Dr. Joanna LaPrade is the author of Forged in Darkness: The Many Paths of Personal Transformation, a book that unites self-discovery with mythology to handle an important dilemma of our times—how to live with the darkness in life, reminding us that we have more ways of accepting and growing from the deep and dark places within us than we ever thought possible. Joanna is an educator who has taught, lectured, and written extensively on the Jungian and archetypal perspective. Joanna’s essay “The Ascent” appears in the November/December 2022 issue of Spirituality & Health. Find out more about Spirituality and Health magazine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices