“The integration of unconscious contents into consciousness, which is the main endeavour of analytical psychology, is just such an alteration of principle, in that it does away with the sovereignty of the subjective ego-consciousness and confronts it with unconscious collective contents.” – C. G. Jung Analytical psychology, alternatively described…
“What happens to you is not as important as how you react to what happens to you.”
Over the last year, Jordan Peterson has seemingly taken the world by storm. His presence is nearly ubiquitous—television appearances, podcasts, and many hours of recorded Youtube videos. Jordan Peterson is everywhere. In January 2018, his second book, 12 Rules for Life was published. A longer and more technical book, Maps…
I have never considered myself a religious person but nonetheless believe in God, which I view in non-traditional terms. One could say that God is a symbol which represents the highest value, at least that is how I see it. My study of Carl Jung’s (Featured Image) psychology has helped…
It’s all about happiness, right? If I were only happy, everything would be okay. I would be satisfied with my life, the universe, and just about everything else. Everybody knows that happiness delivers the good life, a life well-lived is a happy one. Yet, it seems to me…
My clients often ask me how I got into this business. I answer very candidly that it is as much about me as it is about them. I gain a significant degree of satisfaction from helping people, however, my motives are not completely selfless for two reasons: 1) I charge…
It’s really hard to believe that it’s already 2018. I was born in the 1970s and 2018 still seems like a long time away even though it is now here. The more I reflect on time and numbers, the more I recognize the provisional nature of time, which, when seriously…
In a world with a 24-news cycle, the human mind is constantly inundated with what most would consider “bad news” piled on “bad news.” As I begin to navigate my forties, it seems that more and more people that I befriended or befriended me in my youth are gradually going…
(Note: The following is a letter than was written to an anonymous friend who was going through a tough time in life. My friend provided me permission to share it.) My dear friend, Although I recognize that these past few months have been particularly trying on your spirit, I write…
Consider number five above. Not only do you need to put your thoughts into action, you have to develop and use a system that works for you. Everyone’s different and each system of change will require different steps or considerations.
