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AD 285 | Dr. James Hollis
“A Life of Meaning”

James Hollis, Ph.D., was born in Springfield, Illinois. He graduated from Manchester University in 1962 and Drew University in 1967. He taught humanities at various colleges and universities for 26 years before retraining as a Jungian analyst at the Jung Institute of Zürich, Switzerland, from 1977 to 1982. He is currently a licensed Jungian analyst in private practice in Washington, D.C.

He served for many years as Executive Director of the Jung Educational Center in Houston, Texas, and was Executive Director of the Jung Society of Washington until 2019. He now serves on the Jung Society of Washington’s Board of Directors. He is a retired Senior Training Analyst for the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts, was the first Director of Training at the Philadelphia Jung Institute, and is Vice President Emeritus of the Philemon Foundation. Additionally, he helped create the Jungian Studies program at Saybrook University in California, where he served as a professor.

He lives with his wife, Jill—an artist and retired therapist—in a suburb of Washington, D.C. Together, they have three living children and eight grandchildren.

He has written a total of 23 books, which have been translated into Swedish, Russian, German, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian, Korean, Finnish, Romanian, Bulgarian, Farsi, Japanese, Greek, Chinese, Serbian, Latvian, Ukrainian, Czech, Estonian, and Arabic.

Topics Discussed In This Episode:
  • Exploring loneliness, isolation, and solitude (00:03:48)
  • James’s journey into Jungian Psychoanalysis (00:09:36)
  • Navigating life’s forks: decisions and changes (00:15:18)
  • Understanding the face of suffering (00:19:03)
  • Discipline in creative practices (00:33:23)
  • Understanding and embracing anxiety (00:37:59)
  • Facing childhood fears and emotional growth (00:43:43)
  • The significance of dreams in self-discovery (00:46:27)
  • Finding meaning throughout life’s journey (00:52:10)

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    Posted 7.28.2026


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