by Joseph Lee | Apr 4, 2024 | Core Jungian Concepts, Relationships
In this episode, Jungian analysts Lisa Marchiano, Deborah Stewart and Joseph Lee undertake a Jungian exploration of projective identification. How do we invisibly transfer our emotions to others, and what magic lies in revealing this unseen dance? What is...
by Joseph Lee | Mar 7, 2024 | Personal Issues, Relationships
VIDEO Art Credit: Jano Tantongco, [email protected] AUDIO How does resolving inner conflicts enhance external relations? Conflict, both inner and outer, is a fundamental part of the human experience. We engage in conflicts externally with others and internally...
by Joseph Lee | Feb 15, 2024 | Archetypal, Cultural Currents, Relationships
Video Art Credit: Jano Tantongco, [email protected] AUDIO https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_305-Love-v1.mp3 When we offer our heart and it is refused, even the gods become angry. One day long, long ago, Aphrodite was a new mother. Her son, Eros,...
by Joseph Lee | Jan 11, 2024 | Relationships
VIDEO Art Credit: Jano Tantongco, [email protected] AUDIO The paradox of trust and betrayal lies at the core of intimate relationships. Trust, deeply entwined with love and commitment, harbors the risk of profound betrayal. This duality is inherent in close...
by Joseph Lee | Sep 28, 2023 | Core Jungian Concepts, Relationships
VIDEO Art Credit: Jano Tantongco [email protected] AUDIO Defense mechanisms function as unconscious psychological strategies we deploy to navigate reality and sustain a consistent self-image. They act as a shield, guarding against feelings of anxiety, shame,...
by Joseph Lee | Aug 17, 2023 | Relationships
VIDEO AUDIO The essence of friendship is found in its linguistic root: ‘to love.’ Cicero wrote, “Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.” In modern times the art of friending seems lost. We...