by Lisa Marchiano | Sep 3, 2020 | Cultural Currents
In times of uncertainty truth is hard to discern, collective cohesion frays, and social factions become embattled. Unmediated shadow then seeks expression through the archetypal realm and takes on extra-ordinary attributes. Persecutory mythologies arise, for big...
by Lisa Marchiano | Aug 27, 2020 | Cultural Currents, Personal Issues
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thisjungianlife/TJL_126-Money-v3-d.mp3 Money reflects our shadows and strengths as much as our bank accounts. Like Hermes, money traverses the realms from Hades to Heaven–money can be a matter of survival, and money can turn...
by Lisa Marchiano | Aug 20, 2020 | Core Jungian Concepts, Personal Issues
The provisional life might be defined as a vague malaise: current relationships, work, and lifestyle feel like placeholders until the ‘real thing’ arrives—someday. If early life circumstances made over-conforming to others’ needs and expectations necessary, persona...
by Lisa Marchiano | Aug 14, 2020 | Personal Issues, Relationships
When far from life in the wild, relationships with animals are often through pets. We find kinship and difference in our friends of very foreign origin. Pets let us be tender, elicit nurturing, and help heal trauma through secure attachment. Our creatures keep our...
by Lisa Marchiano | Aug 7, 2020 | Core Jungian Concepts
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thisjungianlife/TJL_123-Hero-d.mp3 The hero’s journey has been the stuff of story from earliest times. Today’s popular heroes include Harry Potter, Frodo, Spiderman, Neo, and Luke Skywalker. They are all ordinary guys who suddenly...