Deborah Lukovich, PhD

Dose of Depth

This is Dose of Depth podcast. I’m your host, Deborah Lukovich, and I invite you to be curious about your unique experience of being human. In this podcast, we’ll explore the deeper meaning of ordinary life experiences through conversation, stories, and education. You might have a serious ah-ha moment, or you might be amused by the movie your life seems to be imitating, or you might just be entertained by one of my awkward stories. I’m hoping you’ll become more aware of those moments when a deeper part of you is prompting you to see things differently and maybe even go a new direction. So, let...

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Deborah Lukovich, PhD

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Latest episode

Jun 16, 2026

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Episodes

Affordable Way to Try Depth Psychology on Your Own 11.08.2025

If you're ready to do inner work but not ready for or can't afford coaching, consider this option: In this video, I explain why I created the Depth Psychology Resource Guide, what's in it, and how to use it.  Priced at $7.99, this affordable resource includes: (1) A worksheet designed to get you from insight to action; and (2) A worksheet to apply the associations method to your dre...

How the Unconscious Speaks Through Drawing & Writing Poetry 04.08.2025

In this video, I share how image journaling and writing poetry led to insights that could not have been gained through regular journaling or talk therapy. I vulnerably share many of my images to illuminate the process of finding meaning in the strange ways our unconscious tries to get our attention.  Enjoy!  Deborah Lukovich, PhD Depth Psychology Coach P.S. You can support the Dose of Depth podcas...

The Power of Writing and Email Coaching Services 28.07.2025

In this video, I discuss the power of writing, share tips on how to write to explore your dreams, and introduce you to my email coaching service.  Research has proven that journaling can benefit you in numerous ways, including helping you process your emotions and gain deeper insights from life events. Research also shows that writing down your goals increases your chances of achieving them by 85%...

I've Got a PhD but... What is it that Makes Me a Great Coach! 20.07.2025

In this episode, I share a little about the thread that has run through what can appear to be my meandering career path, combined with personal experiences, which has turned me into a great coach.  I also share a couple of client testimonials to give you a taste of the positive impact I have on people's lives.  Deborah Lukovich, PhD Depth Psychology Coach Author of Your Soul is Talking. Are Y...

Accessing the Quantum Realm: Beginner's Mindset 04.06.2025

In this episode, I share my personal experiences accessing the quantum realm. I tie together depth psychology, quantum physics, neuroscience, and spiritual laws, which each lead to the same place: a sense of oneness, where we are loved and are love. I also talk about how we may lose touch with these powerful principles when we lose our beginner's mindset. We may seek to control these laws to...

Dream: Riding a Unicycle, Walking Arm & Arm w/My Ex-Husband, and more 22.05.2025

In this episode of my new series, Dr. Deborah's Dreams, I share how I found meaning in my dream about riding a unicycle, cringing at a guy doing pullups and admiring his shoulder muscles, and walking arm in arm down the sidewalk with my ex-husband. I bring some concepts to life, including projection, how images are not just visual, and how dreams are forward-looking, giving you clues about wh...

Cringe! A Dream About Dr. Oz: Repairing My Relationship with Wealth 15.05.2025

This episode is part of my new series, Dr. Deborah's Dreams, where I bring depth psychology concepts to life by exploring the hidden meanings in my dreams.  This episode is about a dream that made me cringe. Dr. Oz makes an appearance, along with the sense that Marjorie Taylor Greene played the role of troublemaker.  ALSO NEW: I'm part of a new dream app! Dreamigos is a place to go to re...

Exploring My Recurring Dream: Mercenaries Chase Me Through My Childhood Home 04.05.2025

This episode is part of my new series, Dr. Deborah's Dreams, in which I bring depth psychology concepts to life by exploring the hidden meanings in my dreams. This episode is about a recurring dream leading up to my midlife unraveling.  ALSO NEW: I'm part of a new dream app! Dreamigos is a place to go to record your dreams! You can keep them private, share them in a community, and even a...

