It was my colleague’s graduation, the end of a roughly 8-year post-graduate journey training to be a Jungian psychoanalyst, a branch of psychology heavily weighted towards the writings of Carl Gustav Jung. A beautiful spread of cheeses, desserts, and floral arrangements graced the reception room. He would have loved it. The only problem…
“I haven’t fully grieved” “The people in [name that country] are so arrogant” “I can’t wait until I achieve a balance in my life” It seems that it calms human beings down to be able to think about ourselves, others, and our situation in broad terms. We react to our vulnerability by establishing…
I was born in a thunderstorm I grew up overnight I played alone I played on my own I survived Hey I wanted everything I never had Like the love that comes with light I wore envy and I hated that But I survived Sia This past week was a momentous occasion. I interviewed…
“What is a relationship if not the evolution of learning about what somebody needs…The fact that we need to go through a process of working on some of our inferior muscles to be better caregivers, of course, it’s unnatural, that’s intimacy, that’s learning to love someone.” The Dignity of Suffering Podcast, Episode 6 So…
“Could it be that the analyst’s insights are less important than his idiom, expressed as a process of listening and commenting?” – Christopher Bollas This week’s podcast release is a conversation with one of my oldest friends, psychotherapist Nicholas Balaisis. One of the facts that I mentioned in our interview is that he and…