The Psychology of Meaning: Keys to Authentic Living

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

🗓️ 2 January 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

What gives life meaning and guides us through times of emptiness and uncertainty?

The Psychology of Meaning: Keys to Authentic Living explores the processes of self-discovery, purpose, and transformation. Along with James Hollis, Ph.D., we examine how meaning shapes our lives through symbolic living, midlife transitions, dreams, and navigating despair. You’ll gain insights into aligning your inner and outer worlds, reclaiming your lost connections, and making choices that reflect your core values. Join us and wrestle with questions about purpose, fulfillment, and the human journey.

Prepare to discover what meaning is, how it shapes your inner and outer lives, which choices align with your values, whether crises and despair can lead to transformation, why aligning with deeper truths is essential for authentic living…and so much more.

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0:00.0	Welcome to this Jungian life.
0:04.2	Three good friends and Jungian analysts, Lisa Marchiano, Deborah Stewart, and Joseph Lee,
0:09.7	invite you to join them for an intimate and honest conversation that brings a psychological perspective to important issues of the day.
0:19.4	I'm Lisa Marchiano, and I'm a Jungian analyst in Philadelphia. I'm Joseph Lee,
0:24.9	and I'm a Jungian analyst in Virginia Beach, Virginia. I'm Deborah Stewart, a Jungian analyst,
0:31.1	and Cape Cod.
0:48.4	Thank you. Well, we're so pleased to have James Hollis back on the podcast.
0:54.7	Jim has written innumerable, wonderful books, all of which we recommend, and we will link to many in the show notes.
0:56.6	He also was kind enough to write us a forward to our new book, Dreamwise.
1:00.6	So thank you, Jim.
1:01.6	We haven't had a chance to say thanks in person like this.
1:06.6	Jim is also one of the original founders of the Philadelphia Association of Union analysts, where we all trained.
1:14.8	And as a Philadelphian, Jim is an Eagles fan, as am I, because I'm in Philadelphia.
1:21.8	So we have our gear on today after an important victory yesterday over the Ravens.
1:27.8	But onto the more important stuff, Jim trained in Zurich.
1:31.7	He practices in Washington, D.C. and lives with his wife in Bethesda, Maryland.
1:36.7	He's the author of 20 books, and the latest is due out this March, and it's entitled, Living with Borrow Dust, Reflections on Life, Love,
1:47.2	and Other Grievances. And we're super excited for that book. And we thought we would talk today
1:54.2	about important topic, which is meaning and the nature of meaning and the importance of it and how a lack of meaning can
2:05.3	contribute to psychological distress. And what did Jung think about meaning? So I don't know if you want to
2:13.1	jump in, Jim, and start us off. All right. Well, I think Jung said very succinctly, the smallest of, and I'm quoting here, the
2:21.2	smallest of things with meaning is always larger than the largest of things without meaning.
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