Building Self-Awareness & Empathy Through Dreams: A Chat with/Patrick Laine, Founder of the Dreamigos app. 26.04.2025

In this episode, I’m excited to chat with Patrick Laine.  Support Dose of Depth: Click here to learn more. Patrick has a PhD in Atmospheric Chemistry and founded Dreamigos, a novel platform for accessing one's inner world through dream exploration.  Dreamigos is a dedicated dream mobile app for recording, sharing, and interpreting dreams, dream therapy, yoga, and more. You can keep your dream...

Deborah's Dreams: Exploring My Preoccupation with My former Home 20.04.2025

This episode is the second in a new series I launched: Deborah's Dreams.  NEW: I'm part of a new dream app! Dreamigos is a place to go to record your dreams! You can keep them private, share them in a community, and even access experts like me. Click here to learn more.  I've always found having a "template" helpful when I'm learning a new concept. I seek examples of...

YOU Are the Renaissance: A Chat with/Dr. Craig Chalquist, PhD, Author & Academic Program Director at National University 06.04.2025

Dr. Craig Chalquist is back again. He is a former psychotherapist and the current Academic Program Director of Consciousness, Psychology, and Transformation at National University. Craig has two PhDs, one in philosophy and religion and the other in depth psychology. Craig's viral TikTok video about The Edge People. Please subscribe, like, rate, and consider supporting me as a creator with a $...

Wellness As a Practice: A Chat with/Jennifer Van Rossum, Licensed Psychotherapist and Founder of 5Peaks Wellness 09.03.2025

In this episode, I have a chat with Jennifer Van Rossum. She is a Licensed Psychotherapist and founder of 5Peaks Life and Wellness , which is dedicated to expanding mental wellness beyond the walls of therapy.  Jennifer specializes in treating anxiety and building resilience. Her mission is to help people experience joy, hope, and meaning in the good and bad parts of life. She is also an inspiring...

The Push & Pull of Changing: The Dance Between Anxiety & Liberation 23.02.2025

In this episode, I read one of my blog posts: Mini Me is Dead! A Client Tale About When Liberation Overcomes Anxiety.  It delves into the struggle between the discomfort of someone’s current situation and the fear of making a change. Some argue that until the pain of staying in that situation outweighs the fear of breaking free, a person will remain, even if it’s dysfunctional and they yearn to es...

The Power of Discontent: Developing Your Psycho/Spiritual Practice 10.02.2025

In this episode, I read a blog post: The Power of Discontent: Transforming Your Life with the Depth of Wisdom Coaching Program.   First, I'd like to set some larger context.  Is your psycho/spiritual practice robust enough for these times? Do you even have one? Are you aware that your discontent, resistance, and agitation carry meaning? Those twinges are how life nudges you to step up and bec...

Armageddon: It's an Inside Job 30.01.2025

In this episode, I read a blog post I wrote the day before the Inauguration. I had planned to let the day pass quietly until one of my clients told me she desperately needed help countering her foreboding sense about the near future. Click here to read the original blog post here. If you are still trying to understand what is happening but also want to live your life with a sense of peace, love, a...

The Nature of Evil: A Chat with/Dr. Peter Demuth, Jungian Analyst & Author of Monsters In Life and Literature 15.01.2025

In this episode, I chatted with another Jungian enthusiast who has a beautiful balance between his masculine intellect and feminine, creative nature. Dr. Peter Demuth is a forensic clinical psychologist and Jungian psychoanalyst in private practice. He is also an international lecturer and instructor at the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago. He has published numerous papers on subjects such as ego st...

Hidden Truths: What Insights from 2024 Will You Integrate into Your Life in 2025? 05.01.2025

Happy New Year! Welcome to 2025 and Season 4 of Dose of Depth Podcast, a collection of interesting conversations, stories, and education that will inspire you to self-reflect on the deeper meaning of your life. In this episode, I read a blog post I wrote a couple days before the end of 2024. I was listening to one of my favorite spiritual teachers, Michael Bernard Beckwith. When he said, "Rel...

