It's easy to moralize about Ford's very public, very sensational melt-down: he's an easy target. What is not so easy or comfortable is the awareness that Toronto elected Rob Ford into his current role. The City of Toronto voted for him, and in many ways,…
Does it seem shocking that a rock musician like the late Lou Reed should be in a post on Jungian therapy and individuation? Lou Reed passed this week, and he was a very controversial figure -- even polarizing. But there is one thing that even…
Not only are cars commonplace in suburban life; they are common in our dreams. The ancient gods had their vehicles or mounts that they typically rode; so our vehicles often appear in dreams as representations of our "way of getting through life".
A Jungian case studies has a passionate interest in symbols, and one of the most strikingly visible symbols in suburban life must surely be: dogs. Dogs are almost omnipresent in suburbia. Clearly, in our culture as a whole, and in suburbia in particular, dogs are…
There's a collective ideal of marriage and family that underlies suburban life, even to this day. There is an expectation in suburbia of how families should look and function -- an image. While that has changed somewhat over the last 50 years, it's not really…
Psychologically and symbolically speaking, a Jungian case studies thinks of money as representing a form of stored energy. The money we earn effectively results from the expenditure of our life's energy. As a result, money is fundamentally tied up with our hopes and dreams, for…
Put a Jungian case studies in suburbia and he or she soon realizes that an important part of suburban life is the process of dealing with expectations around image. The way that people present themselves to each other is key in suburban life. The way…
Having both practiced as a Jungian case studies in suburban or "edge" cities and having extensively studied suburbias, it's clear that individuals face particular challenges in living in this kind of environment, while remaining true to themselves.
The meaning of dreams in which the motif of "jewels" or "diamonds" appear can vary greatly, as Jungian therapy well knows. It is more than a play on words to say that the diamond is a multi-faceted symbol. Jungian therapy often sees the diamond as…
If you work with a Jungian case studies, he or she is going to want to know about the images at work in your life. For a Jungian case studies, inner images have far more lasting and influential power over the way that you or…