The Explorer Poet Podcast

My guest today is Randolph Nesse, a founder of evolutionary medicine whose work with George Williams inspired many to expand explanations of disease from descriptions of why and how mechanisms fail in some individuals, to evolutionary explanations for traits that leave all individuals in a species vulnerable to a disease. Their six categories of possible explanations have become canonical: the limits of natural selection, mismatch

with environments, arms races with pathogens, trade-offs, gene transmission at the cost of robustness, and defensive responses. After 40 years as a Professor of Psychiatry and of Psychology at the University of Michigan, Nesse moved to Arizona State University to start a new Center for Evolution and Medicine, and the International Society for Evolution Medicine and Public Health. His focus is now returning to his original mission of trying to provide a solid scientific foundation for psychiatry through evolution.

We discussed evolution, cultural group selection, Mormonism, life and death, mental problems, natural selection, emotions, being vulnerable to failure, aging, biology, asking - how does it work and how did it get that way?, being vulnerable to disease, ancestral environments, anthropology, depression, anxiety, panic attacks, the smoke detector principle, love, evolutionary treatment, social traps, and the acronym SOCIAL - social resources, occupation, children, income, abilities, and love.

Episode Details:

Guest Name: Randolph Nesse

Website: http://www.RandolphNesse.com

Book: https://www.randolphnesse.com/good-reasons-book-info

X / Twitter: https://x.com/randynesse

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/randolph-nesse-97647b38/ 

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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@explorerpoet

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Website: https://explorerpoet.com/

My guest today is Drew Norton, a dynamic coach and co-host of The Everyday Leader Podcast and The Climb. With a background spanning sales, hiring, recruiting, leadership, and training across diverse industries, he's a seasoned expert in cultivating individual and organizational success. His career journey encompasses a proven track record in sales, and he's passionate about translating his wealth of knowledge into actionable insights, empowering others to achieve their career aspirations in sales and leadership

We discussed proximal goals versus psyche goals, being a futurist, how to be happy now, entrepreneurship, the Hero’s Journey, going all in, setting boundaries, valuing time, freedom of time, coaching, physical health, affirmations, identity, priority, clarity, actionable insights, and wanting to help the people we used to be.

Episode Details:

Guest Name: Drew Norton

Website: https://www.theeverydayleader.co/

Podcast: https://www.theeverydayleader.co/podcast

Events: https://www.theeverydayleader.co/collisions

The Climb: https://www.theeverydayleader.co/theclimb

Coaching: https://www.theeverydayleader.co/coaching

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nortonandrew89/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/livelikeaneverydayleader

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.everyday.leader/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheEverdayLeader

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My guest today is Cynthia Poorbaugh, a certified Jungian Analyst, faculty member and supervisor for the Jungian Psychoanalytic Association, and member of the Board of Directors for the C.G. Jung Foundation of NY. As an artist, Cynthia exhibited in institutions and galleries in New York from 1987–2003. Cynthia also has an interest in the symbology and psychology of alchemy and astrology and, like Jung, recognizes their impact and effects on our individual and collective psyches.

We discussed Jungian psychology and language, the archimedean point, the objective psyche, making the psyche make sense, alchemy, astrology and its history, astrological ages, the human ability to symbolize, see patterns, and make meaning, esoteric practices as a map, astrology in therapeutic practice, the unconscious being prescient, and complexes in astrological charts.

Episode Details:

Guest Name: Cynthia Poorbaugh

Website: https://www.cynthiapoorbaugh.com/

C.G. Jung Foundation: https://www.cgjungny.org/about/

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My guest today is Dean Abbott, a writer, podcaster, coach and spiritual director, who helps people live more soulfully in their relationships with self and others.

We discussed X/Twitter, social media, publishing as a personal notebook, being helpful to others, personal development, asking ‘so what?’, asking yourself ‘what would you do in this situation if you believed x’, self-narratives, reimagining our frameworks, our inner guidance system, atrophied imagination, goals and objectives, organic metaphors, childlike openness, death and rebirth, and developing a full pallet of methods for responding to reality. 

Episode Details:

Guest Name: Dean Abbitt

Website: https://www.deanabbott.com/

Podcast: https://www.deanabbott.com/podcast

X / Twitter: https://x.com/DeanAbbott

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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@explorerpoet

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Website: https://explorerpoet.com/

My guest today is Diana McKendree, a Jungian psychotherapist, educator, international keynote speaker, leader of women’s pilgrimages, and Iconographer. She is a senior faculty member with the Haden Institute, teaching Spiritual Direction and Dreamwork. Ordained an Interfaith Minister, Diana continues to search for the common threads that weave humanity and soul together.

We discussed reading dreams, the symbolic life, reworking the symbols, intuition, when suddenly everything makes sense, the psyche having everything we need, God’s forgotten language, reading life as concrete and literal, shadow work, dialogue with the shadow, discerning what is dysfunctional, encouraging community without judgement, and asking yourself what you’ve been called to learn in this life.

