The Embodied Podcast

In today's podcast I discuss the relational dilemma of modernity: everyone seems to be wanting a hit of the "highs" that one can feel when falling in love. This is an archetypal experience, meaning it is in the realm of the gods. We can become disappointed when our partners do not live up to those divine projections. But of course they couldn't, because they are mere mortals, with flaws and mess i...

In today's episode I discuss boundaries, and not the type of boundaries we usually talk or hear about. Boundaries describe the relationship between self and Other. Well, what if trauma has interrupted the development of your sense of self? Can you actually set boundaries with another person if you don't have a clear sense of self? I talk about boundaries around your sense of self including our phy...

In today's episode I discuss what happens when we go into an inner process and solely expect to "feel better" in that process. We start to lose perspective and start denying the value in moments of contraction and creating a capacity for conscious suffering. We may be prioritizing an approach that promotes pleasure seeking (or an escape out of survival physiology) rather than a move towards comple...

In today's podcast I share one of the first religious/mystical experiences I had during a rock bottom moment in my life. I discuss how this experience shattered my ego defenses and allowed a connection to something greater than myself and the inflated ego structure I had at that time. I circle around Jung's theory of the Self and what that is in comparison to the Ego. Enjoy the show! Be sure to ra...

In today's episode I share part of my experience in navigating body image and read an Instagram post to a past version of myself. I also discuss the importance in turning unconscious violence into conscious suffering. To check out the Instagram post, head here. Enjoy the show! Be sure to rate, review, and share the show with those who you feel like would enjoy the show! Thanks for listening! To jo...

In today's episode I discuss what happened for me when I sat down to record a podcast and came upon the absence of image and ideas. This is a circling around the experience of the creative well as the image of void, nothing, no-thing. In that void, we may stumble upon the inherent fullness of material in the void. Enjoy the show! Be sure to rate, review, and share the show with those who you feel...

In today's episode, Rick and I dive into another deep end episode in exploration of the topic of embodiment. We dive into: What is embodiment? How does Rick view embodiment through Eastern yogic traditions and how does Danielle view embodiment through her lens as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner? How do both world views collide in the depth psychological arena? Enjoy the show! Be sure to rate,...

In today's episode I discuss the metaphorical weeds that spring up between the cracks in our defensive and adaptive ways of navigating the world. To join the upcoming free community roundtable discussion on July 26th at 7pm EST in my Transformation Collective community, head to  https://transformcollective.com/landing/plans/164589 then click on "events" for more details and the Zoom link. Enjoy th...

In today's episode I discuss the importance of reconnecting to the felt sense experience of body sensations to anchor the stories and images that may be vulnerable to cultural oppression and manipulation. Here is the nervous system polyvagal chart I mentioned in today's episode. If you are interested in joining the upcoming free community roundtable discussion on July 26th at 7pm EST in my Transfo...

In today's episode I share a lecture I presented in my Transformation Collective community on the zodiac sign of Cancer.  If you are interested in taking this conversation on Cancer season further, join the free Transformation Collective community: https://transformcollective.com/landing/plans/164589 and join our free community roundtable discussion on July 26th at 7pm EST. Enjoy the show! Be sure...

In today's episode, after two years of engagement, I share my personal experience of getting engaged to my fiancé. Rather than being overwhelmed with joy and happiness, I found myself experiencing immense fear of who I would become in the relationship as well as a loss of who I had been. Sometimes our initiations into deeper commitment to life and living it truly can require us to experience a dea...

In today's show I expand upon a notion I discussed in episode 122 on the transcendent function. In today's show I expand past the tension of opposites into the value of multiplicity and the theory that if we can hold differing experiences then we increase our capacity to deal with the complexities of everyday. Enjoy the show! Be sure to rate, review, and share the show with those who you feel like...

In today's Deep End episode, my fiancé Rick and I discuss the question: what happens if only one partner in a couple is doing "inner work." We discuss: -What even is inner work? -How projections can play out in these situations. -We share personal experiences from our relationship around this topic. Enjoy the show! Be sure to rate, review, and share the show with those who you feel like would enjo...

