Are you a man who feels you want to connect more on an emotional level to others? This episode helps you improve emotional intelligence as we dive into the concept of the Anima which starts with the early life relationship with your mother.
If you want to become a life coach and wonder how you can help others, listen to our recent Soul Sessions podcast episode to explore how our unique Jungian coaching model is the future of coaching.
This is the last of our current series on the parent-child dynamics that shape our adult life. In this last installment we examine the Mother-Son relationship.
For men, the mother is his first experience of the Anima, their unconscious feminine principle in their psyche. Depending on their relationship with the mother, the man either cultivates their emotional intelligence or it stagnates which creates difficulty in connecting to others on a deeper level.
Eros is another term that Jung used to describe the feminine principle. If a man isn’t in touch with this principle, they are not consciously connecting to the soul within. This lack of connection leads to unfulfilling relationships, pursuing careers without meaning and establishing a sense of their own soulful nature.
Questions:
How would you describe your relationship with your mother growing up?
How do you project the assumptions about that relationship onto the women in your life, both romantically and otherwise?
How would you describe your relationship with your inner life, your soulful self?
In Jungian Depth Coaching we first begin with Shadow Work on the mother relationship and then the man can be free to pursue a deeper inner connection to his Anima. This frees us emotional availability, creativity and the ability to connect with others in a meaningful way.
In this week’s Soul Sessions by CreativeMind, Emotional Intelligence in Men and the Anima. Check out this episode to learn more, including:
- The essential role of the mother archetype in individuation
- Positive and dark aspects of the mother-son bond
- The impact of emotional enmeshment and the eternal child syndrome
- Strategies for men to balance their anima and achieve emotional intelligence
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