“We don't have rich enough inner lives to start with, and we pay too much attention to the external. We shouldn’t be waiting until we're 65 or 70 to develop just as rich an inner life as an outer life.” Dr. Ellyn Kaschak shares her thoughts on the need for and beauty of solitude in our lives. Ellyn is professor emerita in Psychology, having taught at San Jose State University. She is one of the founders of feminist psychology which she has practiced and taught since 1972, and she is the current