by Joseph Lee | Nov 19, 2020 | Relationships
Photo by engin akyurt on Unsplash https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thisjungianlife/TJL_138-Enmeshed_Parents.mp3 The spider is a symbol of generative and destructive capabilities. As creator, spider spins the sustaining web of life. As predator, spider’s sticky web is...
by Lisa Marchiano | Oct 1, 2020 | Personal Issues, Relationships
We celebrate curiosity’s role in discovery, and regret its potential for damage. Mature curiosity demands that we embrace the confusion, doubt and anxiety inherent in engaging new ideas and complex problems. Social curiosity requires discernment: are we genuinely and...
by Lisa Marchiano | Aug 14, 2020 | Personal Issues, Relationships
When far from life in the wild, relationships with animals are often through pets. We find kinship and difference in our friends of very foreign origin. Pets let us be tender, elicit nurturing, and help heal trauma through secure attachment. Our creatures keep our...
by Lisa Marchiano | Jul 23, 2020 | Personal Issues, Relationships
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thisjungianlife/TJL_121_Inner-Companion-d.mp3 When you’re down, and in trouble, and you need some loving care…You just call out my name, and you know wherever I am, I’ll come running to see you again…you’ve got a friend. Carole King...
by Naomi Adams | Jan 30, 2020 | Cultural Currents, Relationships
Polyamory, a current phenomenon, endorses open relationships with multiple lovers. The term means many loves, and polyamory strives to legitimize the benefits of non-monogamous romance and sexuality among adults. Jung engaged in an open, extramarital relationship...
by Naomi Adams | Dec 12, 2019 | Core Jungian Concepts, Relationships
Siblings are embedded in the human psyche as they are in life. Even if one lacks siblings, there is ready access to them through friends, fairy tales, myths, and scripture. All feature multiple experiences and examples of sibling solidarity and siblings as shadow...