The Devouring Mother: When Son is Emotional Food
If the mother, because she is lonely…chooses to override the instruction to attenuate the [mother-son] bond, she will turn into a devouring mother… Anthony Stevens, Archetype Revisited A present and committed man in the household is crucial not only in the role he plays as a father, but also as a husband to his wife. For when a woman’s emotional and intimacy needs are satisfied by her husband, she is able to use him as an emotional anchor to hold onto as she navigates the di
Recurrent Dreams: Messages from the Inner World
The dream is the small hidden door in the deepest and most intimate sanctum of the soul, which opens to that primeval cosmic night that...
The Man Child, the Overbearing Mother and the Absent Father (Part II)
In the first article of the “Man Child” series, the problem of the puer aeternus – the man who struggles to mature beyond an adolescent...
The Absent Mother Complex
Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate. ~ C.G. Jung The development of a...
The Psychology of Evil
The Academy of Ideas Death on a Pale Horse (John Hamilton Mortimer, 1784) “Evil in the world today has become a visible Great Power.” ~...
3 Phrases to Avoid Using with Your Young Child as a Conscious Parent (And what to say instead)
Parenting does not come with a manual. We may think we are experts at parenting, but the truth of the matter is: We have no idea what we...
