Posts Tagged With ‘ Deborah Lukovich ’

Another Chat with Jungian Analyst Vlado Solc This is a followup to the Dose of Depth episode I’m about to publish. I’m excited to bring back Vlado Solc for the third time. He’s a Jungian analyst and psychotherapist practicing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Vlado focuses on psycho-spiritual crisis, which you can think of as losing meaning or a sense of direction in life. He also focuses on mind-body connection, immigration & cultural issues, and women’s empowerment. His treatment specialties include addiction, individual and marital psychotherapy, and youth populations. Vlado has authored... Continue Reading

About a year ago, I had a chat with Jungian Analyst Vlado Solc about his book, Dark Religion: Fundamentalism from the Perspective of Jungian Psychology, which he wrote in partnership with George Didier. My own PhD research had explored women’s experience of reconciling sexuality and spirituality through the lens of Jungian theory of individuation, and I found Dark Religion to be a uniquely comprehensive presentation of Jungian theory on religion and individuation. C.G. Jung, one of the founders of depth psychology, described individuation as the process of coming into relationship with one’s... Continue Reading

A Client Tale About When Liberation Overcomes Anxiety NOTE: If you enjoy this or any bog post, please like, comment, and share with others. Subscribing to my website will get you notifications for all my free content via my newsletter. Onto this post: When Do We Really Know We’ve Changed? My clients teach me so much, and they help me become conscious of my own talent for being their witness and guide as they come into deeper relationship with Self. Something new had been coming to the surface for me for a while, an awareness of the subtle nature of changing who we are. When do we really step... Continue Reading

When Sex Meets God: a midlife story is almost ready to publish I’ve been on a roller coaster these last few months as I work to finish and publish my fourth book. This one is different. It’s personal because it’s my story, but it’s also universal and I know so many people will find themselves in it. When Sex Meets God: a midlife story, is about unraveling, finding personal truth, and reconciling inner battles, which ultimately leads to unleashing in a new way. Parts of the story are tragic and sad and other parts are awkward and amusing. Then there are the vulnerable... Continue Reading

You’ll Have Fun & Learn How to Launch Your Own Book Too It’ finally going to happen. I’ll be sharing my crazy midlife journey in my coming memoir, When Sex Meets God: a midlife story. Tentative launch date is June 15th, which is my birthday, and official launch team tasks will begin in April. Before then, I’ll be asking for feedback on my cover, help with determining key words, and opportunities to share links to my free content to build my credibility with your network. In this post, I share a little bit about how my memoir came about and what it means to be on my... Continue Reading

The Role of the Doorway It’s that time of year again. The momentum and anticipation started in the weeks leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday. For some, anxiety about family sets in quickly and for others it is indeed the most wonderful time of the year. Before we know it, we will find ourselves in the psychological space of new beginnings without really thinking too much about it. Maybe you always laugh and quickly come up with some resolutions right before or after the stroke of midnight. Or maybe you really do give it some serious thought, but no matter how determined and inspired... Continue Reading

Finding Deeper Meaning in Your Film Viewing Experience. If you’re like me, you’ll go see a movie simply because Brat Pitt is in it. It doesn’t matter what role or how big a role, I’ll be there or be square. It’s been a while since a movie has intrigued me on a depth level, and I have to say it took me until the end of Bullet Train (Leitch & Fuqua, 2022) to appreciate the secret message that was being delivered via the collective unconscious, but I got it eventually. I haven’t fully processed it though, and this is one of those films I will have to go back and see, I’m not... Continue Reading

The 3 Ps: A New Framework for Finding the Deeper Purpose of Relationships This really happened a few weeks ago on my morning walk. After the brilliant idea burst out of my unconscious, I laughed at an obvious hidden motivation behind my obsession with this daily ritual. I now was a living example of how moving your body (the feminine) in partnership with the mind (the masculine) invites innovative ideas to take shape as they burst into consciousness. I was contemplating how to begin a depth psychology coaching session with a couple. There had been an unusually dramatic conflict the week before.... Continue Reading

Did you get my book yet? Thank you if you did, and please consider leaving a review on Amazon or Goodreads. If you haven’t purchased it yet, consider getting it from Bookshop.org if you want to support local bookstores. Or, you can now listen to me read Chapters 1-14 on my podcast, Dose of Depth. Chapter 13–Complexes Complexes simply are patterns of behavior and thinking that are rooted in our earliest childhood years. Simply is not how they manifest however, and many patterns that were once neutral and helpful can suddenly become problematic. Because complexes get triggered or are... Continue Reading

Hey blog readers, have you checked out my podcast – Dose of Depth? Through conversation, stories, and education, we explore the deeper meaning of ordinary life experiences. I’m nearing 1,000 downloads of 30 different episodes. Listen to engaging conversations with authors, PhDs, a yoga instructor, a relationship coach . . . We take on topics like integrating marginalized people into fictional works, finding the personal in the universal, tending images of collective fear, whether Christianity can evolve out of patriarchy, creative monogamy, dark religion, and the deeper meaning of romantic... Continue Reading