As our core wounds began to deepen throughout our childhood, pubescent, and subsequent adult years,we began to put up barriers of protection to keep other people from hurting us.Although in many cases these barriers protected us, the reality is that they slowly begin to trap us inside, limit...
What better place to start than with our old friend Carl Jung? Jung was a Swiss psychoanalyst who first conceptualized the idea of archetypes. Thanks to Jung, we now have a map of the psyche which defines the main archetypes present in every human being. These archetypes, which Jung wrote ...
“Having personal boundaries is selfish”– This myth is probably the most common one out there and it’s based on the unhealthy belief that in order to be worthy, we must bemartyrsconstantly self-sacrificing our needs. In reality, having boundaries is a form of self-respect that allows us...
“Based on the level of consciousness we have” means that, throughout life, we all have varying degrees of mental, emotional, andspiritual maturity. When you were 5 years old, for instance, you had a lower level of maturity than at 15, 25, or 55. The youthenis not the younow.Your...