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This Jungian Life Podcast

Joseph Lee, Deborah Stewart, Lisa Marchiano
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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.

  1. Coniunctio: The Alchemy of Union

    3D AGO

    Coniunctio: 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 which we might encounter coniunctio in outer life. We might fall in love, form a partnership, or undertake transformative work with a psychotherapist. In some meaningful, mysterious way, two become one, giving us incremental tastes of transformation. At the psychological level, work with one’s shadow represents the first stage of coniunctio. When we recognize and reclaim aspects of ourselves that have been split off or rejected, we begin to heal inner division and move toward wholeness. We also discuss the sacred union, the second layer of coniunctio, in which we strive to achieve an inner marriage, creating new vitality, creativity, and psychic spaciousness. Ultimately, coniunctio parallels Jung’s concept of individuation, the lifelong process of becoming whole by integrating the hidden, conflicting, and unrealized dimensions of the self and achieving a relationship with the greater Self. Read the dream we analyze in full on our website. Connect With This Jungian Life We’re collecting your short dreams (under 3 sentences): ⁠send your short dream here⁠. Pre-order the paperback edition of ⁠Dream Wise: Unlocking the Meaning of Your Dreams.⁠ Take a look at ⁠This Jungian Life Dream School⁠, our online course in Jungian dream analysis. Follow This Jungian Life on ⁠Instagram.

    1h 43m
  2. [SUBSCRIBER BONUS] Staying Together

    3D AGO ·  BONUS • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    [SUBSCRIBER BONUS] Staying Together

    Hey Subscribers, This week, we're discussing a dream submitted by one of our supporters, a 35-year-old man who works as a software engineer: "I was in a large house where many couples were staying together. Most were older than me by almost double my age. I realized that my husband and I had decided to begin ending our relationship, or changing it significantly, but we're still acting like nothing had changed in social situations. I had to use the bathroom, and it was going to be unpleasant, so I went to find something secluded. I could only find bathrooms that were en suite with other couples' and had to make excuses as to why I was going into their rooms. They kept bringing my husband into the conversation, and we had to continue the charade." Thank you for supporting This Jungian Life! ~Lisa, Joseph, and Deb

    18 min
  3. Desirous Dreams: Our Private Erotic Encounters

    MAY 14

    Desirous 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 erotic dreams, even in therapy, as they insist on attending to secret satisfactions and shames. There is relatively little written on the subject from a Jungian perspective, so this week we dive in and discuss how to work with your erotic dreams. We also analyze some of the many dreams our listeners sent in. Erotic dreams may be about connection, union and intimacy, or confront us with shadow figures and situations that show us what we deny or disobey. They may also offer us potent images of unexplored desires. Join us as we interpret four erotic dreams: a hedonistic experience in a hotel pool, an unsettling meeting with a repellent music teacher, a ritualistic sauna experience, and an unwanted kitchen encounter that invites the dreamer to reclaim her own desires. Read the dreams we analyze in full on our website. Connect With This Jungian Life We’re collecting your short dreams or dream fragments to celebrate the publication of the paperback of Dream Wise: send your short dream here. Pre-order the paperback edition of Dream Wise: Unlocking the Meaning of Your Dreams. Take a look at This Jungian Life Dream School, our online course in Jungian dream analysis. Follow This Jungian Life on Instagram.

    1h 9m
  4. [SUBSCRIBER BONUS] What If My Analyst Suddenly Dies?

    MAY 14 ·  BONUS • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    [SUBSCRIBER BONUS] What If My Analyst Suddenly Dies?

    Hey Subscribers, Today we're discussing a question submitted by a supporter: "Can you share any resources or thoughts for analysands whose analyst suddenly died? My husband's analyst passed away suddenly. The analysis was ongoing for 10 years prior. Is there any protocol or advice you can offer for moving forward? We're in our late 60s, and thank you." Thanks for supporting This Jungian Life! ~ Lisa, Joseph, and Deb

    9 min
  5. Jung and the End of the World: Can Depth Psychology Save Us?

