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Reclamation Radio with Kelly Brogan MD

24: Existential Kink and Why It Hurts So Good with Carolyn Elliott

Jun 20, 2023
Carolyn Elliott, author of 'Existential Kink: unmask your shadow and embrace your power', joins Kelly to explore embracing desires, healing through eroticizing past wounds, and the interplay between acceptance and approval. They discuss the importance of self-awareness and introspection in identifying unconscious desires, and the transformative power of existential kink in embracing personal growth and fulfillment.
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  • Unconscious desires play a significant role in our life experiences and embracing them can lead to healing and personal growth.
  • Acknowledging the hidden appeal and erotic caress in challenging experiences cultivates a deeper level of understanding and compassion.

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Embracing Desire and Surrendering to the Unconscious

In this podcast, the speaker discusses the concept of existential kink, which explores the idea that our unconscious desires play a significant role in our life experiences. The speaker shares her personal journey of discovering the connection between her conscious desires and unconscious attraction to challenging circumstances. Through practices like Byron Katie's work and orgasmic meditation, she learned to embrace the sensation-based truth and acknowledge the pleasure derived from seemingly negative situations. By shifting her perspective and humbling her conscious mind, she experienced profound transformations, manifesting her desires more effortlessly and finding the union between her conscious and unconscious selves.

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