Dear Readers, The following is the first of a 4-part excerpt from Chapter 1 of Sacred Selfishness, Captives of Normalcy. Captives of Normalcy For certain societies that people today like to call primitive, the dominating trait of life was …
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Have 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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When 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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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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Anxiety is the kind of fear that isnʼt based on an actual threat. It is a deeper fear, a fear that can haunt us. It is a fear of life…of worries about the future and of our abilities to handle …
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For many of us, it is difficult to find our own true voice. In some cases, we may not even be letting ourselves realize that we have lost our voice or that, perhaps, we have never developed our own voice. …
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Imagine that your life is threatened, and in order to escape the threat, you must create another identity, a false cover. In a way, this is what most of us do as we grow up, and seek to fit into …
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Zurich-trained Jungian analyst and author Bud Harris, Ph.D. presents his memoir, Cracking Open, at Malaprop’s Bookstore in Asheville, NC on July 12, 2015.
Jungian analysts Massimilla Harris, Ph.D. and Bud Harris, Ph.D. introduce their book Into the Heart of the Feminine at Malaprop’s Bookstore in Asheville, NC on March 29, 2015 followed by a question & answer session with the audience.
Finding our Inner Guidelines for Action In my last blog, “Opening to Transformations“, I explain that my new book Cracking Open: A Memoir of Struggling, Passages, and Transformations grew out of journaling that I did in my personal process of individuation. …
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