My friend Benedetta is sitting on my couch for a drink, hands knotted, eyes tired, telling me about her teenage daughter’s sudden meltdown. Sara, a straight-A student of grade 3 of middle school, reliable as sunrise, had simply refused to go to school one morning. Then the next. Then for weeks. At first, they thought it was stomach flu, or fatigue, or one of those vague teenage things that pass if you wait just a bit. Afterall, what to worry, she has been always a diligent an

The Challenge Frances is director of marketing at a multinational pharmaceuticals company. Dubbed “superwoman” by her colleagues, she is well-known and respected for being smart, competent, relentlessly driven and an excellent executor. She is also highly ambitious, and a recent organisational reorganisation has raised serious hopes of a promotion. Talking to her manager, however, she is surprised and disappointed to learn that a position she’s been hoping to claim is to be f

This summer, I was invited to give a workshop at the 150th-anniversary Jung conference in Cambridge. People gathered to celebrate Jung’s...