Is there perhaps one basic insight, one key awareness, that we humans have to learn, and learn quickly, to help us avoid catastrophe from climate change, nuclear weapons, spreading psychosis, and multispecies extinction? I recently purchased a book titled A Gap in Nature: … [Read more...] about Why We Urgently Need Inner Truth
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The Mocking Voice of Inner Resistance
The best depth psychology is so potent that we instinctively become resistant to assimilating the knowledge. The insight upsets our sense of who we are, and we feel inner resistance because we don’t like, at least initially, that feeling of vulnerability and … [Read more...] about The Mocking Voice of Inner Resistance
Say Goodbye to Your Regrets
“I don’t think I can ever let go of my regrets,” a new client sadly remarked. She was saying, indirectly, that she didn’t know how to live without her grief, sorrow, and self-recrimination. Regrets are precious to the dark side of our psyche. They’re used, as well, by our … [Read more...] about Say Goodbye to Your Regrets
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
Psychologists of the World, Go Deeper
Many psychologists are afraid of their own shadow. They’re unwilling to confront their dark side. They may be smart but they’re lacking in consciousness. How else can we explain the third-rate knowledge that the profession passes along to a suffering world. Psychological … [Read more...] about Psychologists of the World, Go Deeper