Stephanie Terre Blanche Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist

16/02/2026

Thank you Psyche's Call with Donna May, you have just been hitting each one of my buttons lately. Sharing sharing sharing!

Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes writes:

"In any dark time, there is a tendency to veer toward fainting over how much is wrong or unmended in the world. Do not focus on that. There is a tendency, too, to fall into being weakened by dwelling on what is outside your reach, by what cannot yet be. Do not focus there. That is spending the wind without raising the sails.

We are needed, that is all we can know. And though we meet resistance, we more so will meet great souls who will hail us, love us and guide us, and we will know them when they appear…"

Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach. Any small, calm thing that one soul can do to help another soul, to assist some portion of this poor suffering world, will help immensely. It is not given to us to know which acts or by whom, will cause the critical mass to tip toward an enduring good.”

16/02/2026

Sit with your SELF.

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The text you send back. The way you listen without multitasking. The follow through on the “I’ll do it.” The gentle tone when you’re frustrated. The repair after you miss each other. These tiny moments teach a nervous system, “I can relax with you. You’re paying attention. I matter here.”

16/02/2026

Anybody else? I find it an act of conscious intention to not let Monday sweep me away. Not always easy when the ocean of the week starts ramping up, but I try!

No pressure. I’m keeping it simple ☕️

16/02/2026

Jungian and Depth Psychology definitely have felt like a ship in the disorientation of the world for me (fully acknowledging that sometimes we simply must face the fear and lose orientation for a while)

16/02/2026

Something to meditate as another week begins

Our Quote of the Week.

“The truth is, our disconnection with earth translates into a kind of disrespect of the feminine. How far can you go in violating the mother that gave you life? As long as the feminine is diminished, the connection between us and the earth will always be underscored by a big question mark.”

~ Malidoma Somé, in an interview for the documentary 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘚𝘢𝘦𝘪.

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~Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami.

BOOK: https://amzn.to/4hQ4iFp

You can also get the audio book for FREE using the same link. Use the link to register for the audio book on Audible and start enjoying it.

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Very exciting day of training and learning coming up!

𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗥𝗼𝗼𝘁𝘀: 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲 | 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟰 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 | 4 CPDs.

‘Reclaiming Our Roots’ invites us into a rare and timely dialogue between Jungian Analysts and African Traditional Health Practitioners, born out of a ten-year, sustained engagement in South Africa.

Across this full-day hybrid event, we explore the universal principles of healing and transformation as revealed in both Analytical Psychology and Indigenous Healing traditions. While these worlds are often treated as separate, the conversations and teachings shared here point to deep synergies: unity, correspondence, and the maturation of the personality through lived experience, symbol, dream, and intuition.

The day opens with Renee Ramsden introducing The Emerald Tablet as an imaginal foundation for themes of reality, unity, and transformation. Vella Maseko and Nompumelelo Kubeka then guide participants into the wisdom of ancestral calling, Abantu beliefs, the relationship between ancestors and the living, and the ukuthwasa training process. International guest Dr Peter Ammann concludes the teaching programme by exploring affinities between Jungian psychology and African Traditional Healing as traditions that emerge organically from primordial roots rather than intellectual abstraction.

A facilitated panel discussion will bring focus to the historical challenges faced by indigenous practices in South Africa, and the historical roots of these prejudices in Europe. Consciousness of the history of political trauma in South Africa is essential knowledge for any health practitioner in South Africa, and awareness of how this affects clinical practice is an ethical imperative.

This Special Event is open to clinicians and the public; tertiary students (especially in psychology and social work) are warmly encouraged to attend, with a 50% student discount available for online participation.

Learn more and book via this link: https://www.jungsouthernafrica.co.za/event/reclaiming-our-roots-jungian-analysts-and-traditional-health-practitioners-in-dialogue/

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At the link, Virginia Woolf on self-knowledge and the limits of empathy: https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/02/10/virginia-woolf-self-knowledge/