Most relationships do not fail because people are too different. They fail because something essential remains unseen. Couples often blame personality clashes, incompatible values, or fading attraction, yet these explanations rarely reach the true cause. What undermines relationships most reliably is not difference, but unconsciousness—specifically, an unconscious relationship to one’s own shadow. Carl Jung used […]

Levels of Consciousness in the Jungian Consciousness Inventory (JCI) The Jungian Consciousness Inventory (JCI) is not a test of intelligence, education, religiosity, or moral posturing. It is an instrument designed to assess the degree to which consciousness has differentiated itself from instinct, compulsion, and unconscious identification. In Jungian terms, it seeks to illuminate where the […]

<< part I Methodology & Design Introduction: The Measurement Problem If consciousness is so central to human maturity and compatibility, a natural question follows: Can it actually be measured? Psychology has long struggled with this problem. Traits such as intelligence or extroversion lend themselves to measurement because they are relatively observable and behaviorally consistent. Consciousness, […]

Introduction: Beyond Personality Traits Most modern personality tests focus on what people are like:their traits, preferences, habits, and styles of interaction. Are you introverted or extroverted?Agreeable or assertive?Emotional or analytical? While such descriptions can be interesting—and sometimes useful—they often fail to answer the most important questions people face in relationships, marriage, and long-term partnerships: These […]

The Relationship Attachment Model (RAM), developed by Dr. John Van Epp, is a comprehensive framework for understanding and managing the dynamics of romantic relationships. RAM emphasizes the importance of five key dynamics that are crucial for the development and maintenance of healthy, stable, and satisfying relationships. These five dynamics are: Know, Trust, Rely, Commit, and Touch.