Definition.
Our psyche is the totality of the inner world, encompassing conscious and unconscious, ego, shadow, inner figures such as complexes and psychic archetypes (anima, Self, etc.), and processes like thought, memory, perception, and more.
Arguably, psyche can be understood to extend beyond the limits of mind, embracing somatic experience, the fields of projection and transference that exist between people, intersection with a collective unconscious and/or the wider experience of an anima mundi, or world soul.
The psyche is sometimes presented as an iceberg; the small tip above water represents the conscious mind, and the unconscious is the far vaster body of ice below. There is much that is unseen and the depths are profound. Through inner work, however, these hidden terrains can be come accessible, initiating an intrapsychic dialogue that ultimately facilitates our growth and improves our quality of life.