What if the parts of yourself you’ve been avoiding are actually the key to your peace? This week on Rebranding Mental Health, Iman and Kurt are crawling into the metaphorical basement of the psyche (don’t worry, bring snacks). We’re talking about shadow work, what it is, what it’s not, and how to stop treating self-awareness like an exorcism. Carl Jung called the shadow the “unconscious part of ourselves that the ego refuses to see.” But here’s the twist: your shadow isn’t just the dark stuff...
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What if the parts of yourself you’ve been avoiding are actually the key to your peace? This week on Rebranding Mental Health, Iman and Kurt are crawling into the metaphorical basement of the psyche (don’t worry, bring snacks). We’re talking about shadow work, what it is, what it’s not, and how to stop treating self-awareness like an exorcism. Carl Jung called the shadow the “unconscious part of ourselves that the ego refuses to see.” But here’s the twist: your shadow isn’t just the dark stuff...
Growing Into Ourselves: Emotional Maturity Beyond Gender Scripts
Rebranding Mental Health
35 minutes
3 weeks ago
Growing Into Ourselves: Emotional Maturity Beyond Gender Scripts
Welcome to a new season of Rebranding Mental Health! In this episode, Iman and Kurt unpack the cultural and psychological layers of maturity — how “boys don’t cry” and “good girls don’t get angry” still echo through adulthood, shaping how we connect, suppress, or express. We look at the research, the reality, and the reframe: Why self-compassion predicts resilience.How gender scripts delay or distort emotional development. What it means to rewrite your emotional story with cu...
Rebranding Mental Health
What if the parts of yourself you’ve been avoiding are actually the key to your peace? This week on Rebranding Mental Health, Iman and Kurt are crawling into the metaphorical basement of the psyche (don’t worry, bring snacks). We’re talking about shadow work, what it is, what it’s not, and how to stop treating self-awareness like an exorcism. Carl Jung called the shadow the “unconscious part of ourselves that the ego refuses to see.” But here’s the twist: your shadow isn’t just the dark stuff...
