock, RP, MACP, MA on August 21, 2024

An intentional response to the climate crisis.

An intentional response to the climate crisis.

Grief

What We Know About After-Death Communication Experiences

Mark Shelvock, RP, MACP, MA on July 22, 2024

It happens to all sorts of people, including former skeptics.

It happens to all sorts of people, including former skeptics.

Grief

When We Suffer Political Grief

Mark Shelvock, RP, MACP, MA on June 19, 2024

Sociopolitical losses can shatter our assumptions and worldviews.

Sociopolitical losses can shatter our assumptions and worldviews.

Gender

The Beast Within Men

Mark Shelvock, RP, MACP, MA on June 3, 2024

Lessons from the story of Iron John on harnessing your inner power.

Lessons from the story of Iron John on harnessing your inner power.

Attachment

What's the Relationship Between Attachment and Authenticity?

Mark Shelvock, RP, MACP, MA on May 23, 2024

Authenticity is not found on a mountaintop in isolation, but in relation to others.

Authenticity is not found on a mountaintop in isolation, but in relation to others.