After 25 years of being a depth psychologist, Bill Plotkin developed this gem of a book that merges our relationship to nature with human development. This book is a mic drop for any of those who are seeking to find rituals and grow through the phases of maturation.
Estes creates an anthology of myths that were traditionally passed down from woman to woman through oral tradition. Working through these myths in a embodied therapeutic way passes down a vast body of woman’s knowledge that is important to both men and women.
Combining this Robert Johnson book with guidance in our therapy work, clients can enter into the creative world and work of C.G. Jung’s active imagination. Active imagination is one of the main entry points for the life work of individuation.
Greg McKeown helps us remember what is important and essential in our lives. Ultimately we get to decide, but through thoughtful action we do get to make a choice about the shape of our lives.
Robert Johnson clearly explains the underlying myth of Western American love. Understanding and processing this myth is imperitive when entering a love relationship, so the individual can do so consciously and with choice.
In this collection of essays, many Jungians, Carl Jung himself included, discuss topics of our relationship to symbols and their use in our lives. Uncovering an understanding of symbols that are around us can help us to see what we idolize, and what we devalue, and potentially find meaning in both.
Learning to re-parent ourselves is no easy task. Working through this book (which is traditionally used for new parents), in combination with my assigned curriculum, can help adults build a healthy inner parent within themselves to provide comfort and strength in difficult times.
Marion Woodman created a legacy with her foundation that directly faced strong undercurrents of women’s issues: specifically that having to do with the body. This book can help a woman uncover her relationship to perfection.
This book is where you should turn if you are looking for inspiration. Elizabeth Gilbert hits all the points on being human in her inspirational Non-Fiction piece about being able to see past yourself into potential— no matter your belief system.
Understanding what attachment should have looked like, even when one is already an adult, can help that person understand their behaviors as an adult. Understanding behavior is the predecessor to changing it, and/or accepting it.
Paul Tough isolates what actually helps children succeed. It is not a rigid conformity to educational constructs or perfect grades: it is Grit. Tough supports his claims with research and tact.
Nurtureshock is chock full of psychological research studies that you may have never heard of. Ones that go against mainstream concepts of child rearing. Like the one that says that our current philosophy of self-esteem building is eroding our children’s self-efficacy.
Robert Moore connects the archetypes of myth with the psyche of the male masculine. Through using metaphors, such as the ones in this book, a person can find how they relate and dis-relate, which can create stronger bounds of self.
Enter a world where Shannon Hayes questions traditional pathways as being the right path for every individual. Hayes takes the reader around New England, sharing tales of Americans who choose to trade making money for making necessities. Gateway book to cultivating soul in the day to day.
From one of the hosts of the podcast, “This Jungian Life”, Lisa Marchiano, comes a gorgeous book every woman should read. It is about reclaiming vitality and aliveness through casting off social expectations and becoming your true
