Down With My Demons: The Shadow Work Path
Episodes
Death of a Mother: Grief, Alchemy, and Rising from the Ashes
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode, I finally name what has been living in the background of everything: my mother’s death, and the grief that took me un...
Seasonality and Tending to Our Becoming
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWe're back! This episode touches on what it means to be with our seasonality of soul and explores the importance of acknowledging w...
Authority, Integrity, and Rage: An Exploration with Claire Thompson
19 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJoin my guest, Claire Thompson and me, as we explore the shadow of authority, how that plays into our integrity, small bits about what i...
The Palestinian Perspective: A Conversation We Need
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis special edition episode is a conversation, much needed on the global main stage. For too long, we here in America, have only ever h...
The Grip of Dopamine
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis week we are unpacking Dopamine! This is a term that gets thrown around a lot these days and this episode is devoted to the continue...
PTSD and C-PTSD: Understanding Chronic Trauma
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textToday we're talking about PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) and C-PTSD (complex post-traumatic stress disorder). With so much t...
Dark Night of the Soul: A Love Story of Change
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis episode explains a bit about what I've been experiencing and the wisdom I've been gleaning over the last 10 months away f...
Sex Series: A ‘Not So Black and White’ Conversation About Consent with Lisa Chatham Part 2
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWE'RE BACK!! Thank you for your patience, understanding, and support. On this weeks episode we've got the second part to our i...
Sex Series: A ‘Not So Black and White’ Conversation About Consent with Lisa Chatham Part 1
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis episode marks part one of our first ever Sex Series! In honor of Scorpio Season, the holiday season, and the shifting of our enviro...
Men's Mental Health with Garrett Hooper
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this week's episode we talked to Garrett Hooper LMFT about men's mental health and why he think's it's taken so l...
The Shadow of Dating: Ghosting in the 2020's
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textDating seems to be one of the most accessible things in the digital age and also one of it's biggest pain points. Not only in the s...
Forgiveness
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis episode means a lot to me in that it's been a life long journey and exploration of how I interact with the world and with my i...
The Death of Friendships
24 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis episode is one I've been grappling with for many years. It's hard to see friendships go, especially the ones we were in f...
The Illumination of Hate
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textNone of us are above the capacity to hate. It's sometimes easier to point a finger and judge people or groups who are different tha...
The Shadow of Time
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textTime is something we can't escape though sometimes it seems to evade us. The pace at which we want things to happen is not always t...
Debunking the Shadow of Saturn, Chiron, and Pluto with Natalia Benson
25 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis episode is jam packed with wisdom about these specific astrological placements that give many of us the heebie jeebies. I'm a ...
The Shadow of How We Eat: Coming Back Into Balance and Intention with Callie Cavanaugh
11 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textCallie Cavanaugh is a dear friend and a food inspiration in my life. Her "Eat In Method" has coalesced from years of experienc...
The Tough Truth About Boundaries: Getting Clear, Speaking Up, and Reducing Stress
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis episode is about a topic that's brutally tough for many of us... boundaries! Saying the word, thinking about it, or getting re...
The Shadow of Femininity in Society: A Conversation about Courage, Feeling, Intuition, and Being with Venus
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThere is so much ground covered in this episode with the incredible Venus! What a blessing it was to have Venus join us, especially the ...
The Lurking Shadow of Insecurity: Thinking and Feeling with Josh Ruszala
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis episode is PACKED with wisdom from my brother and fellow doctoral cohort member, Josh Ruszala. In this episode, Josh and I discuss ...
The Shadow of Nourishment: A Conversation about Eating Disorders with Danna Schultz
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIt was a pleasure to host Danna Schultz on this weeks episode about Eating Disorders. Danna is a nutritionist, kitchen witch, and coach ...
The Shadow of Self-Care: New Age Narcissism and Leaning In To Connect
09 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis week's material was surprisingly edgy as I expose an element of shadow being cast by the self-care industry. This episode I di...
The Shadow of Entrepreneurship: A Conversation About Art with Olive Love
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis week we heard from my long time friend and professional artist, Olive Love! In this episode she shares her wisdom on the shadow of ...
Meeting, Dreaming, and Experiencing the Unconscious Shadow with Linda Buzogany
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis episode is a full circle moment for me being that I had the honor of hosting my former professor, Linda Buzogany. Linda is a psycho...
Heal the Patriarchy with Radiant Ransom
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis episode is a sweet and beautiful unpacking of the patriarchy's impact on the life of Ransom and Chloe Lionheart. Ransom took u...
Let Go or Be Dragged - Bringing Awareness to What No Longer Serves Us with Greg Kondor
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis was such a sweet episode with my dear brother, Kondor where we unpacked the Zen Buddhist proverb, "Let Go or Be Dragged."...
Fear of Success and Playing Small
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textFear of success is often disguised as procrastination, excuses, "rational" thinking, and dragging our feet. It's so much ...
Judgment and Loving-Kindness
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJudgment is hard to avoid and is in fact one of our oldest mental patterns. Our minds want to look at this as black and white, good and ...
The Shadow of Money
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textMoney can be one of the most shadowy things we all experience. It has the ability to destroy, inspire, create, oppress, and manipulate. ...
Negative Self-Talk: The Trials and Tribulations
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textNegative self-talk is something that permeates many of us and can be pesky to deal with. In this episode I speak to my troubles with sel...
Breakups: A Dialogue with Atticus Mooney
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis episode is both deep and zany. Tons of story-telling, metaphors, laughs, truths, and deep vulnerability. We discuss what leads to a...
Drugs Feel Great: The Shadow of Addiction
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis episode is HEAVY and contains a trigger and content warning. In this episode, I talk about my alcoholism, what led to my addiction,...
Anger and Annoyance: A Dialogue with Amelia Passer
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textHappy Aries Season! I got to enjoy a wonderful conversation about anger and annoyance with my friend Amelia Passer in this episode. We d...
Spiritual Hygiene and Shadow Work with Briana Georjae
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textI’m delighted to host Briana Georjae for a second edition of Spiritual Hygiene and it’s uses in Shadow work. This episode is a beaut...
Emotional Defeat and Speaking Our Needs
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis episode was a sensitive one for me. I touch on issues like the pandemic, the invasion of Ukraine, emotional defeat and some of the ...
Compassionate Shadow and Shifting Perceptions
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode, I speak on compassionate care for the self that is shadow work. With simple shifts of perception and ways of looking at...
Energy Hygiene 101 with Briana Georjae
26 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWelcome to our first featured guest show! Today, we were lucky enough to spend time with Briana Georjae: a folk herbalist, yogi, and ene...
Discomfort is the Path of Growth
20 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWelcome back! Join us as we dive into discomfort... as the vehicle to growth. This episode includes a few personal stories about my expe...
The Sweet Beginning (Introduction)
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWelcome to the Down With My Demons Podcast! Join me, your host Chloe Lionheart, on this very first episode to find out a bit more about ...