This Jungian Life Podcast

Joseph Lee, Deborah Stewart, Lisa Marchiano
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This Jungian Life Podcast
JUNG LOVE

Dreams and questions from our community.

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Eavesdrop on three Jungian analysts as they engage in lively, sometimes irreverent conversations about a wide range of topics as they share what it’s like to see the world through the depth psychological lens provided by Carl Jung. Half of each episode is spent discussing a dream submitted by a listener.

  1. VISIONS: When the Mystery Breaks Through

    9 HR AGO

    VISIONS: When the Mystery Breaks Through

    DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!⁠⁠⁠ Carl Jung considered visions extraordinary intrusions of the unconscious into waking life, moments when hidden psychic contents press forward with striking intensity. These phenomena do not represent mere hallucinations or idle fantasies. They reflect purposeful eruptions from Psyche’s deeper strata, often evoked by personal crisis or cultural upheaval. Visions stand apart from normal mental processes because they carry a sense of autonomy; they appear spontaneously and feel real despite an absence of tangible external stimuli. Unlike psychotic hallucinations, which generally lack insight, visions evoke wonder or awe but do not lead to a break with reality. Instead of dismissing them as illusions, we should explore their symbolic significance and trace their relationship to archetypal patterns. Visions may emerge to correct lopsided ego positions, illuminate a coming transformation, or highlight a collective shift in cultural identity. These visionary breakthroughs disclose hidden potentials that challenge complacency and spark deeper self-awareness through symbolic revelation. LOOK & GROW Join THIS JUNGIAN LIFE DREAM SCHOOL⁠⁠⁠ Do you have a topic you want us to cover?⁠⁠⁠ WE NEED YOUR HELP! Become a patron to keep TJL running.⁠⁠⁠ We've got totally NEW MERCH! We’d like to take a crack interpreting your dream. If you’ve been struggling in the dark, trying to find the keys to unlock your dreams, help has arrived. Order your copy of ⁠⁠⁠Dream Wise: Unlocking the Meaning of Your Dreams⁠⁠⁠ from the hosts of This Jungian Life podcast and open the secret door. Lisa’s leading a retreat in ITALY!⁠⁠⁠

    1h 13m
  2. DREAM TELEPATHY: Is it real?

    6 MAR

    DREAM TELEPATHY: Is it real?

    DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!⁠⁠⁠ Join us this week to explore the results of our grand experiment in dream telepathy. A few weeks back, Joseph transmitted an image our listener volunteers were primed to receive, with the hope that it would appear in their dreams. The results? Intriguing, if not conclusive. On today's episode: Joseph shares some uncanny experiences listeners reported during his transmissionWe dive into the dreams that were matches for the beautiful image of a reddish-furred dog. Jung's understanding of dream telepathy, and how this ties into his concept of the collective unconscious. IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE IMAGE JOSEPH PROJECTED, CLICK HERE LOOK & GROW Join THIS JUNGIAN LIFE DREAM SCHOOL⁠⁠⁠ Do you have a topic you want us to cover?⁠⁠⁠ WE NEED YOUR HELP! Become a patron to keep TJL running.⁠⁠⁠ We've got totally NEW MERCH! We’d like to take a crack interpreting your dream. If you’ve been struggling in the dark, trying to find the keys to unlock your dreams, help has arrived. Order your copy of ⁠⁠⁠Dream Wise: Unlocking the Meaning of Your Dreams⁠⁠⁠ from the hosts of This Jungian Life podcast and open the secret door. Lisa’s leading a retreat in ITALY!⁠⁠⁠

    57 min
  3. JUNG LOVE: This Week's Bonus Listener Q&A

    6 MAR · BONUS • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    JUNG LOVE: This Week's Bonus Listener Q&A

    Hey Supporters, Today we're discussing a question submitted by a supporter: "What do you do with shadow material? Is it enough to just become aware of your shadows? Or does it require a fixing of oneself? What is the process of processing it? I'm still trying to wrap my head around the shadow. What if I'm aware, but still don't like the shadow? Robert Johnson talked about rituals for the shadow. Can you speak about that in more depth and perhaps provide some examples?" Thank you for supporting This Jungian Life!

