UNBOUNDED: A Journey to Wholeness

This book addresses fragmentation, polarization, and disconnection in the world today by exploring our deep interconnection with our inner world, others, and the cosmos at large. Inspired by patterns in nature, pages weave together imagery, poetry, and experiential prompts to take the reader on a journey to wholeness.

The most profound interpenetration suggests: We are in the universe at the same time the universe is in us.

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While on the surface of experience we may perceive our lives as separate and finite, UNBOUNDED takes us on a beautiful artistic exploration of the deeper nature of reality. We come to know — and experience — the fundamental connection we have with each other and the natural world. Woven from science and psyche, objective fractal views of reality and artistic expressions of our deeply interwoven lives, UNBOUNDED frees us from the perceptual and conceptual illusions of separateness, releasing our innate capacity for connection and belonging. Bravo and deep thanks to our journey’s guides, Terry Marks-Tarlow and Leanne Domash!

Daniel J. Siegel, MD, Founding Co-Director, UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center; Founder, Mindsight Institute; author, Aware, Mind, and IntraConnected

Terry Mark-Tarlow and Leanne Domash have written a book of the deepest wisdom, challenging our ingrained notions of such fundamental categories as in and out, up and down, pain and pleasure. Metaphysical principles of great profundity, such as the Taoist teaching that everything contains within itself the seed of its opposite, come alive through artwork, poetry, stories, and fractal mathematics. UNBOUNDED is a book that is both intellectually satisfying and emotionally transformational.

Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, Host, New Thinking Allowed YouTube channel; author, The Roots of Consciousness: The Classic Encyclopedia of Consciousness Studies Revised and Expanded; Grand Prize winner, the 2021 Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies essay competition

In UNBOUNDED: A Journey to Wholeness, Terry Marks-Tarlow and Leanne Domash weave psychology, spirituality, myth, and science into a compelling exploration of human interconnectedness. Their innovative concept of flexible boundaries offers a powerful antidote to fragmentation, inviting readers toward greater compassion, creativity, and healing. This is a thoughtful and inspiring guide for anyone seeking a deeper relationship with self, others, and the living world. It is a beautifully written and deeply original work that, in a time marked by division and disconnection, is a rich tapestry that challenges conventional thinking while nourishing the heart and imagination. This is a profound and inspiring book that will resonate with therapists, seekers, and anyone drawn to the lifelong journey of becoming whole.

Stanley Krippner, PhD, Research Professor, California Institute for Human Science; winner, the 2002 APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology; author, Personal Mythology: The Psychology of Your Evolving Self and The Realms of Healing

In a world increasingly shaped by fragmentation, isolation, and emotional overload, UNBOUNDED offers a compelling vision of wholeness. Drawing from psychology, neuroscience, spirituality, fractal geometry, mythology, creativity, and lived experience, Terry Marks-Tarlow and Leanne Domash explore how human beings can move beyond rigid separations toward deeper connection with themselves, others, nature, and the larger universe. Through rich stories, reflections, and practical exercises, the authors invite readers into a journey of emotional openness, imagination, relational depth, and expanded awareness. At the heart of the book is the idea that healthy human development involves remaining distinct while becoming more deeply interconnected. UNBOUNDED speaks to many of the central challenges of modern life — alienation, polarization, loneliness, and loss of meaning — while offering an imaginative and hopeful path toward greater compassion, creativity, participation, and psychological growth.

Bernard Beitman, MD, Founder, The Coincidence Project; Host, Connecting with Coincidence Podcast; author, Meaningful Coincidences: How and Why Synchronicity and Serendipity Happen and Life-Changing Synchronicities: A Doctor’s Journey of Coincidence and Serendipity

I was honestly blown away by the wisdom of UNBOUNDED. This book is a profound and timely guide for navigating complexity, uncertainty, and change. Terry Marks-Tarlow and Leanne Domash brilliantly integrate scientific rigor, experiential learning, and systems thinking to help readers embrace the nonlinear nature of human growth and transformation. I was particularly drawn to their use of fractals as pathways to expanding perception, crossing inner edges, and connecting individual, relational, and collective dimensions of life. Readers are invited not only to understand the concepts cognitively but also to engage with them directly, allowing analytical and intuitive ways of knowing to come together. The result is a learning experience that speaks to the whole person. In a world shaped by AI, disruption, and accelerating change, UNBOUNDED offers a hopeful framework for cultivating wholeness, resilience, and adaptability. Through its emphasis on interconnectedness, compassion, justice, healing, and shared humanity, it helps readers connect inner wholeness with the larger systems of which they are a part. This is an important book for coaches, leaders, educators, and anyone seeking to cultivate the resilience, adaptability, and wisdom needed to thrive in an ever-evolving world.

It is a great book!!!

Anat Treister-Goren, PhD, Master Certified Coach (MCC), Organization & Relationship Systems Coach (ORSCC); Founder & CEO, TreiStar

What a powerful book that asks us all to slow down and contemplate ways of being. I deeply appreciated the read and find myself rereading. Rich with psychological insight, spiritual wisdom, and poetic imagination, this book guides readers on a journey from self-awareness to universal belonging. By revealing the porous nature of our boundaries and the creative potential hidden within paradox, it encourages us to live more fully, love more deeply, and participate more consciously in the unfolding wholeness of life. A thoughtful and timely contribution to the conversation on human flourishing.

