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Polly Young-Eisendrath Ph.D.

About

POLLY YOUNG-EISENDRATH, Ph.D., is a psychologist, writer, speaker and Jungian analyst who has published 18 books (translated into 20 languages) including The Self-Esteem Trap: Raising Confident and Compassionate Kids in an Age of Self-Importance, The Cambridge Companion to Jung, and The Present Heart: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Discovery. Her most recent book Love Between Equals answers the question “What IS love, anyway?” She maintains a clinical practice in Central Vermont and hosts the podcast Enemies: From War to Wisdom that provides a fresh look at human hostilities and what to do about them. She is a life-long Buddhist practitioner and a Mindfulness teacher.

Books by Polly Young-Eisendrath Ph.D.
Recent Posts
Bringing Spiritual Insights Into Language
Spiritual insights and experiences can be difficult to translate into everyday life and relationships. First, try talking about them using the three-part skill of Real Dialogue.
What Does It Mean to Awaken?
Within this complex array of experience and practice is a central theme that is often called “awakening” or “waking up.”
One Size Does Not Fit All: Health, Wellness, and COVID-19

Safety, wellness, and what we should do now, as the curve flattens, are topics that require us to recognize that one size does not fit all when it comes to health and wellness.

Safety, wellness, and what we should do now, as the curve flattens, are topics that require us to recognize that one size does not fit all when it comes to health and wellness.

No Blame: Lowering Emotional Threat Levels

We might not think much about the power of speech, but in this time of physical and economic crisis, we need to consider carefully the emotional environment we create.

We might not think much about the power of speech, but in this time of physical and economic crisis, we need to consider carefully the emotional environment we create.

What Uncertainty Teaches

If the virus allows us to see deeply into the meaning of uncertainty — and our “illusion of control” — it will have opened a door of wisdom in the midst of our suffering.

If the virus allows us to see deeply into the meaning of uncertainty — and our “illusion of control” — it will have opened a door of wisdom in the midst of our suffering.

Don’t Wage War on COVID-19

What should we do about COVID-19 if we don’t wage war? First, we should start by trying to understand it.

What should we do about COVID-19 if we don’t wage war? First, we should start by trying to understand it.

And the Virus Said: Breathe Deeply and Pause

No complaining. No freaking out. Only slowing down and paying attention. That’s what I have been promoting, but it took a pandemic to get me to slow down in my everyday life.

No complaining. No freaking out. Only slowing down and paying attention. That’s what I have been promoting, but it took a pandemic to get me to slow down in my everyday life.

Personal Love Between Friends

True love with a best friend usually means that you feel ease in witnessing each other.

True love with a best friend usually means that you feel ease in witnessing each other.