Real It In

Dan tells the inside story of boxer Wladimir Klitschko’s rise, professional demise and transformation/rebirth after which he came to dominate heavyweight boxing for the next decade. The group reflects around what it takes to be able to navigate and survive one’s trauma, and start fresh.

Wladimir Klitschko vs Samuel Peter (2005)

Wilfred Bion’s thoughts about Alpha Function

Keats' concept of negative capability

In this episode, Martin, Dan and Joe share a tale involving a psychoanalyst-war-veteran reciting Milton’s Paradise lost at a glamorous garden party, as remembered by a psychoanalytic mystic of the following generation. This led to Dan’s writing his book and from there meeting Martin. It is a collective musing on the power of making bids for connection to one another, paying it forward where it matters and, on how a little can go a long way in life. If you can be you, then maybe I can be me?

“Faith” by Michael Eigen

“Freud’s lost chord” by Dan Sapen

“The Inner Light” Star Trek: The Next Generation