by thisjungian | Jul 11, 2019 | Personal Issues
Experiences of physical abandonment are depicted in stories old and new as ways of out-picturing traumas of early relational abandonment. Jung articulated the archetypal foundation of what later psychologists came to call attachment theory. In an infant’s...
by thisjungian | Jun 27, 2019 | Cultural Currents, Personal Issues
Burnout is a relatively new term for job-related distress or an ongoing life situation that is unsatisfying, defeating, and creates a sense of despair. Burnout robs us of our sense of control and agency—we feel unable to change the troubling situation. Burnout can...
by thisjungian | Jun 13, 2019 | Personal Issues
We all shed tears. We cry when we are sad, but also when we are glad, surprised by beauty, love, or touched by other deeply felt and uniquely human experiences. Tears, and our access to them are part of what makes us human, and when we cannot find our tears we have...
by thisjungian | Jun 5, 2019 | Cultural Currents, Personal Issues
We can experience powerful feelings of empathy for those who are victims of trauma in all its heartbreaking dimensions. It is difficult even to consider a shadow side to this already dark aspect of human experience. Nevertheless, it is important also to consider the...
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...