I talk about change as out of our hands, the ways we desire or resist it, how we narrate it to ourselves, and the core self as the real guiding force. 

I talk about some hesitation I've been feeling to record, being busy and the archetype of the workaholic, possible reasons for trying to do more than what is within our limits to do, and John Bradshaw's concept of healthy shame.

For a double feature this week, on his birthday Eric of @hamburger.helpless came on to talk about his work as a musician on the harp, how he taught himself to play, influences for his new album, and the spiritual practice he finds in creativity. You can find Eric at @yba.fabulos

I talk about how intense it is to process this much information about the world, personal and zeitgeist feelings of insecurity and burnout, what to do with existential dread and nihilism, and the work of meaning-making in Existential therapy. 

I talk about trauma responses, needing to be a “good” person, dark humor vs. political correctness, and how to help others feel safe to be themselves.

I talk about how ideas come to me for the podcast, the contemporary obsession with identity, Carl Jung's concept of complexes and his critique of Christianity, and determining who we are in our own terms.

I talk about figuring out what we do know, the values we live by, how we can be our authentic self with them, and creativity as a natural extension of us just being ourselves. 

I talk about the toxic masculinity panic, the limitations of Freudian and postmodern understandings of sex, the deeper mystical mystery of desire and how we can try to live within the discomfort of not-knowing.

I talk about persona, personality types, drag and how to approach ourselves and the world with openness.

I talk about authenticity, personality disorders, ideologies and figuring out how to share something real.