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Anxiety Behind the Mask, Part III: Heart Trouble
Anxiety Behind the Mask, Part III, Heart Trouble …I asked him why he thought the whites were all mad. “They say that they think with their heads,” he replied. “Why of course. What do you think...
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CG Jung’s Approach: Not for Everyone, but Essential for Some
Let’s face it: there are a lot of different forms of therapy / counselling out there. So, why would someone choose to work on themselves with a Jungian therapist, as opposed to another type of...
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Let’s Keep Jung’s Red Book Away from Spiritual Hucksterism
It is now quite clear that Jung’s Red Book, which I wrote about in an earlier post, has created quite a stir in certain circles, and has been very well popularized. It has had quite an impact in...
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Escaping the Grip of Regret, Part 1
Regret is a power that can bring you to your knees. A great many of us have experienced its power. Sinatra may sing “Regrets, I’ve had a few / But then again, too few to mention.” This sounds...
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Escaping the Grip of Regret, Part 2: The Power of Regret
In my last posting, I tried to open up the whole subject of regret, and the powerful and sometimes crippling place that it can occupy in our lives, and how we can be held in slavery to regret of all...
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Sarah Palin, “Mama Grizzlies” and the Mother Archetype
Andrea Huffington commented recently in the Huffington Post on Sarah Palin’s use of archetypal imageryin the political ads that she has recently run with incredible success online. Huffington seeks...
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The Not-So-Simple Task of Simply Being Honest, Part 1
Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself. -Ludwig Wittgenstein We all like to feel that we know ourselves, and that we are fundamentally honest with ourselves, but is it so? Often we not only...
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The Psychological Meaning of the Chilean Miners
I had just begun my series on “Stress, Power, Resilience — and Myth” when our attention was again drawn to the fate of the miners trapped at the bottom of the mine at Copiapo, Chile. This is a story...
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Stress, Power, Resilience — and Myth, Part 2: Getting Real
Recently, I started a series of posts about the growth of resilience, which is a very key part of the work of psychotherapy. I’d like to share a personal experience of mine through which I became...
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Jungian Psychology Looks at Leslie Nielsen
“Surely you can’t be serious!” “I am serious. And don’t call me Shirley.” On Sunday last, comic actor Leslie Nielsen died at age 84. Like many Canadians I felt a special tie to Nielsen, because he...
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Anxiety Behind the Mask, Part II
Anxiety Behind the Mask, Part II, The Armoured Self, My Prison In the course of thousands of years of mechanical development, the mechanistic concept, from generation to generation, has anchored...
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Anxiety Behind the Mask, Part II
Anxiety Behind the Mask, Part II, The Armoured Self, My Prison In the course of thousands of years of mechanical development, the mechanistic concept, from generation to generation, has anchored...
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Anxiety Behind the Mask, Part III: Heart Trouble
Anxiety Behind the Mask, Part III, Heart Trouble …I asked him why he thought the whites were all mad. “They say that they think with their heads,” he replied. “Why of course. What do you think...
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CG Jung’s Approach: Not for Everyone, but Essential for Some
Let’s face it: there are a lot of different forms of therapy / counselling out there. So, why would someone choose to work on themselves with a Jungian therapist, as opposed to another type of...
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Let’s Keep Jung’s Red Book Away from Spiritual Hucksterism
It is now quite clear that Jung’s Red Book, which I wrote about in an earlier post, has created quite a stir in certain circles, and has been very well popularized. It has had quite an impact in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Escaping the Grip of Regret, Part 1
Regret is a power that can bring you to your knees. A great many of us have experienced its power. Sinatra may sing “Regrets, I’ve had a few / But then again, too few to mention.” This sounds...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sarah Palin, “Mama Grizzlies” and the Mother Archetype
Andrea Huffington commented recently in the Huffington Post on Sarah Palin’s use of archetypal imageryin the political ads that she has recently run with incredible success online. Huffington seeks...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Not-So-Simple Task of Simply Being Honest, Part 1
Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself. -Ludwig Wittgenstein We all like to feel that we know ourselves, and that we are fundamentally honest with ourselves, but is it so? Often we not only...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Psychological Meaning of the Chilean Miners
I had just begun my series on “Stress, Power, Resilience — and Myth” when our attention was again drawn to the fate of the miners trapped at the bottom of the mine at Copiapo, Chile. This is a story...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Stress, Power, Resilience — and Myth, Part 2: Getting Real
Recently, I started a series of posts about the growth of resilience, which is a very key part of the work of psychotherapy. I’d like to share a personal experience of mine through which I became...
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