Have you ever noticed how your presence can make people both admire and resent you at the same time?
One moment they’re drawn to your composure, your depth, your light - and the next, they’re calling you intimidating, too intense, or “a bit much.”
Perhaps this has been the story of your entire life.
In this episode, I unpack what’s really happening when your presence activates projection in your friends, clients, colleagues, even family. We’ll explore six common archetypes that powerful women unconsciously embody (the Refined Outsider, the Initiatrix, the Independent Light, and more) and why these energies stir admiration and shadow in equal measure.
You’ll learn how to read the feedback of the field without shrinking, apologising, or over-explaining yourself and instead, how to stay rooted in your own energetic sovereignty as a woman of depth.
Because when you understand projection, you stop taking people’s reactions personally and start reading them as data from the collective unconscious.
If you’re ready to turn your depth into your profession, this is the work we do inside The Psychodynamic Coach Academy - our internationally accredited certification for coaches who want to work at soul-level depth.
- Early Bird savings are ending soon.
- Just 2 spots left!
Discover more here: https://www.psychodynamiccoachinginstitute.com/certification
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Have you ever noticed how your presence can make people both admire and resent you at the same time?
One moment they’re drawn to your composure, your depth, your light - and the next, they’re calling you intimidating, too intense, or “a bit much.”
Perhaps this has been the story of your entire life.
In this episode, I unpack what’s really happening when your presence activates projection in your friends, clients, colleagues, even family. We’ll explore six common archetypes that powerful women unconsciously embody (the Refined Outsider, the Initiatrix, the Independent Light, and more) and why these energies stir admiration and shadow in equal measure.
You’ll learn how to read the feedback of the field without shrinking, apologising, or over-explaining yourself and instead, how to stay rooted in your own energetic sovereignty as a woman of depth.
Because when you understand projection, you stop taking people’s reactions personally and start reading them as data from the collective unconscious.
If you’re ready to turn your depth into your profession, this is the work we do inside The Psychodynamic Coach Academy - our internationally accredited certification for coaches who want to work at soul-level depth.
- Early Bird savings are ending soon.
- Just 2 spots left!
Discover more here: https://www.psychodynamiccoachinginstitute.com/certification
Episode 105 - How to Cultivate Inner Ground in Times of Outer Chaos
The BigTalk Podcast
59 minutes 24 seconds
3 months ago
Episode 105 - How to Cultivate Inner Ground in Times of Outer Chaos
We’re living in chaotic times - violence in the headlines, polarity on social media, nervous systems stretched to the limit. But the truth is, outer chaos often mirrors what we’ve avoided inside.
In this episode, we explore:
- Why collective shadow is showing up through splitting, polarity, and othering
- How “chaos” can actually be an initiation point, not sabotage
- Why surface-level fixes don’t work when the unconscious is in play
- Practical ways to cultivate inner ground and hold the tension of opposites
- How depth coaching prepares you to navigate (and guide others through) this moment in history
If you’ve felt exhausted by conflict, or you’ve noticed old patterns resurfacing just when you’re ready to expand, this conversation will remind you: resistance is not failure. It’s an invitation to integrate, deepen, and reconnect to the Self.
✨ Enrollment for the October 2025 cohort of the Psychodynamic Coach Academy is now open. Early bird savings available for a short time. Only 12 spaces.
Discover more here: https://www.psychodynamiccoachinginstitute.com/certification
The BigTalk Podcast
Have you ever noticed how your presence can make people both admire and resent you at the same time?
One moment they’re drawn to your composure, your depth, your light - and the next, they’re calling you intimidating, too intense, or “a bit much.”
Perhaps this has been the story of your entire life.
In this episode, I unpack what’s really happening when your presence activates projection in your friends, clients, colleagues, even family. We’ll explore six common archetypes that powerful women unconsciously embody (the Refined Outsider, the Initiatrix, the Independent Light, and more) and why these energies stir admiration and shadow in equal measure.
You’ll learn how to read the feedback of the field without shrinking, apologising, or over-explaining yourself and instead, how to stay rooted in your own energetic sovereignty as a woman of depth.
Because when you understand projection, you stop taking people’s reactions personally and start reading them as data from the collective unconscious.
If you’re ready to turn your depth into your profession, this is the work we do inside The Psychodynamic Coach Academy - our internationally accredited certification for coaches who want to work at soul-level depth.
- Early Bird savings are ending soon.
- Just 2 spots left!
Discover more here: https://www.psychodynamiccoachinginstitute.com/certification