25/05/2026
When there is no way out, the way in often begins.
Jung believed that real inner growth rarely happens when life is comfortable. It happens when we're completely stuck , when no choice feels right, when our usual ways of coping stop working, and when the ego finally runs out of answers.
That moment of feeling utterly lost isn't a sign that something has gone wrong. From a Jungian perspective, it's often a prerequisite for something deeper to emerge.
When the conscious mind doesn't have the solution, and we resist the urge to force one, something else becomes possible. Jung called it the Self. Not the self we perform for the world, but the deeper, wiser centre that quietly directs our growth. The part of us that knows, even when we don't.
Like a seed that already knows how to become a tree.
So if you're in a season of feeling stuck ]not collapsing, but not pretending either] you may not be falling apart. You may be making space.
"When no choice feels right, it means the conscious mind doesn't have the answer yet." — Marie-Louise von Franz, drawing on the work of C.G. Jung
