by Joseph Lee | Dec 18, 2025 | Archetypal, Metaphysical
VIDEO AUDIO Mortificatio is an alchemical term for the moments when your life-organizing identity collapses. We call it burnout, divorce devastation, depression, retirement shock, institutional betrayal, or a life-changing diagnosis. The alchemists called it...
by Joseph Lee | Dec 12, 2025 | Core Jungian Concepts
VIDEO AUDIO Denial as an early psychological mechanism Denial begins as a very early psychological mechanism that protects our fragile nervous system from experiences that exceed our capacity to process them. In infancy, we have a limited ability to symbolize or think...
by Joseph Lee | Dec 4, 2025 | Guests, History & Development of Analytical Psychology
Jung’s Collected Works are being revised by scholars, making new insights into his writing and thought available to the English-speaking world. This week eminent Jungian scholar Sonu Shamdasani speaks with Lisa about the production of a brand new Critical...
by Joseph Lee | Nov 27, 2025 | Therapy Related
VIDEO AUDIO Gratitude: More Than Good Manners Imagine a moment when you finally understood what someone did for you—a parent paying for school, a mentor backing you at a crucial meeting, a friend sitting with you during a medical scare. Often the “thank you” that...
by Joseph Lee | Nov 20, 2025 | Relationships
VIDEO AUDIO Phenomenology and Core Features of Contempt Contempt presents as a cold, distancing attitude that devalues another person. It skips addressing concrete problems and attacks a person’s self-worth. Typical signals include eye‑rolling, a curled lip,...