Dose of Depth

In this episode, you’re going to get a treat, a hands-on experience with active imagination. I also created a video version, which you can find on my YouTube channel . Wait . . . don't go. Do you feel trapped in a dysfunctional relationship or toxic work culture? Are you having a difficult time overcoming a pattern of thinking, one that resurfaces feelings of unworthiness? Or, have you alread...

In Chapter 6, I introduce you to the language of the unconscious. The psyche or the Soul speaks through the unconscious in images, which are not just visual. I call them impressions. This chapter introduces you to symbols. If you're looking for an alternative to Amazon , you can now purchase a paperback at www.bookshop.org .   When I was in the throes of my midlife unraveling, I was drawn to...

In this episode, we’re going to be talking about yoga but not in the way you think. I have a conversation with Julie Breedlove Montemerlo, yoga teacher, music lover, mother, wife, optimist, marketing professional, and constant student of life.  What do you know about yoga? It’s not religion as some fear, rather it’s a framework for approaching life. It’s an Eastern practice that found its way to t...

In this episode, I continue reading from my book, Your Soul is Talking. Are You Listening? 5 Steps to Uncovering Your Hidden Purpose .  In this book, I teach the language of the unconscious, how it speaks, how to decode and find meaning in the messages, and a little kick in the butt to make sure you take steps to apply these insights to your life.  In Chapter 5, I get you thinking about the larger...

Make sure you’re settled in and then take a big cleansing breath. In this episode, we’re taking on something huge, what could be described as a global spiritual crisis, which is taking form as growing collective trauma from intensifying anxiety due to an onslaught of global concerns.   My guest is Dr. Teresa Nowak, a Jungian and archetypal research psychologist specializing in imaginal processes t...

Exploring your unconscious is like playing detective! In this episode, I continue reading from my book, Your Soul is Talking. Are You Listening? 5 Steps to Uncovering Your Hidden Purpose. In this book, I teach the language of the unconscious, how it speaks, how to decode the messages, how to find meaning in the messages, and a little kick in the butt to make sure you take steps to apply these insi...

What happens when two over-sharing depth psychologists get together and talk about sex, love, and soul-making? A safe space opens up for cultivating a sense of curiosity, depth, appreciation for the tension between the literal and symbolic, and lots of giggles.  In this episode, I have a conversation with Dr. Joli Hamilton, best-selling author, TEDx speaker, and certified sexuality educator. Joli...

Are you learning to live life in a new way? Whether by choice or circumstance, anxiety is a critical partner on the journey to create a new life.  In this episode, I share a story I posted on my blog last year, May of 2021, and it’s also my most viewed post. I was coming up on the one-year anniversary of having picked up and left my Midwest hometown and old life behind to start a new one in a Flor...

In this episode, I continue reading from my book, Your Soul is Talking. Are You Listening? 5 Steps to Uncovering Your Hidden Purpose .  My book teaches the reader how the unconscious speaks and brings those concepts to life through my personal stories of midlife unraveling, reconstruction, healing personal wounds related to sexuality and spirituality, and the anxiety of living life in a completely...

In this episode, I have a lively conversation with Alex Luber , licensed professional counselor and fellow Jungian enthusiast. With a degree in philosophy and practitioner of yoga therapy,  he was already unconventional, and then Alex enrolled in the Jungian Psychotherapist program at the Carl Jung Institute in Chicago. He says Depth, Existentialism, Feminism, and Hermeneutical Psychology are home...

In this episode, I read Chapter 2 of my new book, Your Soul is Talking. Are You Listening? 5 Steps to Uncovering Your Hidden Purpose .  I explain how the layout of the book, the importance of journaling both in words and images, and how living in a new way requires the death or letting go of perspectives that no longer serve us.  You can listen to Chapter 1 in episode 7. My book teaches people rea...

In this episode, I read my first short story.  How I came to write my first short story is a funny story itself. I had picked up and left my Midwestern hometown with only what could fit in my car, drove down to a beach town in Florida to begin my new life, and wandered around with anxiety about what the heck I was going to do next. Oh, and it was the initial climax of the COVID19 outbreak. In spri...

If you're enjoying my podcast, please share it with others and subscribe on my website www.deborahlukovich.com to learn more about my mission to encourage and empower people to self-reflect for the purpose of unfolding into the next version of themselves. In this episode, I have a conversation with Dr. Susan Rowland, author of her first in a series of novels. This one is called The Sacred Wel...

This episode is a reading from Chapter 1 of my new book, Your Soul is Talking. Are You Listening? 5 Steps to Uncovering Your Hidden Purpose .   This book combines my Jungian—based coaching framework for self-reflection AND to make it even more relatable, I weave in my personal stories of midlife unraveling, reconstruction, healing personal wounds related to sexuality and spirituality, and the anxi...

In this episode, Dr. Stacey Shelby and I have a chat about romantic love as the ultimate transformer. If you've had intense experiences in love–good and bad–you're going to enjoy this episode. Dr. Shelby is an author, speaker, educator, and depth psychotherapist. She’s a Registered Clinical Counselor in Canada, a certified dream tender, and she has studied in indigenous and yoga traditio...

In this episode, I share a short story I wrote about an experience of death and rebirth.  In my story, I had already gone through a period of midlife unraveling and a little reconstruction. I had put into motion a completely different way of living my life, but then I got cold feet. I wrote this story six months after I started my new life in a beach town.  I hope you enjoy it and will share it wi...

In this episode, we explore the interconnectedness of patriarchy, Christian doctrine, and violence against women. You’re going to be inspired by my conversation with Meghan Tschanz , self-proclaimed feminist Christian, and author of Women Rising: Learning to Listen, Reclaiming Our Voice. Fresh out of college, hating her job, and searching for meaning, Meghan left everything to join a mission trip....

What's your process for moving from one year to the next? In this episode, I share a blog post I wrote about a series of amusing events that occurred over the last few days of 2020 that changed my perspective about how to approach 2021. You might have your own ah-ha or just have a good giggle. Like it, leave a comment, share it with others, subscribe and become a fan! I write for me AND other...

In this episode, we explore how our personal experience of life is unique AND an expression of larger universal patterns of human experience. Over time, these patterns change, for example, what it means to be in relationship with others, what it means to be feminine or masculine, or what justice and equality look like.  Our personal experiences and how we find meaning are important because they re...

In this episode, I share one of my first short stories, about a moment when I knew I had crossed a meaningful threshold in my life after midlife unraveling and a little reconstruction had taken place. I hope you like it and share it with others. If you could relate to that moment I describe, share your thoughts in the comment section. I write for me AND others to find meaning in ordinary life even...