Thresholds in the Evening of Life - Diane Cousineau Brutsche, Dr. phil. Commenting on the typical psychological needs that correspond respectively to the first and second half of life, Jung talks about a “psychology of the morning and of the afternoon of life.” Deep inner transformations are demanded to face the threshold and to enter creatively into the new phase of life. Another kind of shift imposes itself upon the psyche when one reaches the “evening of life.” One finds oneself once more on the brink as the psyche encounters new challenges.