Podcasts by A Therapist and an Alchemist
What happens when a psychologist and an alchemist walk into a coffee shop? Something new starts brewing. Okay, that's a bad joke, but it pretty well describes Neil and Gil's conversations on this podcast. What's new in contemporary psychology and how does it connect to the ancient practice of alchemy? Our conversations include pilgrimage, transitions, integration, the enneagram, the Myers Briggs, tarot, and mysticism, as well as the practical problems of living everyday life; job, diet, exercise, marriage, raising kids, and aging.
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Back At It With Dreams and the Sandman from 2023-08-31T19:50
Gil and Neil are back to restart the discussion. We are diving into a discussion about the importance and relevance of dreams and symbols in our lives. We examine The Sandman comic and series wr...
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Starting the Grief Discussion from 2020-12-03T00:56:05
Neil and Gil begin a discussion of grief and its relation to disability.
Grief Recovery Handbook by John James and Russ...
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Conversation with Stacy Ellis - School Leader from 2020-07-14T01:11:49
In this episode Neil and Gil talk with Stacy Ellis. Stacy is an esteemed elementary school principal. She is an educator with more than 17 years experience, and 11 years as an administrator. Sta...
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Debriefing the Last Couple from 2020-07-10T18:12:53
Neil and Gil review the last couple of episodes.
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John Wiles and Vox Peregrini from 2020-06-23T03:40:55
Neil and Gil chat with John Wiles about his musical journeys with Vox Peregrini. Vox Peregrini is John's inspiration. They are a pilgrimage choir creating music as they journey to together. List...
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Conversation with Marlene Bjornsrud from 2020-06-15T03:26:39
In episode 8, Neil and Gil talk with Marlene Bjornsrud in an amazing conversation about advocating for women, LGBTQ persons, and people of color in all areas.
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Talking About Literature from 2020-06-08T02:11:55
In this episode Neil leads a discussion with two friends, and English teachers, J.T. and Josh. They talk about how important reading is to their lives, and give some suggestions about how to eng...
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Talking About It from 2020-06-01T01:16:36
Gil and Neil continue the conversation in this episode by taking on the current events. They talk openly about the protests and reactions to the death of many African American men, and in partic...
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Therapist and Alchemist Episode 5 from 2020-05-25T23:36:20
Neil and Gil return from a hiatus to discuss openness and flexibility in thinking. There are moments in everyone's life where new information can challenge a perspective, philosophy, theology, o...
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Therapist and Alchemist - Episode 4 from 2019-08-24T20:11:37
We are back from a hiatus as we had spring and summer adventures. A few of you asked when we were going to start up again, and we got back together to continue.
In this episode we review...
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Going Back to Go Forward from 2019-02-22T03:14:34
We go back to go forward in this episode. We spend time reviewing Gil's book "Wisdom Walking," and how the 4 stages of pilgrimage in his book shape our conversations in the podcast. We talk abou...
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Are You Ready...for Change? from 2019-01-25T23:18:34
We continue our discussion of change from the perspective of stages of change in psychology and alchemy. Our focus here is talking about getting ready for change, and needing to be prepared and ...
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Change, what is it good for? from 2019-01-25T03:37:12
In this episode we begin conversation focusing on change. We look at change from the perspective of a psychologist and from an alchemist. Neil discusses Prochaska's stages of change, and Gil com...
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