Dr. Howell’s Reflections
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Profound Memories and their Stories Part 7
July 26, 2025
Retrieving our soul child’s memories of love is one of the most healing and empowering things we can do. Remembering the people and experiences that first brought us into being and filled our souls with love makes us more confident, grounded, empowered, and directed.
Profound Memories and their Stories Part 6
July 25, 2025
Recently, a TV journalist interviewed a noted chef in her restaurant. The chef gave the journalist sample dishes of her farm-to-table menus. The journalist tasted several but couldn't contain her emotions when she sank her teeth into one of them….
Profound Memories and their Stories Part 5
July 24, 2025
I am my father’s namesake. Though we are entirely different people, so many of my earliest memories are of him.
Profound Memories and their Stories Part 4
July 23, 2025
To savor life’s beauty is to feed the soul. Experiences such as awe, affection, love, levity, excitement, friendship, closeness, serendipity, intimacy, compassion, and joy, anchor in our soul, all the wonderful and beautiful aspects of life. We have access to these; it’s a matter of being sensitive to them. The overwhelming majority of us absorb enough of these wonderful things to make our lives worthwhile and to enjoy life. But sadly, for some of us, because of trauma, the beautiful cannot outweigh the ugly.
Profound Memories and their Stories Part 3
July 22, 2025
At twenty years old, I was a summer youth director for a church in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. On my first day on the job, the pastor introduced me to the congregation at a Sunday service. After the service, an older man, whom I did not know, approached me, looked me in the eyes, and said, “Joe, if you put God first, he will lift you up.”
Profound Memories and their Stories Part 2
July 21, 2025
As boys, my brother and I, along with our mom, were returning from surf fishing on the Gulf of Mexico. We took a bridge over one of the deep bayous in the nearby wetlands and heard a disturbing wail from a female’s voice coming from the bayou. When we followed the voice, we glimpsed into a scene I shall never forget….
Profound Memories and their Stories Part 1
July 20, 2025
Memories can tell many unforgettable stories. Maybe they were AH Ha’s, or maybe they brought us into a new era of self-awareness. Perhaps the memory has grown in significance as life progressed, and it still teaches us. In any case, the event has remained with us for a reason. It is one of the profound stories of our lives.