The Great Momism of Psychotherapy
One of the greatest disparities of our modern day is the supremely undifferentiated nature of feminine archetypes. By feminine, I, of course, do not...
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The Unconscious: A Hades Analogy
Wrestling With the Unconscious Mind We can no longer deny that the dark stirrings of the unconscious are active powers and that psychic...
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A Poseidon Analogy: Anger Management Therapy
Poseidon: The Ancient Greek God of Anger Management? Throughout our years of doing work at Barn Life Recovery, we have seen many patients...
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The Nurturing Father Figure: A Zeus Analogy
The Father Figures of Greek Mythology As we begin our work with the Olympian Gods Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades, it is important to...
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A Soulful Look at Myth & Fairytale
"Magical consciousness has to accommodate shadows or it has immediately made its potency finite. Some vital energy is drained from us when we disconnect...
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The Father Archetype
The Father Archetype Uranus once ruled as the god of the skies. With Gaia (Mother Earth), Uranus is the primal father archetype and force...
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The Third Eye Chakra: The Gateway to Spiritual Awareness
All Chakras Root Sacral Solar Plexus Heart Throat Crown The third eye chakra, or ajna in Sanskrit, is the sixth chakra, responsible for our...
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Body and Psyche: Healing the Divide
Well, we made it! Starting this week Barn Life programs are officially on campus! I thought it an interesting experiment as we connected through...
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Albedo Alchemy
Albedo Alchemy: Purification Through Light Albedo alchemy is the second stage major stage of magnum opus. Following the decomposition of the nigredo comes...
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A Deeper Look at the Nigredo
"Abandon hope, all ye who enter here!" – Dante, Inferno, Canto 3 This morning, while writing on the Nigredo, I ordered a...
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A New Relationship With Fear
Here at Barn Life Recovery, we receive a lot of inquiries from folks dealing with anxiety. And a couple weeks ago, a blog of...
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Narcissus and the Psyche
Narcissus and the Psyche Early in my depth-psychological studies, I was drawn to the artwork of John William Waterhouse. His paintings capture the...
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National Mental Health Awareness Month
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month and it couldn’t come at a better time. In some parts of the country, shelter-in-place orders are...
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The Three Marriages and Marriage to Others
What makes up a marriage? Is it an outdated construct that reflects religious themes and rejects the instinctual nature of our existence? Some may...
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Marriage to the Self
I wish I knew the beauty Of leaves Falling To whom are we beautiful As we go? A Parable There once lives a king,...
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The Connection Between the Soul and Work
An Early Memory When I no more than 6 or 7 years old, I often played the role of witness to the family. As...
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The Common Threads of Life
Existential Angst During the Pandemic Dr. James Hillman once said that our modern culture worships two gods above the rest: economy and psychology. Today,...
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Mental Health and the COVID-19 Pandemic
A New Set of Problems Social distancing is helping to slow the spread of COVID-19 and without an antidote or vaccine, it’s currently one...
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