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12/21/2025

12/21/2025

💀🌅In the latest episode of our Jungian Alchemy series, we discuss MORTIFICATIO.

Mortificatio is an alchemical term for the moment a life-organizing identity collapses.

We might call it burnout, divorce, depression, retirement shock, institutional betrayal, or a terrifying medical diagnosis.

The alchemists called it “death,” and Jungians understand it as part of the psychology of transformation.

Join us to explore how to survive periods of wintering in your life.

🎧 Listen wherever you find your podcasts, or via the link in the first comment on this post.

12/12/2025

🛑 People often mistake DENIAL for stubbornness, self-deception, or moral failure.

Denial is actually a primal psychological defense that attempts to regulate which aspects of reality are permitted to reach awareness.

It can be viewed as a benevolent survival strategy, yet (like most defenses) it must ultimately be set aside for us to make full contact with ourselves and the world.

🎧 Find the episode wherever you get your podcasts, or via the link in the first comment on this post.