This is the 10% Happier Podcast. I'm Dan Harris.

Hello, everybody. How we doing?

In the many years of hosting this show and of just generally being attuned to all things, psychological and contemplative, over these many years, I have often heard talk of the shadow side or shadow work. But I have to admit, I didn't actually know what it meant. I knew the concept of the shadow was derived from the writings of the pioneering German psychotherapist Carl Jung, who died back in 1961. But I have to further admit that I never really knew much about who Young was and what he stood for.

Turns out, Young was not only the progenitor of the concept of the shadow, but also terms such as dream work, wholeness, synchronicity, and the collective unconscious, terms

many, if not most of us, have heard before. So today we're going to learn much more about Young

and all of these terms, and crucially, we're going to learn how to use all of

these concepts to do life better. I especially liked this one. Sotia Doyle Bayak is a psychotherapist

and educator focused on our relationship with our unconscious. She's the director of the Salomey Institute

of Jungian Studies. She's also the author of a book called Quarter Life, and she has a popular substack. I'll put a link to that in the show notes. In this conversation, we talk about the vast impact of Carl Jung's work, what separates Freud and Young, the connection between Jung's ideas and Buddhism, practical

exercises to help you resolve the tension between your desire for safety and your desire

for meaning. In other words, between stability and taking a walk on the wild side. We talk

about dream work, what it is, why we should do it, and how to do it it and the perks of making the unconscious feel seen

plus how to actually make the unconscious feel seen there's a lot here just to say if you've

ever struggled with the balance between being safe and responsible on the one hand and on the

other hand taking risks and aiming high we've got a custom guided meditation that comes with this podcast.

It was made by our teacher of the month, Sabine Selassi,

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