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finished reading The Middle Passage by James Hollis (Studies in Jungian psychology by Jungian analysts)

James Hollis: The Middle Passage (1993, Inner City Books)

Why do so many go through so much disruption in their middle years? Why then? …

I really need to put together some more thorough notes on this one, but in short, a lot of this resonated with what I've been feeling as I fumble into my 40s. A helpful framework for thinking about how to push through and emerge, if not stronger, at least more fully myself. The handful of exercises it offers are more about asking the right questions rather than providing concrete actions to take, but part of the whole point is that there are no easy answers, and I can see how looking for an outside authority to show you your true inner self would be counterproductive.