
Who are you when you drop the mask? Join Rich as he explores the intersection of depth psychology, existential philosophy, and authentic identity. This isn't self-help or motivation, it's a step into the unconscious patterns, shadow work, and existential questions that shape who we really are. Drawing from Jungian psychology, existentialist thought, and raw personal reflection, each episode examin... more
| Publishes | Twice weekly | Episodes | 16 | Founded | a year ago |
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Camus thought a successful, unexamined life was a quieter kind of suicide. Here's what he actually argued.
Albert Camus was twenty-eight, stranded in occupied France with diseased lungs, when he wrote that there is only one serious philosophical qu... more
In 1942, Donald Winnicott was assessing children evacuated out of London during the Blitz, and the ones the system marked as coping best were the ones he found most disturbing. They had stopped crying for their mothers. They had made themselves usefu... more
Jung never said drop the mask. He said understand it. Why the persona is necessary, what the shadow really is, and why "find your authentic self" is the trap.
In December 1913, Carl Jung was thirty-eight, professionally successful, internationally ... more
Heidegger called it das Man: the self made of borrowed opinions and issued tastes. Why trying to be authentic is part of the same trap.
The German philosopher Martin Heidegger gave a name to the self that isn't yours: das Man, the one, the they, th... more
Irvin Yalom called meaninglessness the fourth ultimate concern of human existence. Why it can't be solved, and what changes when you stop trying.
Irvin Yalom, the existential psychiatrist, identified four ultimate concerns at the centre of human li... more
We keep circling back to one terrifyingly accurate idea from philosopher Byung-Chul Han: the disciplinary society of Foucault has given way to the "achievement society". We are no longer prisoners watched by guards in a tower; we have built our own p... more
In this deep-dive episode, we explore one of the most counter-intuitive and uncomfortable theories in the history of psychology: Kazimierz Dąbrowski's theory of Positive Disintegration.
While mainstream mental health models prioritize "adjustment" a... more
The feeling is specific. It is not just tiredness. It is a low-level frequency humming in the base of your skull.
In this episode, we perform an autopsy on "Digital Exhaustion." We look beyond social media addiction to diagnose the deeper mechanism:... more
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