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“Should I Take Testosterone When I Turn 16?”

by Lisa Marchiano

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A few weeks ago, I received a very thoughtful email from someone who had read my blog. This young person suffers from gender dysphoria and is considering taking testosterone upon turning 16. We agreed together that I would answer the email here on my blog, in public. Dear N, Thank you for your email, and for trusting me with a…

The Healing Power of Myth

Posted on November 7, 2017

by Lisa Marchiano

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“In the last analysis,” Jung wrote, “most of our difficulties come from losing contact with our instincts, with the age-old unforgotten wisdom stored up in us.”[i] When we lose contact with our instincts, we become cut off from our sense of who we are, where we came from, and what we know about our place in the cosmos. This sense…

What Do Our Demons Want from Us?

Posted on July 30, 2017

by Lisa Marchiano

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The concept of psychological complexes was one of Jung’s major theoretical contributions. Complexes are normal. We all have them. According to Jung’s views, a complex is a web of feeling-toned associations that accumulate around an archetypal core. So our experiences of our being cared for by our mother as children coalesce to form an unconscious set of emotions and expectations…