Category: Analytical Psychology
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Celebrate Curiosity: Psychology & Affirmations 4 Emotional Wellbeing
Affirmation Today, I affirm, to celebrate my inner calm, creative genius, and curious nature, as it leads me to realize with commitment and certainty my soul’s capacity to advance confidently in the direction of its dreams intent. Dr. Thomas Maples Table of Contents The Psychology of Affirmations Affirmations for Emotional Wellbeing A Psychotherapist’s Perspective What…
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The Stressed Psyche? 5 Tips For Positive Wellbeing through Breathwork and Mindfulness
Table of Contents Psyche, The Soul, and The Journey for Inner Wellbeing Mindfulness has become a popular term in recent years and for good reason. Breathwork is one way to achieve mindfulness and can help us achieve better mental health outcomes. In this blog post, I will discuss what breathwork is, how to do it…
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Affirmation 4 Gratitude: Beauty Within
Words of Wisdom Finding Beauty Within An Affirmation for the Soul Today, I affirm that I will look for beauty in all things, small and large. In our brief journey together, let us sit back, enjoy the scenery, relax into the music, and let go. Just Relax, Breath, find the rhythm of your breath and…
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Potential Now: 4 Questions to a Psychology of Wellbeing
Realize Your Inner Potential What creates your happiness? What storyline can help you realize it? In this podcast, I explore the ways symbols and archetypes common common to the stories of old act as an agent for body, mind, and spiritual growth. We discuss how the symbols of psyche can help us understand our inner…
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Want Abundance? Create an Attitude 4 Gratitude!
An Affirmation for Abundance Today, I affirm that an abundance of Love, Happiness, Health & Wealth are present in my life, are present in my life… Here & Now. Dr. Thomas C. Maples Engaging an Attitude of Abundance Out of the darkest times comes light. After graduating with a Ph.D., I found myself without a…
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Being in Presence
No, I never saw an angel, but it is irrelevant whether I saw one or not. I feel their presence around me. Paulo Coelho Higher Powers and Personal Development To see angels or not is the question we will explore today. I have never seen an angel, but every time I look to the sky…
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Learning to Swim
Trust: A Cornerstone of Faith To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don’t grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float. Alan Watts How to Find Purpose in Life What does it mean to let go and…
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Echo & Narcissus – Perceptions of Self Development Amongst Social Egocentrism
The Myth Within Podcast Summary In today’s episode, Dr. Tom continue his exploration of the mythological characters Echo and Narcissus from a lens of social and cultural egocentrism and its effect on personal development. — This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thomas-maples8/message
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Finding Purpose
Words of Wisdom As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being. ~ Carl Jung A Philosophy of Purpose What would the field of psychology be without that ever-nagging pull for people to kindle a light from the meaning…
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Greatness in Responsibility
Words of Wisdom You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. Abraham Lincoln The price of greatness is responsibility. Winston Churchill Greatness in Responsibility Where has the responsibility gone? As I see so much screaming about rights, what is right, and privileges people feel entitled to, I cannot help but think, where…
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The Sum of Small Efforts
Words of Wisdom Success is the sum of small efforts – repeated day in and day out. Robert Collier Philosophical Food for Thought What can be achieved with just small efforts, day in and day out?It takes millennia for water to chip away at rocks. But it does! Just look at the magnificence of the…
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The Will to Persevere
Words of Wisdom Philosophical Food for Thought Far too often, we fear failure. But there is beauty to be found in failing forward. You see, failure is a mindset. It doesn’t happen to us; we create success by perception, self-talk, and willingness to persevere. While this is known as a core principle of developing a…