Tanya Knudsen, PhD, Creative Leadership Coach; secretary, Global Creativity Initiative; Host, Global Creativity Initiative Podcast

UNBOUNDED offers what the field has long needed: a framework for understanding boundaries not as walls to construct but as living, porous edges to navigate with wisdom and intention. Drawing on fractal complexity science, embodied spirituality, and decades of clinical insight, the authors give us a genuinely new lens — one that is as scientifically grounded as it is spiritually alive. For those of us working at the intersection of individual healing and collective wellbeing, this book is both a theoretical gift and a practical companion. In thirty years of work in family support and community wellness, I have rarely encountered a framework so elegantly suited to the complexity of human connection. UNBOUNDED belongs in the hands of clinicians, healers, educators, and anyone ready to move beyond rigid binaries toward a more whole and interconnected way of being in the world.

Kathryn L. Goetz, PhD, Independent Scholar/Transpersonal Psychology; Cofounder, President & CEO, Be Strong Families; author, Overfed and Undernourished: Reclaiming Vitality for Ourselves and the Earth

My first introduction to Dr. Terry Marks-Tarlow was her fascinating presentation on the study of fractals several years ago. What a delight to discover her new collaboration with Dr. Leanne Domash on their book UNBOUNDED: A Journey to Wholeness. Drawing on decades of clinical experience, the authors artfully weave psychology, neuroscience, myth, and poetry into a cohesive path of self-exploration. The guided reflections and clinical stories ground this book in real world experience, making it a valuable resource for both the clinician and the self-discovery reader.

George Kappas, MA, LMFT, Director, HMI College of Hypnotherapy; author, Mental Bank: Rewire Your Brain for Success, Happiness and Prosperity in Less than Five Minutes a Day

The authors, Terry Marks Tarlow and Leanne Domash, are to be commended for their insightful and compelling book, UNBOUNDED: A Journey to Wholeness. The book introduces multiple complex topics such as fractals and neurobiology and weaves together the recursive interpenetration of perceptions, imagination, spirituality, pleasure and pain, creativity, and how they shape wholeness. The authors invite the reader into an inner journey of self-exploration that is navigated via the inclusion of diverse healing practices (both ancient and current). The intuitive engagement of the reader, via poetry, paintings, and mythology, opens new healing pathways. The structure of the book cleverly eases the reader into exploring complex theories that enhance the examination of I/Me, I/Thou, and I/Universe. The stunning visual images and artwork, engaging writing style, embedded exploratory exercises, and the authors’ vulnerable willingness to share personal experiences make this book deeply resonant and meaningful. The invitation to engage and explore ripple throughout the book. This is a wonderfully inspiring book.

Paula Thomson, PsyD, Professor, Department of Kinesiology, California State University (CSUN), Northridge; Co-Director, Performance Psychophysiology Laboratory at CSUN; Fellow, International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation; co-author, Creativity and the Performing Artist: Behind the Mask and Creativity, Trauma, and Resilience

Incorporating depth psychology, multicultural myths, spiritual and religious traditions, Zen koans, neurobiology and more, UNBOUNDED beautifully disrupts and questions traditional binaries and the breaking and making of boundaries that we impose on ourselves and others, focusing on three main realms: I/me, self/other, and self/natural world. With rich research and deep insight, Marks-Tarlow and Domash show us how, in an increasingly fragmented and alienated world, we may find community and relationship, meaning and purpose, spirituality and joy within ourselves and in the external world, celebrating our interconnected existence.

Alexis Landau, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Southern California; author, Those Who are Saved and The Mother of All Things

This nimble excursion explores and then blends apparent opposites — perception and imagination, mind and feeling, loneliness and solitude, male and female, and so charts the flow between shadow and light and self and other. Its interpenetrations, buoyed by neuroscience and psychotherapy, and illustrated compellingly where words fall short, string together meditatively and poetically, in a sutra for the modern age.

Scott G. Eberle, PhD, former editor, The Strong’s American Journal of Play; author, Classic Toys of the National Toy Hall of Fame; co-editor, The Handbook of Study of Play.

As a non-math kind of person, I thought I had no use for fractals. But UNBOUNDED presents nature’s perfect creation as the archetype and architecture for improving our relationships with humankind and ourselves.

Kitty Felde, former NPR reporter; host and executive producer, The Book Club for Kids; co-host, Honeymoon Road podcast; Founder, Chesapeake Press; author, The Fina Mendoza Mysteries

Terry Marks-Tarlow has always worked at the living edge where psychology, art, science, and spirit meet. In UNBOUNDED, she and Leanne Domash offer a richly imaginative, deeply relational meditation on boundaries — not as rigid walls, but as living, porous, flexible edges through which self, other, nature, and psyche continually shape one another. Drawing from fractals, myth, clinical wisdom, embodiment, and the mystery of human interconnection, this book challenges the illusion of separateness and invites the reader toward a more compassionate, integrated, and expansive way of being. It is a beautiful and timely contribution to the psychology of wholeness.

Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT, Developer, Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy [PACT]; author, Wired for Love and In Each Other’s Care

Tanya Knudsen, PhD, Creative Leadership Coach; secretary, Global Creativity Initiative; Host, Global Creativity Initiative Podcast