by Sharon Heath | Jul 6, 2011 | Blog
I lost a very dear friend a few weeks ago. Jungian analyst Elizabeth Strahan was a woman of uncommon grace and extraversive southern charm: warm, articulate, with an earthy laugh that could light up a room. A terrific teacher and writer, her essay Beyond Blood: Women...
by Sharon Heath | Jun 18, 2011 | Blog
So it was like this: the camera caught us both unawares. I look wary, you harassed. We were on a trip to San Francisco – I remember that much. How old would I have been? Six, seven? Something like that. You, mid-thirty-something, just as handsome as I recall,...
by Sharon Heath | Jun 8, 2011 | Blog
I didn’t know why I felt a special affinity for the gardener who tended the house at the end of my block, and I didn’t know why he showed a particular warmth toward me. But once a week, we engaged in our own ritual shorthand for “How’s it going? I’m so happy to see...
by Sharon Heath | May 25, 2011 | Blog
I’m crazy about birds, so it’s no surprise they figure prominently in my novel The History of My Body. No matter what kind of mood I’m in, I set out on my walk each morning knowing my spirits’ll soon soar at the trill of a mockingbird, the melancholy plaint of a dove,...
by Sharon Heath | May 18, 2011 | Blog
People sometimes ask me, “What’s a Jungian Analyst doing on Facebook and Twitter? Or starting a blog? Or writing a novel?” More often, though, what I’m asked is, “What IS a Jungian analyst, anyway?” Which isn’t surprising. There aren’t that many of us – less...
by Sharon Heath | Apr 1, 2011 | Blog
The History of My Body a novel by Sharon Heath Publication Date: October 15, 2011 A twist on the traditional coming-of-age story, The History of My Body is young Fleur Robins’ own telling of her quixotic attempts to save her beloved grandfather amid a hectic...