Conversations For The End

Conversations For The End
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A Jungian and Jungian Adjacent Podcast Exploring the mind, meaning and the Mystery

  1. FEB 1

    Ep 26 – Dr Rick Diamond – Personal Myth, Story Healing and Finding Your Authentic Self.

    In this episode of Conversations for the End, I’m joined by story healer Rick Diamond for a wide ranging conversation on personal myth, somatic knowing, and the often unseen stories shaping our lives. We explore how personal myths form, how they repeat with subtle differences across a lifetime, and how the body often knows long before the mind is ready to understand. Rick speaks about healing ruptures that arrive unexpectedly, the dangers of spiritual bypassing, and the importance of recognising the psyche as fundamentally polytheistic rather than unified or linear. Together, we examine what it means to live inside a myth, how archetypal figures and gods continue to move through modern lives, and why the hero’s journey is less about triumph and more about the courage to say yes to what is already calling. The conversation also turns toward creativity, imagination, and story as essential tools for integration rather than aesthetic luxuries, culminating in a discussion of Rick’s Story Workbook and the practical work of engaging myth consciously rather than being unconsciously lived by it. This episode is an invitation to listen differently to your own story, to notice where repetition is asking for transformation, and to approach healing not as correction but as deepening relationship with the psyche. Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 02:42 Rick’s personal myth 06:58 The joy of waking up 11:15 Somatic healing 15:19 Unexpected healing ruptures 18:00 The polytheistic psyche 21:00 Eastern spirituality and spiritual beggars 23:00 Recognising our personal myth 31:19 Repetition with a difference 38:40 Living inside a myth and somatic reaction 43:30 Archetypal figures and the gods 44:30 The hero says yes to the journey4 7:50 Confronting the hero’s call 48:40 Unconditional love and the relief of realisation 54:00 Common stories we need to heal 60:02 The importance of creativity and imagination 60:08 The Story Workbook Listen to Episode 26 of Conversations for the End on YouTube and all podcast platforms. Instagram :  ⁨@drrickdiamond⁩  www.drrickdiamond.com Instagram / TikTok :  ⁨@ConversationsForTheEnd⁩  Title Music: Vines

    1h 15m

  2. JAN 19

    Ep 25 - Jared Black - Wrestling as Inner Work, Initiation, and the Symbolic Life.

    Episode Description In this episode of Conversations for the End, I sit down with Jared Fekete to explore wrestling not just as a sport, but as a profound symbolic practice of inner work, containment, and transformation.Beginning with Jared’s personal story, we trace how the wrestling mat becomes a space where force, vulnerability, brotherhood, and discipline meet. We explore wrestling as a container that constricts and reveals, mirroring the psychological pressures that shape character and maturity. From somatic healing and bodily intelligence to yoga, reflection, and working consciously with force, this conversation moves between the physical and the symbolic with depth and care.We also touch on plant medicine, encounters with the feminine, and what it means to wrestle with God, the Mother archetype, and the demands of a symbolic life. Throughout, initiation emerges not as a single event, but as a relational process that unfolds through embodied practice, mythic encounter, and responsibility to self and others.This is a conversation about masculinity, embodiment, and meaning that refuses abstraction, grounding psychological insight in lived, physical experience. Subscribe on YouTube for full episodes, and follow Conversations for the End for more conversations at the intersection of depth psychology, culture, and the symbolic life. Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 02:36 Jared’s Story 11:35 Wrestling as Container and Constriction 12:59 The Importance of Brotherhood 18:21 Wrestling as a Symbol for Inner Work 22:00 Somatic Healing on the Mat 27:50 Yoga and Reflection 31:50 Working with Force 36:22 Plant Medicine and the Feminine 41:55 Wrestling with God 44:45 The Mother Archetype 48:40 The Symbolic Life 51:00 Initiation 55:40 The Relational Feminine Instagram: @feketejj Instagram/TikTok: Conversationsfortheend Title Music: Vines

    1h 5m

  3. JAN 4

    Ep 24 - The Year In Review and Q & A.

