by Lisa Marchiano | Oct 15, 2020 | Core Jungian Concepts, Personal Issues
The first major stage of adaptation, the transition from child to adult, requires readiness to separate from protective life structures in pursuit of outer world goals. It entails developing a strong, flexible ego devoid of overly negative or idealistic beliefs about...
by Lisa Marchiano | Oct 8, 2020 | Core Jungian Concepts, Therapy Related
Although neurosis is no longer a clinical diagnosis, it is often used to describe anxious attitudes and behaviors that are maladaptive to life situations. Neurosis often entails a capacity to function well despite feeling bad; emotional suffering leeches...
by Lisa Marchiano | Sep 24, 2020 | Core Jungian Concepts, Metaphysical, Therapy Related
Jung states “the main interest of my work is not concerned with the treatment of neurosis but rather with the approach to the numinous…the real therapy. In as much as you attain to the numinous experiences you are released from the curse of pathology.” Jung defines...
by Lisa Marchiano | Sep 17, 2020 | Core Jungian Concepts, Personal Issues
Jung teaches that soul and spirit have a home in a living body, the font of psyche’s images and means of their incarnation in the world. Embodiment is the ground of being, and engaging the tension between instinct and archetype shapes consciousness and character. Jung...
by Lisa Marchiano | Sep 10, 2020 | Core Jungian Concepts, Metaphysical
We all have intuitive experiences, from an occasional hunch to powerful gut feelings. Unconscious intelligence is a storehouse of instincts and wisdom humankind has accumulated over millennia. We would be lost without intuition and give importance to warnings and...
by Lisa Marchiano | Aug 20, 2020 | Core Jungian Concepts, Personal Issues
The provisional life might be defined as a vague malaise: current relationships, work, and lifestyle feel like placeholders until the ‘real thing’ arrives—someday. If early life circumstances made over-conforming to others’ needs and expectations necessary, persona...