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Can you feel it?Can you sense the threshhold between the old year and the new one right around the corner?It's like a doorway between who you are and who you're becoming. Having hopes …
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Can you feel it?Can you sense the threshhold between the old year and the new one right around the corner?It's like a doorway between who you are and who you're becoming. Having hopes and dreams can feel exciting and terrifying at the same time.Sometimes, we have a picture of who we want to become or how we want to do better or be better. To become a better version of yourself, an old aspect of yourself must die or be shed, like a snake sheds its skin - maybe a limiting belief or attachment to an anxious emotional state. The freed up energy can be focused on whatever it is ab…
Deborah Lukovich, PhD
December 28, 2024 
There's no better time to take a risk when everything is falling apart around you. Out of the moments of despair, helplessness, confusion about the right thing to do, rock bottom of losing every…
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There's no better time to take a risk when everything is falling apart around you. Out of the moments of despair, helplessness, confusion about the right thing to do, rock bottom of losing everything to addiction, being pushed against the wall by the bully, the final act of acquiesceing to please everyone but you ... one finally surrenders to the mysterious workings of the universe. It's not about giving up, rather it is accepting the truth of the situation and seeing what you were too afraid to see before. You weren't ready to overcome the fear of the consequences of choos…
Deborah Lukovich, PhD
December 15, 2024 
In this episode, I read a blog post I wrote three weeks after processing the election results. Click here to read it. Whether you were devastated by the election results or happy about them, if you ca…
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In this episode, I read a blog post I wrote three weeks after processing the election results. Click here to read it. Whether you were devastated by the election results or happy about them, if you can self-reflect, you will find something helpful in this post. It's longer than usual, so grab a coffee, tea or a nice glass of wine, maybe a pen and notebook, and dive into my reflections about moving forward post-election without compromising your values. You’re used to my proclamations that something important is working itself out during this regressive period in American and global his…
Deborah Lukovich, PhD
December 6, 2024 
“Victory is celebrated in the light, but it is won in the darkness.” “Adversity always lies on the path of advancement.” “One way or another, the past always finds us.” ––Dune…
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“Victory is celebrated in the light, but it is won in the darkness.” “Adversity always lies on the path of advancement.” “One way or another, the past always finds us.” ––Dune: Prophecy (TV Series, Season 1, Episode 1) Whether you were devastated by the election results or happy about them, if you can self-reflect, you will find something helpful in this post. It's longer than usual, so grab a coffee, tea or nice glass of wine, maybe a pen and notebook, and dive into my reflections about how to move forward post-eletion without compromising your values. Yo…
Deborah Lukovich, PhD
November 29, 2024 
"This is precisely the time When Artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, We write, We do language. That is h…
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"This is precisely the time When Artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, We write, We do language. That is how civilizations heal."–Toni MorrisonIf you've been following me, you have heard me say time and again that something is being worked out through the climax of division and regression.Regression always precedes a jump in Consciousness raising and progress, but that doesn't make it any easier to suffer through the process.Real people get hurt. Real people have aleady died beca…
Deborah Lukovich, PhD
November 11, 2024 
In this episode, I’m excited to talk to my new friend, Kevin Utley, Holistic Engineer and Mindset Coach. Kevin's website: https://www.awkwavision.comInstagram: @awkwavsionFree resource: https:/…
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In this episode, I’m excited to talk to my new friend, Kevin Utley, Holistic Engineer and Mindset Coach. Kevin's website: https://www.awkwavision.comInstagram: @awkwavsionFree resource: https://www.awkwavision.com/flowstateKevin describes his midlife journey as “Emptiness to Impact,” and we’ll hear about that from him directly.As a personal coach and audio mixing professional, Kevin guides individuals towards self-discovery and inner harmony through mindset coaching and mix coaching. He is also a devoted family man, practicing Kung Fu and creating conscious music that integrates s…
Deborah Lukovich, PhD
November 11, 2024 
