My guest today is the delightful, funny and incredibly engaging, Kelly Carlin.

Kelly is the daughter of George Carlin (legendary comedian and counter-culture figure) and she's also pretty freaking rad. In addition to having just finished her autobiography, "A Carlin Home Companion," Kelly has a degree in Jungian Depth Psychology. But those are just roles right?

On top of all that (or maybe underneath it all) Kelly is one of the nicest and smartest people I've had the pleasure to speak with. Her thoughts on modern culture, being a spiritual seeker, balancing the dark and the light, investigating the shadow and bringing much needed equanimity to an anything but modern world are just a few examples of what Kelly's about.

Things Kelly and I discuss in this episode:

• The Shadow
• Carl Jung
• Joseph Campbell
• Twitter
• Spiritual Awakenings
• The value of intuition
• Horizontal connections vs Vertical connections
• Meditation

Episode Links

Kelly's book, "A Carlin Home Companion: Growing up with George"

Kelly on Twitter

Lucinda Williams' new album, "The Ghosts of Highway 20"

Genpo Roshi and Voice Dialogue

Ken Wilber

Upaya Zen Center