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S2 Ep8: Dr James Hollis – finding meaning and purpose in life

Power of Ten with Andy Polaine

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The Shift in Careers

At midlife I found myself in a depression. And it's the first time I ever stopped to sort of examine my goals. It wasn't teaching that was the problem. It was there was something in me that was wanting to go deeper. The key is, all right, what does that then call me to consider? Where do I need to sort of go back to the drawing board and be accountable for that? So it was a several year transition and it led him to travel to Switzerland and retrain in analytic psychology. Since then he has been basically a free agent. We don't always trust that but that's an important thing to recognize.

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