The persona reveals a very limited aspect of ourselves, whilst concealing a great deal more.

🌿 This work begins with understanding your own psychological blueprint. Take the free Personality Dynamics Assessment: https://makeitconscious.com/pda/

🔔 To work with Max directly, book a free Perspectives call — https://makeitconscious.com/coaching/

This is a very important subject in depth psychology, Jungian psychology. The persona is the outer face we show to the world. It's often been described as the wrapper that we place on the outside of our ego, our self-image. On one hand it reveals something, but a very limited aspect of ourselves, whilst concealing a great deal more.

In this exercise we're going to be using this idea of the persona as the seed. You're going to meet a symbolic image of the persona, as a way perhaps to understand more about your own persona, including how that might be distorting certain virtues, and also by consequence any potential shadow aspects that might be excluding.

This exercise uses active imagination, a technique developed by Carl Jung for engaging directly with unconscious contents, facilitating genuine psychological transformation.

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Playlists & Series:

Active Imagination Exercises - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeuFwuWK5O2MMxqoPMkk9eEbVIrbwq-7B&si=NgEZKF8F2ztgqEpb

Core Active Imagination Series - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeuFwuWK5O2PWOC6QlGwXS2aWnaPTTF-8&si=m1YzEy1d8Ewf8e8d

Mapping the Shadow Series - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeuFwuWK5O2PriUHnSAKpaf5eOpy27Nsw

More from Make it Conscious:

Extended Exercises (Hestia) - https://hestia.makeitconscious.com/

MiC Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/6AxGzV3sa6kK2NKSKDyuJa?si=4153da0bb1a243a3

Inner Work Exercises Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/4OMC4T1PNsA951dvvHhYMs?si=72af3c85c97b4536

Blog - https://makeitconscious.com/blog/

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The unconscious can communicate with us in all kinds of ways: not only in words, but in its movements, in its demeanour, or maybe just a feeling.

🌿 This work begins with understanding your own psychological blueprint. Take the free Personality Dynamics Assessment: https://makeitconscious.com/pda/

🔔 To work with Max directly, book a free Perspectives call — https://makeitconscious.com/coaching/

One of my favourite quotes about communication comes from Peter Drucker: the most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said. Our actual words are very linear and precise, but there's so much more to be communicated than what can possibly be captured in words. When we're engaging with the unconscious mind, there's a similar dynamic at play. By its very nature, it cannot convey everything it needs to express in that linear, verbal way, so we have to be a bit more open-minded as to what it might mean. We need not take what we encounter literally, but we should certainly take it sincerely, and always try to hear what isn't being said.

This exercise uses active imagination, a technique developed by Carl Jung for engaging directly with unconscious contents, facilitating genuine psychological transformation.

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Playlists & Series:

Active Imagination Exercises - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeuFwuWK5O2MMxqoPMkk9eEbVIrbwq-7B&si=NgEZKF8F2ztgqEpb

Core Active Imagination Series - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeuFwuWK5O2PWOC6QlGwXS2aWnaPTTF-8&si=m1YzEy1d8Ewf8e8d

Mapping the Shadow Series - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeuFwuWK5O2PriUHnSAKpaf5eOpy27Nsw

More from Make it Conscious:

Extended Exercises (Hestia) - https://hestia.makeitconscious.com/

MiC Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/6AxGzV3sa6kK2NKSKDyuJa?si=4153da0bb1a243a3

Inner Work Exercises Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/4OMC4T1PNsA951dvvHhYMs?si=72af3c85c97b4536

Blog - https://makeitconscious.com/blog/

Connect:

Instagram - https://instagram.com/makeitconscious

X - https://x.com/makeitconscious

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Skilful communication is a vital part of adult development. It's the first place where understanding and intention meet the world - how we share our ideas. That applies not only with others, but to ourselves. Skilful communication is truthful, purposeful and empathic. In this exercise you'll practise these three points as you speak to the various aspects of the psyche.

🌿 This work begins with understanding your own psychological blueprint. Take the free Personality Dynamics Assessment: https://makeitconscious.com/pda/

🔔 To work with Max directly, book a free Perspectives call — https://makeitconscious.com/coaching/

This exercise uses active imagination, a technique developed by Carl Jung for engaging directly with unconscious contents, facilitating genuine psychological transformation.

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Playlists & Series:

Active Imagination Exercises - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeuFwuWK5O2MMxqoPMkk9eEbVIrbwq-7B&si=NgEZKF8F2ztgqEpb

Core Active Imagination Series - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeuFwuWK5O2PWOC6QlGwXS2aWnaPTTF-8&si=m1YzEy1d8Ewf8e8d

Mapping the Shadow Series - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeuFwuWK5O2PriUHnSAKpaf5eOpy27Nsw

More from Make it Conscious:

Extended Exercises (Hestia) - https://hestia.makeitconscious.com/

MiC Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/6AxGzV3sa6kK2NKSKDyuJa?si=4153da0bb1a243a3

Inner Work Exercises Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/4OMC4T1PNsA951dvvHhYMs?si=72af3c85c97b4536

Blog - https://makeitconscious.com/blog/

Connect:

Instagram - https://instagram.com/makeitconscious

X - https://x.com/makeitconscious

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61571759044093