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25.01.2022 Let us just stop. And listen. <3

24.01.2022 As the lockdown In Melbourne rolls on, but hope glimmers on the horizon, we're appreciating the gentle hum of bees romancing the apricot blossoms on this fine spring day.

24.01.2022 "The Soul of Australia and the Archetypal Roots of Cultural Complexes" is the title of the next Vision Lecture presented by Dr Suzanne Cremen for the international Assisi Institute. Thursday 17 Sept in Australia; Wednesday 16 Sept in the US. The Life Artistry Centre is also offering an intensive workshop on this topic, for leaders and change agents in Australia wishing to work more transformatively with the cultural psyche. Stay tuned!

24.01.2022 In honour of the Spring equinox (and Autumn equinox for our friends in the northern hemisphere) - that time of the year when the dark and the light are held in balance, and we welcome the return and flow of life's creative energy.

24.01.2022 Whats your archetypal story? All products of the human imagination have an archetypal basis, including the most sublime art, ingenious ideas, and cathartic social movements. Appreciating how archetypes move and shape our lives can help us at any stage of our careers and work journeys, particularly during very difficult times. If you enjoy movies, mythology, and are wondering about your next steps in this shifting landscape, this 6 week intensive course with Dr Suzanne Creme...n on Archetypal, Mythic and Cinematic Approaches to Vocation is designed for you! Enjoy high levels of personalised, individual tuition in a small group online format. "I have found all the Life Artistry courses and seminars immensely enriching and life-changing. The work goes on long after each course has finished." Diane, Artist and Therapist. Starts June 11, applications and details at http://www.lifeartistry.com.au/cjs2 [Image - Salvador Dali: The Rose Papillon, 1981] See more

23.01.2022 "Fate is that thing which constricts us, a word we've historically ascribed to what is unavoidably given... One of the ways to think about this present moment in which our outer options are curtailed is: What is my calling now, in this situation over which I have little control?" More in Life Artistry Winter Newsletter: "Finding Hope through Embracing Fate During COVID-19" http://www.lifeartistry.com.au//winter-2020-finding-hope-t

23.01.2022 We're excited about our Melbourne Career as a Journey of Soul course starting today, with a beautiful bright rainbow of coloured workbooks for our lovely course participants!

23.01.2022 Solstice and season's greetings!

20.01.2022 Great news! 'From Career to Calling: A depth psychology guide to soul-making work in darkening times' by Dr Suzanne Cremen has just been announced as a finalist in the Australian Career Book Awards, supported by the Royal Society of Arts Oceania. Available for purchase in paperback or ebook here http://www.lifeartistry.com.au/from-career-to-calling. Please join our mailing list to receive a limited time 40% discount code for the eBook.

20.01.2022 In these times of deep anxiety about the future of work, this much-loved small-group course shows how creative, sustainable avenues for an authentic vocational life can emerge by attending to the archetypal basis of experience. Individual attention and personal feedback provided by the instructor Dr Suzanne Cremen. Starts 23 April - 8 places available. Please visit our site for details and reviews. http://www.lifeartistry.com.au/cjs1

19.01.2022 "Last night as I was sleeping I dreamt - marvellous error! - that I had a beehive here inside my heart. And the golden bees... were making white combs and sweet honey from my old failures." - Antonio Machado. Join the bees in making your 'sweet honey' from 'old failures' in our next Career as a Journey of Soul course. Enrollments now open. http://www.lifeartistry.com.au/

19.01.2022 Depth psychology is a psychology which finds its home in the humanities. It's a psychology of symbol, metaphor and imagination, which finds wisdom and inspiration in the arts, in poetry, and in the deeper stories and mythic patterns of human existence. In the face of announcements by the Australian government to dismantle the humanities, here's a brilliant article about the real value of the humanities in our world today.

18.01.2022 Join us for a repeat free webinar on 27 June in conversation with Dr Suzanne Cremen about her new book, "From Career to Calling: A Depth Psychology Guide to Soul-making Work in Darkening Times" (Routledge). This profound, practical and timely book draws on compelling real-life stories and insights from Jungian and archetypal psychology to help professionals and practitioners re-imagine approaches to jobs, money, careers and the search for meaningful work - with the soul in mind. Attendance is free, but places are limited - prior registration is essential!

