Monthly Archives: February 2010
Truth in Feeling
Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth. (Benjamin Disraeli)
Circumstances
Circumstances don’t always happen for the best, but we always can make the best of the circumstances that happen. (Tal Ben-Shahar)
Fault Finder or Benefit Finder?
I have two clients, Eloise and Ellie. Yesterday, I had a session with each of them, and this is what they told me: Eloise: When I was a senior in high school, I was accepted to a very prestigious … Continue reading
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Make the Most of Today
What I do today is important because I am exchanging a day of my life for it. (Author Unknown )
The Wisdom of Carl Jung
Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent. (Carl Jung)
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Living Authentically in the Second Half of Life
I was reading about Carl Jung and discovered the following quotation: “Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent.” I shared Jung’s quote with several friends … Continue reading
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Tagged authentic, bliss, body compass, childhood, creativity, Jung, meaning, midlife, mindful, pay attention, potential, psyche, reawaken, reinvent, retirement, second half of life, unlived life, whole
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Is something essential missing from your life?
According to Jungian psychotherapists, Robert A. Johnson and Jerry M. Ruhl, there is a shift at midlife from TIME SINCE BIRTH to TIME UNTIL DEATH. In the Second Half of Life, “we often feel that time is running out while … Continue reading
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Will I Always Be Alone?
Many of us who are single, divorced, or widowed have the fear that we may spend the rest of our lives alone. It’s important to find the thoughts or beliefs that are behind this fear and causing our pain. … Continue reading