    15 min
  4. SHADOWLAND: Self-Harm Cults – The Story of Sarah

    27 FEB

    SHADOWLAND: Self-Harm Cults – The Story of Sarah

    DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!⁠⁠⁠ *Content warning: contains references to sexual abuse, animal cruelty, self-harm, and cult exploitation* This is Shadowland, a new podcast experience from This Jungian Life that explores the lives of people who work and take refuge in the hidden places of our culture. We hope our work will bring insight, compassion, and understanding to the darker side of human experience. In that spirit, we meet Sarah, a mother whose daughter was rescued from the self-harm cult called "764." This dangerous group has been identified by the FBI, who continue to prosecute their leaders. Despite those efforts, it continues and targets children. We explore how she discovered her daughter's entrapment, the process of recovery, the growing danger of these types of groups, and the toll it has taken on her. Sarah's ongoing work investigating these cults requires that we protect her identity. We are using a pseudonym, altering her voice, and obscuring her face. *Information on the 764 cult *FBI Public Service Announcement. Violent Online Groups Extort Minors to Self-Harm LOOK & GROW Join THIS JUNGIAN LIFE DREAM SCHOOL⁠⁠⁠ Do you have a topic you want us to cover?⁠⁠⁠ WE NEED YOUR HELP! Become a patron to keep TJL running.⁠⁠⁠ We've got totally NEW MERCH! We’d like to take a crack at interpreting your dream. If you’ve been struggling in the dark, trying to find the keys to unlock your dreams, help has arrived. Order your copy of ⁠⁠⁠Dream Wise: Unlocking the Meaning of Your Dreams⁠⁠⁠ from the hosts of This Jungian Life podcast and open the secret door.

    1h 28m
  5. JUNG LOVE: This Week's Bonus Dream Interpretation

    27 FEB · BONUS • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    JUNG LOVE: This Week's Bonus Dream Interpretation

    Hey Supporters, This week, we're discussing a dream submitted by one of our supporters, a 69-year-old woman who is retired from a career in aviation and technology: "I sit with three other women in a round tub on the deep ocean. We each have a metal, horizontally rectangular box in our hands, which has four horizontal slits. Each slit holds a strip of paper with lots of numbers on it. The women teach me this: if I throw one of these strips of paper over the side of the container into the water, then fall into the ocean and relax as I sink deep, deep down right to the bottom of the ocean, then I will have a death experience, but will come out alive at the end. The first time I do this, it takes all I have to let myself fall over the side into the water and sink to the very bottom because there is no way to get air. I do not recall the fall or the death in the dream. The dream goes on to where I try to get two other women together for another round of this game, but it does not happen." Thank you for supporting This Jungian Life!

    15 min
  6. The Symbolism of Travel Inner and Outer

    20 FEB

    The Symbolism of Travel Inner and Outer

    DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!⁠⁠⁠⁠Travel speaks to something far deeper in us than simply going from one place to another; it’s a powerful metaphor for inner change. In our dreams or daydreams, the drive to “hit the road” or venture overseas often signals Psyche’s desire for growth and transformation. Instead of just showing us new sights, these journeys hint at unexplored parts of ourselves—regions of the unconscious that hold insight, energy, or aspects of our own personality we’ve yet to embrace. When you find yourself repeatedly dreaming about traveling or caught up in fantasies of far-off adventures, it may be your inner life nudging you toward new perspectives, solutions, or even a bold reinvention. Much like ancient heroes setting sail to unknown realms, we, too, embark on soul-level quests whenever we step beyond our comfort zones. Seen this way, traveling—physically or in our dreams—becomes a path to self-discovery. Each trek outward reflects a deeper journey within as we gradually gather up previously hidden pieces of ourselves, weaving them into a truer, fuller picture of who we are meant to become. Find Copies of the Three Dreams We Analyze HERE: https://thisjungianlife.com/travel_dreams LOOK & GROW ⁠⁠⁠⁠Join THIS JUNGIAN LIFE DREAM SCHOOL⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Do you have a topic you want us to cover?⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠WE NEED YOUR HELP! Become a patron to keep TJL running.⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Lisa’s leading a retreat in ITALY!⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠We've got totally NEW MERCH!⁠ If you’ve been struggling in the dark trying to find the keys to unlock your dreams, help has arrived. Order your copy of ⁠⁠⁠⁠Dream Wise: Unlocking the Meaning of Your Dreams⁠⁠⁠⁠ from the hosts of This Jungian Life podcast and open the secret door.

