Individuation is the psychological transformational process which is one of the hallmarks of Jungian psychology. “According to Jung, “There is no linear evolution; there is only a circumambulation of the self” (Jung & Jaffé, 1989, p. 214). It is easy to confuse individuation with individualism. Indeed, they carry some innate similarities, as both ideas point to what […]
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Defining Soul. Part 2
The following is taken from my dissertation titled “Tending Aging Souls Through Connection with the Natural World: A Depth-ecopsychological Study” (Bridge, 2018). Soul In order to tend the aging soul, we must have an understanding of what is meant by the word soul. It is a word that is often used and yet seldom […]
Defining Soul. Part 1
For my first post I thought it would be a good idea to define what I mean by the word soul. I have long been interested in understanding soul and that is probably what drew me to depth psychology. I remember sitting in a class at Pacifica Graduate Institute in 2012 with Dr. Joe […]
Soul Tending 