Episode Details:

Guest Name: Diana McKendree

Website: https://www.awakeningsoulpresents.org/about-us

The Haden Institute: https://www.hadeninstitute.com/faculty/diana-mckendree/

Email: [email protected]

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Where to find The EXPLORER POET Podcast:

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@explorerpoet

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My guest today is Scott Neumeister, Ph.D., a literary scholar, TEDx speaker, and mythic pathfinder from Tampa, Florida, where he earned his doctorate in English from the University of South Florida in 2018. His specialization in multiethnic American literature and mythology comes after careers as an information technology systems engineer and a teacher of English at the middle school and college levels. Scott co-authored Let Love Lead: On a Course to Freedom with Gary L. Lemons and Susie Hoeller (2019), and in 2021 he graduated from the Creative Mind Jungian Life Coaching program. Since 2024, he has served as an editor, author, and educator for the Joseph Campbell Foundation.

We discussed literature, mythology and digging into stories; Joseph Campbell and his writings, such as the ‘The Hero with a Thousand Faces’; Carl Jung, projections, and how the repressed always returns; the collective unconscious and the stories to which it clings; oral storytelling and the impact of cinema; and the Joseph Campbell Foundation’s Mythblast Newsletter.

Episode Details:

Guest Name: Scott Neumeister

Website: www.scottneumeister.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mythicpath/

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Where to find The EXPLORER POET Podcast:

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@explorerpoet

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0icGCdo1uv8WauJnFjhe89

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-explorer-poet-podcast/id1621189025
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My guest today is Polly Young-Eisendrath, Ph.D. a psychologist, writer, speaker, and Jungian analyst who is the founder and Executive Director of the Center for Real Dialogue in Vermont. She has published 19 books including, The Self-Esteem Trap: Raising Confident and Compassionate Kids in an Age of Self-Importance and Love Between Equals: Relationship as a Spiritual Path. She is the co-author, with Jean Pieniadz, Ph.D., of Dialogue Therapy for Couples and Real Dialogue for Opposing Sides: Methods Based on Psychoanalysis and Mindfulness. She maintains a clinical practice in central Vermont. In 2009, Polly received the Otto Weininger Memorial Award from the Canadian Psychological Association for outstanding lifetime contributions to psychoanalysis. Polly hosts the popular podcasts ENEMIES: From War to Wisdom & Waking Up is Not Enough: Flourishing in the Human Space. She is a lifelong Buddhist practitioner and a Mindfulness teacher.

We discussed the Father Wound, being an intelligent and highly sensitive child, introversion and inner worlds, personal stories being myths, dreams, behaviorism, Buddhism, being an explorer and seeker, using emotions as a means of controlling other people, real dialogue and discovering new truth through dialogue, dehumanizing projections and a dedication to ending all war.

Episode Details:

Guest Name: Polly Young-Eisendrath

Website: https://young-eisendrath.com/

Center for Real Dialogue: https://www.realdialogue.org/

Substack (Know Thyself): https://drpolly.substack.com/

Podcast (Waking Up is Not Enough: Flourishing in the Human Space): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/waking-up-is-not-enough-flourishing-in-the-human-space/id1695811960

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YoungEisendrath/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pollyyoungeisendrath/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@PollyYoungEisendrath

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Where to find The EXPLORER POET Podcast:

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@explorerpoet

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Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-explorer-poet-podcast/id1621189025

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My guest today is Roy Wang, a men's coach and believer in the renewing powers of the sacred wild man archetype.

We discussed coaching, myth, beliefs, Robert Bly’s Iron John, the sacred wildman archetype, divorce, nice guys, people pleasing, mother wounds, father wounds, the Oedipus Complex, core beliefs, Robert Glover, the mindset of not being good enough, emotional caretaking, Carl Jung, projection, shadow work, healthy aggression, boundaries, anima possession, and integration.

Episode Details:

Guest Name: Roy Wang

Website: https://www.sacredwildman.com/

X / Twitter: https://x.com/sacredwildman

Book on Roy’s Calendly: https://calendly.com/sacredwildman/30min

Instagram: https://instagram.com/sacredwildman

TikTok: https://tiktok.com/sacredwildman

Youtube: https://youtube.com/sacredwildman

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Where to find The EXPLORER POET Podcast:

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@explorerpoet

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Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-explorer-poet-podcast/id1621189025
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My guest today is Bradley Olson, a writer, mythic explorer, and mythic life coach. Brad also works with the Joseph Campbell Foundation as the Publications Director, the MythBlast Series Editor, and the host of the foundation’s flagship podcast, Pathways With Joseph Campbell.

We discussed mythic life coaching, reading myth as literal versus metaphorical, literature, behavioral reinforcement, The Power of Myth, Joseph Campbell, narrative and story, the Masks of God, poetic ideas framed as prosaic pronouncements, religious symbols, changing the story, the new myth, the shadow, tension between opposites, immortality, and mythic entities.

Episode Details:

Guest Name: Bradley Olson

Website: https://www.bradleyolsonphd.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bao_phd/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Whats-Mything-in-Your-Life/100083566930644/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradley-olson-14368633/

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Substack: https://theexplorerpoet.substack.com/

My guest today is Cherron Sue, an unschool mom of two, a peaceful parent, a thinker, and a writer.

We discussed unschooling, play, standard homeschool myths, socialization, home environments, judgement, church culture, boundaries, public school, public education, children’s emotions, public school parents, lowest common denominators, mental health, zoning, grade levels, common core, screen time, radical unschooling, Dana Martin, self-directed education, authority figures, information versus intelligence, and people who should not homeschool.

Episode Details:

Guest Name: Cherron Sue

Website:

https://cherronsue.wordpress.com/

X / Twitter: https://x.com/CherronSue

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