    1 hr
  7. JUNG LOVE: This Week's Bonus Dream Interpretation

    20 FEB · BONUS • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    JUNG LOVE: This Week's Bonus Dream Interpretation

    Hey Supporters, This week, we're discussing a dream submitted by one of our supporters, a 33-year-old woman who works as a therapist: "I wake early in the morning to the thought that I must preheat the oven to bake the egg casserole for my family's breakfast. The bedroom decor and my nightgown are from the 1940s, and it seems like this is the era I am in. I'm careful not to wake my husband next to me as I slip out of bed. I tiptoe down the stairs. At the bottom step, I see through drawn blinds on the wall-length windows that our house is in the middle of the ocean. I'm alarmed to see soldiers in green wading silently in the water just two feet from the house. We are surrounded. I am suddenly aware that I'm almost naked, and that if I can see them, they might see me. I feel dread and panic as I hear the sweet sounds of my baby babbling in her crib upstairs. I know that because of her, we cannot hide; her noises will give us away. And, that we cannot swim because she cannot hold her breath. I swallow, aware that we will perish." Thank you for supporting This Jungian Life!

    15 min
  8. FACING REJECTION

    13 FEB

    FACING REJECTION

    DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them! Facing Rejection forces us to confront what we fear losing—belonging, recognition, identity. Rejection alters how we see ourselves, engage with others, and interpret the world. It shapes unconscious complexes, creates projections, and influences attachment. It appears in myths where exiled figures return transformed, in dreams where locked doors symbolize what we refuse to see, and in defenses against further pain. Healing from rejection requires engaging with its effects, not avoiding them. Some of us externalize rejection, which becomes resentment, further isolating us. Others internalize it as self-doubt, creating cycles of withdrawal and hiding. Some break the pattern, using rejection as a catalyst for self-development, learning to integrate what was once denied. Rejection strips away illusions, forces an encounter with shadow, and demands a new understanding of self-worth. It is present in villains seeking revenge, heroes growing through exile, and those transforming suffering into insight. Growth is not in avoiding rejection but facing its effects without retreating into bitterness or fear. In today’s episode, we explore how rejection influences Psyche, how myths encode its lessons, how shadow work leads to integration, and how individuation turns rejection into wisdom.  PREPARE TO DISCOVER what rejection reveals about the forces that shape our experiences, how rejection creates opportunities for transformation, which unconscious patterns emerge when rejection is internalized, whether rejection leads to individuation, why rejection is necessary to reclaim unconscious material …AND SO MUCH MORE.  Here’s a copy of the dream we analyzed: https://thisjungianlife.com/facing-rejection  LOOK & GROW ⁠Join THIS JUNGIAN LIFE DREAM SCHOOL⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Do you have a topic you want us to cover?⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠WE NEED YOUR HELP! Become a patron to keep TJL running.⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠We've got totally NEW MERCH!⁠⁠ We’d like to take a crack interpreting your dream.⁠ If you’ve been struggling in the dark trying to find the keys to unlock yourdreams, help has arrived. Order your copy of ⁠⁠⁠⁠Dream Wise: Unlocking the Meaning of Your Dreams⁠⁠⁠⁠ from the hosts of This Jungian Life podcast and open the secret door.

    1h 8m
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Eavesdrop on three Jungian analysts as they engage in lively, sometimes irreverent conversations about a wide range of topics as they share what it’s like to see the world through the depth psychological lens provided by Carl Jung. Half of each episode is spent discussing a dream submitted by a listener.

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  • Creator
    Joseph Lee, Deborah Stewart, Lisa Marchiano
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2025
  • Episodes
    405
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Joseph Lee, Deborah Stewart, Lisa Marchiano
  • Show Website
    This Jungian Life Podcast
  • Provider
    Lisa Marchiano

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