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Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2022

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Dr. James Hollis is a Jungian analyst, a former director of the Jung Society of Washington, DC, and a professor of Jungian Studies for Saybrook University of San Francisco/Houston. He is the author of The Middle Passage, Living an Examined Life, Through the Dark Wood, and Living Between Worlds, among many others. With Sounds True, he's released the expansive audio program A Life of Meaning: Exploring Our Deepest Questions and Motivations. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon speaks with James about the journey for personal fulfillment—how it starts, what it demands, and how it changes your life. James explains what it really means to take responsibility for your life's path, as well as how you can rediscover and reclaim your innate authority. Tami and James discuss how childhood experiences shape our present behavior and what it takes to live fearlessly. Finally, they talk about overcoming lethargy and the joy of becoming comfortable with mysteries.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Insights at the Edge, produced by SoundsTrue.
0:06.1	My name is Tammy Simon, I'm the founder of SoundsTrue, and I'd love to take a moment
0:10.7	to introduce you to the new SoundsTrue Foundation.
0:14.8	The SoundsTrue Foundation is dedicated to creating a wiser and kinder world by making
0:21.2	transformational education widely available.
0:25.6	We want everyone to have access to transformational tools such as mindfulness, emotional awareness,
0:34.5	and self-compassion, regardless of financial, social, or physical challenges.
0:40.8	The SoundsTrue Foundation is a nonprofit dedicated to providing these transformational tools
0:47.4	to communities in need, including at-risk youth, prisoners, veterans, and those in developing
0:54.2	countries.
0:55.6	If you'd like to learn more or feel inspired to become a supporter, please visit SoundsTrueFoundation.org.
1:05.6	You're listening to Insights at the Edge.
1:11.2	Today, my guest is James Hollis.
1:14.0	Jim is a Jungian analyst, a former director of the Young Society of Washington, DC, and
1:20.6	the author of more than 15 books, including two books with SoundsTrue, living an examined
1:27.4	life and living between worlds, finding personal resilience and changing times.
1:34.6	With SoundsTrue, he's also created the audio series through the dark wood, finding meaning
1:41.2	in the second half of life, and a new series, a life of meaning, exploring our deepest
1:48.1	questions and motivations.
1:50.8	All right, I'm going to tell it to you as it is.
1:54.4	In my work, it sounds true.
1:56.9	One of the greatest privileges I feel I have.
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