“The outer opposition is an image of my inner opposition.”
— Carl Jung, The Red Book
NPR’s Life Kit recently featured an exercise from Satya’s recent book, Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood. Satya created this exercise out of a desire to work with clients on a very frequent inner conflict, a sense of being pulled in two (or more) different directions, without a clear sense of how to make a choice or move forward. This feeling can manifest in big and small ways but often feels uncomfortable, awkward, scary, or anxiety-inducing.
We often feel inner conflict or confusion around points of life transition. While we tend to speak about ourselves in the singular as whole beings, we very frequently feel at odds with ourselves and not quite concise, put together, or whole. This is normal and healthy, but support is often needed to make sense of the inner conflict and to find a way through.
This inner conflict can often be the root of our most creative breakthroughs personally and professionally, but the solution is rarely easy. Indeed, this inner battle—akin to an inner civil war—can in fact be the beginning of our most creative transformations. But at the start, it’s more likely to feel sludgy, muddy, depressing, and stressful.
In this special 2.5-hour workshop, Satya will guide participants through a robust version of this exercise and host space for expanded self-exploration and community dialogue.
