by Joseph Lee | Dec 15, 2022 | Cultural Currents
Illustration Credit: Joseph Lee https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_244-Film.mp3 In psychoanalysis, a screen memory covers up a deeper, more emotionally charged issue. Similarly, movie and television screens both shield and open us to human complexity...
by Joseph Lee | Dec 8, 2022 | Archetypal, Cultural Currents
Photo Credit: Joseph Chan via Unsplash https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_243-Revolution.mp3 We tend to think of revolution as a people’s push-back against perceived oppression—a reaction to rulership that has rejected fairness, change, and accessibility....
by Joseph Lee | Nov 24, 2022 | Archetypal, Cultural Currents
Photo Credit: Mireille Raad via Unsplash https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_241-Games.mp3 Humans have played games since prehistoric times. Games bring us together and pit us against each other. We agree to rules, take turns, develop tolerance for...
by Joseph Lee | Nov 17, 2022 | Archetypal, Cultural Currents, Personal Issues, Relationships
Photo Credit: Kelly Sikkema via Unsplash https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_240.mp3 As our bonds to historic roles loosen, fathers are finding new ways to express themselves within the family dynamic. In 2014 Pew Research Center identified two million...
by Joseph Lee | Nov 3, 2022 | Cultural Currents, Guests, Metaphysical, Therapy Related
Photo Credit: Alicia Bessette https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_238-Matthew-Quick.mp3 Matthew Quick, author of The Silver Linings Playbook, shares himself and his new book, We Are the Light. Writer’s block led Quick to This Jungian Life podcast, analysis,...
by Joseph Lee | Oct 27, 2022 | Archetypal, Cultural Currents
https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_237-Zombies.mp3 Zombies have recently risen from mythological depths to menace modern-day culture. Zombies image the horror of vulnerability to dehumanized existence. They exist in a meaningless void marked only by...