In today's episode I discuss a contemplation that I've been working with: is one's ability to trust the dream images from the unconscious correlated with one's ability to trust the divine? Does one's image of God affect the relationship with the dream? Enjoy the show! Be sure to rate, review, and share the show with those who you feel like would enjoy the show! Thanks for listening! To join my fre...

In today's episode I discuss the horizontal and vertical aspect of the way the sensation of anger moves. Often anger gets stuck in the horizontal; leaving us stuck in cycles of projection and blame and/or internalization, self sabotage, or self hatred. The invitation within the podcast is to understand what containing the heat held within anger can do for the psyche. As well as what wisdom can be...

In today's podcast I talk about the process of moving from dissociation/disconnection to discrimination. Typically, before consciousness can meet those parts during trauma renegotiation, they remain disconnected from the totality of who we are. When the dissociated parts begin to re-associate, we now have more energy available to work towards discriminating the different sensations, images, etc in...

In today's episode I discuss an essay I wrote on Jung's theory of synchronicity, the experience of meaningful coincidence where the inner subjective experience of a person collides with an outer objective experience.  I discuss how synchronicities can unlock stuck places in the trauma renegotiation process and make us feel as if we are held in the arms of something greater than ourselves. Enjoy th...

In today's episode I read an essay I wrote amplifying an astrological opposition between a Taurus Moon and a Scorpionic Pluto. I discuss the feminine symbols of the Moon, the different sides of the Mother, descents into the underworld, and death and rebirth initiations.  Enjoy the show! Be sure to rate, review, and share the show with those who you feel like would enjoy the show! Thanks for listen...

In today's episode I discuss the contrast between discipline and willpower. Willpower involves human will to me, remains quite personal. Discipline on the other hand, coming from the roots of disciple, connect us with devotion; devotion to something greater than yourself. That something is what I imagine to be soul, but I will leave you to decide what that is for you! Enjoy the show! Be sure to ra...

In today's episode I amplify the importance of engaging with our higher activation states in the body in order to allow the body to remember its self regulating capacity that is often fragmented during traumatic experience. Although down regulating the nervous can be incredibly helpful in moment of intense stress, when chronically used, it may mean we are working against the physiology of what the...

In today's episode I discuss my journey through the discovery that clinical physical therapy practice was not the path that was connected to the deeper calling welling up within me. I discuss the ambivalence that came up along the way and the steps I took to work the dissonance, ambivalence, and fear.  Enjoy the show! Be sure to rate, review, and share the show with those who you feel like would e...

In today's Deep End episode, my fiancé Rick and I discuss the values that underlie the way we unconsciously monetize a holiday like Memorial Day. We dive into values, sacrifice, hierarchical world views, quantitative vs. qualitative experience, emotions such as guilt, shame, pride, as well as many more topics. Enjoy the show! Be sure to rate, review, and share the show with those who you feel like...

In today's episode I discuss the difference between an "event" of something as opposed to an "experience" of something. For example, what is an "event" of depression vs. an "experience of depression. I amplify the qualitative nature of experience and how we can deepen into the feeling tone of how this event is moving in and through us.   To join my free community, head to https://dr-danielle-mcgin...

In today's episode I archetypally amplify a scene from The Lord of the Rings to offer a mythical mirror into the inner conflicts we all face between different parts of the personality. To watch the visual of the scene, go to: https://youtu.be/NB2CNr692RE To check out Episode 123: Amplifying the Inner Persecutor, head here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-123-amplifying-the-inner-persecuto...

In today's Deep End episode, Rick and I discuss the Jungian theory of complexes, projection, and how those topics weave together in a practical application of healing trauma and relational wounds.  We referred to the book Complex, Archetype, Symbol by Jolande Jacobi in this episode. To join my free community, head to https://dr-danielle-mcginnis.mn.co/share/ To follow me on social media, head to @...