Dose of Depth
Welcome to Dose of Depth. I’m your host, Deborah Lukovich, PhD, and I invite you into conversations that explore the field between us.
Together we’ll examine dreams, relationships, creativity, leadership, organizations, and the ordinary moments that quietly reshape our lives. Through stories, conversations, and depth psychology, we’ll ask not only why something happened, but why now and what is trying to emerge through our experience.
This podcast is for people who sense that life is always speaking through relationships, conflict, attraction, loss, joy, and the unexpected synchronicities that seem to appear at just the right time. We’re less interested in having the right answers than in cultivating the conditions where new understanding can emerge.
Some episodes may offer a profound insight. Others may make you laugh at the strange symbolism of your own life.
I hope that each conversation helps you become more psychologically sovereign, more available to your own unfolding, and more aware of what is ripening in the field between you, others, and the world.
So pull up a chair. Let’s explore what is trying to emerge.
Dr. Deborah
Episodes
147 episodes
What If We Didn't Have to Earn Our Right to Exist? Rethinking Work, Worth, and What Human Beings Are Here to Do
What if our obsession with working hard is about more than productivity?In this episode, I follow an unexpected reaction to the cultural celebration of "working hard" into a deeper question about what we've been taught to believe about b...
The Hidden Impact of Patriarchy (on Men and Women)
What if patriarchy isn't simply a social system... but a psychological wound that lives within all of us?In this episode, I explore the hidden ways patriarchal conditioning shapes our identities, relationships, sexuality, spirituality, a...
What Leaders Aren't Seeing (Leadership Through a Depth Psychology Lens)
Most leadership development focuses on strategy, communication, and performance. While these skills matter, many leadership challenges persist because the real issue is operating beneath the surface.In this video, I explore leadership th...
Beyond Body Image: Psychology, Power, and the Collective Shadow - A Conversation with Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Gretchen Ames
What if the body isn’t a problem to fix, but a message to understand? In this conversation, Dr. Deborah Lukovich sits down with clinical psychologist Dr. Gretchen Ames to explore the body through a depth psychology lens—where symptoms are not i...
The Hidden Psychology of Emotionally Toxic Workplaces: Taking Your Power Back
Most conversations about toxic workplaces focus on what’s happening out there—bad leadership, poor communication, unhealthy culture.But what if that’s only half the story?In this episode, I explore:What makes ...
The Hidden Childhood Pattern Blocking Your Growth (Chapter 3 from When Sex Meets God: Mixed Messages)
Have you ever felt like the version of you that once worked… no longer does?Midlife unraveling rarely announces itself. It begins quietly, with a growing sense that something is off, even when your life still looks “successful” from the ...
The Invisible Thread: How Childhood Memories Shape Your Life Path (Chapter 2 of When Sex Meets God: Instinct for Freedom)
What are your earliest childhood memories? Often, there's an invisible thread running through our lives, connecting various life events in ways we could never imagine at the time. Revisiting your earliest childhood memor...
When Being Attracted to Someone Catches You Off Guard
Ever find yourself attracted to someone you shouldn’t be attracted toespecially when you’re already in a relationship?What if that attraction isn’t a threat…but a message?In this short video, I explore how attraction often p...
Depth Psychology Coaching Changed My Client’s Life: In Her Own Words
In this episode, I’m joined by one of my coaching clients who shares her experience of depth psychology coaching and how it changed the way she sees herself and her life.We talk about dreams, active imagination, creative expression, and ...
Sacred Teachers in Unexpected Places (Chapters 21-25 of When Sex Meets God)
Who gets to decide what’s right for you?We often hear the phrase “You are the highest authority for your own life,” but that raises a deeper question: who is the “you” that can actually be trusted?...
Artemis Rising: Why Sovereign Women Make Men Stronger (blog post)
Original blog post: https://www.deborahlukovich.com/post/what-does-it-mean-to-be-sovereign-the-sigma-femaleWhat does it actually mean t...