In this episode, I chat with a new friend whose work is so powerful. I know you’ll find it interesting and want to share it with others, especially those who have a family member with autism. www.me…
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In this episode, I chat with a new friend whose work is so powerful. I know you’ll find it interesting and want to share it with others, especially those who have a family member with autism. www.mendability.com Kim Pomares is the CEO of Mendability, a company founded by his mother, Claudie Pomares, to enhance brain health through Sensory Enrichment Therapy. Kim joined Mendability to make its innovative approach accessible to those who need it most by validating the program in randomized controlled trials and developing a computer system to prescribe affordable, customized programs for fami…
Deborah Lukovich, PhD
October 11, 2024 
Most of my clients don’t come to me to explore their relationship with alcohol but almost all of them eventually bring it up. This makes sense. In every case, the issue that initiates our coaching a…
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Most of my clients don’t come to me to explore their relationship with alcohol but almost all of them eventually bring it up. This makes sense. In every case, the issue that initiates our coaching arrangement is merely the doorway to something deeper. Getting to the topic of alcohol means they’re ready to unleash more of their true self and deepest desires into the world. Alcohol has a light and dark side as you know. One drink can relax you into a lower level of consciousness where you can escape the external world or get connected with parts of you that want to come out and play. On t…
Deborah Lukovich, PhD
September 17, 2024 
In this episode, I share how I explored and found meaning in four dreams representing pivotal points in my midlife unraveling and reconstruction.It all started in 2013 when I journaled, "I can't …
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In this episode, I share how I explored and found meaning in four dreams representing pivotal points in my midlife unraveling and reconstruction.It all started in 2013 when I journaled, "I can't live this way anymore." Then Hermes the Trickster showed up seducing me with the promise that pursuing an MA/PhD in depth psychology would save my Soul. C.G. Jung became my spiritual teacher. In a three-act play, you can consider these dreams occurring in Acts one and two; Act Three is still unfolding. I cover concepts like recurring dreams, embodied dreams, evolving dream symbolism, fantasies, im…
Deborah Lukovich, PhD
September 9, 2024 
This guided Meditation will help you explore anger and discover what it wants from you. Emotions are one way our unconscious tries to get us to explore something, turn it into an insight that would be…
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This guided meditation will help you explore anger and discover what it wants from you. Emotions are one way our unconscious tries to get us to explore something, turn it into an insight that would be useful right now, and prompt us to unfold into a future version of ourselves. The idea for this guided meditation came from my work with a couple who wanted to increase intimacy in their relationship. After a joint session where things were shared that hadn't been shared before, individual follow-up sessions revealed some old anger and resentment that was sure to interfere with their desire …
Deborah Lukovich, PhD
September 5, 2024 
My former husband and I tried to save our marriage in our own way. When was the beginning of the end? After twenty years, the role of alcohol couldn’t be ignored anymore.He said he was “working…
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My former husband and I tried to save our marriage in our own way. When was the beginning of the end? After twenty years, the role of alcohol couldn’t be ignored anymore.He said he was “working on” his drinking, but that turned out to be a lie. He agreed that I could attend a therapy session with his therapist who was an expert in addiction. The shocked look on the therapist’s face confirmed that my charismatic husband had been lying about the seriousness of his relationship with alcohol. We both liked one couple’s counselor who was certified to address addiction, but she got a…
Deborah Lukovich, PhD
September 4, 2024 
In this episode, I read a recent blog post: Freaking Hermes! How Your Unconscious Tortures You into Action. “Freaking Hermes!” This is how one of my clients started a recent session. I laughed …
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In this episode, I read a recent blog post: Freaking Hermes! How Your Unconscious Tortures You into Action. “Freaking Hermes!” This is how one of my clients started a recent session. I laughed and told him this was a very good thing. He didn’t like that answer, but by the end of the session, he was ready to have a difficult and honest conversation with his wife.Who is this Hermes character?The Greek god Hermes, known as a guide of souls, shows up when he’s had enough denial of the truth of your situation. He gets tired of your refusal to take actins to allow your true self to exist…
