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Initiation

Today, few of us participate in formal rituals of initiation. Even without these, however, life initiates us with events that crack us open, shake us out of our safe, comfortable limits, and challenge us to reconsolidate a sense of ourselves along new, more expansive lines. As we move through our parenting journey, we may find that we are initiated again and again.

Motherhood as a Depth Initiation

Motherhood as a Depth Initiation

September 25, 2018 / Podcast
From the This Jungian Life podcast, hear Lisa Marchiano and two other Jungian analyst discuss a depth psychological approach to ...
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Do Kids Have Too Much Power?

Do Kids Have Too Much Power?

January 26, 2018 / Article
These days, there is a widespread tendency for children of all ages to have too much power relative to their ...
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When Motherhood Defeats Us

When Motherhood Defeats Us

August 3, 2017 / Article
It is a human need to experience ourselves as competent. When we are mothering children, whether we feel competent can ...
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Can Motherhood Make You Badass?

Can Motherhood Make You Badass?

June 13, 2017 / Article
My mother was never very good at saying “no.” When as I teenager I would ask her for something she ...
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Listening to Our Parenting Intuition

Listening to Our Parenting Intuition

April 6, 2017 / Article
Perhaps no human endeavor engenders as much well-meaning advice as parenting. Parenting books, websites abound. Friends, relatives (mothers in law?), ...
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Get Rid of Your Teen

Get Rid of Your Teen

March 3, 2017 / Article
The title is a bit of an overstatement. However, there are some good reason to consider giving your adolescent a ...
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Late Adolescence and the Need for Meaning, Part II

Late Adolescence and the Need for Meaning, Part II

February 21, 2017 / Article
In part one of this blog post, I noted that adolescents are prone to face questions of meaning as they ...
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Late Adolescence and the Need for Meaning, Part 1

Late Adolescence and the Need for Meaning, Part 1

February 14, 2017 / Article
“The young know they are wretched, for they are full of the truthless ideals which have been instilled in them, ...
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When Our Child is Suffering

When Our Child is Suffering

February 3, 2017 / Article
There were a few days last fall when both of my children were away on overnight school trips. The first ...
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Big Picture Parenting: How Parenthood Helps Us Grow

Big Picture Parenting: How Parenthood Helps Us Grow

January 31, 2017 / Article
Before I became a mother, I asked an older woman who was a mentor to me what she would have ...
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