Blue Medicine Journal : A Jungian Podcast

Join us in conversation with Naheima Sears Naheima is an executive coach, ordained Zen chaplain, and depth psychologist who works at the intersection of power, purpose, and inner life. With over two decades advising C-suite leaders and private principals across finance, luxury, and the creative world, she brings rare fluency in both high-stakes strategy and the human terrain beneath it. She is the...

Join us in conversation with visionary, Yeye Luisa Teish, a writer, storyteller, and Iyanifa, a high priestess in the Yoruba tradition. Committed to spiritual activism, Yeye’s work combines indigenous spirituality, practical metaphysics, and the arts, and spreads her message of love and hope across the globe. In this episode speaks on her recently inaugurated Jambalaya Center: a sacred center for...

Today we listen to the tale of Erysichthon of Thessaly, a mad king under a curse. His hubris and savagery so angered the mother goddess Ceres, that the icy Goddess Famine cursed him with an insatiable appetite. Trying to fill the voracious void, the king lays waste to the entire kingdom and ultimately devours even himself. In the tradition of myth, it is a living tale, and this one, an eerie mirro...

Join us In conversation with the vibrant Dr. Rebecca Peterson, PhD, as we explore magical realism in the acclaimed novel, Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo, the father of this literary genre; casting a Jungian lens, we consider magical realism as a creative expression of the collective "shadow." Dr. Peterson is an artist, writer, Practitioner of Embodied Imagination, sand tray, and art therapy.   You may...

Dreams are the language of the soul. Join us in conversation with Jungian analys & mandala artist, Dr. Mai Breech, for a conversation on Jungian dream interpretation & why it matters. Dr. Breech is a licensed clinical psychologist and holds a PsyD in Clinical Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. She completed her pre- and post-doctoral training at the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Ang...

Join us in conversation with Dr. Susan Rowland, PhD, a Jungian scholar, teacher & prolific author. Today we discuss The Swan Lake Murders: a Mary Wandwalker Mystery. This is her 4th in an ongoing series of the heroic feminine in search of justice in a patriarchal world. In today’s conversation, we discuss the inspiration, history, and archetypal principles behind the story of Swan Lake, and th...

Join us in conversation with renowned songstress and author, Adele Bertei, as we weave our way through the life and times of Sinead O’Connor, courage in the name of justice, and the healing power of song. Adele is an anti-disciplinary author, director, performer, and composer currently residing in Los Angeles, CA. She is the author of Peter and the Wolves (Smog Veil, 2020), Why Labelle Matters (Un...

Join us today as we consider theater as an archetypal quest, the magical realism of Pedro Paramo, and the shadow. In conversation with actor, Michael Moret; about his studies with John Coppola, the renowned acting coach, who teaches acting as an archetypal quest, and path to wholeness; not therapy, but therapeutic. And we turn to Pedro Paramo, for a brief intro to this quintessentially Mexican cla...

Join us today, as we consider the role of imagination in this dark night of the soul. We revisit the Aztec Legend of the Five Suns, as we find ourselves "entangled in myth," in this kairos and opportune moment~ for a change of worldview.  Thanks, as ever, to the Tonantzin Society, for their generous donation, making scholarships available for Chicanx & Latinx communities, and to my producer an...

Join us today for my reflections & journal snippets on the LA Firestorms, the Aztec Legend of the Five Suns, and a missive from the last Aztec king, from 500 years ago. Thanks to my producer, editor, Lucas Bakker, whose music and wizardry makes this podcast happen!  

Join us in rich conversation with Kelly Carlin McCall, and enjoy 50% off her forthcoming workshop on Winter Solstice: "Gather the Gifts." Link below! Kelly is an author, storyteller, depth psychologist, podcaster, transformational coach and television producer. Her 20+ years of study and practice in Zen Buddhism, Co-Active Coaching and Imaginal Psychology are the foundation for her creative work a...

“Converse with everything!” Join me in conversation with Dr. Craig Chalquist, Ph. D., Ph. D. Dr. Chalquist is the program director of Consciousness, Psychology, and Transformation at National University. A passionate educator and storyteller, he presents and teaches at the intersection of psyche, story, nature, reenchantment, and imagination through courses on depth psychology, applied folklore, e...

