Where is the Operator's Manual for Being Human?
We are honored to partner with the Center for Story and Symbol in offering educational opportunities that deepen psychological understanding, cultivate wisdom, and encourage genuine dialogue.
We look forward to welcoming you to our community.
Free Substack Essay
Jung's Basement Tapes
What Was Left Out of Memories, Dreams, Reflections?
What happens when the original material behind Carl Jung's most famous autobiography is finally restored?
Recently recovered protocols reveal a richer, more psychologically and spiritually complete Jung than generations of readers have known. The omissions are not merely historical—they illuminate Jung's deepest understanding of what it means to become fully human.
If Jung's work has shaped your own thinking, this free essay offers a fascinating new perspective on one of the twentieth century's greatest psychologists.
It also raises an important question:
If becoming fully human is life's central task, where is the operator's manual for being human?
That question inspired me to create Being Human, an immersive online course designed to help people make the best use of our uniquely human capacities—self-awareness, reflective consciousness, and individual identity. Rather than striving for perfection, we learn how to understand ourselves, navigate conflict, recover from loss, and cultivate the practical wisdom that emerges through lived experience.
Being Human
An Operator's Manual for Living Wisely, Loving Well, and Leading Confidently
Six Live Online Sessions with Polly Young-Eisendrath, PhD
Begins Tuesday, July 21, 2026 • 1:00 PM ET
Being Human is more than an online course. It is a practical exploration of what it means to become fully human.
Each of us is born with extraordinary capacities for awareness, reflection, imagination, compassion, and relationship. Yet few of us are ever taught how to make the best use of them. We receive an education in almost everything—except ourselves.
Think of this course as an operator's manual for being human. Together we'll explore how to make the best use of self-awareness and individual identity while responding wisely to conflict, uncertainty, love, loss, work, leadership, and change.
Through six live online sessions, guided dialogue, small Practice Pods, a comprehensive workbook, and an ongoing learning community, you'll discover practical ways to cultivate emotional resilience, wiser relationships, greater confidence, and a deeper appreciation of what it means to live a fully human life.
Continuing Education Course
The Benefits of Talking About Racism in Psychotherapy and Business
Approved for Continuing Education Credit
Meets Diversity Continuing Education Requirements
How can we speak about race with honesty, humility, and curiosity instead of fear or polarization?
In this online course, two senior Jungian analysts explore why conversations about race matter in psychotherapy, healthcare, education, business, and community life. Participants learn practical approaches for engaging one of today's most challenging subjects with greater confidence, respect, and psychological understanding.
Foundational Training in Dialogue Therapy
Become More Effective Working with Couples
2026 Foundational Training in Dialogue Therapy
Trapp Family Lodge • Stowe, Vermont
Join Polly Young-Eisendrath, PhD, founder of Dialogue Therapy, for an intensive professional training designed for psychotherapists, psychologists, counselors, coaches, and other helping professionals who want greater confidence and effectiveness in working with couples.
You'll learn practical methods for recognizing and interrupting the repetitive emotional patterns that keep couples stuck in conflict while helping partners restore trust, deepen understanding, and create lasting change through Dialogue Therapy and the practice of Real Dialogue.
Whether you're expanding your couples practice or refining decades of clinical experience, you'll leave with approaches you can immediately apply in your consulting room.
Four-session professional training beginning at $1,250
Continue the Conversation
Whether you're looking for thoughtful writing, personal growth, continuing education, or advanced clinical training, we hope you'll find something here that supports your own journey toward greater wisdom, self-awareness, and genuine dialogue.
Thank you for joining us. We look forward to learning with you.
We have an ongoing partnership with the Center for Story and Symbol ~ a kindred CE program. We will share our list for occasional programs.