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In this week’s edition, I explain the psychological idea of your future self and how your interests, which manifest themselves moment to moment and lead to maximal development, propel you to adventure. Then, I share a recent podcast episode in which I break down the personality types of Donald Trump and his coalition of supporters. From the archives, I answer the question of how to regain lost hope.
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Advice
Pursue Your Interests And Answer The Call To Adventure
In Jungian psychology, circumambulation is a process which involves your future self. When you look back at your experiences, you might notice there are themes in your life, typical experiences which repeat themselves. You are circling yourself as you move across time.
Jung’s idea was that you have a potential future self who is everything you could be and one which manifests itself moment to moment in your present life by making you interested in certain things. Those interests would guide you along a path that leads to maximal development. While it may sound like a metaphysical idea — or even a mystical idea — it is not. It is actually a profound biological idea. Moment to moment, your interest is captured by the things that will lead you down the path of development.
There is utility in pursuing those things in which you are interested. That is the call to adventure, a call that takes you many places. But it is an error-ridden process because when new parts of you manifest themselves and you are seized by your interests, you sometimes pursue them quite badly. You stumble around when you try to do something new. That is why the fool is the precursor to the savior from the symbolic perspective: You have to be a fool before you can be a master. If you are not willing to be a fool, then you cannot be a master.
Yet you are essentially set up so that you are automatically interested in what will fully expand you as a well-adapted creature. Despite the fact you may be a fool, you are still meant to go on the adventure. You are capable of learning enough as a consequence of moving forward on the adventure so that you straighten yourself out across time.
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In the second episode of his new series “Negotiation,” Dr. Jordan B. Peterson reveals how honesty, preparation, and mutual benefit form the core of effective negotiation in all life scenarios. From defusing dangerous situations to closing deals, discover how overcoming your fear of confrontation can end in win-win outcomes. Watch Episode one on DailyWire+.
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On Depression And Anxiety: Specifying The Nature Of The Problem
Generally, when people come to see a psychotherapist, they do it for one of three reasons. They are either depressed or they are anxious or some combination of the two, or they do not do a particularly good job of standing up for themselves, in which case they need what’s often called assertiveness training. We will walk through all of those, but we will start with depression.
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Trump’s X-Men Team: A Psychological Analysis | Dr. Jordan B. Peterson | EP 492
In this episode, I break down the personality types of Donald Trump and his coalition of supporters — including Elon Musk, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tulsi Gabbard, Vivek Ramaswamy, and JD Vance — through a psychological lens.
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How To Put Your Life Back Together After Leaving A Relationship
A participant in a Q&A I conducted a year ago explained they had been in an abusive relationship and went through an ugly breakup. In the process, they lost their life savings, became depressed, and found themselves raising their child alone while fearing they would not recover financially. They asked: How do I regain lost hope? I explained that it is difficult to have hope without a vision. Hope is a positive emotion, mediated by a neurological system. You experience positive emotion when you are moving toward a goal, so if you do not have a goal, you do not experience positive emotion. Therefore, you must develop a positive vision so that hope can be restored in your life.
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The "We Who Wrestle With God" Tour
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Thank you for reading,
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
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