    For the first time on Conversations for the End, I sit alone to answer questions sent in by listeners and viewers, and to take stock of what this project has been, what it’s becoming, and how it has changed me in the process. This episode moves between the personal and the psychological. I speak openly about my own background, how I first encountered Carl Jung, and why Jungian psychology continues to feel urgently relevant at a time when so many people experience alienation, disconnection, and a crisis of meaning.We explore the shadow side of modern men’s self-development spaces, where genuine longing for growth can quietly slip into domination, repression, or spiritual bypassing. I reflect on the idea of the “spiritually sick father” and what it might mean to redeem that image rather than simply reject it. I also answer questions about my own experiences of synchronicity, Jung’s concept of enantiodromia, and how psychological extremes inevitably turn into their opposites when they are lived unconsciously. Finally, I look back on what has shifted in me across 24 episodes. Not just intellectually, but emotionally and symbolically. What it means to speak publicly about meaning, suffering, and depth in a culture that often resists all three. This episode is less about offering answers and more about tracing a conversation in motion, one that continues to unfold between psyche, culture, and lived experience. Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 02:07 About me 05:00 The Shadow self of Mens Self Development Space 12:40 Redeeming the Spiritually Sick Father 22:30 How I Became Interested in Carl Jung. 25:30 What are my own Syncroncity experiences? 31:00 Jung and people feeling disconnected from society 37:00 Enantiodromia 41:30 How Have I grown in 24 episodes The full episode is available now on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. Instagram/Tiktok/YouTube @ConversationsfortheEnd Title Music: Vines

    48 min

  4. 12/21/2025

    Ep 23 - Dylan Martinez Francisco - AI, Animism, and the Psychology of a Disenchanted World

    In this episode of Conversations for the End, we explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping not only culture and technology, but our symbolic relationship with the world itself. Rather than asking whether AI is good or bad, this conversation holds the deeper psychological tension it introduces. Between matter and meaning. Object and soul. Past myth and future imagination. We move through questions of de-spiritualisation, animism, indigenous worldviews, sex robots, and the way modern technology subtly reorganises how we perceive reality. AI appears here not just as a tool, but as a psychological and mythic object that reflects something unfinished in the modern psyche. This is not a technical discussion about machines.It is a conversation about meaning, perception, and the kinds of worlds we are unconsciously building. Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 02:22 AI and Modern Culture 07:23 De-Spiritualisation, the Feminine as Matter, and Eve 10:00 Material World Locker Room Talk 11:30 AI and Animism 15:09 Holding the Tension of Past and Future 19:03 AI as the Magical Object 24:00 Prepositions and Perception 27:00 How Should We Talk About AI 32:00 Holding the Tension of Opposites in Thought 34:00 Questioning Our Worldviews 36:00 Indigenous Traditions, AI, and the Psychology of Land 41:00 Sex Robots and AI Romance 47:00 Technology and Perception If you’re interested in depth psychology, culture, and the symbolic consequences of modern technology, this episode is an invitation to slow down and think more carefully about what we’re actually relating to when we say “AI.” Instagram: @dylanmartinezfranciisco.phd Instagram/Tiktok:  ⁨@ConversationsForTheEnd⁩  Title Music: Vines

    1h 1m

  5. 12/08/2025

    Ep 22 - Stefano Carpani - Peace Is Not in Our Nature: War, Shadow, and Jungian Thought.

    Episode Description In this conversation, Neo Jungian sociologist and analyst Stefano Carpani explores why peace may never have been humanity’s natural state and what this means for a world moving toward new forms of conflict. We examine the democratisation of Jungian ideas, the psychological conditions of our time, and why understanding the wish for war is essential if we hope to avoid repeating the catastrophes of the past. Carpani reflects on modern desensitisation, how we have become subtly anaesthetised, and how these shifts shape our everyday reality settings. We look at the constellation of archetypes in contemporary culture, from Greta Thunberg to collective anxieties of the 21st century, and how psychosocial Jungian thinking can help us navigate the forces moving through society today. This episode asks a difficult but necessary question If peace is not in our nature, what must we understand about ourselves to prevent history from repeating itself Stefano closes with a reflective exercise and an invitation to deepen our psychological literacy in a rapidly changing world. 00:00 Introduction 01:05 Neo Jungians 07:20 Analytical psychology and the current times 12:00 Democratisation of Jungian ideas 18:30 War as rest 26:00 Jungian antidotes to war 32:15 Peace is not in our nature 37:15 Modern desensitised and anaesthetised 39:00 The transformation of desensitisation 42:00 Reality settings 48:00 Greta Thunberg and the constellation of an archetype 50:00 Psychosocial Jungian thinking 60:03 Where to find Stefano and an exercise in reflection Website: https://www.stefanocarpani.com Jungianeum: https://jungianeum.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stefanocarpani YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@stefanocarpani YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@conversationsfortheend Instagram https://www.instagram.com/conversationsfortheendpodcast TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@conversationsfortheendpodcast Title Music: Vines

    1h 5m

  6. 11/24/2025

    Ep 21 - Jared Ray Gilmore - Personal Myth, Addiction and Active Imagination.

