{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Absent Father: Jung and the Missing Masculine","description":"A father who is unavailable - whether due to untimely death, a demanding job, family breakup, or simply an inability to step up and meet his children\u2019s needs - may deprive his children of the emotional bedrock they require. They can struggle to access their capacity for aggression and creativity, or to build the self-esteem necessary for successful adult relationships. &amp;nbsp; As many fairy tales show us, an absent father is sometimes experienced alongside an abusive mother, leaving a complicated legacy of emotional wounding to be worked through. First of all, the abuse must be confronted, and then the failure of the absent parent to witness or protect. &amp;nbsp; Jung\u2019s life offers us fascinating material with which to explore the impact of the absent father. His father\u2019s powerlessness as an uninspired, struggling pastor planted the seed of Jung\u2019s lifelong quest for the numinous. As a father himself, Jung paid little attention to his children as he developed his life\u2019s work and maintained a relationship with his collaborator Toni Wolff alongside his marriage to Emma Jung. &amp;nbsp; Join Jungian analysts Lisa Marchiano and Deborah Stewart this week as they explore what it means to be an absent father, and how we might both survive and transcend the legacy of such a parent. &amp;nbsp; Visit our \u2060website\u2060 to read today\u2019s dream, get more detail on the absent father, and follow up on the resources we mention. &amp;nbsp; Connect With This Jungian Life &amp;nbsp; Download our free \u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060Dream Recall Meditation Guide\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060. &amp;nbsp; Check out our \u2060\u2060\u2060Dream School\u2060\u2060\u2060. &amp;nbsp; Watch bonus mini-episodes on our \u2060\u2060\u2060Patreon channel.\u2060\u2060\u2060 &amp;nbsp;  Follow This Jungian Life on \u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060Instagram\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060. &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"This Jungian Life","author_url":"http:\/\/www.ThisJungianLife.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/41686655\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/319606\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/203074360"}