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Hello, I'm Laurence
Bio
Born and raised in Zürich, Switzerland, Dr. Hillman became immersed in archetypes at the age of sixteen—a passion that has shaped his work for nearly five decades. As a professional archetypal coach, he specializes in helping clients uncover their deeper purpose and life calling, particularly in these challenging times. As a consultant, he works with leaders and organizations to reveal archetypal patterns shaping culture and strategy, advising on high-level decision-making and long-term direction. His tools for mapping archetypes include archetypal astrology, for which he is recognized as one of the leading voices worldwide.
Dr. Hillman is the co-creator of Archetypes at Work™, a cutting-edge methodology designed to assess and develop individuals and organizations so they can meet the future with clarity and resilience.
He has lectured internationally and conducted workshops at the Globe Theatre in London, where he blended Shakespeare and astrology. At the Cycles & Symbols Conference in California, he presented Venus in America—co-created with his father, James Hillman. He has also taught at Jean Houston’s Mystery School, Pacifica Graduate Institute, Findhorn, and the Faculty of Astrological Studies at Oxford Summer School, and has been a repeated guest lecturer at Washington University in St. Louis. In addition, he has led private study groups across the United States and now teaches introductory courses in practical archetypal astrology through Kosmos Institute. He is on the faculty at Astrology University and Meridian University in Petaluma, California, is a registered Vistage® speaker, and has facilitated programs within YPO.
He is the author of Planets in Play: How to Reimagine Your Life Through the Language of Astrology; co-author of Alignments: How to Live in Harmony with the Universe; and co-author of Archetypes at Work: Evolving Your Story, One Character at a Time.
Dr. Hillman holds a PhD in psychology with a focus on Transformative Leadership, an MBA, an MCM (Master of Construction Management), and a degree in Architecture.
He has traveled in more than forty countries, is fluent in five languages, and lives in St. Louis, Missouri, with his wife, Cindy.
Laurence Hillman’s Offer to the World
Archetypal Lens on Life and Work
Laurence brings the language of archetypes into modern contexts — helping individuals, leaders, and organizations see hidden patterns of behavior, purpose, and potential. He makes archetypes practical, not abstract.
Bridging Depth Psychology and the Everyday
Building on his father James Hillman’s legacy of archetypal psychology, Laurence translates complex symbolic and mythic insights into accessible tools for personal growth, career alignment, and leadership development.
Astrology as Archetypal Map
With a background in archetypal astrology, he offers a way of seeing personal and collective life through planetary archetypes — showing how cosmic patterns reflect human challenges, talents, and developmental arcs.
Organizational and Leadership Applications
Through Archetypes at Work™ and related programs, he helps leaders understand their own archetypal profiles, navigate change, and build teams that embrace “archetypal diversity” as a source of innovation and resilience.
Vision: Living and Leading with Meaning
His ultimate offer is to re-enchant the modern world: to give people language and perspective for seeing themselves and their work within a larger archetypal story, thus unlocking creativity, resilience, and deeper purpose.
An archetypal introduction
Dreamer:
I have easy access to my imagination where I like to hang out and imagine the archetypal images in others
Explorer:
I like to live at the edge and go to places I have not gone before
Strategist:
I am super organized and plan things out, always setting goals
Lover:
Being in intimate relationships and having beauty in my environment is paramount to me
Renegade:
I liberate others to be themselves and I liberate myself to be myself
Storyteller:
I read people and my environment archetypally all the time and thereby practice James Hillman’s “archetypal eye”
PATHWAY: How I do what I do
Awaken:
I awaken consciousness about the self and the universe. I enable this awakening in others by holding up an archetypal mirror to them.
Care:
Care for me means a soul connection based on empathy. I enable it in others by demonstrating it, by caring for and about them.
Create:
My creativity comes from being in alignment with source. I enable this in others by encouraging such an alignment and showing them their path to do this.
Guide:
I aim to lead an exemplary life. I enable this in others by guiding them gently in directions that are often familiar on a soul level but unfamiliar in their practical experiences.
Align:
This means doing what your astrological calling (North Node house position) indicates. I enable this in others by helping them recognize and remember their calling. Then I offer ideas about how to turn this alignment into action.
Gently:
People don’t like to change so I nudge them end entice them and cajole them gently. I enable this in others by demonstrating such behavior rather than pushing people.
PRINCIPLES: How I am
Respect:
I honor myself, I honor people, and I honor my work. I have a deep appreciation for the vulnerability and trust that people show me when I work with them. I respond to that with respect and honoring. By doing so I also show them that I respect myself and my work, elevating it to the highest level of consciousness and humility that I can.
Gratitude:
I have been extraordinarily privileged in my life and continue to be so. Much of my good fortunes come from my own doing but a significant amount was given to me along the way. I am deeply grateful for this and want others to know that I do not take anything for granted, rather that I have turned this privilege into a sense of responsibility and urgency to do my part to make the word a better place.
Vulnerability:
I allow others to see me with my flaws and I am gentle when others show vulnerability and allow me to see them for who they truly are without taking advantage of such insights.
Receptive:
The world and people are communicating all the time in more ways than we even begin to understand. I am receptive to the invisible, inaudible and that which we cannot sense physically. I let it speak to me through my mind and imagination.
Giving:
I love to give and want to share my bounty and joy. With family, friends and those who trust me with work, I give as much as I can.
Funny:
Humor is my icebreaker, my method of connection, and a way to enter into private spaces by giving people a physical sensation that breaks down barriers. A laugh is loosening, connecting and gives me huge joy.