The Peak Experience

Career

Seeking to Fulfill Your Career Passion?

Edward Hoffman Ph.D. on September 1, 2026

Attachment style is proving more important than ever for personal success.

Attachment style is proving more important than ever for personal success.

Psychology

Celebrating the Fourth of July with Abe Maslow and Margaret Mead

Edward Hoffman Ph.D. on July 4, 2026

Maslow and Mead became highly popular social thinkers for their optimism about America and the world.

Maslow and Mead became highly popular social thinkers for their optimism about America and the world.

Wisdom

Father's Day Wisdom from the Founding Psychologists

Edward Hoffman Ph.D. on June 20, 2026

Fatherhood was important and fulfilling to our founding psychologists

Fatherhood was important and fulfilling to our founding psychologists

Career

Why Mentorship Matters

Edward Hoffman Ph.D. on April 8, 2026

Mentorship brings short-term and long-term benefits to both participants.

Mentorship brings short-term and long-term benefits to both participants.

Happiness

How Can You Share Your Peak Experiences?

Edward Hoffman Ph.D. on March 23, 2026

Peak experiences are hard to communicate with everyday words, so a new language is needed.

Peak experiences are hard to communicate with everyday words, so a new language is needed.

Positive Psychology

Maslow Saw Vibrant City Life as an Unrealized Goal

Edward Hoffman Ph.D. on February 4, 2026

Urban planners worldwide are still attracted to Maslow's work.

Urban planners worldwide are still attracted to Maslow's work.

Career

Is Worry About Success Undermining Your Talents and Skills?

Edward Hoffman Ph.D. on January 2, 2026

The Jonah Complex is one of Maslow's little-known, but most important concepts related to growth and achievement.

The Jonah Complex is one of Maslow's little-known, but most important concepts related to growth and achievement.

Psychoanalysis

Celebrating Jungian Analyst Marie-Louise von Franz

Edward Hoffman Ph.D. on September 29, 2025

Marie-Louise von Franz leveraged her talent for languages into an influential career as a Jungian theorist, clinician, and educator.

Marie-Louise von Franz leveraged her talent for languages into an influential career as a Jungian theorist, clinician, and educator.

Positive Psychology

The Books Maslow Never Lived to Write

Edward Hoffman Ph.D. on September 14, 2025

Maslow's unwritten books remain relevant for contemporary psychology.

Maslow's unwritten books remain relevant for contemporary psychology.

Relationships

Self-Disclosure: Removing Your Inner Mask

Edward Hoffman Ph.D. on July 25, 2025

By cultivating a self-disclosing outlook, you're likely to enhance your well-being and relations with others.

By cultivating a self-disclosing outlook, you're likely to enhance your well-being and relations with others.

Friends

The Benefits of Cross-Generational Relationships

Edward Hoffman Ph.D. on March 10, 2025

A cross-generational lifestyle is a prescription for well-being.

A cross-generational lifestyle is a prescription for well-being.

Dreaming

The Great Italian Filmmaker Fellini Was an Ardent Jungian

Edward Hoffman Ph.D. on February 5, 2025

As an advocate of dreamwork, Maslow would have admired Fellini's involvement with Italy's leading Jungian analyst.

As an advocate of dreamwork, Maslow would have admired Fellini's involvement with Italy's leading Jungian analyst.

Happiness

H.G. Wells, Maslow, and the Peak-Experience

Edward Hoffman Ph.D. on January 7, 2025

H.G. Wells may have been an important source for Maslow's influential concept of peak-experiences.

H.G. Wells may have been an important source for Maslow's influential concept of peak-experiences.

Awe

What Maslow Never Got to Teach About Happiness

Edward Hoffman Ph.D. on July 12, 2024

Beyond peak-experiences, Maslow conceptualized the importance of plateau-experiences for lasting happiness.

Beyond peak-experiences, Maslow conceptualized the importance of plateau-experiences for lasting happiness.

Wisdom

Fatherly Wisdom From the Founding Psychologists

Edward Hoffman Ph.D. on June 16, 2024

They gave heartfelt advice to their own children.

They gave heartfelt advice to their own children.

Happiness

Maslow, Peak Experiences, and the Body

Edward Hoffman Ph.D. on March 17, 2024

Peak experiences aren't just in our head, but in our body as well.

Peak experiences aren't just in our head, but in our body as well.

Fantasies

Jung, Neumann, and Elijah

Edward Hoffman Ph.D. on January 9, 2024

Jung and Neumann saw Elijah as a vital archetype for inner growth.

Jung and Neumann saw Elijah as a vital archetype for inner growth.

Loneliness

How the Loneliness Epidemic Evaded Psychologists

Edward Hoffman Ph.D. on December 28, 2023

Reflecting their own biases, leading theorists overlooked the growing loneliness epidemic.

Reflecting their own biases, leading theorists overlooked the growing loneliness epidemic.

Creativity

Erich Neumann, Maslow, and Models of Higher Consciousness

Edward Hoffman Ph.D. on December 14, 2023

Though they never met, two bold thinkers came to strikingly similar views.

Though they never met, two bold thinkers came to strikingly similar views.

Imposter Syndrome

Are You Feeling Like an Imposter?

Edward Hoffman Ph.D. on July 30, 2023

Imposter syndrome has gained increasing attention, but a primary causal factor has been neglected: faulty or nonexistent mentoring.

Imposter syndrome has gained increasing attention, but a primary causal factor has been neglected: faulty or nonexistent mentoring.