This Jungian Life Podcast
Episodes
Desirous Dreams: Our Private Erotic Encounters
14 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Jung and the End of the World: Can Depth Psychology Save Us?
07 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 fac...
Dark Forces in the Psyche: Our Self-Destructive Impulses
30 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 unab...
Psyche in the Age of AI
23 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Our lives have already been altered by rapidly expanding access to artificial intelligence (AI). In this week’s episode, we consider how this latest...
The Labyrinth: Soul’s Winding Journey
16 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The labyrinth is a powerful metaphor for psychological development and the path of individuation.This week Jungian analysts Lisa Marchiano and Deborah...
LOW ENERGY: Where Can We Source the Drive to Take Action? (Re-Publish)
09 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 inne...
A Jungian Sense of Place: Bollingen and The Tower on the Marsh
02 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Carl Jung, Marie-Louise von Franz and Christiana Morgan all dedicated time, soul and imagination to a peculiarly Jungian form of architecture: the sto...
The Age of Aquarius: A Jungian View of a Changing World
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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, Deb...
Cassandra: A Jungian Interpretation
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Chance Encounters: When Life Calls Us to a New Path
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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, o...
COAGULATIO: The Alchemy of Settling Down
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
COAGULATIO marks the psychological moment when possibility takes shape. Uncertainty recedes as we commit to our choices, and life slows and “thicken...
Why You Dream of Intruders: The Hidden Meaning of Break-In Dreams
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Intruder dreams stage a boundary crisis: something arrives without the ego’s consent, and the dreamer wakes with fear, shame, or outrage. Join Jung...
Dissociation as Design: Why the Mind Sometimes Lets Go
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
The Outsider at the Gate: Are We Lovable When Persona Washes Away?
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
"What Do I Owe My Hurtful Parents?" Is The Wrong Question! Do This Instead!
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Corruption Starts Inside You: Why Malignant Certainty Makes You Dangerous!
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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...
How Did I Become a Statistic?
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jung wrote “The Undiscovered Self” in 1957, opening with “What will the future bring?”, as the Cold War, the Iron Curtain, and nuclear weapons...
How to Stop Hiding After Trauma (Starting Today)
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
You're invited to our free Dreams for Change seminar on Sunday January 18th. Sign up here.*****If you have been through betrayal or loss, you ma...
Purpose as Service to a Self-Led Future
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
You're invited to our free Dreams for Change seminar on Sunday January 18th. Sign up here.*****Modernity promotes endless techniques to optimize g...
Can Angels Survive in Our Disenchanted World?
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!Angels persist in dreams, scripture, and art, while modern institutions psychologize ...
Santa and Krampus: Why the “Nice List” Needs a Shadow
25 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Alchemical Mortificatio: How to Survive the Wintering of Your Life
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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How to Work with Denial: A Jungian Guide to Facing Reality
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Have We Ever Really Read Jung? Sonu Shamdasani on the Collected Works Crisis
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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[SUBSCRIBER BONUS] Is My Wanderlust Related To My Mother Complex?
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 a...
Gratitude and Reverence: How to Lead a Sacred, Soulful Life
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Signs Contempt Is Ruining Your Relationship & Ways to Cope
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 per...
SEPARATIO: The Alchemical Secret That Ends Confusion
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
LUCID DREAMING: How to Make the Most of a Magical Opportunity
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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-...
[SUBSCRIBER BONUS] Should I Marry My First and Only Partner?
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Shadow, Evil, and Individuation: Jung’s View of the Devil
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!The devil archetype carries three qualities: it promotes bestial violence of every ki...
Horror as a Mirror: What Netflix’s MONSTER Makes Us See
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
SUBLIMATIO: Jung’s Alchemical Method of Turning Problems into Archetypes
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 c...
People Pleasing Is Making You Sick!
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!People Pleasing is a compulsive strategy that disavows your n...
[SUBSCRIBER BONUS] How Do the Negative Mother and Negative Animus Collude?
05 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this free edition of Jung Love, our subscriber bonus content, a Patron asks:"What are the dynamics in a woman's psyche of the collusion be...
If Looks Could Kill: The Death Mother Archetype
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!Some mothers attack life in their children. They crush appeti...
Projection & Play: What Dolls Do to Psyche
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!Dolls are human stand-ins that invite projection and play; child...
MYTHS: Maps of the Collective Unconscious
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!Think of myths as the dreams of an entire culture. Those stories...
BULLYING: When Aggression Runs Wild
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for a free Zoom seminar on Dreams and Art on Saturday, September 13th, at 10:30 am EST. Register here.Bullying is about unmanaged ...
Jung’s Inner Guides: The Secret of The Red Book
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for a free Zoom seminar on Dreams and Art on Saturday, September 13th, at 10:30 am EST. Register here.Jung’s Red Book is the primary r...
