After Jesper Juul, I would like to present the perspective of another male psychologist and psychotherapist on the crisis of the masculine role in the family—James Hillman, as expressed in his book The Soul’s Code. According to Hillman, the problem of absent fathers lies in the fact that the pendulum has swung to the opposite […]
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16.11.2024
Jesper Juul on the “new fathers”
The challenges in the spiritual development of women and men are both the same and different. Now I would like to address the difference in men by presenting the ideas of two male psychologists, Jesper Juul, a systemic psychotherapist and author of the book Being a Man and a Father, and James Hillman, the creator […]
Since it has become clear that a healthy expression of empathy depends on a high degree of differentiation and the establishment of firm boundaries between the Self and others, it is important to understand how such boundaries are formed. This is the subject of the next section in Liz Greene’s book The Astrological Neptune and […]
27.03.2016
Rejecting the Father…
Author. M.V. Lukovnikova Translated from Russian by Violeta Book Rejecting the Father… During the initial interview (a 6-years-old boy; severe neurotic disorder): – Who do you live with? – Mom. – And dad? – We kicked him out. – How come? – We divorced him… He humiliated us… He’s not a man… He ruined our […]
What Is a Spoiled Child “A spoiled child is not a child who receives too much of what it wants.A spoiled child is one who does not receive enough of what it needs.” This is Jesper Juul’s definition of a spoiled child from his book “Here I Am! Who are You?” Juul, a Danish family therapist […]
It has been a long time since I recommended books on my website, and to compensate, I will recommend three at once! This is because I am not just recommending the books, but their author—Jesper Juul, the Danish family therapist and author of numerous books on parent-child relationships and upbringing. His most famous work is […]
09.08.2014
James Hillman: The Acorn Theory
“To be born into precisely this body, from precisely these parents, in precisely this place – and all the so-called external circumstances – all these events are interwoven and ordained by the Moirai.” –Plotinus According to James Hillman, a human being’s destiny is shaped by a unique inner image that we carry within us from […]
Below I share the most important things I know from my own experience about how to be good parents to our children. And, as is usually the case for me, I look for the spiritual dimension of this profoundly important role in our lives. Protecting from Mistakes or Learning from Mistakes One of the main […]
28.02.2013
The Rattlesnake Farm
This is a story about a farmer from Florida who inherited a piece of land that was extremely infertile. I read it some time ago in a book by Dale Carnegie and remembered it because it touches on one of my favorite themes—the transformation of lead into gold, which he calls “how to turn lemons […]
21.02.2012
The dual parent-child relationship
Here’s more by Pamela Kribbe about breaking the negative bonds of dependency on our parents: “To be really free and to regain your mastership as an independent spiritual being, you have to let go of your birth family. You have to let go of them, not only as their child but also as their parent. […]
18.02.2012
Healing the Bond with the Family of Origin
This is a continuation of the theme from the previous post regarding “The Sword of Discernment” and its application in healing our relationship with our family of origin. Once again, I will use a quote from Pamela Kribbe’s book, “The Jeshua Channelings”: *“When you embark on the path of spiritual growth, at some point this […]
29.01.2012
Why the Victim is Rarely Helpless
“When a wrong is committed against someone, they suffer helplessly. The more helpless the victim, the more severely we judge the offender. But the injured partner is rarely completely helpless after the harm has been done. They usually have the opportunity to act—either to end the relationship or to demand atonement from their partner, […]