"Astrology is a tool that measures the kairos– re-ensouling the world." -Laurence Hillman, PhD This month I am happy to welcome back the brilliant and warm, Dr. Laurence Hillman, archetypal astrologer, co-founder of Archetypes at Work, and author. In this episode we discuss the "rise of the feminine," re-ensouling the world, and his upcoming  course: "Practical Archetypal Astrology Part 1: A Deep...

I am thrilled to celebrate Pride month with today’s guest, the Mystical millennial, Gregory Ganymedes (“ga-ni-MEE-deez”) (he/him)! Greg is the gaydreamer behind The Ganymede Project: an exploration of the queer masculine psyche through depth psychology, archetype, spirituality, and myth. Driven by the desire for more, more, MORE queer-centered psychological content, Gregory has carved out a slice...

Join us for a lively conversation with B. Earl (the B stand for Ben!)  In this episode, we delve into the world of Marvel Comic Books, the primordial sources from which they spring, the myth-making process, Tarot, synchronicity, and the magic between frames! Ben is an American comic book writer and filmmaker who lives in Los Angeles. He has been working with Marvel Entertainment since 2017, writin...

Join me in welcoming Hélène Cardona, poet, actor, translator, dream analyst, and linguist. Today's episode is a conversation and a beautiful reading from her Life in Suspension (Salmon Poetry), “a vivid self-portrait as scholar, seer and muse” as John Ashbery, tells us. Cardona is author of Dreaming My Animal Selves (Salmon Poetry), described by David Mason as “liminal, mystical and other-worldly,...

Join us for a rich and packed conversation with Dr. Laurence Hillman. Steeped in the language of archetypes for over 40 years, he is an archetypal astrologer, professional archetypal coach, and the co-author of Archetypes at Work™ -a cutting-edge method to assess and develop people and organizations. Dr. Hillman has a PhD in Psychology focusing on Transformative Leadership, and specializes in help...

Join us in conversation with Jungian, Roland Palencia. He shares his ever-unfolding “personal myth,” as immigrant, queer Latino activist, and cofounder of Gay & Lesbian Latinos Unidos (GLUU) and VIVA!, a Queer Latine artist collective in the early 1980s in Los Angeles. His award-winning film UNIDAD: Gay & Lesbian Latinos Unidos chronicles this pioneering and visionary community, their ince...

Join me this full moon in Leo for story time! Featuring “Things You May Find Hidden In My Ear,” by Palestinian poet, Mosar Abu Toha and a Yoruba Creation Myth about Oshun, the goddess of love & beauty!   Original music by Lucas Bakker, editor and producer of Blue Medicine JournalZ: A Jungian podcast!  

Caroline Casey of Coyote Network News shares her wordsmith magic & default setting "Woof, woof Wanna Play" to shine light on the role of the Trickster archetype and Astrology as we wend our way through this kairos moment and dark night of the soul. 

Our last episode of Season 1: A Solstice Lament, Creation Myths, Huitzilopochtli, Aztec God of the Sun and War, Utopia, Dystopia, & the Power of the Word. Join us for the last episode of Season One!

This episode Dr. Stephen Rowley takes us on a soulful mystery tour of his life as  "orphan and searcher." Reading from his newly-published memoir,The Lost Coin: A Memoir of Adoption and Destiny, Stephen shares poignant moments and through a Jungian lens, unveils his two quests, outward quest to find his birth parents and the quest inward, to find Self. In the search, he discovers "the journey is h...

Join me for some Halloween lore and family ghost stories; two occur in an old Hollywood Hotel known for its ghosts on the 9th floor! I narrate the first-hand accounts of ghost stories by my sister and daughter, as well as my own; and I am joined live by my son Lucas Bakker, (musician, editor, and producer) who tells his own tales of encounters with ghosts!  Theme Song "Paris" by Lucas Bakker and t...

This episode blends Raven lore and considers the trickster-redeemer archetype. Poe's gothic poem of the same name explores the loss of the maiden archetype, and we explore Raven as my guardian spirit throughout my postpartum blues and as lifelong companion.  

Today we honor the autumn equinox in the northern hemisphere. As our circle around the sun takes into the darkness~ storytelling season is upon us! In this spirit, I’ll be sharing a 12,000 year-old prophesy and a poem about the power of story. Thanks, as ever, to my producer and editor, Lucas Bakker; his original music, "Paris," is our theme song, and today features "Orpheus."