Is insight into our personal issues enough to speed inner growth? Or do we need to follow a comprehensive program that includes practical steps or strategies? A visitor to my website asked, “Once we understand some of the principles of depth psychology, are there practical … [Read more...] about Does Inner Growth Require Practical Steps?
Psyche
Chasing the Shadow
Our brightest thinkers struggle to expose the hidden dynamics of the shadow, the dark side of our psyche. Depth psychology can shed light on those repressed regions of the mind. Yet experts are having difficulty understanding the discipline’s basic tenets. By way of … [Read more...] about Chasing the Shadow
A Chaos Theory of the Mind
As adults, we like to think we’ve put away most childish things. But infantile and childish ways of experiencing ourselves and life linger in our unconscious mind. That baby in the adult’s psyche can be highly mischievous and harmful, producing chaotic reactions. Early … [Read more...] about A Chaos Theory of the Mind
Free Yourself from Inner Conflict
Inner conflict is a private war within oneself. People tend to think it’s about making a difficult decision. According to conventional thinking, that decision can range from choosing a style of shoes to more serious considerations such as a career move to another city or the … [Read more...] about Free Yourself from Inner Conflict
How Worriers Unconsciously Chose to Suffer
These days people are snapping a lot of selfies, those close-up self-portraits taken with a cell-phone camera. Could this activity foretell a coming trend in which more of us turn inward to take close-ups of our psychological self? When we penetrate our psyche, new intelligence … [Read more...] about How Worriers Unconsciously Chose to Suffer