by Joseph Lee | Dec 14, 2023 | Cultural Currents, Guests
VIDEO Art Credit: Jano Tantongco, jano.tantongco@gmail.com AUDIO Yascha Mounk is a political scientist and author focused on the challenges facing liberal democracies and the rise of populism. As a Johns Hopkins University professor and senior fellow at the Council on...
by Joseph Lee | Nov 9, 2023 | Cultural Currents, Guests
VIDEO Art Credit: Jano Tantongco jano.tantongco@gmail.com AUDIO The digital era has potentiated emotional reactivity, especially with the rise of social media. Platforms like Twitter have weaponized emotions, intensifying polarization and complicating mutual...
by Joseph Lee | Oct 5, 2023 | Cultural Currents, Guests
VIDEO Art Credit: Jano Tantongco jano.tantongco@gmail.com AUDIO Don Kalsched is a Jungian Analyst, an expert on treating trauma, and the author of two books, The Inner World of Trauma and Trauma and the Soul. Jung discovered our inner world is populated by various...
by Joseph Lee | Aug 24, 2023 | Archetypal, Guests
VIDEO AUDIO Sharon Blackie calls us to the ancient archetype of the Hag as a figure of unapologetic emergence from cultural pressures that lock us into outworn roles and limiting beliefs. Drawing upon her transformative experiences in menopause Blackie grounds the...
by Joseph Lee | May 11, 2023 | Archetypal, Core Jungian Concepts, Cultural Currents, Guests
https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_265-Tom-Singer.mp3 Thomas Singer, M.D., Jungian Analyst and president of The Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism joins us to decipher Archetypal Images and explain the essential role of A.R.A.S. in collecting and...
by Joseph Lee | Feb 9, 2023 | Archetypal, Cultural Currents, Guests
Photo Credit: Arlene Landau https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_252-Tragic-Beauty.mp3 When the goddess Aphrodite claims us too fully, over time, our bodies become abandoned temples of physical perfection, sexual allure, and romantic passion. Her seductive...