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Overcoming Soul Sickness with Carl Jung and Terence McKenna

What do we do when we feel purposeless? Where do we turn when the vital energy is sucked from life? 

As the bleak statistics of the mental health epidemic demonstrate, for many, there is no clear answer. This disconnection from meaning and purpose, this depression of the soul, is devouring the psyche of millions. It’s left us struggling to numb the pain through pathology, distraction, consumption, and ego games. Of course, none of the above brings us any closer to the deeper purpose we seek. They leave us thirstier for something real than we were to begin with.

So, in this transmission, we’ll confront this ‘soul sickness’ through the wisdom of luminaries like Carl Jung, Terence McKenna, Dr. Lisa Miller, and more. We’ll also riff on some ways we might even be able to overcome it.

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What It Really Means to Live a Good Life with Harvard Psychiatrist and Zen Master, Dr. Robert Waldinger | Mind Meld 339

Dr. Robert Waldinger, psychiatrist and Zen Roshi, and best-selling author enters the mind meld.

Dr. Waldinger is a Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, where he directs the Harvard Study of Adult Development, the longest-running study of human thriving ever conducted. He’s also the NYT Bestselling author of The Good Life.

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