Sibling Rivalry: Archetypal Conflicts and Shadow Dynamics in Families

This Jungian Life Podcast · Jun 5, 2025 · 1h 11m · transcript

⁠⁠DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!Sibling rivalry can bruise and build in equal measure. On the hard side, the older child feels toppled from the throne, the younger scrambles for a foothold, and both learn how quickly envy, resentment, and score-keeping ignite—whether over a parent’s extra hour of attention or the larger slice of birthday cake. Those early contests can calcify into adult grudges that surface in estate negotiations, workplace jockeying, or mismatched relationships.Yet the same daily friction teaches useful skills: we sharpen empathy by reading a…