The story of rescue of the miners trapped at the bottom of the mine at Copiapo, Chile embodies resilience,to a remarkable degree. The world’s media have been following the fortunes of the miners with tremendous verve and intensity. From a psychological point of view, why is it that this story grips us so?
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The Psychological Meaning of the Chilean Miners
October 15th, 2010 · 4 Comments · archetypal experience, Current Affairs, Hope, inner life, mine rescue, Psychology, Psychology and Suburban Life, psychotherapist, Psychotherapy, resilience, symbolism, therapy
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Escaping the Grip of Regret, Part 3: Through Phoenix Gate
August 11th, 2010 · 4 Comments · complexes, depression, depth psychology, guilt, Individuation, inner life, Jungian analysis, Jungian psychology, Psychology and Suburban Life, regret, Shadow, soul, therapy, unconscious, unlived life, wholeness
Hopefully I have succeeded in making one very central thing clear: regret is not some peripheral thing in our lives that is going to be cleared away by simply improving our thinking. It strikes deeper. It is much more fundamental. How then are we to deal with the presence of regret in our lives? To answer this question in our own personal way, we have to meet this question for ourselves head on.
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