The Shadows That Skate Beside Every Story We Tell

About this episode

The episode explores the complex relationship between ego and soul through a conversation with Dr. James Hollis.

The strange friendship between ego and soul, still skating circles around each other. Somewhere between the mirror and the mask, the self starts to argue. One voice wants to lead, another wants to vanish, and somewhere in between — the truth clears its throat. Dr. James Hollis joins the fray like a calm storm, the Jungian interpreter of the unconscious, reminding us that the psyche never sleeps, it’s just translating the riddles the soul sends when the ego stops pretending. A drill sergeant appears, bellowing philosophy like battlefield poetry, shattering the illusion of “us” and “them” and everything in between. And on a frozen sheet of memory, Alec Tidey is still skating — chasing grace, laughter, and the strange stillness that comes after the applause. A meditation on the beautiful absurdity of being human — the endless balancing act between who we perform and who we really are. Conovision: the stories the ego tells before the soul rewrites it. Episode References: James Hollis James Hollis' Books Alec Tidey Credits: Camila Espinosa : Audio Engineer/Sound Design Meg Griffiths : GGRP Studios Caitlyn Bairstow : GGRP Studios Chapters: (00:00) - Introduction (01:38) - The Psyche…

People in this episode

Host: Jim Conrad

Guest: Dr. James Hollis

Topics covered

• ego
• soul
• Jungian psychology
• identity
• human experience
• absurdity

Keywords

• ego
• soul
• Jungian
• identity
• philosophy
• human experience
• absurdity

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: James Hollis' Books

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