However painful and difficult coming to terms with anger can be, though, it's an important encounter with the undiscovered self. Confronting our anger involves an encounter with what Jung called the shadow, that part of ourselves that we can't or don't want to acknowledge.
This is the second part in my series “Therapy: Pain-Killer or Path to Myself?” PART ONE appeared last week. In this second part, I discuss some things from my own experience of therapy throughout the years, and in particular, 5 THINGS THAT SUSTAIN ME ON THE…
There is no easy way with anger. It can be one of the most powerful psychological forces that we experience. As an old song once said, “anger is an energy” — and it can be a force for growth in a person’s life, or a…
There is no manifestation in our modern lives of what Jungians call “the shadow” that is more dramatic or potentially more deadly than road rages. In its Wednesday July 9/08 edition, the Toronto Globe and Mail reported on a particularly tragic and deadly incident which…