[SUBSCRIBER BONUS] How Do We Know When to 'Trust' Dreams?
31 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this free edition of Jung Love, our subscriber bonus content, a Patron asks:"Has there ever been a time in your life when a dream or series of...
The Creative Power of Inner Tension
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You're invited to join us for a free Zoom seminar on Dreams and Art on Saturday, September 13th, at 10:30am ET. Register here.---Holding the tensi...
IMAGINATION: Jung’s Path to Creativity and Inner Freedom
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!Imagination is a central organ of human perception, as vital as ...
SOLUTIO: The Alchemy of Letting Go
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!Solutio is Psyche’s method to facilitate transformation: our rigi...
Jack and the Beanstalk: When Magic Calls Us Into Life
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!Jack and the Beanstalk is a symbolic prescription for psychological gr...
THE QUICKENING: Discovering New Life Within
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!Dreams about pregnancy and babies symbolize something new taking shape wi...
[SUBSCRIBER BONUS] How Can Understanding Symbols Help Us in Everyday Life?
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this free edition of Jung Love, our subscriber bonus content, a Patron asks:"I keep hearing and reading that symbols are healing and transform...
Wounds into Wisdom: Carl Jung’s Private Life
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!Carl Jung’s discoveries are woven into our common understanding. Introvert...
Calcinatio and the Alchemy of Honest Suffering
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!The calcinatio stage in Jung's alchemy is about being put through inner ...
DISCOVERING A NEW ARCHETYPE: The Buddhabrot Fractal Bridging Math, Myth, and the Collective Unconscious
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!The Buddhabrot pattern springs from a simple algorithm: you take thousands o...
The Handless Maiden: A Tale to Heal the Wounded Feminine
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!Everyone faces a moment when they are tempted to sacrifice their true sel...
Taming Your Inner Critic: Turn Self-Attack into Self-Awareness
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!Our inner critic—that voice constantly tearing us down—can stem from dif...
SHARK: Elemental Symbol of Our Will to Survive and Ravenous Hunger for Experience
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!Primeval, silent, relentless—the shark announces itself as its fin slices the...
MOTIVATION: What Happens When Your Get-Up-and-Go Leaves Without You?
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!Motivation rises from conscious and unconscious dynamics. We can reason with ourse...
Sibling Rivalry: Archetypal Conflicts and Shadow Dynamics in Families
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!Sibling rivalry can bruise and build in equal measure. On the hard side, the older ch...
Mandala Archetype: How the Self Turns Chaos into Cosmos
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!Mandalas are Psyche’s way of drawing a compass for you when life feels off-kilter. Jun...
House Dreams: Schematics of Your Psychological Functioning
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!When a house turns up in a dream, it isn’t a staging background—it’s an architectural...
Ready for the Real Snow White? The True Tale of Envy, Murder, and Retribution
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
NEW: Come along to our free Shadow and Dreams Seminar on May 17Ever wonder why “Snow White” still hooks us after all the Disney glitter flakes off...
Forging the Upward Thread: Why Do We Create Religions?
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!The religious function is part of who we are — as natural as needing food or love. It’s...
Trauma Can Be Rewritten: The Use of Art to Reimagine our Past and Grant Us New Life
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!Viviane Silvera animated 30,000 of her hand-painted images to explore how traumatic memorie...
How to Develop Your Inner Guidance: Charting a Path Through the Current Chaos with Jung’s Insights
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!Today you'll learn about inner guidance--the quiet, built-in compass that surf...
[SUBSCRIBER-BONUS] How to work with Shadow Material.
20 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this free edition of Jung Love, our subscriber-bonus content, a Patron asks:"What do you do with shadow material? Is it enough to just become ...
Shadow and Self in Adolescence: Navigating Rage, Love, and Individuation
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!Think of adolescence as life’s built‑in boot camp: your body hits the gas, you...
From Worry to Insight: Making Sense of Uncertainty
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!Worry arises because we can imagine countless possibilities, yet it often traps...
Detective Archetype Decoded: Tracking Symbolic Clues
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!Ever felt that irresistible urge to poke around for answers? That’s the detec...
Analytical Patisserie: When Pastry Sparked Genius
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!In 1906, during Carl Jung’s formative visit to Vienna to confer with Sigmund ...
Unlocking the Power of Your Shadow
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!Connie Zweig, author and Jungian therapist, joins us to explore the next level of ...
The Boundary Paradox: How Limits Create Freedom
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!Boundaries define limits in relationships, work, and the psyche, balancing autonom...
VISIONS: When the Mystery Breaks Through
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!Carl Jung considered visions extraordinary intrusions of the unconscious into waki...
DREAM TELEPATHY: Is it real?
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 telepath...
SHADOWLAND: Self-Harm Cults – The Story of Sarah
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!*Content warning: contains references to sexual abuse, animal cruelty, self-harm, ...
