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 ...
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...
Trauma –Getting “triggered” is a term that traces back to the experiences of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) often experienced by soldiers coming back from the war. When we are triggered due to past traumatic experiences, our reaction is often extreme fear and panic (or in some cases...