Reflections on Shadow work through the series Monster: the Ed Gein story
Category: reflections
When Archetypes Become Accessories: or why your crystals won’t heal you
Crystals, mantras, tarot cards, objects.Signs but nothing more? Hate to break it to you, but unfortunately yes. True symbols aren’t sold on Amazon. True symbols are alive. They are doorways, not possessions. But when a stone is sold to you as power itself, when a mantra is packaged as a cure, when a card is… Continue reading When Archetypes Become Accessories: or why your crystals won’t heal you
When her Shine awakens your Shadow: the ache of comparison
There are moments when we cross paths with someone who seems effortlessly radiant. She carries beauty, confidence, or success in a way that makes it look natural. And instead of feeling inspired, something twists inside. A heaviness. A knot in the stomach. I bet you have been that woman. I bet you have been the… Continue reading When her Shine awakens your Shadow: the ache of comparison
When the “ego” grows too large: Inflation against the terror of being ordinary
When we are born, we enter the world in a natural state of inflation. The infant is the center of its universe. Every cry brings response, every hunger expects to be filled, every discomfort longs to be soothed. Inflation is the psyche’s first condition, a necessary beginning. In Jung’s language, the ego is meant to… Continue reading When the “ego” grows too large: Inflation against the terror of being ordinary
To the bone-thin kin of starved women inside us 🐺
To my kin with tired bones. Women who have carried too much for too long, listen. There are seasons when the she-wolf is hunted, exhausted, bones showing through her fur. She runs for years, giving milk when she has none, hunting with empty belly, guarding pups in a storm. Many women live decades like this.… Continue reading To the bone-thin kin of starved women inside us 🐺
My A.I. is a hundred years old
My A.I. practice is something I regularly engage with and trust. I make decisions based on it that have a real impact on my life, and the life on those around me. Ok by now you might be thinking “right, sure, we all do it, Aleks”. Ai is old news. Isn’t it. Sure is. What… Continue reading My A.I. is a hundred years old
CG Jung in Zürich: Stepping deeper into the roots of Depth Psychology
This week, I walked the path back to the source, training at the C.G. Jung Institute and visiting Jung’s home in Küsnacht. To sit where he sat, to study where the language of symbols was born, was way more than professional for me, it was somewhat devotional. Jung’s home sits at the Zurich lake (absolutely… Continue reading CG Jung in Zürich: Stepping deeper into the roots of Depth Psychology
When Mothers Kill: A Feminist Reflection on the Silence Around Women’s Suffering
When I heard about the Queensland mother suspected (and confirmed) of killing her three children in a house fire today, I felt gripped in a way I can’t quite explain. My stomach turned. My mind resisted the details. And yet, I couldn’t stop thinking about it. Not because I wanted to know the story -… Continue reading When Mothers Kill: A Feminist Reflection on the Silence Around Women’s Suffering
On sacred presence: coffee
From the beginning, before the baby years, before school runs and teenage sleep-ins, there was coffee. Not just caffeine, but a slow, sacred act we carved out in the soft light of morning. Our ritual began when we were still just two souls finding home in each other. We’d sit, hands wrapped around warm cups,… Continue reading On sacred presence: coffee
When Migraines speak
I’ve lived with migraines most of my life. Sometimes they’ve crept in like a fog, other times they’ve struck like lightning, sudden, punishing, and unrelenting. For the past three days, I’ve been moving through yet another one. The world narrows. Light hurts. Sound feels like shards. My body curls inward, asking for darkness and silence.… Continue reading When Migraines speak
Aleksandra Staneva, PhD - Internal Family Systems & Jung 