    In this episode of Conversations for the End, I sit down with Jared Ray Gilmore—coach, content creator, and musician—for a deep exploration of personal myth, shadow work, addiction, and the symbolic forces shaping our inner lives. Across this hour-long conversation, we unpack how emotion, initiation, and complexes reveal the hidden architecture of your psyche; how Jungian psychology, phenomenology, and archetypal patterns help explain the stories we unconsciously perform; and why confronting the Sol Niger, the Black Sun, and the darker turns in our personal myths can open the door to genuine transformation. Jared shares candid reflections on his own journey—through addiction, dreamwork, active imagination, mentorship, creativity, and rebuilding a foundation for growth—offering a grounded and authentic look at what real inner work feels like. If you're interested in Jung, mythology, self-development, or the lived reality of confronting the unconscious, this episode offers a rich and honest entry point. 00:00 Intro 02:30 Jared’s Personal Myth 08:26 Emotion, Initiation and Your Myth 10:56 Carl Jung and Phenomenology  11:53 Complex’s reveal the world 14:20 Your myth and unlocking your potential  17:35 Unconscious development. 19:55 Addiction and Archetypal Possession  27:27 Personal Myths and Tragic ends 31:20 Sol Niger and The Black Sun 36:12 Osiris myth and transformation  38:06 Helping others as antidote  44:06 The importance of mentorship  50:30 Active Imagination  51:00 Shadow work 54:30 Find a Foundation before exploring the depths 59:00 IFS, Jung and & Romanticism  60:00 Engaging with a dream (example)  Instagram/TikTok: Jaredraygilmore Instagram/Tiktok: ConversationsfortheEnd Title Music: Vines

    1h 13m

  7. 11/11/2025

    Ep 20 - Emma Smithwick - The Kore Archetype and Finding Creativity in Destruction and Conflict.

    In this episode of Conversations for the End, I am joined by friend of the show Emma Smithwick to explore the rich terrain of the psyche, culture, and creativity through a Jungian lens. We discuss how engaging with suffering, paradox, and the parts of ourselves often left unexplored can help us cultivate deeper meaning in life.We dive into topics including Carl Jung, the Kore, intuition, the underworld, death and creativity, and why suffering can be both a privilege and a doorway to personal growth. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 03:00 Carl Jung and The Return to Greece 07:40 Understanding Parts of Ourselves 09:15 The Kore 15:30 The Underworld, Intuition, Culture 26:00 Destruction, Death and Creativity 36:00 Why Suffering Can Be Beautiful 42:00 The Need for Paradox 43:00 Suffering Is a Privilege 45:00 Life Is Not Either or 53:00 Cultivating Your Life Through Conflict Whether you are curious about Jungian psychology, personal growth, or simply how to navigate life’s complexities, this conversation offers insight, reflection, and practical ways to engage with your inner world.Listen, reflect, and explore with us. #Jung #EmmaSmithwick #ConversationsForTheEnd #Psychology #PersonalGrowth #Suffering #Creativity #Meaning #TheKore #Underworld #SelfDiscovery

    1h 12m

  8. 10/27/2025

    Ep 19 - Adam Letica - Healing the Fractured Self with Curiosity & Compassion.

    In this episode, I sit down with Adam Letica — a coach who has worked with over 500 clients help transform where they have become stuck. Together we explore how to treat our fractured parts with curiosity and compassion (rather than shame or avoidance) and how shifting the narrative from “Why am I like this?” to “What is this part trying to do for me?” can open space for real transformation. Adam shows that growth isn’t just about fixing—you’re not broken and needing repair—but about integrating the characters inside you so you can show up more fully.Adam’s approach emphasises that true change happens when we work both our “inner world” (our feelings, stories, habits) and “outer world” (our energy, work, relationships) in harmony. 00:00 Introduction 00:42 Why People Stay Small 05:29 Psychological Safety explained 07:30 How Mythology Drives Personal Growth 14:20 What are Fractures in the Psyche 17:11 The Practical Pushback against Myth Making 18:30 How to Notice Your Psychological Fractures 20:40 Growing Inner Curiosity and Self Compassion 21:00 Archetypes vs Behavioural Patterns in Real Life 24:00 Common Shadow Work Mistakes 25:30 Overthinking Self Help and Life Advice 28:13 Living the Provisional Life explained 29:46 The Reward is in Becoming, not the Goal 30:33 How to Realign with Your Authentic Self 35:42 Using a Compass not a Map in Life 40:19 How to Navigate Self Doubt 42:30 Feelings are Friends not Enemies 42:40 Change “Why” to “What” for Better Growth 48:00 Why Laziness is a Myth 51:21 The Power of Language in Identity 54:29 Cultural Challenges to Personal Growth in 2025 59:00 Where to Find Adam Letica https://www.adamletica.com/ Instagram/Tiktok : Conversationsfortheend Title Music: Vines

    1h 2m
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A Jungian and Jungian Adjacent Podcast Exploring the mind, meaning and the Mystery

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  • Creator
    Conversations For The End
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    26
  • Rating
    Explicit
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