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Trump And The Integration Of The Shadow

Trump And The Integration Of The Shadow

Out of the depths of despair and suppressed suffering, Americans have manifested a leader who resembles the ugliness in themselves they cannot bear to confront.

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Mar 06, 2019
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by Ben Cohen

"Something in us wishes to remain a child, to be unconscious or, at most, conscious only of the ego; to reject everything strange, or else subject it to our will; to do nothing, or else indulge our own craving for pleasure or power."

- Carl Jung

One of the hardest things about becoming an adult is accepting the fact that failure is a big part…

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