Tag: mental-health
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Love heals (literally)

“Love casts out fear; but conversely fear casts out love. And not only love. Fear also casts out intelligence, casts out goodness, casts out all thought of beauty and truth” Aldous Huxley, writer and philosopher. “It’s coming on Christmas” as Joni Mitchell sings and for most of us this is a time of coming together…
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Projection anyone?

“The most dangerous psychological mistake is the projection of the shadow onto others; this is the root of almost all conflicts.” Carl Jung This month, I thought I’d explore a meaty concept which comes up a lot in therapy, projection. As the quote from Carl Jung explains, projection is a psychological process which has a great…
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Being bold, being brave

“Only boldness can deliver us from fear.” Carl Jung (If you’d like to hear an audio version of this post, then head on over to my Substack!) The other day I was lucky enough to be enjoying a facial courtesy of a very kind Christmas present (lucky me), and the therapist asked me to draw…