Friday, November 3, 7:30 pm
THE VITAL SPARK:
RECLAIMING OUR OUTLAW ENERGIES
ONLINE PRESENTATION VIA ZOOM
Presenter: Lisa Marchiano, LCSW, Jungian Analyst amd
Co-Host of the podcast This Jungian Life
There are qualities such as kindness, empathy, and agreeableness that can help us get and stay connected with each other, and there are fiery qualities such as anger, shrewdness, and forcefulness that can help us get and stay connected to ourselves. Roughly speaking, the first set of attributes foster relationship, while the second set enables personal empowerment and assertiveness. At work or in friendship, in marriages and partnerships, we often tend to focus on the other person, sometimes at our own expense.
Many of us, therefore, get cut off from part of our essential nature early in life. But these traits don’t disappear, even when we banish them. They emerge as dark moods—irritability, resentment, or bitterness. They surface in chaotic or passive-aggressive acts that sabotage us or are ineffective. They turn up as symptoms--anxieties, panic attacks or depression. In this lecture, we will consider the inner and outer demand that many of us feel to be “nice.” What are the benefits of being kind and accommodating? What are the costs? And how can we make sure this tendency doesn’t get in the way of our authenticity and growth toward wholemess?
Lisa Marchiano is a Jungian analyst, podcaster, and author. She is the co-host of the popular depth psychology podcast This Jungian Life and the co-creator of Dream School. She is on the faculty of the
C. G. Jung Institute of Philadelphia and lectures widely on Jungian topics. She is the author of the award-winning book Motherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself. Her second book, The Vital Spark: Reclaim Your Outlaw Energies and Find Your Feminine Fire, will be published by Sounds True in February 2024. She is currently working with her This Jungian Life cohosts Deb Stewart and Joseph Lee on a third book on dream interpretation due in the fall of 2024.
Non-members $10, free to Jung Society members.
A link to the program will be emailed to you on the day of the presentation.
1.5 CE credit hours for LPCs and Social Workers, additional $10
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the morning of the program.
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