… Do you really know what you want?… I encounter many different people daily who are fascinating and remarkable, and I often find myself standing in awe of how unique we all are as individuals. Yet as I get …
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Jungian psychology
Awakening to Our Stories: Captives of Normalcy (Part 2)
Dr. Bud HarrisTo understand what Jung meant by a religious attitude and our emotional problems, we need to become familiar with what he calls the individuation process. While each of us grows and ages physically, whether we like it or not, the same fact isn’t true about our psychological growth. The individuation process recognizes that after we have grown to a certain point psychologically, we have to make an effort; we have to pursue self-knowledge, to mature as people and live in a satisfying manner in our relationships and culture.
Reclaiming the Feminine: A Reader’s Response and Personal Story – Part Three
Bud and Massimilla HarrisOne of the most rewarding aspects of being authors of books like INTO THE HEART OF THE FEMININE are the responses we get from readers. These responses encourage us, energize our work and fill us with awe and humility. The …
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Reclaiming the Feminine: Celebrating Change – Part Two
Bud and Massimilla HarrisHave you ever been afraid of what people are going to think about you…how they are going to respond to you? We were feeling that way…after we finished our manuscript, Into the Heart of the Feminine. Over many years, we …
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Reclaiming the Feminine: A Mission Renewed – Part One
Bud and Massimilla Harris Anxiety, hypersensitivity, and a loss of hope and faith in life lurk in the shadows, beneath the surface of our “too busy” lives for many of us. After a year of hearing from our readers and members of study …
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Sacred Selfishness: Self-Loving vs. Self-Serving (Part 3)
Dr. Bud HarrisHave you ever thought about how strongly we have been indoctrinated into the idea: “Don’t be selfish?” When I think back about the southern culture I was raised in, I remember very clearly being told, “Don’t be selfish,” again and …
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Sacred Selfishness: From Self-Judgement to Self-Acceptance (Part 2)
Dr. Bud HarrisWhen we paralyze ourselves with self-critical, judgmental attitudes, the life energy that is supposed to be sustaining our growth becomes regressive, stagnant, and deadly. Soon we become bonded to fear, the fear of losing what we have attained or the …
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Sacred Selfishness: Honoring Your Own Needs in the Quest for Authenticity (Part 1)
Dr. Bud Harris Imagine living a life free from fear…Imagine getting past anxieties imposed by our culture…and becoming truly successful on our own genuine terms. These are the goals I suggested for us in my last blog about facing the demon of …
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Women’s Anger and the Roots of Empowerment
Dr. Massimilla HarrisLike so many women, I have known my inner rage was built in small ways and large ways, over time. Some of it flowed into me through the previous generations of women that also struggled against tides of sorrow and disappointment. I …
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