HERO AND THE VILLAIN

For 16 years Dru has been sober from his addiction of alcohol. Getting there was quite a story. Learning about shadow work was vital. And knowing how they're connected is necessary. 

We give a quick and dirty episode to start 2022 talking about the ability to respond aka responsibility in owning your "house", why blame is toxic and how it can feed the shadow. 

Seasonal depression attacks many this time of year. It also can pull up some ugly parts of your shadow in the process. Dru tells a story or two and his own battle with his own depression getting stacked with Seasonal Depression. 

We have a good long chat with extreme metal vocalist and dark artist Cain Cressall from Australian group The Amenta about their latest album "The Revelator" and his own personal growth as an artist. 

We get after why people are obsessed with True Crime documentaries, serial killers and the wonderful world of horror films.

Spur of the moment episode but for a good cause when we have the artistic talents of Jason Lenox stop by to discuss his latest project The Satanic Color Book. 

We have a sit down with the incomparable Dr. Eric Sprankle, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology and Co-Director of the Sexuality Studies program at Minnesota State University. 

In part two, we chat with Northwest based sex worker Trinity on her experiences with judgement from others, the role she plays in holding space for customers she encounters and a variety of topics pertaining towards the work. 

In this two part series, we interview Canadian Sex Worker Keevah Simone on the stigmas and misunderstanding sex workers face not only north of the border but around the world. 

We go beyond the traditional of "two person relationships" and breakdown alternative relationship styles that work for many fine individuals and where these traditional relationships even came from in the first place. 

We hit up a quick one about avoidance tactics that hinder your well being, and learn about the differences between distractions, avoidance and a quick rant about changing your mindset all the time. 

Is anger really the worst emotion to feel? We say no. Not at all. Understanding it's power and that it is not a behavior is where you start. Time to rant!

We needed to do a fun one. We review Jack 's psychological makeup and why he created Tyler Durdan. 

What makes you have habits? Better yet, why do you have bad ones? How are they constructed and what can't you stop yourself from doing them? 

Worry...stress...anxiety....give it a name. But what it does to your body is costly on multiple levels. On our landmark 25th episode we deep dive into it and how to process and deal with it. 

Another quick blast episode getting into how not feeling heard or understood by others is linked to depression and shadow work, and what you can do to remedy that issue. 

We return to the combative world of projecting and go into detail about the inner workings of it. Part 1 of a two part (or should I saw Two Straps) series. 

Short and to the point episode about the basics of the mental health giant, Depression. 

What are those energies in us that keep us from  taking that next step forward? Dru explores that force and shares his biggest insecurity about himself. 

My birthday episode. I pay homage to John and Noelle from JRNI's "Judgement and curiousity cannot exist in the same space".  Shoutout to the freethinkers. 

We hit up the never ending topic of relationships and sex with a great conversation with Canadian Sex Extraordinaire Coach Vee tackling Sex Ed, poor communication and working through past shame to find your voice. 

Why do we create? Why is music so important to how we cope with life? Why does art make us feel a certain way? This episode is for the folks that seek refuge in art, and seek refuge in creating art. 

Using a bit of story time, we dive into the topic of childhood trauma aka "Children of the Shadow" and how a few of our faithful listeners were able to use a variety of methods to uncover deep trauma from their past to heal. 

Sex and Shame Part 2? We brought in the heavy hittin' Maria Two Straps for this one. A certified badass Sex Coach and Intimacy Coordinator with a loud and proud approach to helping folks move past their shame and towards a sex positive mindset and life style. This is a good one!

Why are personal and professional boundaries so important? It's not about keeping people out it's about keeping your identity intact, as Dru explains in this episode. 

Dru shares his own battle with addiction and visits with Seattle area Substance Abuse Counselor Zacharia Stone to dive into how related shadow work is to the process of understanding one's addictions. 

Our first guest! Jessica Dubiel aka The Divorce Blogger stops by to give us her perspective on doing the self work post separation. 

Dru goes off on toxic masculinity and the guys that will probably scoff at this subject. Because it's a problem and since guys are the cause, guys have to be the first to call it out. 

Today we explore the emotion of jealousy, it's roots and how it can of course feed the villain and run amuck over you and your relationships. 

We hit up the deeper end of the  shame pool by touching on sexual repression and shame in regards to how it can hamstring your relationships. 

A lot of cursing and a lot of hard truths about dating, love life and how the villain can ruin everything....or can it?

This episode we look at the Narcissist. And what they can teach us about our own shadow. 

Part two of the Superhero Psychology Saga. Today it's all about the bad guys, the villains we know and love. 

The two part epic saga! We break down the psychology of your favorite good guys, the superheroes. In the following episode we go for the villains (episode 7)

This episode we are touching on the beast: SHAME. The feeling that is rooted in all our villains and at the base of most repressed emotions. 

In this episode we cover being an empath in dealing with our villain and spiritual bypassing. 

Today we go deeper about how the villain is assaulting your unconscious mind and controlling aspects of your daily life as well as start touching on projections from your villain onto others. 

Here we go. Now we're getting into the good stuff. The 13 types of villains you might find when you start doing the work to see it's face. 

Seattle area coach Dru Brozovich explores the work of Carl Jung's "Shadow Self" though  an entertainment angle. Act 1 will be introducing the concept and how to start the process to identify your villain.