Deborah Lukovich, PhD
August 30, 2024 
“Freaking Hermes!”This is how one of my clients started a recent session. I laughed and told him this was a very good thing.He didn’t like that answer, but by the end of the session he was…
“Freaking Hermes!…
“Freaking Hermes!”This is how one of my clients started a recent session. I laughed and told him this was a very good thing.He didn’t like that answer, but by the end of the session he was ready to have a difficult and honest conversation with his wife. There was more urgency about completing this task since we had explored a dream during our last session. The dream: My father collapsed onto the floor. "Go get the defibrillator and call 911!" I screamed. I was able to revive my father. Then, he collapsed. I revived him again with the machine. Then, he collapsed again. How …
Deborah Lukovich, PhD
August 25, 2024 
Jenn Wodtke is back for a chat about Touchless Orgasm, which she describes as a revolutionary shift in how women can experience pleasure. Instead of relying on external stimulation—hands, a toy, a p…
Jenn Wodtke is back …
Jenn Wodtke is back for a chat about Touchless Orgasm, which she describes as a revolutionary shift in how women can experience pleasure. Instead of relying on external stimulation—hands, a toy, a partner, erotic novels—touchless orgasm allows you to find the pleasure that is already inside you.Start by learning Jenn's three keys for touchless orgasm.There was a time when the union between the feminine and masculine as manifested in sexual union was celebrated as sacred. There was a time when the feminine was seen and experienced as the path to the spiritual realm. Then patriarchal fo…
Deborah Lukovich, PhD
August 24, 2024 
I’m always excited to have a meaningful chat on Dose of Depth, but there’s extra excitement when our chat clashes with current events.A lot has happened in the last week, but the inspiration fo…
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I’m always excited to have a meaningful chat on Dose of Depth, but there’s extra excitement when our chat clashes with current events.A lot has happened in the last week, but the inspiration for this chat came from watching one of Dr. Craig Chalquist's TikTok videos that he put out after the Republican National Convention had ended. To go viral is of course relative, but for someone who typically gets 300-600 views, getting 147,000 is definitely going viral. Dr. Craig Chalquist is a former psychotherapist and the current Academic Program Director of Consciousness, Psychology, a…
Deborah Lukovich, PhD
July 29, 2024 
I'm super excited to share this very timely episode, my chat with depth psychology colleague and friend, Dr. Craig Chalquist, former psychotherapist and current Academic Program Director of Consc…
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I'm super excited to share this very timely episode, my chat with depth psychology colleague and friend, Dr. Craig Chalquist, former psychotherapist and current Academic Program Director of Consciousness, Psychology, and Transformation at National University. Congratulations to Craig for recently securing his second PhD in philosophy and religion. I will do a follow-up blog post that includes lots of links. Click here to subscribe to get notifications.This episode is for: Survivors of domestic abuse who are feeling re-traumatized by the current political situation. You're NOT crazy!P…
Deborah Lukovich, PhD
July 28, 2024 
In this episode I read a blog post that I wrote after reflecting on a few chats with male clients over the past few months. Click here to read the post. Some of those men were conscious of an inner ba…
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In this episode I read a blog post that I wrote after reflecting on a few chats with male clients over the past few months. Click here to read the post. Some of those men were conscious of an inner battle between their feminine and masculine that was holding them back in some way from fully expressing their creativity. For other male clients, this battle involved their sense of identity and exploration of gender and sexual orientation. What arouses us has deeper meaning than we realize, but our mind jumps in and filters out anything that it perceives to be a threat to existing belief systems. …
Deborah Lukovich, PhD
July 14, 2024 
Over the past few years we have gotten a chance to learn about the psychological concept of projection. In fact, the term projection is no longer adequate to capture the climax of intolerance that has…
Over the past few ye…
Over the past few years we have gotten a chance to learn about the psychological concept of projection. In fact, the term projection is no longer adequate to capture the climax of intolerance that has been unleashed from the collective shadow.We cannot get away from projection. We all do it. It's how we relate and become aware of ourselves. The problem is a lack of consciousness of this fact. The moment you think you're not projecting, you've just confessed that you're doing it. If you don't think you project, just ask your friends and family to identify what you&ap…
Deborah Lukovich, PhD
July 13, 2024 
