Let’s be honest: you’re not here for the plot. You’re here because you’re looking for something. Perhaps you feel lost, or feel that subtle, exhausting pressure of living in a world on the brink. We are all scrolling faster, buying more, and feeling worse, desperately trying to prove that we are unassailable while the planet—and our own inner lives—unravel.

Why does chaos feel like the default setting?

The answer is the novel’s core revelation: The world’s greatest threats are not external, but internal, disguised in the stories we tell ourselves. They are the collective outcome of our Shadow—the “hidden part” of ourselves we’ve been conditioned to see as defective, and so repress. We carve out our vulnerability, shame, and dread, creating an illusion of purity that requires constant, exhausting effort.

This psychological denial is the engine of destruction. The crises in our lives have a long unconscious history. Captive, we move step by step toward our fate, sometimes feeling depressed as the dangers accumulate.

True Wild Light is a story of how that Shadow—born from the “convincing lies” we tell ourselves to avoid pain—manifests in our lives and in the massive, global catastrophes we see every day: the man of power driven to corruption, the brutality masked by wealth, another woman killed, and the industrial assault on wild nature. This despised self, once scorned, takes over the destiny we were meant to choose.

The good news? The story is a thriller about the true object of all psychology: to grow, we must develop a completely different idea of the things we know best. Structured like a psychological reckoning, the novel offers the terrifying wisdom that the only way forward is to gaze, unflinchingly, into the shadowed deep.

In the wild heart of the novel, we discover that self-compassion is more powerful than self-control, and that healing lies in the spirituality of imperfection.

Your Blueprint for Becoming Whole

True Wild Light is a call to courage—a blueprint for becoming whole.

• For Men: It is a call to men, not an escape from them.
• For Women: It is a help in understanding, relating to, and encouraging the men and sons in your life.
• For Couples: Use the insights as a relationship coach, to defuse “anger junkies,” and to get ideas about what is really happening under the waterline.

Follow this blog and the TWL page for behind-the-scenes insights, discussions on Jungian themes, and feel like a fly on the wall of therapy sessions. Here you will find insights that will make all the difference to your future, by gaining self-awareness to consciously create your own ’True Wild Light’.