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This Jungian Life Podcast
Join us—Lisa, Deb, and Joseph—for sometimes irreverent but potentially life-changing conversations. Every Thursday, we explore culture, relationships, and depth psychology through the lens of Carl Jung. We devote a segment of each episode to analyzing a listener’s dream.
Episodes
This Jungian Life PodcastCommunicating with the Dead: Dreams, Visions and Visitations
This Halloween week, when the veil between worlds grows thin, Jungian analyst ROBERT SHEAVLY joins us to discuss ways in which we experience the dead…
This Jungian Life PodcastThe Search for Meaning with Gary Lachman
Our guest this week is GARY LACHMAN, a founding member of the rock group Blondie, and the author of more than twenty books, including a biography of C.G. Jung…
This Jungian Life PodcastThe Heart of Transformation with Michael Meade
Many of us live with heavy awareness of cultural unraveling, and the natural world faces sustained and escalating threats. According to author, storyteller and…
This Jungian Life PodcastArtificial Intelligence & the Psyche: The First Summit on Depth Psychology and AI
Never before have we had a technology that performs being human so well. What might this be doing to the psyche? People are already forming attachments to…
This Jungian Life PodcastInflation, Grandiosity and the Denial of Human Limits
Psychological inflation implies an exaggerated sense of self-importance, accompanied by an unconscious feeling of inferiority. For Jungians, it involves…
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This Jungian Life PodcastOutsourcing Love: AI and Relationships
When we ask AI for advice, what we are offered is comparable to psychopathy: a performance of warm emotional intelligence without care or concern for our fate…
This Jungian Life PodcastPatience is Not Passivity
This week’s guest, Jungian analyst Dr. Warren Sibilla, defines patience as the ability to live one's life with eyes, ears, and heart wide open. That is a far…
This Jungian Life PodcastThe Princess Who Changed Her Fate: How to Negotiate with Destiny
The fairy tale of the Princess Who Changed her Fate enacts what Jung tells us will happen when we remain unconscious of an inner situation: it happens outside…
This Jungian Life PodcastInner Life, Outer World: The Psychology of Adaptation
Adaptation is a bread-and-butter concept in psychotherapy - can we accept, adjust to, and thrive in the outer and inner worlds we live in? Given constraints…
This Jungian Life PodcastLindsay Clancy & Maternal Infanticide: An Archetypal Perspective
Lindsay Clancy has brought renewed attention to the horror of infanticide: babies and children dying at the hands of their mother. Infanticide has taken place…
This Jungian Life PodcastGoblins, Demons and Goddesses: A Conversation at the Edge of AI
OpenAI recently had to explain to frightened users why their models kept introducing goblins and gremlins into otherwise humdrum conversations. Is it possible…
This Jungian Life PodcastThe Psychology of Magic: A Jungian Exploration
Magic can be viewed as intentional engagement with what Jung called synchronicity. It is closely related to a mythological worldview, which recognizes a grand…
This Jungian Life PodcastIn Search of the Wild Man: Befriending Bigfoot
The wild man is an enduring archetypal figure worldwide, from Enkidu in Gilgamesh, to the Greek god Pan (worshipped in glens and woods), the Green Man in…
This Jungian Life PodcastJung vs. Borg: Staying Human in the Age of AI
Are we living through a tech-driven collapse of the ecology of mind? In his new book, Jung vs. Borg, author, psychologist and Jungian scholar GLEN SLATER Ph.D…
This Jungian Life PodcastRitual: Finding the Center in a Turning World
As we confront the turbulence of rapid change, technological dehumanization, and cultural polarization, how do we reconnect to being and meaning? Best-selling…
This Jungian Life PodcastCarl Jung in Basel: A Walking Tour
Happy Birthday to Carl Gustav Jung! To celebrate, we're sharing Lisa's walking tour of Basel with Jungian Analyst and author Kathrin Shaeppi. Last year, she…
This Jungian Life PodcastThe Sorcerer’s Apprentice: Power Without Wisdom
The tale of the Sorcerer’s Apprentice is a gripping story about loss of control and the timeless warning to be careful what you wish for. It sets out the…
This Jungian Life PodcastThe Odyssey: A Jungian Journey Home
The Odyssey (the subject of a new Christopher Nolan film released on the same day as this episode), is the ancient Greek epic attributed to Homer and one of…
This Jungian Life PodcastPrayer and the Psyche: A Jungian Exploration
Throughout human history, prayer has been a constant. Jung referred to it as “not only one of the most original but also the most frequent means to change the…
