What We Can Learn From Our Bad Wolf with Matthew Quick

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Nov 1, 2022

In this engaging discussion, Matthew Quick, the bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook, explores his journey through healing and recovery. He shares insights from Jungian analysis, emphasizing the balance between one's inner wolves—both good and bad. Quick delves into the complexities of addiction and creativity, as well as the vital role of community support. He also addresses the concept of 'father hunger' and its impact on personal growth, revealing how he transformed pain into healing through deeper connections and storytelling.

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INSIGHT

Taming the Bad Wolf

Don't simply reject your "bad wolf" or shadow self.
Instead, understand it to achieve wholeness and avoid its wild return.

INSIGHT

Alcohol as a Connector

Alcohol can serve as a flawed connection to deeper experiences.
Sobriety requires finding healthier ways to connect to that aliveness.

ANECDOTE

Alcohol and Creativity

Matthew Quick used alcohol to quiet his ego and access creativity.
Sobriety led to a 5-year writer's block, highlighting alcohol's unforeseen role.

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Matthew Quick is the New York Times bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook—which was made into an Oscar-winning film—and eight other novels. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages, received a PEN/Hemingway Award Honorable Mention, was an LA Times Book Prize finalist, a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, a #1 bestseller in Brazil, a Deutscher Jugendliteratur Preis 2016 (German Youth Literature Prize) nominee, and selected by Nancy Pearl as one of Summer’s Best Books for NPR. The Hollywood Reporter has named him one of Hollywood’s 25 Most Powerful Authors.

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Matthew Quick and I Discuss What We Can Learn From Our Bad Wolf and …

His book, We Are the Light
What drew him to Jungian analysis and his ideas on synchronicity
His healing journey and what he learned about himself
Learning to face his pain from a sober light
Losing access to a creative part of him when he stopped drinking
How his work with his analyst replaced the alcohol in his life
The importance of community
What the term “father hunger” means
His unique relationship with his analyst
How he learned to redeem his father
The important themes he covers in his latest novels
Doing the hard work in the second half of life
The respect he has developed for the craft of novel writing

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