The Hidden Childhood Pattern Blocking Your Growth (Chapter 3 from When Sex Meets God: Mixed Messages)

About this episode

The episode explores how childhood patterns can hinder personal growth during midlife.

Have you ever felt like the version of you that once worked… no longer does? Midlife unraveling rarely announces itself. It begins quietly, with a growing sense that something is off, even when your life still looks “successful” from the outside. The traits and patterns that once helped you navigate the world can start working against you. And instead of changing, many of us double down on what we’ve always done. So what’s really happening beneath the surface? In depth psychology, Carl Jung d...

People in this episode

Host: Deborah Lukovich

Topics covered

• midlife unraveling
• depth psychology
• personal growth
• childhood patterns
• self-awareness

Keywords

• midlife
• psychology
• Carl Jung
• personal development
• childhood patterns

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: When Sex Meets God: Mixed Messages

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