Navigating Young Adulthood: Risks & Rewards

This Jungian Life Podcast

Joseph Lee, Deborah Stewart, Lisa Marchiano

Jungian, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Psychology, Dreams, Jung, Relationships, Selfhelp, Society & Culture, Psychoanalysis

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

The twenties are a period of emerging adulthood, a time to engage in the maturational tasks of finding one’s place in the wider world and forming intimate relationships. This stage of life calls for the ego strength necessary to make initial choices about work, intimacy, money, lifestyle and values. The protections and constraints of family, education, and culture are no longer unquestioned.

It is time to engage life on one’s own authority: take appropriate risks, tolerate anxiety, weather disappointments—and reap the rewards of growing self-confidence and life competencies, lest isolation and stasis ensue. Embark bravely and with an open heart; learn to balance aspiration and reality, passion and practicalities. Jung says, “If one lives life then surely something should come from it. You see, life wants to be real; if you love life you want to live really, not as a mere promise hovering above things.”

Here's the dream we analyze:

"I walk into my older brother's bedroom in my childhood home. The room is full of sunlight. I head towards a mirror that is leaning against the window. I pull down my pants to check on a tattoo I recently got on my right thigh (I really did get a tattoo there recently). As I'm pulling my pants down I see another tattoo on my left thigh. It's massive. The tattoo is of a statue of the Virgin Mary. Except where her face should be there is a black square covering her face. I panic and will myself to remove the tattoo with my own mental fortitude. The tattoo began to disappear. Then came back then finally disappeared."

References:

Erik Erikson. https://www.amazon.com/Stages-Psychosocial-DevelopmentAccording-Erik-Erikson/dp/3656837708/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1UWL0KQ10W1W7&dchild=1&keywords=erik+erikson+stages+of+psychosocial+development&qid=1613407553&sprefix=Erik+Erik%2Caps%2C176&sr=8-2

Poem: Desiderata. https://www.fastquicksearch.com/web?q=Desiderata+the+Poem&qo=relatedSearchNarrow&o=1218739&l=dir

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0:00.0	Have you ever wondered what your dreams mean? Join us in DreamSchool at thisyunginlife.com and find out.
0:09.4	Jung wrote, dreams are a little hidden door in the innermost and most secret recesses of the soul.
0:15.5	DreamSchool is a unique, self-paced online program you can start at any time that unlocks access to your inner
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0:31.1	decipher your personal dream code, and harness it to optimize your life. By enrolling, you'll join an affirming community of fellow travelers,
0:40.8	each pursuing a unique quest.
0:43.6	And it's fun.
0:45.0	Join us on an adventure to wholeness and healing through understanding your dreams.
0:50.1	Go to thisyongyeinLife.com and click on Dream School.
0:54.5	You'll be taken to our secure checkout.
0:57.0	Once you join, you'll get immediate access to our first three modules.
1:01.7	You can get started right away.
1:04.0	We look forward to seeing you there.
1:08.5	Welcome to this Jungian life.
1:10.9	Three good friends and Jungian analysts, Lisa Marchiano, Deborah Stewart, and Joseph Lee,
1:16.4	invite you to join them for an intimate and honest conversation
1:19.9	that brings a psychological perspective to important issues of the day.
1:26.1	I'm Lisa Marchiano, and I'm a Jungian analyst in Philadelphia. I'm Joseph Lee,
1:31.6	and I'm a Jungian analyst in Virginia Beach, Virginia. I'm Deborah Stewart, a Jungian analyst,
1:37.9	on Cape Cod.
1:49.5	This week on the podcast, we wanted to talk about the stage of young adulthood.
1:58.5	I have had the pleasure of working with several people in their 20s, and it's a population that I really enjoy working with.
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