This morning I synchronistically came across this blog article that I had last worked on in March of 2015, but never shared for some reason. At that point in my life, 8 years ago, I had been researching, practicing, teaching, and counseling others with Jungian inspired soul work techniques, Tibetan Buddhist breath work and mindfulness […]
Author Archives: Christine Dufond
What is “Holistic” Psychotherapy?
Most folks understand or can Google the definition of “holistic” or they may already know it indicates a “mind-body-spirit” approach. But “Holistic” approaches vary, so I want to go a little deeper into the what my version of “holistic psychotherapy and life coaching” looks like and why I feel so passionate about using this approach […]
Conscious Romantic Love: A Catalyst for Awakening
When a new couple enters into the therapy process with me I always, even amidst some of the most challenging couple scenarios, feel the wonder and excitement of the enormous potential for healing, growth, and deep love that lie ahead for them. As they begin to realize that the suffering they are experiencing is actually […]
Shamanic Journeying and Core Shamanism for Healing, Transformation and Soul Work
For the past 10 years I have been experiencing, like a lot of you I’m sure, a palpable shift in my consciousness; an up-leveling in my awareness and ability to manifest and create the life I need in order to be in service to the better good of all. My soul’s journey has dropped […]
Conscious Dating
This is the first of several blog articles I will be writing on the topic of conscious dating, as Conscious Dating Coaching is one of my specialties! The reasons for partnering up, including getting married, have changed dramatically in the past few decades. Humans are also evolving and learning more about the intricacies of relationship […]
How Our Inner Beloved Helps us Transcend Abandonment Fear
Our beloved is our inner soul-mate. Our sacred vessel of divinity, our own uniquely crafted blend of masculine and feminine love in it’s fullest, most divine expression. The concept of beloved was birthed from Jungian depth psychology, which explores our psyche, or soul (for those of us who believe in the concept of soul), as well as […]
A Jungian/Earth Based Approach to Awakening Counseling
With the embrace of our soul’s mission at the demise of our ego’s clinging, we have shifts into higher level of source or God awareness. It’s as though we suddenly see life through the lens of our soul, rather than through our patriarchal culturally wired brain pattern of survivor mode ego persona. Once we make […]
Awakening Counseling: Gentle Guidance on Your Journey of Endless Awakening
Awakening, Soul-crafting, Waking down, Jungian Shadow work, and Becoming Translucent are all terms for similar spiritual/philosophical paths leading to the same result: becoming a more mindful, holistically healthy, authentic, enlightened, soulful, compassionate, empowered, spiritual/philosophical human being. Each of us is a unique spiritual being having a unique human experience; therefore, different teachers and approaches to […]
How do I Know Whether or Not Couples Counseling Will Help?
I know many couples out there realize that they could benefit from couples counseling. Yet they would like to have a better idea of what they will really get out of it before they invest their time and money. Ultimately, what you will get out of couple’s counseling depends on several factors. Research has shown that a […]
The Core Wound of Abandonment
“We are not what happened to us, we are what we wish to become.” -C.G. Jung The Metamorphosis of Healing from Abandonment: Many of us are all too familiar with the extreme suffering, hopelessness, and self-loathing that manifests when we fall victim to abandonment fear patterns in our romantic relationships. Most of us have abandonment […]
