Dr. Ren Shimek, PsyD

I’m a writer in the Pacific Northwest, taking a pause from clinical practice to explore the model that has shaped so much of my thinking. I write to understand how people become themselves, how identity shifts, and how meaning is made in the quiet spaces between experiences. My articles are part reflection, part inquiry — a way of letting the model breathe on the page rather than holding it as a fixed theory. My personal blog link below is where I share personal reflections, life stories, poetry, art, and passages that lead me to the creation of this model. Check it out if you're curious. I'll be adding to it regularly:

Trust and Meaning

Dr. Ren Shimek, PsyD February 11, 2019 May 3, 2026

Humans are meaning-making machines. What I mean by that is that meaning comes from within. It comes from inside of you. Many of us may have spent a lot of our lives looking for meaning from outside of us. We have this constant stream of thoughts that we are either …

Logic or Spirituality?

Dr. Ren Shimek, PsyD September 7, 2018 April 2, 2026

Scientific thought and spirituality do not have to be at odds with each other.Instead, they are complementary and synergistic tools in our kit with which to make meaning out of our experience. When they overlap, this is where your personal truth lives. Dr. Ren Shimek, PsyD( Researcher/Teacher/Clinician )I’m a writer …

It’s Analog, and…It’s Digital!

Dr. Ren Shimek, PsyD July 9, 2018 April 2, 2026

Analog – in terms of wavelengths, means a spectrum of information flowing. Digital – also in terms of wavelengths, means on or off, 1 or 0, black or white. One or another. In analog speak – we make analogies….like metaphors. In digital speak – we live in pure survival, life, …