The Embodied Podcast

In today's episode I chat with one of my classmates from Pacifica Graduate Institute, Gabe Gould

"In Jungian psychology, the term ‘puer’ is used to describe an adult man whose emotional life has remained at an adolescent level, usually coupled with too great a dependence on the mother.

The typical puer shirks responsibility for his actions, and understandably so, since what he does is not within his conscious control. He is at the mercy of his unconscious, and is especially vulnerable to his instinctive drives. He is prone to do what ‘feels right.’ However, he is so alienated from his true feelings that what feels right one minute often feels wrong the next.

The individuating puer—one coming to grips with his attitudes and behaviour patterns—knows that undifferentiated feelings are highly suspect, especially when they arise in conjunction with the use of alcohol or other drugs. Instead of identifying with his feelings, he tries to keep some distance from them, which means objectifying what he is experiencing.

He questions himself:

Is this what I really feel?

Is this what I want?

What are the consequences?

Can I live with them?

Can I live with myself?

How does what I do affect others?"

Gabe Gould is a Jungian psychologist in training, author, and leader of Chicago's suburban farming movement.

His research explores the intersections between Kabbalah and Jungian psychology, as well as rites of passage and comparative male development.

He is a counselor for men struggling with relationship and intimacy, commitment, addiction, and too much (or too little) anger.  Gabe is the owner of Soil and Soul Therapeutic Farm in Long Grove, IL, the Chicago suburbs' premier retreat for wellness and permaculture workshops.

Additionally, Soil and Soul is a grass-roots, underground educational institute addressing the core issues at the root of modern consciousness through group classes and one-on-one counseling.

To contact Gabe, please visit his website:

www.organic-therapy.com or www.soilandsoulfarm.org. 

In today's episode I discuss the myth of Cassandra who was gifted the gift of intuitive sight yet was cursed by Apollo that no one would believe her.

We can internalize these archetypes and find ourselves doubting our inner experiences.

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In this episode I explore what it is like when we have explored the edges and how even the suffering that comes in those moments can offer us a deeper connection to who we are becoming. 

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In today's episode I discuss the psychological dynamics of projecting criticism and judgement onto your partner and how to pull the projection back and work with the material within yourself.

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In today's episode I discuss the experience of feeling lost and making contact with being in a liminal space of transitioning from “what has been” to “what will be.”

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