The term organismic self-schema bridges Carl Rogers’ concept of the authentic “organismic self” (the true, inner core of feelings and bodily instincts) and cognitive psychology’s “self-schema” (the organized cognitive framework of self-knowledge and beliefs). It represents how an individual cognitively structures their raw, innate inner experiences
James Hillman’s archetypal psychology presents the psyche as fundamentally plural, or or of multiple minds. Human beings do not possess only one psychological voice, value system or centre of intelligence.
Objectivity, in this landscape, usually means not a “view from nowhere,” but “as independent of any one person’s quirks as we can practically make it.”
Listening to your body means paying attention to the signals your whole organism is sending, taking them seriously, and responding in a way that keeps you healthy and steady over time
