Alchemical Reflections
From Carl Jung to Astrology to Synchronicity
When the Body Says No
“We have lost touch with the gut feelings designed to be our warning system. The Body mounts a stress response, but the Mind is unaware of the threat." Gabor Mate The Mind-Body Connection – Healthy Ways to Work with Stress “I am stressed out!” “Wow, that situation was...
The Shades of the Matrix – Red or Blue Pill
“Freedom stretches only as far as the limits of our consciousness” - C.G. Jung Which pill do you take? The red pill or the blue pill In the first installment of the Matrix franchise, The Matrix, Thomas Anderson meets Morpheus for the first time in a nondescript dark...
Trust in Relationships
“Trust that which gives you meaning and accept it as your guide” - C.G. Jung “I will never trust anyone again.” How often have we said that to ourselves after being betrayed or hurt in a relationship? We are so quick to judge. We adopt a defensive, self-protective...
Emotions as Messages
“Emotion is the alchemical fire whose warmth brings everything into existence and whose heat burns all superfluities to ashes. But on the other hand, emotion is the moment when steel meets flint, and a spark is struck forth, for emotion is the chief source of...
How Do We Change?
“We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate it, it oppresses." - C. G. Jung Being stuck in a rut Do you ever feel like you are stuck in a rut? The habitual ways of thinking and behaving get stuck like a car in the mud. We try to get...
Soul Making as a Spiritual Practice
“I must learn the dregs of my thought, my dreams, are the speech of my soul.” - C. G. Jung, The Red Book Returning the Soul to Psychology? Eight months before C.G. Jung died, he wrote to a close friend, "I have failed in my foremost task, to open people's eyes to the...
Hope and Being a Spirit Warrior
“We can’t change this world, but we can change ourselves so that we can be of service to this world.” - Margaret J. Wheatley, Who Do We Choose to Be?: Facing Reality, Claiming Leadership,Restoring Sanity A Story of Hope "Have you been trying to get home for a while?"...
How to Turn Emotional Chaos into Emotional Intelligence
Is your emotional river calm? Emotional intelligence When our emotional river is calm, we are centred and peaceful. We are aware of, can control, and express our emotions in a coherent way. We are able to handle our interpersonal relationships judiciously and...
The Psychology of Stress
"Prescriptions comes from outside: transformation comes from within." Dr. Gabor Mate, Canadian physician Do the phrases “I am stressed out” or “wow, that situation was stressful” sound familiar? How about “I am under a lot of pressure” or “I am up to my ears in work”?...
Who is in charge? The Ego or The Self
“The experience of the Self is always a defeat for the ego” C.G. Jung CW14 para 668 The Self It is possible that C.G. Jung’s greatest contribution to the experience of meaning in the modern-day was creating a bridge between spirituality and psychology. Jung’s...
Where do we belong?
“Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.” Brene Brown I love my neighbourhood. There is a simple reason for this. I am connected...
The Pain of Procrastination
If you wait until the wind and the weather are just right, you will never plant anything and never harvest anything. Anonymous We all do it! We sit down to tackle a difficult task or job then . . . Oh, there is an email I haven’t responded to . . . Oh, I wanted to...