by thisjungian | May 30, 2019 | Core Jungian Concepts
Individuation is the empirical process by which personality orders itself around the Self, the inner center that embraces conscious and unconscious. It proceeds through images, affects, and decisions that gather a scattered life into pattern. Energy (libido)...
by thisjungian | May 23, 2019 | Relationships
Images of physical dismemberment are often used in fairy tales, dreams, and art to depict psychological fragmentation, numbing and other forms of disconnection. Such cut-offs, dissociations, and splits may be related to earlier relational trauma, and constitute...
by thisjungian | May 16, 2019 | Cultural Currents
Anything that disappears from your psychological inventory is apt to turn up in the guise of a hostile neighbor, who will inevitably arouse your anger and make you aggressive. It is surely better to know that your worst enemy is right there in your own heart. ~CG...
by thisjungian | May 9, 2019 | Personal Issues
In this episode, the archetype of the bitch is explored using fairy tales, mythology, and popular culture to shed light on this colloquial, pejorative term. The term is applied most frequently to assertive women – and to men acting in a way deemed...
by thisjungian | May 2, 2019 | Personal Issues
Having mixed feelings, or strongly opposing feelings is a normal occurrence in human life. We can find ourselves in a quandary about big decisions, upcoming life events, or experience being stuck without quite knowing why. Deb, Joseph, and Lisa consider various...