Falling Short of the Mark
Apr 09, 2020
With so much more time on our hands, I am sure that some of us may come up against ourselves, the parts of us we may have shelved with our previous busy lives. A philosopher and psychologist, Carl Jung, coined the phrase "the shadow self" which is the unconscious 90% who we are. This constant intrusion of our "subconscious workings" can often make us feel like there is something fundamentally wrong with us, that we are always falling short of the mark.
Carl Jung expanded on the idea from Sigmund Freud, who first start to explore the powerful undercurrent of our subconscious mind and how it has the ability to drown us in a sea of confusion. Our entire life history, the influences of others, our own thoughts and emotions, our false beliefs, is all a part of the subconscious undercurrent.
During that time in history, there was also a seeming rise in what was called "hysteria" (out of control emotionally charged behavior) which Freud who proposed...
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David Gilks
Mindset Expert
David Gilks is a well-respected mindset coach, poet, successful entrepreneur, awarded competitive natural bodybuilder, chartered herbalist and MEDP (medical exercise program director). He holds advanced training in Neurolinguistics and is the founder of the I AM Project. For more than two decades, he has taught clients from numerous backgrounds all over the world how to gain true mastery in all aspects of their life.
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