Practically Shameless - 9780979832611

Practically Shameless is the first book to explain the compassionate and life-changing psychology of Carl G. Jung through one person's intimate experiences of shadow and the archetypes. It reveals for the first time the real "purchasing power" of archetypes in daily life for creative self-expression, building self-esteem, reclaiming power to use for good, letting go of destructive behavior patterns, and overcoming depression and lack of purpose.Many books say they will change your life. Practically Shameless actually will. The reason we resist change is that there's a part of the self whose job it is to resist change. It does so for the best of reasons – to protect us from something it considers worse than the change we want to make.Most of us think of our resistance to change as a problem. Practically Shameless reveals for the first time ever that our resistance is a good guy in our inner drama, not a bad guy. Practically Shameless explains and demonstrates the surprising key to turning resistance into forward movement: befriending your resistance by honoring the role it's been playing in protecting you. Once honored, our resistance becomes willing to "stand down." Better, as a treasury of information on risks we've faced in the past, it becomes a valued ally as we move forward.An exercise at the end of Practically Shameless invites the reader to step into this inner protector to be honored directly by the author. An appendix describes the underlying reasons for each kind of destructive behavior to remove shame and make change possible.