The Nature of Depression
Changing Perspective on Depression For some, “depression” is a scary word that carries a connotation of weakness and shame. For others, it’s a...
Read MoreIntroduction to Dream Work
Personal and Reflective of the Collective Unconscious Freud and Jung both played a significant role in the deep psychological emphasis on the...
Read MoreTypology: Archetypal Insight and Interpersonal Understanding
Opening the Darkened Caverns In Integrity In Depth, Jungian Analyst and Typology Specialist John Beebe suggests that therapy engages typological functions of both the...
Read MoreShadow and Vulnerability
It goes without saying that this year presents a difficult task for all of us. We all have questions about our place in this...
Read MoreShadows and Halloween
Our Celebration of the Macabre “To confront a person with his Shadow is to show him his own light…anyone who perceives his Shadow and...
Read MoreThe Great Momism of Psychotherapy
One of the greatest disparities of our modern day is the supremely undifferentiated nature of feminine archetypes. By feminine, I, of course, do not...
Read MoreBody and Psyche: Healing the Divide
Well, we made it! Starting this week Barn Life programs are officially on campus! I thought it an interesting experiment as we connected through...
Read MoreAlbedo Alchemy
Albedo Alchemy: Purification Through Light Albedo alchemy is the second stage major stage of magnum opus. Following the decomposition of the nigredo comes...
Read MoreA New Relationship With Fear
Here at Barn Life Recovery, we receive a lot of inquiries from folks dealing with anxiety. And a couple weeks ago, a blog of...
Read MoreNational Mental Health Awareness Month
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month and it couldn’t come at a better time. In some parts of the country, shelter-in-place orders are...
Read MoreThe Connection Between the Soul and Work
An Early Memory When I no more than 6 or 7 years old, I often played the role of witness to the family. As...
Read MoreThe Common Threads of Life
Existential Angst During the Pandemic Dr. James Hillman once said that our modern culture worships two gods above the rest: economy and psychology. Today,...
Read MoreMental Health and the COVID-19 Pandemic
A New Set of Problems Social distancing is helping to slow the spread of COVID-19 and without an antidote or vaccine, it’s currently one...
Read MoreUncertainty, Impermanence, and Pema Chodron
Calming Words in a Time of Groundlessness Uncertainty continues to grow and expand and deepen around us, creating perhaps, its own virus, a virus...
Read MoreThe Heroic Archetype and the Human Beneath
Removing the Armor We took the time last week to explore the role of the heroic archetype at work in the therapeutic process. In...
Read MoreCampbell, Jung, and the Heroic Archetype
Heroism and the Psychological Life At the start of this week, I want to break down the role of heroism in our psychological life....
Read MoreThe Lady and The Unicorn: Analysis
The Lady and The Unicorn: The Soul in Innocence, Maturation & Virginity Let’s look at the soul in stages of transformation personified in the...
Read MoreReflection: Reinvigorating the Seeds of the Future
A Future of Hope and Improvement A lady looks into the mirror seeing her reflection smiling back. A man sits by the fire and...
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