Feed the Feminine

The modern world is not as sane as it thinks it is. One of the most powerful men on the planet called empathy "civilizational suicide" while he exploits human and natural resources to their violent depletion. In a world of sociopathic governments and conglomerates, we crave what makes us human more than ever.

To help illustrate, a binary: masculine and feminine. Not gender-dependent but rather spiritual polarities contained in all genders; ancient archetypes inherited from our collective unconscious. Moon and sun, nature and the artificial, Dionysian and Apollonian, yin and yang; two sides of the same coin. Both needed for the multitudes to be found; both needed for us to be whole.

But the masculine has dominated the western, Imperialist way of life to the point of its worst qualities suffocating us; righteous individualism, scarcity, greed, rage, cruelty, profiteering, violence, authoritarianism.

It’s other side? Community, creativity, compassion, patience, abundance, faith, love, intimacy, collaboration -- things we're convinced are weak, silly, or sinful so the masculine shadow can maintain its dominance. Can we revive the feminine while also repairing what's been damaged in its longstanding cultural repression? We'll accelerate our collapse if we don’t try.

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Episoder(18)

Food Addiction as an Attachment Disorder

Why it can be helpful to understand food through the lens of addiction, how relational wounding and sexual repression may influence our food relationships, and why consciousness and shadow integration...

22 Feb 202049min

The Labyrinth of Self Compassion

On this episode I share an essay I wrote about the spiraling maze out of depression and into self-compassion.Originally published 10/14/2019

22 Feb 202024min

The Feminine and Masculine in Therapy

Different therapists take different approaches to therapy. I explore how some approaches are inherently rooted in masculine qualities while others in feminine. Why does this matter? Is there a right t...

22 Feb 202037min

Mental Health as a Social Justice Issue

People experiencing oppression are not generating illness from within, they're being poisoned from the outside and then punished for how they respond to that poison. If we, as therapists, don't let th...

22 Feb 202045min

Depression and the Repressed Feminine

How can understanding our individual reactions to the collective's repressed feminine help us understand our own hopelessness?Originally published 8/26/2019

22 Feb 202043min

Community Care for Our Military Veterans

With the masculine justifyingly dominant in military environments, how can civilians utilize feminine qualities to support veterans who are struggling after service at an alarming rate?Originally publ...

22 Feb 202039min

Moral Injury and the Weaponization of Burnout

What is moral injury and why are oppressive systems working so hard to convince us we're just "burned out" instead?Originally published 8/11/2019

22 Feb 202035min

Implicit Weight Bias and Food as a Metaphor

Viewing food as a metaphor, we may see dis-ordered eating patterns as an attempt to revive the repressed feminine. Plus how to ensure your implicit weight bias isn't harming someone you care for.Origi...

22 Feb 202057min