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...
Pills, Power, and Possibility: Rethinking Pharmaceuticals in Mental Health
Rebranding Mental Health
37 minutes
3 months ago
Pills, Power, and Possibility: Rethinking Pharmaceuticals in Mental Health
In this provocative conversation on Rebranding Mental Health, Iman and Kurt peel back the layers of modern psychiatry’s love affair with medication. How did pills become the first—and sometimes only—response to human distress? We’ll start by tracing the shift from talk therapy to chemical treatments, examining why antidepressant use has soared over 400% in just a few decades. You’ll hear the promises: quick relief, insurance coverage, the allure of scientific authority. And you’ll hear ...
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...