    MAY 7

    Jung 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 famine, climate change, obscene wealth disparities, and threats of global war and nuclear annihilation. Yet the majority of us seem to prefer living either in denial, or in irrational, active opposition to reading the writing on the wall. This week Jungian analyst and co-host Lisa Marchiano interviews Jon about how we face up to impending catastrophe. Is there a viable alternative to the current situation in which we seem to be indulging a collective death wish, careening unconsciously toward a dangerous precipice? Lisa and Jon discuss Jung’s emphasis on doing individual shadow work and how myth and fairy tale - a distillation of human nature and wisdom - might offer a spark of hope. If we can recognize and confront evil and hold the tension of opposites we can start a conversation with our shadow. Follow Up for This Episode Read Jon Mills’ new book, End of the World: Civilization and Its Fate. Visit Jon Mills’ website. Watch bonus mini-episodes on our Patreon channel. Download our free Dream Recall Meditation Guide.

    1h 4m
  6. [SUBSCRIBER BONUS] Marshmallow Rash

    MAY 7 ·  BONUS • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    [SUBSCRIBER BONUS] Marshmallow Rash

    Hey Subscribers, This week, we're discussing a dream submitted by one of our supporters, a 40-year-old woman who is a freelance writer: "I can feel an itch on my lower back. When I look behind me, I see a large rash on my skin. It resembles marshmallows of various shapes and sizes, twisted into ribbons, white and pink, with one bubble full of fluid that looks like custard rather than something dangerous. Nevertheless, I'm concerned. I recall in the dream that a few days ago, I was on the train with some people from another continent and must have caught this exotic infection from them, hence its weird appearance. Perhaps I should go and see a doctor, I think. A course of antibiotics will clear this up." Thank you for supporting This Jungian Life! ~Lisa, Joseph, and Deb

    14 min
  7. Dark Forces in the Psyche: Our Self-Destructive Impulses

    APR 30

    Dark 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 toward the life we want? This week, at a listener’s suggestion, Jungian analysts Lisa Marchiano and Deborah Stewart explore the concept of anti-libidinal forces in the psyche: those self-destructive impulses that oppose growth, pleasure, and forward movement. We discuss the ways this phenomenon has been addressed within the profession, including Freud’s death drive, Melanie Klein’s concept of the bad breast, Clarissa Pinkola Estés’ predator in the psyche, and Donald Kalsched’s protector/persecutor. Libido was understood by Jung to mean life energy, rather than being purely sexual. We explore how blocked libido can become depression, paralyzing fear, hoarding behavior, vicious self-criticism, or simply an inability to begin or complete what matters most. Through stories such as Bluebeard, Jonah and the Whale, and Marduk and Tiamat, we consider inner monsters that threaten to devour vitality. Anti-libidinal forces, however, are not the end of the story. We also discuss the heroic task of meeting fear, reclaiming disowned energies, and choosing life one step at a time.Read the dream we analyze in full on our website. Connect With This Jungian Life Download our free Dream Recall Meditation Guide. Send a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠dream⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for us to analyze on the show. Check out our TJL ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠podcast merch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow This Jungian Life on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

    1h 8m
  8. [SUBSCRIBER BONUS] What's Up With The Princess' Rage?

    APR 30 ·  BONUS • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    [SUBSCRIBER BONUS] What's Up With The Princess' Rage?

    Hey Patrons, Today we're discussing a question submitted by a supporter: "Can you unpack the rage of the princess in the Frog Prince? Reading this tale recently, I experienced a visceral bodily shock when the princess hurled the frog against the wall. It feels like I contain a storehouse of unexpressed rage that needs unpacking. What do you advise?" Thanks for supporting This Jungian Life! ~ Lisa, Joseph, and Deb

    10 min
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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.

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  • Creator
    Joseph Lee, Deborah Stewart, Lisa Marchiano
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    535
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Joseph Lee, Deborah Stewart, Lisa Marchiano
  • Show Website
    This Jungian Life Podcast
  • Provider
    This Jungian Life, LLC

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