THREE LITTLE PIGS SYNDROME: Is it better to flee or be the big bad wolf?

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

🗓️ 14 March 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Can we grow by facing and integrating our ferocious instincts?

The Three Little Pigs isn't just a children's tale; it's a sharp commentary on resilience, preparation, and the strategic mindset required to navigate life's challenges. This story strips back the layers of our decision-making processes, questioning whether we opt for quick fixes or invest in durable solutions.

Prepare to discover…who embodies the stages of ego development, from initial vulnerability to mature resilience; when the processes of ego fortification and psychological maturation are catalyzed by the confrontation with and integration of our shadow; how the engagement and assimilation of unconscious drives within the psyche contribute to the development of a more integrated and resilient ego structure; what the symbolic elements of the Three Little Pigs fairytale reveal about the universal struggle with internal fears and the path to self-realization; where within the psyche the battle between fleeing from versus confronting one's deepest fears and instincts unfolds; whether the developmental journey towards self-awareness and ego strength is more profoundly influenced by facing one's internal wolves or by avoidance; which themes of resilience, shadow integration, and ego development are exemplified in each pig's approach to building their house; why the integration of instinct and shadow is essential for psychological wholeness and personal empowerment…and so much more.

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0:00.0	Welcome to this Jungian life.
0:03.0	Three good friends and Jungian analysts, Lisa Marciano, Deborah Stewart and Joseph Lee,
0:09.0	invite you to join them for an intimate and honest conversation that brings a psychological perspective to important issues of the day.
0:17.0	I'm Lisa Marciano and I'm a youngian analyst in Philadelphia.
0:22.0	I'm Joseph Lee and I'm a youngian analyst in Philadelphia. I'm Joseph Lee and I'm a youngian analyst in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
0:27.0	I'm Deborah Stewart, a youngian analyst on Cape Cod. Today we are Joseph and I going to take a look at a little fairy tale that I think almost everyone can remember
0:49.3	as an early experience of teaching values and morality and what is the right thing to do, especially
0:59.2	around good hard work.
1:02.2	And the name of this story is the three little pigs. So here is the
1:09.2	story and we're going to use the oldest version of it that we could find because oftentimes
1:16.0	the stories get reworked and reworked a lot of embellishment is either removed or added and we tend to believe that the older
1:26.2	version is sort of the real deal in its original raw form.
1:31.8	So here we go. The three little pigs and English
1:36.4	tale. Once upon a time there was an old sow who had three little pigs and as she had not enough for them to eat
1:47.0	She said they had better go out into the world and seek their fortunes
1:52.3	Now the eldest pig went first, and as he trotted along the road he met a man carrying a bundle of straw, so he said very politely,
2:01.0	If you please, sir, could you give me that straw to build me a house?
2:06.0	And the man seeing what good manners the little pig had gave him the straw
2:11.0	and the little pig set to work and built a beautiful house with it.
2:15.4	Now when it was finished a wolf happened to pass that way and he saw the house and he smelt the pig inside. So he knocked at the door and said,
2:26.0	little pig, little pig, let me in, let me in. But the little pig saw the wolf's big
2:30.8	paws through the keyhole. So he answered back,
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