The Symbolism of Travel Inner and Outer
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
FACING REJECTION
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!Facing Rejection forces us to confront what we fear losing—belonging, recognition, identi...
The Archetypal Brain: Jung from an Evolutionary Perspective
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!With Deb and Joe out this week, Lisa speaks with Gary Clark, a visiting researc...
Changing the Foundation of Personality: the Secret Power of Attitudes
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!Transformation isn’t about muscling through change—it’s about loosenin...
What Remains When All Is Taken: Standing in the LA Fires
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!Fire strips everything away, leaving only what truly matters. In the wake of...
Feet, Fashion, and Freedom: Shoes as Symbols of Identity
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!What do the choices we make about the things we carry and wear reveal about who...
Analyzing Our Childhood Dreams
09 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!What do our earliest dreams reveal about the hidden forces shaping our lives...
The Psychology of Meaning: Keys to Authentic Living
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!What gives life meaning and guides us through times of emptiness and uncertainty?T...
5 of the Best Christmas Episodes to Binge This Holiday Season
25 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!'Tis the season to join Joseph, Lisa, and Deb in a Jungian romp through the holiday in ...
THE STAR: Archetype of Revelation
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!We have looked to the stars to navigate our ships across night-shrouded seas. W...
DREAM WISE: Unlocking the Meaning of Your Dreams ~ a live event
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!Dream Wise: Unlocking the Meaning of Your Dreams is a practical guide to interp...
Stoicism and Jungian Psychology: A Recipe for Resilience
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!Stoicism and Jungian psychology are a natural fit. The first invigorates and organ...
Finding Our Way Back: Healing From Self-Betrayal
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!When we betray ourselves, we abandon our values, needs, or truths to gain approval or...
Ecstatic Transformation: Activating the Archetype of Radical Joy
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!What does it mean to depose the ego and encounter the dismantling joy of the Se...
Wedding Dreams: Symbols of Sacred Union and Inner Transformation
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!How does one reconcile and integrate opposing forces within to achieve wholeness?W...
DECISION ARCHETYPE: The Power of Sacrificing Options
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!How do we navigate the forces within us to make choices that reflect our authentic natur...
SATANIC PANIC: The Archetypal Slanderer and False Memory Syndrome
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What drives us to seek meaning in the shadows, and how do we discern the real from the imagined when fear and faith converge?The rise of the Satanic P...
Jung and Gnosticism: Discovering a Universe Of Whole-Making
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What is the ultimate path to inner wholeness, and how do we reconcile the tension between the spiritual and material aspects of our existence?Jung’s...
DOG SYMBOLISM IN DREAMS: companions, protectors, and guides of souls
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How does the dream maker help us when we’re lost and alone in the wilderness of our lives?We love dogs, and they love us. For millennia, they have h...
JUNGIAN ALCHEMY: the secret of inner transformation
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Do you need a map to chart a massive inner transformation?Jungian alchemy provides a symbolic framework for individuation, connecting ancient alchemic...
DRAGON: The Archetypal Monster and Ally Within
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Across the globe and through the ages, dragons lurk in our myths and dreams, haunting us as primal forces of terror and transformation. Found in almos...
STUCK IN THE COMFORT ZONE: When Wrong Feels Right, and Right Feels Wrong
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Too often, we cling to what feels familiar, even when it harms us or others. We shy away from what’s better because it feels odd or awkward.Understa...
PARENTAL COMPLEXES: How They Shape Your Child’s Future
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our parent's complexes influence their behavior toward us, causing unintended consequences. It's as if we were raised by their unresolved emot...
SHADOWLAND: Relentless Pain - the story of Jean Campbell
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
JEAN CAMPBELL is a supermodel who from the outside looks to be living a fairy tale life. Stunningly beautiful, she has modeled on the international ...
Demure Social Media Trend: Elegant or Oppressive?
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Does the Demure social media trend offer a path to true elegance or reinforce restrictive norms in an extroverted world?The Demure social media trend ...
Loyalty to Self and the Death of Illusion
22 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Loyalty is deeply tied to our identity and evolves unconsciously, shaping our relationships and expectations.This evolution is influenced by attachmen...
VOLCANO: ARCHETYPE OF CREATION AND DESTRUCTION
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Volcanoes appear in our myths, movies, and dreams. Their awesome destructive power fascinates us and serves as a reminder that we are not in control o...
The Secret Life of a Woman's Soul
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What is unique about the evolution of consciousness in the female psyche?Hilary Morgan, filmmaker and granddaughter of Christiana Morgan, created the ...
UNLOCK THE POWER OF SYMBOLS
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Author, teacher, and Jungian analyst Murray Stein helps us unlock the power of symbols. Symbols, as the keys to unlocking psychological forces, have ...