by Joseph Lee | Dec 1, 2022 | Personal Issues, Therapy Related
Photo Credit: Elti Meshau via Unsplash https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_242-Melancholy.mp3 Melancholy evokes images of poets and artists for whom suffering and giftedness go hand in hand. Creative ability as compensation for affliction is depicted in...
by Joseph Lee | Nov 3, 2022 | Cultural Currents, Guests, Metaphysical, Therapy Related
Photo Credit: Alicia Bessette https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_238-Matthew-Quick.mp3 Matthew Quick, author of The Silver Linings Playbook, shares himself and his new book, We Are the Light. Writer’s block led Quick to This Jungian Life podcast, analysis,...
by Joseph Lee | Oct 13, 2022 | Personal Issues, Therapy Related
Photo Credit: Cesar Carlevarino-Aragon via Unsplash https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_235-OCD.mp3 Obsessions are unwanted, intrusive thoughts; compulsions are unwarranted, involuntary behaviors. Though different, they often go together, for compulsions...
by Joseph Lee | Apr 28, 2022 | Cultural Currents, Guests, Therapy Related
Photo Credit: Joeyy Lee via Unsplash https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/033122_Shadowland_BETH_4.14.22.mp3 This is Shadowland, a new podcast experience from This Jungian Life that explores the lives of people who take refuge in the hidden places of our...
by Joseph Lee | Aug 19, 2021 | Core Jungian Concepts, Personal Issues, Relationships, Therapy Related
Photo Credit: via Pixabay https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thisjungianlife/TJL_177-Splitting.mp3 We seem hard-wired to split the world into polarities: right/wrong, either/or, victory/defeat, Democrat/Republican. Infants and toddlers have not yet achieved the...
by Lisa Marchiano | Oct 22, 2020 | Personal Issues, Therapy Related
Suicidal depression is a phenomenon unique to the human species. Depression, rage, and powerlessness can overwhelm ego functions, leading someone to believe that escaping life is the only option. Affects of archetypal proportions can act like tsunamis in the psyche....