Tag: Analytical Psychology
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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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Purpose… Through Strength, Courage, & Direction
Words of Wisdom “But effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.” ~John F. Kennedy A Philosophy of Purpose Purpose knows no bounds. It doesn’t move in any unilateral direction. It does not know left or right, up or down, male or female, black or white, night or day. It only knows right…
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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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Strength of Character
Words of Wisdom Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength. — Arnold Schwarzenegger Philosophical Tidbits of Wisdom As a person steps onto the stage, facing those inner daemons that have called to them for countless hours, days, and…
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Ashes once Past
Inspirational Words of Wisdom Tending the Garden Within There is beauty in simplicity, wouldn’t you agree? Yet, with all the light, we can never know it without the complexity of its opposite. Even God created light from the void of darkness. Shadows follow where light prevails. Their place, to be leftover remnants of some blocking…
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Growth Through Solitude
Words of Inspiration Solitude is independence. Hermann Hesse Don’t go through life, grow through life. Eric Butterworth Philosophical Food for Thought To go within. That is the key to independence. So often, we look for meaning on the outside. We yearn to find happiness in the next activity, the next thing of material success, but…
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Sewing Peace
Inspirational Quotes Philosophical Food for Thought It is far too easy to get caught in the winds of change. In the whirling nature of what constitutes life itself, we often forget that the seedlings of peace begin in the space that separates our ears, eyes, and nose from our mouth. What blessings may happen if…
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A Gift of Love… When One Becomes Two
Tending the Depths of the Soul Love is the natural state of the human condition. Even at a quantum level, quarks operate in symbiosis, not in opposition to one another. Some have called this the law of attraction, others have likened it to new wave psychology, but I pose a simple question: What would the…
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Stellar Grounding
Be Present, Here & Now… Ever wonder where depression comes from? Ever yearn to curb that anxious feeling? Theodore Roosevelt’s words are a definite starting place. You see, it is all about perspectives. Future focus without present grounding equates to an anxious mindset. Past focus without paying heed to the present moment creates that sinking…
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Improvement Starts Within
Inspiring Words A Philosopher’s Psychology As a psychotherapist, people come to see me for many reasons. While the problems are as diverse as the people I meet, there is always a common theme. People ultimately want to improve themselves. Why do we have this perpetual need for self-improvement? While the answer is complex and has…
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A Guiding Light
Inspiring Words A Guiding Light There is much to say about the shadow. That dark element moves behind us, stirs fear in the heart, yet remains a playful element, inextricably linked to the burning light that guides the soul towards its natural course. As our life force burns, it leaves behind remnants of the past.…
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The Secret Life of Understanding…
Words of Inspiration Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. Marie Curie Philosophical Tidings Nothing in life is to be feared, not even fear itself. When we are scared, we enter the fight or flight mode,…