This Jungian Life PodcastLife, Liberty and the Pursuit of Individuation: A Jungian Reading of the Declaration of Independence
America’s Declaration of Independence has profoundly influenced the development of democracy and democratic movements all over the world, with its bold…
This Jungian Life PodcastThe Descent: A Jungian Exploration of the Underworld
In every culture and every religion, we find the concept of the underworld: sometimes located underground, and usually understood as a final destination after…
This Jungian Life PodcastThe Absent Father: Jung and the Missing Masculine
A father who is unavailable - whether due to untimely death, a demanding job, family breakup, or simply an inability to step up and meet his children’s needs -…
This Jungian Life PodcastThe Cry of Merlin: A Jungian Approach to the Wizard
Merlin, the mythical prophet, magician, and kingmaker of medieval legend, has lived in the Western imagination for centuries. Arthurian legend gives us more…
This Jungian Life PodcastWorking with Short Dreams and Fragments
This week, to mark the publication in paperback of Dream Wise: Unlocking the Meaning of Your Dreams, Jungian analysts Lisa Marchiano and Deborah Stewart…
This Jungian Life PodcastThe Devouring Mother: Facing Archetypal Darkness
Every archetype has a dual aspect: light and dark, and ‘mother’ as devouring and destructive is the dark side of this ever-present, over-arching archetype. The…
This Jungian Life PodcastConiunctio: The Alchemy of Union
In this final episode of our series on Jungian alchemy, we explore coniunctio, the union of opposites that gives rise to new wholeness. There are many ways in…
This Jungian Life PodcastDesirous Dreams: Our Private Erotic Encounters
Erotic dreams are extremely common. We may experience them as pleasurable, exciting and moving, or as disturbing and upsetting. It can be hard to talk about…
This Jungian Life PodcastJung and the End of the World: Can Depth Psychology Save Us?
In his new book, The End of the World, author and psychoanalyst JON MILLS considers the question of why humanity seems bent on self-destruction. We face…
This Jungian Life PodcastDark Forces in the Psyche: Our Self-Destructive Impulses
Why is it that we sometimes fail to rise to life’s most important challenges? Why do we instead procrastinate, withdraw, self-sabotage, or feel unable to move…
This Jungian Life PodcastPsyche in the Age of AI
Our lives have already been altered by rapidly expanding access to artificial intelligence (AI). In this week’s episode, we consider how this latest…
This Jungian Life PodcastThe Labyrinth: Soul’s Winding Journey
The labyrinth is a powerful metaphor for psychological development and the path of individuation. This week Jungian analysts Lisa Marchiano and Deborah Stewart…
This Jungian Life PodcastLOW ENERGY: Where Can We Source the Drive to Take Action? (Re-Publish)
Many people just can’t rally to do what’s necessary and improve their lives. Is it possible they just don’t carry much vitality, or is some inner conflict…
This Jungian Life PodcastA Jungian Sense of Place: Bollingen and The Tower on the Marsh
Carl Jung, Marie-Louise von Franz and Christiana Morgan all dedicated time, soul and imagination to a peculiarly Jungian form of architecture: the stone tower…
This Jungian Life PodcastThe Age of Aquarius: A Jungian View of a Changing World
Jung suggested in Aion that humanity is moving from the great symbolic Age of Pisces to the Age of Aquarius. Join Jungian analysts Lisa Marchiano, Deborah…
This Jungian Life PodcastCassandra: A Jungian Interpretation
In Greek mythology, Cassandra was a Trojan princess and priestess of Apollo who was given the gift of true prophecy, along with the curse that no one would…
This Jungian Life PodcastChance Encounters: When Life Calls Us to a New Path
Chance encounters can change the whole direction of our lives. A casual chat with a stranger at the bank, a book that beckons to you from the shelf, or a…
This Jungian Life PodcastCOAGULATIO: The Alchemy of Settling Down
COAGULATIO marks the psychological moment when possibility takes shape. Uncertainty recedes as we commit to our choices, and life slows and “thickens” into…
This Jungian Life PodcastWhy You Dream of Intruders: The Hidden Meaning of Break-In Dreams
Intruder dreams stage a boundary crisis: something arrives without the ego’s consent, and the dreamer wakes with fear, shame, or outrage. Join Jungian analysts…
This Jungian Life PodcastDissociation as Design: Why the Mind Sometimes Lets Go
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them! Pierre Janet’s term abaissement du niveau mental describes an experience so common we barely notice…
This Jungian Life PodcastThe Outsider at the Gate: Are We Lovable When Persona Washes Away?
