by Joseph Lee | Feb 17, 2022 | Personal Issues, Relationships
Art Credit: William Blake https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_202-Forgiveness.mp3 Forgiveness has long been the province of morality, virtue, and religious values. Psychologically, forgiveness requires the capacity to hold both the magnitude of the injury...
by Joseph Lee | Nov 25, 2021 | Relationships
Photo Credits: Christian Buehne, Freestock, Tallie Robinson via Unsplash https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thisjungianlife/TJL_190.mp3 Jung says, “Love is a power of destiny, whose force reaches from heaven to hell.” Falling in love is an initiation into the...
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 Joseph Lee | Mar 11, 2021 | Relationships
Photo Credit: Eirik Olsen via Unsplash https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thisjungianlife/TJL_154-Belonging.mp3 Horses herd, birds flock, whales pod, and people tribe. The need to belong is as intrinsic to human nature as the need for food, touch, clothing, and...
by Joseph Lee | Mar 4, 2021 | Personal Issues, Relationships
Photo Credit: Engin Akyurt via Unsplash https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thisjungianlife/TJL_153-Anger.mp3 Like fire in a wood-burning stove, resentment burns long and hot: bitterness, frustration, and hostility. The fires of resentment are lit when we feel needy and...
