In recent years, there has been a lot written about the shadow, or shadow personality. Although the idea originates with C.G. Jung, many other therapists and authors are now writing about it, and many find awareness of the shadow personality to be of great importance…
Creative living can sound like a platitude—perhaps the slogan of a trendy furniture store! Yet, in reality, it’s very important to consider what creative living might mean for us. This question is especially important for people in the second half of life. What does creative…
It’s well known that loneliness is a crucial issue in our time. Our recent experience with the pandemic has only highlighted our awareness that modern life for many in Canada and around the world is extremely lonely. How do we cope with loneliness, and how…
The journey of a full life is long; by the time people reach the middle of their journey, they have very likely experienced grief and loss. Perhaps this seems to be counter-intuitive. If so, that may be because our culture has an overly narrow conception…
By now, burnout is widely recognized as the phenomenon of debilitating exhaustion that individuals feel from their jobs. However, it’s only relatively recently that the World Health Organization has given it official recognition, describing it as a malady stemming from “chronic workplace stress that has not been…
The New Year is often a time that is associated with a sense of renewal and new beginnings. It is often associated with the tradition of “New Year’s resolutions”, which are often associated with the idea of “Making a new beginning”. Now, of course, resolutions…
In recent years a great deal has been written on the subject of coping with holiday grief. Much that has been written is sensitive and insightful. Yet, there are also a number of very important things that emerge if we view this topic from a…
Something we hear a lot about in contemporary culture and in social media is “FOMO” or “Fear of Missing Out”. As psychological researchers M. Gupta and A. Sharma have documented on social media sites FOMO is a widespread reaction involving “…the perception of missing out, followed up…
Jungian depth psychotherapists emphasize that searching for meaning in our lives is a central life task. As Jung emphasized in his famous quotation, The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it. Photo by Firaz Ali …
People often speak of recovery from grief in the context of losing a loved one. However, recovery from grief can also be essential when we confront job loss. Photo by Nathan Cowley When someone experiences job loss—especially when the job is meaningful and engaging and…