Navigating Election Aftermath: Processing Emotions, Setting Boundaries, Countering Violence & Rebuilding Community (blog post) 06.12.2024

In this episode, I read a blog post I wrote three weeks after processing the election results. Click here to read it. Whether you were devastated by the election results or happy about them, if you can self-reflect, you will find something helpful in this post. It's longer than usual, so grab a coffee, tea or a nice glass of wine, maybe a pen and notebook, and dive into my reflections about m...

Shifting Your Experience of Reality: A Chat with/Kevin Utley, Holistic Engineer & Mindset Coach 11.11.2024

In this episode, I’m excited to talk to my new friend, Kevin Utley, Holistic Engineer and Mindset Coach. Kevin's website: https://www.awkwavision.com Instagram: @awkwavsion Free resource: https://www.awkwavision.com/flowstate Kevin describes his midlife journey as “Emptiness to Impact,” and we’ll hear about that from him directly. As a personal coach and audio mixing professional, Kevin guide...

Autism and Triggering the Natural Healing Properties of the Brain: A Chat with Kim Pomares from Mendability 11.10.2024

In this episode, I chat with a new friend whose work is so powerful. I know you’ll find it interesting and want to share it with others, especially those who have a family member with autism. www.mendability.com   Kim Pomares is the CEO of Mendability, a company founded by his mother, Claudie Pomares, to enhance brain health through Sensory Enrichment Therapy. Kim joined Mendability to make its in...

Deborah's Dreams: How I Explored & Found Meaning in Four Pivotal Dreams During My Midlife Unraveling 09.09.2024

In this episode, I share how I explored and found meaning in four dreams representing pivotal points in my midlife unraveling and reconstruction. It all started in 2013 when I journaled, "I can't live this way anymore." Then Hermes the Trickster showed up seducing me with the promise that pursuing an MA/PhD in depth psychology would save my Soul. C.G. Jung became my spiritual teache...

Exploring Anger Through Active Imagination (reflections and guided meditation) 05.09.2024

This guided meditation will help you explore anger and discover what it wants from you. Emotions are one way our unconscious tries to get us to explore something, turn it into an insight that would be useful right now, and prompt us to unfold into a future version of ourselves. The idea for this guided meditation came from my work with a couple who wanted to increase intimacy in their relationship...

Freaking Hermes! How Your Unconscious Tortures You into Action (blog post of 8/25/24) 30.08.2024

In this episode, I read a recent blog post: Freaking Hermes! How Your Unconscious Tortures You into Action.   “Freaking Hermes!”  This is how one of my clients started a recent session. I laughed and told him this was a very good thing.  He didn’t like that answer, but by the end of the session, he was ready to have a difficult and honest conversation with his wife. Who is this Hermes character? T...

Touchless Orgasm: A Chat About Pleasure w/Jenn Wodtke, Pleasure & Orgasm Coach 25.08.2024

Jenn Wodtke is back for a chat about Touchless Orgasm, which she describes as a revolutionary shift in how women can experience pleasure. Instead of relying on external stimulation—hands, a toy, a partner, erotic novels—touchless orgasm allows you to find the pleasure that is already inside you. Start by learning Jenn's three keys for touchless orgasm. There was a time when the union between...

The Deeper Meaning of the Republican Party Emerging as a Symbol of the Wounded Masculine: A Path to Healing 28.07.2024

I'm super excited to share this very timely episode, my chat with depth psychology colleague and friend, Dr. Craig Chalquist , former psychotherapist and current Academic Program Director of Consciousness, Psychology, and Transformation at National University. Congratulations to Craig for recently securing his second PhD in philosophy and religion. I will do a follow-up blog post that include...

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