by Joseph Lee | Jan 5, 2023 | Cultural Currents, Guests, Personal Issues
Photo Credit: Joseph R Lee https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_247-Best-2022.mp3 New Year is a global time of celebration and self-reflection. We let go of what’s worn out and cheer on what’s new and emergent. Here at TJL, we raised our glasses in...
by Joseph Lee | Dec 29, 2022 | Archetypal, Cultural Currents, Personal Issues, Relationships
Photo Credit: Alexander Krivitskiy via Unsplash https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_246-Sex.mp3 Sex fascinates us. Whether we turn toward it, flushed and excited or away from it, tense and disquieted. Archetypal images of sex adorn the thresholds of ancient...
by Joseph Lee | Dec 22, 2022 | Cultural Currents, Personal Issues, Relationships
Image Credit: Joseph Lee https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_245-Holiday.mp3 Holiday homecomings kindle hopes of achieving a domestic ideal, though family gatherings are also likely to evoke old roles and emotions. Families open a portal into the patterns...
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...