Sounds True: Insights at the Edge [ENCORE EPISODE] James Hollis: What Is Wanting to Find Expression Through You?
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Oct 17, 2025 
James Hollis, a Jungian analyst and author, dives deep into personal fulfillment and responsibility. He discusses how childhood experiences shape adult behavior and emphasizes reconnecting with one’s inner authority. Fear and lethargy are explored as barriers to living fully, urging listeners to embrace boldness. Hollis also reflects on the significance of embracing life's mysteries and the journey of ongoing self-discovery. His insights encourage a reimagining of personal destinies and the importance of listening to the soul's true calling.
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Meaning Is Found Inside
- Meaning is an internal experience that occurs when your soul is in right relationship with life, not something you find externally.
- When outer roles fade, ask what task now faces you that enlarges your journey rather than diminishes it.
Ask What Your Soul Wants
- Ask what your soul wants expressed through you, not only what the world expects of you.
- Treat midlife shifts as summonses to new work rather than failures of past choices.
Midlife Depression Led To Reinvention
- Hollis recounts a midlife depression at 35 that led him from academia into psychoanalysis and a new vocation.
- That passage forced him to remake his life and choose a path more aligned with his inner needs.
