Our hope is that this podcast helps nudge us toward a deeper presence in our lives - bringing more empathy, creativity, and intellectual excitement!

Fully Human Psychology Podcast │ Episode 4

"Holding Deep Curiosity for the Unfolding Possibilities” w/ Dr. Nisha Gupta

Join Dr. Sophie and Dr. Chris as they connect with special guest Dr. Nisha Gupta, PhD—clinical psychologist, tenured psychology professor, arts-based phenomenological researcher, and creativity scholar.

In this episode, we were delighted to explore the following (and more) topics with Nisha:

  • In what ways are humans currently “hot messes,” and how do we interact with our fallibility with endearment?

  • What are the benefits of the irrational?

  • When it comes to mental health and spiritual crisis, how do we find “the wisdom in the symptom”?

  • What is a spiritual emergency, and how may we work with this creatively and therapeutically?

  • How do we co-create with the Unknown, balancing our “I don’t know” and our “maybe” with our creative will to sculpt a more humane and just world?

  • What does it mean to be seized by Daimonic forces in visionary artistic inspiration?

  • What are some ways that Artificial Intelligence (AI) might excite depth psychologists and all humans seeking liberation, spiritual and creative fulfillment?

Fully Human Psychology Podcast │ Episode 3

"The Skill to Truly Hear Others"

Dr. Sophie & Dr. Chris deep dive ideas explored in Episode 2 with Dr. Kirk Schneider, PhD.
Some of the topics explored:

  • What deeply moves us?

  • What blocks us from being deeply moved?

  • Many have concerns about Artificial Intelligence (AI). Is this partially because we humans sense that something mechanistic and automatic has already taken over within us? Do humans have a mechanistic/automatic/programmed side that is over-active, and does this block us from being deeply moved by wonder, empathy, remorse, awe?

Fully Human Psychology Podcast │ Episode 2

"The Capacity to Be Deeply Moved," with Dr. Kirk Schneider

Join Dr. Chris and Dr. Sophie as they connect with mentor and friend Kirk Schneider to explore deep questions.

  • What is essentially human?

  • Is it the capacity to be deeply moved?

  • The ability to cultivate the energy of attention and a quality of presence such that we can experience both the agony and the poignant beauty of existence?

  • What did Emerson mean by moments when "Jove nods to Jove," human to human?

Fully Human Psychology Podcast │ Episode 1

What Does it Mean to Be Fully & Experientially Human?

Welcome to our first episode, where Dr. Sophie and Dr. Chris explore initial impressions to the core questions of this podcast.

  • What does it mean to be fully & experientially human?

  • What holds us back from full humanness?

  • How do we want to move with this dynamic?

  • Who are some of our heroes in full humanness?

We explore the experience itself of asking deep questions, and the role of paradox, relationship, mentorship, love, the body.