by Lisa Marchiano | Oct 8, 2020 | Core Jungian Concepts, Therapy Related
Although neurosis is no longer a clinical diagnosis, it is often used to describe anxious attitudes and behaviors that are maladaptive to life situations. Neurosis often entails a capacity to function well despite feeling bad; emotional suffering leeches...
by Lisa Marchiano | Oct 1, 2020 | Personal Issues, Relationships
We celebrate curiosity’s role in discovery, and regret its potential for damage. Mature curiosity demands that we embrace the confusion, doubt and anxiety inherent in engaging new ideas and complex problems. Social curiosity requires discernment: are we genuinely and...
by Lisa Marchiano | Sep 24, 2020 | Core Jungian Concepts, Metaphysical, Therapy Related
Jung states “the main interest of my work is not concerned with the treatment of neurosis but rather with the approach to the numinous…the real therapy. In as much as you attain to the numinous experiences you are released from the curse of pathology.” Jung defines...
by Lisa Marchiano | Sep 17, 2020 | Core Jungian Concepts, Personal Issues
Jung teaches that soul and spirit have a home in a living body, the font of psyche’s images and means of their incarnation in the world. Embodiment is the ground of being, and engaging the tension between instinct and archetype shapes consciousness and character. Jung...
by Lisa Marchiano | Sep 10, 2020 | Core Jungian Concepts, Metaphysical
We all have intuitive experiences, from an occasional hunch to powerful gut feelings. Unconscious intelligence is a storehouse of instincts and wisdom humankind has accumulated over millennia. We would be lost without intuition and give importance to warnings and...