18.01.2022 A lovely application of how the idea of calling applies to each of us showing up as authentic, kind and brave leaders in these times.

18.01.2022 You are alive for a reason... An inspiring video for our times.

17.01.2022 Our latest newsletter reflects on the powerful, transformative emotions of grief and anger catalysed by the devastating fires in Australia this summer, and their archetypal significance. https://www.lifeartistry.com.au/newsletter-presences

15.01.2022 In an age of uncertainty, work which aligns with our values and personality, our soul's calling, is fundamental for a meaningful career path. Join us in Hawthorn (Melbourne) for an 8 week face to face graduate-level course introducing the nexus between traditional career approaches and insights from Jungian psychology. Participants re-imagine notions of work as calling in a framework of career inquiry and decision-making including collaboration with the psyché or soul. CARE...ER AS A JOURNEY OF SOUL October - December 2019. Early bird rates apply until 17 August 2019 (save $150) http://www.lifeartistry.com.au/cjs1 [Image: Charles Victor Guilloux - The Trail, 1895]

14.01.2022 A BLESSING FOR THE NEW YEAR "May a flock of colors, Indigo, red, green And azure blue, Come to awaken in you... A meadow of delight... May the nourishment of the earth be yours, May the clarity of light be yours, May the fluency of the ocean be yours May the protection of the ancestors be yours." ~ John O'Donohue (1956-2008). Photo: Suzanne Cremen 2019.

14.01.2022 AT THE END OF THE YEAR "The particular mind of the ocean Filling the coastline's longing With such brief harvest Of elegant, vanishing waves... Is like the mind of time Opening us to the shape of days. As this year draws to its end, We give thanks for the gifts it brought And how they became inlaid within Where neither time nor tide can touch them. The days when the veil lifted And the soul could see delight When a quiver caressed the heart In the sheer exuberance of being here... ~ John O'Donohue (1956-2008) Photo: Freycinet Tasmania 2019 Suzanne Cremen

13.01.2022 Again and again, the heart breaks open

12.01.2022 "The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek" ~ Joseph Campbell

11.01.2022 THE PEACE OF WILD THINGS When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my childrens lives may be,... I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free. ~ Wendell Berry ~ (Photo: Suzanne Cremen)

11.01.2022 We weep oceans of grief for the 1.25 billion innocent souls who have died in agony in the Australian bushfires, and the destruction of the miraculous delicate ecosystem formed over millenia of which we are all part. And an inferno of rage against those whose denials and blockage of action on climate policy have led us to this.

10.01.2022 "From Career to Calling: A Depth Psychology Guide to Soul-Making Work in Darkening Times" is now available! 20% book discount code available and free webinar with the author too! This profound, practical and timely book by Dr Suzanne Cremen draws on compelling real-life stories and insights from Jungian and archetypal psychology to help us re-imagine approaches to vocational guidance, career development, money and the search for meaningful work - with the soul in mind. http://www.lifeartistry.com.au/from-career-to-calling

10.01.2022 "Healing Trauma, Reimagining the Future". A 3-workshop series with experienced teachers engaging current issues for therapeutic, community and creative practice, leadership and cultural change. Depth psychology, mythology, mindfulness, and reflective community practice provide our maps of exploration and paths of inspiration. 1: ‘Befriending the Orphan: The Archetypal Roots of Cultural Complexes’ with Dr Suzanne Cremen 2: ‘Grief as the Great Vessel’ with Gael Belden (UCLA) 3: ‘Towards Cultural and Social Healing’ with Dr Peter Westoby Online, 17, 24 and 31 October 2020

10.01.2022 Tonight, in the southern hemisphere, it is the Winter Solstice. On this night we remember that darkness and dark times are the infinite potential out of which light and new life are born. Winter Solstice represents not only the pitch black of night, but a seed of something that will unfold. It is a natural time for letting go and saying farewell, and it is a visionary time, to kindle a light of hope. Solstice blessings to you!

