Envy is a painful symptom of disconnection from the Self. We relate envy and jealousy to early developmental dynamics, with envy related to the dyad of mother-and-baby and jealousy arriving a later, when the child realizes that sometimes he is left out of his parent’s relationship with one another.
Boredom is not depression or dissociation, sadness or loneliness…but what is it?
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The experience of betrayal is painful, confusing, and damaging to one’s basic sense of self and reality.
Divinatory systems have been used for thousands of years as a source of help and direction to people wishing to resolve situations of personal uncertainty.
The experience of motherhood evokes powerful feelings, ranging from joy and bonding to anger and rejection.
Many people have difficulty making decisions, whether large or small. Among other factors, the psychology behind the fear of making a decision can be related to fear of making a mistake, lack of motivation, suppressed anger and aggression, and difficulty accepting the limitations and ordinariness of adulthood.
The pressure to conform to familial and cultural values provides guidelines for each new generation – and can also stifle the uniqueness necessary not only to the individual but to family and cultural health.
Living with a parent who is seriously impaired can be traumatic and have lasting consequences.
The mother-in-law is not only the subject of many a joke but the subject of fairy tale and myth.
In archery, sin refers to missing the mark, whereas transgression involves violation of a cultural boundary.
Creative depression demands that we suffer a journey into the deep wells of the psyche in quest of new life.