A discussion with Nicole Burgess, LMFT, on the "Launching Your Daughter" podcast. We discuss:
- What it is to be a Jungian analyst
- Jung stated we don’t stop growing psychology-it is a life long journey
- My experience of being a mother and doing Jungian training
- Parenting has its challenges and it can help parents continue to grow
- Self-care can help mothers staying connected to themselves
- Motherhood can increase creativity
- Giving yourself permission to set time aside for creative outlet
- Can help you focus more vs trying to make the situation perfect
- Role models to children
- Creativity can feed our soul
- Split off from creativity due to motherhood
- How Rumpelstiltskin fairytale mirrors splitting off part of self and reintegration
- How JK Rowling’s childhood experience with her dad impacted her creativity and relationships Stories that were created from ancestors and challenging them
- Can nurture your creativity and children
- Changing from “either/or” to “both/and” language
- Being mindful of not making your children the excuse for not practicing self-care, staying connected to self or pursuing your dreams
- When we don’t make time for ourselves it can increase feeling overwhelmed, stressed, anxious, and depression
Orginally posted at launchingyourdaughter.libsyn.com
