In this episode, I continue reading from my book, Your Soul is Talking. Are You Listening? 5 Steps to Uncovering Your Hidden Purpose. 

My book teaches the reader how the unconscious speaks and brings those concepts to life through my personal stories of midlife unraveling, reconstruction, healing personal wounds related to sexuality and spirituality, and the Anxiety of living life in a completely new way. 

Chapter 3 lays out some terms I use, some of them academic, and others more common but I use them in a more symbolic way. We’re getting there, the juicy part is coming.

Also, here are some of the books I mentioned, and most with links to www.bookshop.org, which supports local book stores.   

Memories, Dreams, Reflections (Jung, 1989)
Modern Man in Search of a Soul (Jung, 1955)
On the Nature of the Psyche (Jung, 1954/1972)
The Living God and Our Living Psyche; What Christians Can Learn from Carl Jung (Ulanov, 2008)
The Creation of Consciousness: Jung’s Myth for Modern Man (Edinger, 1975/1984)
Picturing God (Ulanov, 2002)
Re-Visioning Psychology (Hillman, 1992)

Check out more of my work at www.deborahlukovich.com, where you can also subscribe to receive notifications of new blog posts, podcast episodes, updates on my writing, and information about my Coaching services.

Check out my new book, Your Soul is Talking. Are You Listening? 5 Steps to Uncovering Your Hidden Purpose.

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Thanks for listening and having the courage to explore the deeper meaning in your own life. 

Deborah Lukovich, PhD 

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Deborah Lukovich, PhD, is depth psychology coach, author, blogger, podcaster, and YouTuber, all ways she overshares her crazy midlife adventures and creates space for others to find deeper meaning in their own. She loves engaging with thousands of Twitter followers too.

She holds a M.A. and PhD in Depth Psychology with a specialization in Jungian and Archetypal Studies. Through coaching, writing, and conversation, Deborah is on a mission to empower people with a framework for self-reflection focused on learning the language of the unconscious, through which the Soul reveals clues about our deepest desires.

She describes herself as an accidentally funny, awkward depth psychology nerd who is addicted to finding meaning in ordinary life events, and over-shares to encourage others to explore the deeper meaning of their lives.