Our unlived lives take their revenge through our restless feelings of dissatisfaction, guilt over failing to live up to our hopes and dreams, emotional pain that undermines us, destructive habits, and even in our illnesses. The roots of the things …
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Author Archives: Dr. Bud Harris
Spring 2013 Newsletter
Dr. Bud HarrisDear Reader : As I leave my office in the evening I am enjoying the fact that the days are changing and it is still light when I walk outside. Last fall when the days were darkening I found myself reflecting on our fear …
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Fall 2011 Newsletter
Dr. Bud HarrisKnowing the Questions, Living the Answers Dear Reader, I am writing to tell you some of the story behind my newest book tocome into print. In actuality I wrote the manuscript in the mid nineteen nineties. At the time it …
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Individuation, The Promise in Jung’s Legacy and Why Our Culture Has Trouble Accepting It
Dr. Bud HarrisIn June 2011 I was invited to give the C.G. Jung Memorial Lecture, sponsored by the Jung Society of Washington D.C. and presented at the Embassy of Switzerland. The title of the lecture was “Individuation, The Promise in Jung’s Legacy …
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Spring 2011 Newsletter
Dr. Bud HarrisDear Reader, As I continue this series of reflections on my journey with my daughter and her illness, also our families’ journey, the meaning of the winter solstice lingers in my mind. Weeks ago night reached its zenith and daylight …
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Fall 2010 Newsletter
Dr. Bud HarrisDear Reader, As my life has continued since my last newsletter where I shared some of my journey with my daughter and her illness I have been reflecting on the issues of “soul-pain” and helplessness. Soul-pain comes from the depth …
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Spring 2010 Newsletter
Dr. Bud Harris Dear Reader, This has been a long, snowbound winter that has left many of us longing to see the tender green sprouts of spring peeping up through the earth. But in my heart there is a place that is …
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Dynamic Listening
Dr. Bud HarrisSpring 2009 Newsletter
Dr. Bud HarrisDear Reader, In my last newsletter I quoted the Jungian analyst and author June Singer as saying that an analyst is needed who is not only wise and compassionate, but also singed, scorched and seasoned. I added that this sentence …
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Fall 2008 Newsletter
Dr. Bud HarrisDear Reader, “An analyst is needed who is not only wise and compassionate, but also singed, scorched and seasoned: someone who understands how tough life really is” is a sentence that vibrated through my being like an electric current when …
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