UK Life Coaching Journal

C.G.Jung quote:     Comments (0)

“Every one of us gladly turns away from his problems; if possible, they must not be mentioned, or, better still, their existence is denied.  We wish to make our lives simple, certain, and smooth, and for that reason problems are taboo.  We want to have certainties and no doubts - results and no experiments - without even seeing that certainties can arise only through doubt and results only through experiment.  The artful denial of a problem will not produce conviction; on the contrary, a wide and higher consciousness is required to give us the certanty and clarity we need.”

                        Vol. 9, The Structure & Dynamics of the Psyche, p. 751 

Quote for today:     Comments (0)

“We do not see the world as it is, we see the world as we are”

                                                                                     The Talmud

Carl Rogers quote:     Comments (0)

“… I feel that risk-taking is one of the many things I myself have learned from experience…. Though I do not always live up to it, I have learned that basically there is nothing to be afraid of. When I present myself as I am, when I can just come forth non-defensively, without armour, just me - when I can accept the fact that I have many deficiencies and faults, make many mistakes, and am often ignorant when I should be knowledgeable, often prejudiced when I should be open-minded, often having feelings that are not justified by the circumstances - then I can be much more real.

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Transference… what is it, exactly?     Comments (0)

Transference has been called “the projecting of a perfect picture upon an imperfect screen.”  It forms the basis of many human relationships, in which one person unconsciously endows qualities of perfection upon another.  As this sets up an unequal power balance between the two people involved, the ‘lesser’ will typically project (or transfer) their longed-for ideal on to the ’greater’, attributing to them numinous or god-like qualities.

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