We revisit The Hero's Journey, based on Joseph Campbell's seminal book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces. We initially talked about this concept in the second episode of season one back in January of 2023.

We discuss shadow work, movies that use shadow work for the plot, including The Fight Club, Black Swan and The Dark Knight. We also revisit our conversation about mindfulness versus watchfulness.

In the episode we follow up with Kyle on the previous episodes conversation about guilt, shame and anxiety as well as discuss surrender, control and stoicism as well as the difference between mindfulness and watchfulness.

In this episode we discuss how we address dealing with guilt, shame and anxiety through different means.

Though focused on dealing with compassion fatigue and burnout for working in a recovery centers this episode has tolls and concepts for anyone, working or not, on how to keep from being overwhelmed by life in general as well as stressful work environments.

The crew return to podcasting after an extended hiatus. Kyle moved from Colorado to Georgia and it took us a while to get the train rolling again. In this we catch up and have a discussion about life in general.

After a bit of a break we've returned with guests Darci Nealeigh MA, LPC, EMDR and Mariah Devenish MSW, LSW, EMDR in a wide ranging conversation where we discuss trauma, attachment, adoption, third culture kids and much more.

Cro and Kyle discuss their experiences and share what' it's like to work in the world of addiction recovery.