When the Body Knows Before the Mind | Individuation in Midlife (Behind the scenes of When Sex Meets God: A Midlife Unraveling)
My memoir is available! Read views and purchase my crazy story here: https://www.amazon.com/When-Sex-Meets-God-Unraveling/dp/B0FY1WSSJZIn Chapters 11–13 of ...
Why Random Dream Images Are Never Random
Many people dismiss dream images as random, strange, or meaningless.But in depth psychology, nothing in a dream appears by accident.In this video, I share two dreams I had on New Year’s Eve and walk you through how I worked with the ...
2026: Becoming vs. Goal Setting
As the new year approaches, many of us rush to set goals, make plans, and envision what’s next. But real transformation doesn’t begin with striving—it begins with release.In this episode, What Must Die Before the New Year Can Begin
Ecopsychology, Neurodivergence & the Future of Intelligence: A Chat with/Sher Griffin, Author of Cognitive Ecology: Mapping Your Mind for Self-Understanding
First, my memoir is available! Read views and purchase my crazy story here: https://www.amazon.com/When-Sex-Meets-God-Unraveling/dp/B0FY1WSSJZ or at Bo...
Jung's Transcendent Third In Action: Chapter 6 of When Sex Meets God
My memoir is available! Read views and purchase my crazy story here: https://www.amazon.com/When-Sex-Meets-God-Unraveling/dp/B0FY1WSSJZHave you ever wondere...
The Holidays and Depth Psychology: More Joy & Less Stress
Are the holidays stressful, sad, joyous, exhausting, overstimulating, or a combination of all of these? In this video, I teach you how to apply four depth psychology concepts to have a more joyous holiday experience this year: ...
Skipping to Chapter 4 of When Sex Meets God: What's Your Relationship Like With Your Body & Pleasure?
My memoir is available! Read views and purchase my crazy story here: https://www.amazon.com/When-Sex-Meets-God-Unraveling/dp/B0FY1WSSJZDid you come of age i...
What's Chapter 1 About? The Twinge of Discontent - When Sex Meets God: A Midlife Unraveling.
My memoir is available! Read views and purchase my crazy story here: https://www.amazon.com/When-Sex-Meets-God-Unraveling/dp/B0FY1WSSJZCan you remember a ti...
Ta da! My Memoir, When Sex Meets God is available for purchase!
Check out some amazing advanced reviews and purchase an eBook, paperback, or hardcover: https://www.amazon.com/When-Sex-Meets-God-Unraveling/dp/B0FY1WSSJZTo...
A Mattress, Dead Things & My Father: What My Strange Dream Revealed
In this video, I demonstrate how to explore and interpret strange and symbolic dreams using a depth psychology approach.This dream included a mattress, a dead mouse, multiple dead insects, and even my father — and the meaning behind the...
Are You Asking the Big Questions? A Chat with Branden Singletary, Philosopher and Artist
In this episode, I’m excited to talk with Branden Singletary, an artist and philosopher whose creative expression seeks to highlight a connection between cosmos and human cognition. Branden has produced a short film, an art book, an...
Is This You? 6 Types of Readers Who’ll Connect Deeply with “When Sex Meets God”
In this episode, I spend time describing the different types of readers that might enjoy my memoir, When Sex Meets God: A Midlife Unraveling. It's coming in late OCTOBER. Be sure to subscribe to my website to get updates:
Why I Titled My Book: When Sex Meets God
In this episode, I share the story of why I decided to title my memoir When Sex Meets God: A Midlife Unraveling. My emotions throughout the past five years have ranged from confidence in the meaningful nature of my experience to dee...
Exploring Your Reactions to MAGA
This episode is a follow-up to my last episode about how to deal with difficult people. In this episode, I help you understand what's happening beneath the surface of people who identify as MAGA. Check out one of my favorite creator...
