Sigmund Freud once said: "The more the fruits of knowledge become accessible to me, the more widespread is the decline of religious belief."  He went on to say that: "Religion is a universal neurosis."  Clearly Freud had some negative feelings around religion.  If he were alive today, he likely would have even more negative feelings around religion given what it has become in American and in other places.  What was once a series of teachings and traditions to empower and connect humanity has seemingly de-compensated into selfish, manipulative, and a means to have power over others.  Yet we need still need a way to make meaning and purpose in this crazy world.  Without that, we get lost.  For years, the field of psychology was at odds with religion.  The reality is that both have much to offer a humanity that is struggling with a lack of belief and purpose.  By integrating spiritual principles with ideas from the behavioral sciences we can forge a path out of the emotionally bankrupt valley we seem to be currently trapped in.  The purpose of this website and this content is to discuss the positive interplay between psychology and religion and to engage both in a such a way that we can grow into the fullest expression of who we were created to be. Freud was wrong on many things and those weird big haired fundamentalist preachers are wrong on a lot of things.  Even the little Buddhist guy meditating on the side of a mountain hasn't gotten it all figures out.  Together we can take a journey into the spaces that overlap and agree amongst these groups and focus on unity growth both individually and collectively.-