09.01.2022 'Looking within' reveals a wondrous landscape that can help us to find and connect with our particular place and purpose in the outer world too! Registrations are now open for our next course - "Career as a Journey of Soul: An introduction to the depth psychology of vocation and career", starting in April. This much-loved course helps women and men of all ages to develop a sense of their own soul's calling in the world today. Through story, reflection, creative activity, practical exercises and grounded theory, you'll find wise guidance on creating an authentic vocational life within the constraints of modern life. Small group format with individual personalised feedback provided by Dr Suzanne Cremen. For full details and to register please visit: http://www.lifeartistry.com.au/cjs1 [Image - Paul Delvaux - 'La Fenêtre' 1936]

07.01.2022 "We are living in initiatory times. In a liminal period, we are no longer what we were, but not yet what we will become." Dr Suzanne Cremen shares some insights from depth psychology, indigenous and mythological traditions to offer a larger psychological context for navigating these strange times. Read the full article here: http://www.lifeartistry.com.au/newsletter-presences

06.01.2022 "Healing Trauma, Reimagining the Future" - Join us for this online workshop series with leading international teachers, designed for all those with a calling to therapeutic, community or creative practice, leadership and cultural change. Through a mix of lectures, small group conversations and experiential exercises, we'll engage a range of topics to help ourselves and others with healing trauma and beginning to re-imagine the future. The fields of depth psychology, mythology, mindfulness, and reflective community practice will provide us with maps of exploration and paths of inspiration! 17, 24 and 31 October 2020. http://www.lifeartistry.com.au/healing-trauma-reimagining-f

06.01.2022 Career as a Journey of Soul - face to face course from 20 October to 15 December 2019 in Melbourne 'What is it within me that is seeking expression?' This much-loved graduate-level course explores the nexus between traditional career approaches, Myers-Briggs and insights from Jungian psychology. Participants re-imagine notions of work as calling in a framework of career inquiry and decision-making including collaboration with the psyché or soul. ... Each week includes a lecture/ presentation, readings from selected authors, poetry, activities and small group discussion, with individual attention and feedback from the instructor. Usually offered online, a rare opportunity exists to join a community of like minded participants with Dr Suzanne Cremen - over five Sundays at Hawthorn Library. Numbers are limited. Register online now for extended early bird discounts! http://www.lifeartistry.com.au/cjs1 Career as a Journey of Soul provides a unique, inspiring and personalised approach to vocational calling. The lectures are beautifully presented and jam-packed with rich, thought-provoking material. Suzanne provides intuitive and beautiful commentary that invites new perspectives and shifts in self-understanding. I also really benefited from hearing other peoples journeys and could hear so many aspects of my own story reflected back. The course material and Suzannes commentary has really opened up new avenues of vocational exploration for me and Im so pleased! A superb and highly recommended course. Alex, Psychologist [Image: Martin Johnson Heade, 1865 - Blue Morpho Butterfly]

05.01.2022 (re-posting with working link) Our latest newsletter reflects on the powerful, transformative emotions of grief and anger catalysed by the devastating fires in Australia this summer, and their archetypal significance.

05.01.2022 Only 3 places remaining for the next much-loved face-to-face Melbourne course on Career as a Journey of Soul. Apply by 30 September and claim a $150 discount on the full rate simply by mentioning this post :) I have absolutely loved doing the Career as a Journey of Soul course. It has been challenging, confronting, rich and stimulating. I feel like I have come home to myself, rediscovered parts of who I am; those that are in the light and also those that are in shadow. - Heather, Secondary Art Teacher.

05.01.2022 Joseph Campbell's model of the Hero's Journey - re-interpreted for these times!

04.01.2022 In these times of self-isolation, we can still readily find solace and inspiration in the company of trees. "Trees provide a rudimentary lesson in enchantment. We need not cling anxiously to our own subjectivity, will, and desire; instead we can place trust in the beings around us who demonstrate many alternative ways to be a contributing, outstanding individual." ~ Thomas Moore Photo: Suzanne Cremen

03.01.2022 Before you tell your life what you intend to do with it, listen for what it intends to do with you. ~ Parker Palmer (2000) [Image: Spring Explosive - Salvador Dali, 1965 ]

03.01.2022 It would not be too much to say that myth is the secret opening through which the inexhaustible energies of the cosmos pour into human cultural manifestation. ~ Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces (photo Suzanne Cremen 2017)