The Fractured Self Podcast
Who are you when you drop the mask? Join Rich as he explores the intersection of depth psychology, existential philosophy, and authentic identity. This isn't self-help or motivation, it's a step into the unconscious patterns, shadow work, and existential questions that shape who we really are. Drawing from Jungian psychology, existentialist thought, and raw personal reflection, each episode examines the fractured spaces where our authentic selves hide beneath societal conditioning. For those ready to question not just what they believe, but why they exist at all.
Episodes
10 episodes
Positive Disintegration: The Necessity of Falling Apart
In this deep-dive episode, we explore one of the most counter-intuitive and uncomfortable theories in the history of psychology: Kazimierz Dąbrowski's theory of Positive Disintegration.While mainstream mental health models prioritize "ad...
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Episode 10
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11:17
Why You Are So Tired (It’s Not Work): The Unpaid Internship of Existence
The feeling is specific. It is not just tiredness. It is a low-level frequency humming in the base of your skull.In this episode, we perform an autopsy on "Digital Exhaustion." We look beyond social media addiction to diagnose the...
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Episode 9
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20:15
The Psychology of People Who Overthink
There is a modern assumption that overthinking is a cognitive error, a "glitch," or a failure of efficiency. We are told to stop ruminating, make faster decisions, and get out of our heads. But what if overthinking isn't a flaw, what if it's a ...
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Episode 8
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18:00
Nowhere at Home: When Connection Becomes Displacement
There is a loneliness that has nothing to do with isolation. You can be connected to hundreds of people, immersed in communities that span the globe, and still feel profoundly homeless, not quite belonging anywhere, always partially elsewhere, ...
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Episode 7
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8:22
The Algorithm Mirror: Who Are You When You're Not Useful?
In an age of AI displacement, we confront a terrifying realisation: the algorithm isn't just taking our jobs, it’s holding up a mirror. This episode dives beneath the surface-level anxieties of economic disruption and career change to explore a...
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Episode 6
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4:07
The Unwitnessed Mind
Episode DescriptionIn an age of endless information and algorithmic connection, many find themselves intellectually isolated. This episode of The Fractured Self podcast gets into the concept of epistemic loneliness, ...
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Episode 5
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17:50
The Loneliness Paradox
Surrounded by people yet feeling utterly alone. Messages flooding in but none truly reaching you. More connected than any generation before us, yet drowning in isolation. This is the loneliness paradox of our time.In this episode, we...
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Episode 4
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4:15
The Performance of Authenticity
In a world where every scroll is a stage, how much of "you" is truly you, and how much is a meticulously crafted performance? Join us on this episode of Fractured Self podcast as we get into the unsettling reality of performing authentici...
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Episode 3
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5:12
Existential Angst: Living Inside the Question
That peculiar weight between your ribs that arrives uninvited, not quite anxiety, not quite grief, but something that remembers you're alive when you'd rather forget. This episode sits inside existential angst without trying to cure it, explori...
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Episode 2
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5:38
Forces Older Than Memory: Jung's Archetypal Psychology and the Patterns That Possess Us
What if the "self" you think you know is actually a collection of ancient psychological patterns moving through you like weather systems? In this journey into Carl Jung's archetypal psychology, we explore how transpersonal forces older than mem...
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Episode 1
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7:20