About this episode

Dr. David Hopkins explores the challenging moments of self-reflection and transformation in the context of Joseph Campbell's work.

There is a moment most people know but do not talk about. It usually arrives on a quiet Tuesday. No explosion, no dramatic collapse — just a low, unsettling recognition that the life you built no longer quite makes sense to you. The story you told yourself about who you were and where you were going has stopped holding. The floor has moved. In this episode of the Intellectual Freedom Podcast, Dr. David Hopkins walks into the darkest and most misunderstood stretch of Joseph Campbell's The Hero...

People in this episode

Host: David D. Hopkins

Topics covered

• personal growth
• self-discovery
• mythology
• psychology
• hero's journey

Keywords

• dark night
• self-reflection
• hero's journey
• Joseph Campbell
• personal transformation

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Hero with a Thousand Faces

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