by thisjungian | Sep 13, 2018 | Core Jungian Concepts, Personal Issues
The experience of motherhood evokes powerful feelings, ranging from joy and bonding to anger and rejection. If we can develop a conscious relationship with these feelings, we meet both denied aspects of ourselves—our shadows—and experience the pleasures and enrichment...
by thisjungian | Sep 6, 2018 | Personal Issues
Many people have difficulty making decisions, whether large or small. Among other factors, the psychology behind the fear of making a decision can be related to fear of making a mistake, lack of motivation, suppressed anger and aggression, and difficulty accepting the...
by thisjungian | Aug 30, 2018 | Core Jungian Concepts, Personal Issues
The pressure to conform to familial and cultural values provides guidelines for each new generation – and can also stifle the uniqueness necessary not only to the individual but to family and cultural health. How can we discern when differentiation from established...
by thisjungian | Aug 23, 2018 | Personal Issues, Relationships
Living with a parent who is seriously impaired can be traumatic and have lasting consequences. Fortunately, resources for healing and resilience are also available, and premature encounters with shadow can be a call to consciousness and yield gifts of effective and...
by thisjungian | Aug 14, 2018 | Metaphysical, Personal Issues
In archery, sin refers to missing the mark, whereas transgression involves violation of a cultural boundary. But missing the mark or crossing a line can have positive effects as well as negative consequences. Here’s the dream we analyze: “I am outside, in...
by thisjungian | Aug 14, 2018 | Personal Issues
Creative depression demands that we suffer a journey into the deep wells of the psyche in quest of new life. It differs from other kinds of depression in how it is imaged in dreams, its antecedents in the person’s life history, and in relationships. To welcome...