Tag: depth psychology
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Shadow Work 4 a Psychology of Wellbeing
Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you. — Walt Whitman A Psychology of Self-Development Engage the Shadow Within Shadow work is a well-known psychological construct in the field of analytical psychology. Yet, in the modern era of diagnosis and fast-track treatments to soothe humanity’s ever-decreasing attention span, we…
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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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The Story of Narcissus: Echo, Mental Health, and the Journey to Find Purpose
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Your Personal Myth
Positive Motivational Life Thoughts Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response. Arthur M. Schlesinger How to Create Meaning and Purpose in Your Life with a Personal Myth Do you ever feel like you’re just going through the motions without a real sense of purpose or meaning in your…
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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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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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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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Stillness of Mind
Words of Wisdom Finding Stillness Wake up. Wake up, young one. It’s time to wake up. There is all this business, but to what end? Lao Tzu gives us a basic philosophy here, but its depths reach far beyond the fallibility of human rationale. They touch upon the imaginal, that realm where all possibility exists,…
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Mindfulness Meditations – An Affirmation of Wholeness
An Affirmation of Wholeness A Mindfulness Meditation In today’s affirmation, we look at the simple truth behind being whole, well, and complete in this moment. Take a moment to reflect upon the beauty of the images seen in the video. Let it transport you into the stillness yet the vibrancy of life associated with the…