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Princess and the Pea” is a parable about seeing beneath the surface…
This Jungian Life Podcast"What Do I Owe My Hurtful Parents?" Is The Wrong Question! Do This Instead!
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them! In the aftermath of the holidays, many people find themselves facing an old question in a new stage…
This Jungian Life PodcastCorruption Starts Inside You: Why Malignant Certainty Makes You Dangerous!
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them! In this episode, Joseph, Lisa, and Deb explain why Corruption is not only a political problem, but…
This Jungian Life PodcastHow Did I Become a Statistic?
Jung wrote “The Undiscovered Self” in 1957, opening with “What will the future bring?”, as the Cold War, the Iron Curtain, and nuclear weapons gained enough…
This Jungian Life PodcastHow to Stop Hiding After Trauma (Starting Today)
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This Jungian Life PodcastPurpose as Service to a Self-Led Future
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This Jungian Life PodcastCan Angels Survive in a Disenchanted World?
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!Angels persist in dreams, scripture, and art, while modern institutions psychologize them into…
This Jungian Life PodcastSanta and Krampus: Why the “Nice List” Needs a Shadow
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This Jungian Life PodcastAlchemical Mortificatio: How to Survive the Wintering of Your Life
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This Jungian Life PodcastHow to Work with Denial: A Jungian Guide to Facing Reality
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This Jungian Life PodcastHave We Ever Really Read Jung? Sonu Shamdasani on the Collected Works Crisis
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This Jungian Life Podcast[SUBSCRIBER BONUS] Is My Wanderlust Related To My Mother Complex?
In this free edition of Jung Love, our subscriber bonus content, a Patron asks: "I'm wondering if you can talk about the issue of place: the ability to settle…
This Jungian Life PodcastGratitude and Reverence: How to Lead a Sacred, Soulful Life
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This Jungian Life PodcastSigns Contempt Is Ruining Your Relationship & Ways to Cope
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!Contempt feels like a gut punch. It’s a cold, distancing act that devalues a person even as it…
This Jungian Life PodcastSEPARATIO: The Alchemical Secret That Ends Confusion
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!Alchemical separatio is the skill of sorting out your mind. You separate what belongs to you—your…
This Jungian Life PodcastLUCID DREAMING: How to Make the Most of a Magical Opportunity
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!Lucid dreaming is an interesting ego state when we are dreaming and regain full self-awareness…
This Jungian Life Podcast[SUBSCRIBER BONUS] Should I Marry My First and Only Partner?
In this free edition of Jung Love, our subscriber bonus content, a Patron asks: "My fiancé and I have known each other since we were 17. Neither one of us has…
This Jungian Life PodcastShadow, Evil, and Individuation: Jung’s View of the Devil
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them! The devil archetype carries three qualities: it promotes bestial violence of every kind, it tries…
This Jungian Life PodcastHorror as a Mirror: What Netflix’s MONSTER Makes Us See
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!The new controversial Netflix series MONSTER: The Ed Gein Story offers a window into the devouring…
This Jungian Life PodcastSUBLIMATIO: Jung’s Alchemical Method of Turning Problems into Archetypes
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them! Do you get overwhelmed by intense feelings and old patterns, feeling stuck because you can’t make…