Author: Kristen Hornung
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Self-Awareness & The Unconscious
What We Don’t Know About Ourselves How can we become more self-aware, especially when self-awareness requires knowing what we don’t know about ourselves? In this reflection, I want to share a little about the unconscious and how depth psychology has shaped my own relationship to insight, awareness, and humility. When I talk about self-awareness here,…
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Containment Strategies
Containment, Embodiment, Structure, and Expression Today I want to talk a little about containment along with embodiment, structure, and expression, and how these ideas can sometimes support us when we feel stuck or overwhelmed. I’m holding a literal container as I write this: a small recipe box. When I’m ruminating or caught in a thought…
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Strategies for Self-Expression
When it’s Hard to Find the Words: Using Images, Symbols, and Indirect Expression There are times when we know we want to express something, but the words just aren’t there. We might feel pressure building inside, a sense that something needs to be said, and yet when we try to speak, the words disappear. Sometimes…