Embracing the Midlife Crisis: A Jungian Guide to Finding Purpose
When we reach our midlife, it is not unusual to question the values that have guided our life choices thus far. Have we lived according to our own beliefs or those imposed by society? Or have we lived according to external dictates that no longer feel aligned with who we are? This reflection can lead to emotional and psychological turbulences, what is often referred to as a “midlife crisis”.
5 Ways Psychodynamic Therapy Can Benefit You
Rooted in psychoanalytic theory, psychodynamic therapy focuses on helping clients become aware of their unconscious processes. More specifically, how feelings, impulses, and defense mechanisms may be influencing your current behavior and personality, and why those mechanisms were created in the first place.
Creation and Telos
Creation stories have always been a bit of an obsession for humanity. The ancient Greeks told of the original Chaos from which emerged Gaia (the Earth) who birth Uranus (the Sky). The Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) teach that God created the Earth over six days, beginning with the separation of the heavens and the earth. The tradition of Jukurrpa or “The Dreaming” of the aboriginal people of Australia describes ancestral beings (human and animal) who wandered the deserts, bringing form to the land and establishing culture. We also tell stories of our own lives and where we come from.