Episodes

CJ has had a particularly difficult last 5 years or so, including battling alcoholism & depression, only to have his wife become disabled just as he was starting to come out of those struggles, which gave him & his family a bunch of new stresses, including severe financial ones that he's still trying to battle at the moment. In this episode of Archetopical, he shares some of that story, followed by a discussion of the things that he has found most helpful to him in getting through these struggl...

In this episode of Archetopical, CJ explains the Taoist ideal of a Scholar-Warrior, and his own "guerrilla" version of it, adapted to our crazy-busy high-tech world. Like this episode? You can throw CJ a $ tip via Paypal here: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=D6VUYSYQ4EU6L Throw CJ a $ tip via Venmo here: https://www.venmo.com/u/dangeroushistory Or throw CJ a BTC tip here: bc1qfrz9erz7dqazh9rhz3j7nv696nl52ux8unw79z

In this episode of Archetopical, CJ discusses the hardest part of the hero's journey - death & rebirth - and explores why fear can make it so hard, but why, the harder it is in regard to a particular hero's journey to overcome those fears, the greater will be the boon you acquire by having the courage to do it anyway. Like this episode? You can throw CJ a $ tip via Paypal here: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=D6VUYSYQ4EU6L Throw CJ a $ tip via Venmo here: https://www.venmo.co...

Join CJ as he shares an overview of the structure & archetypes of the Hero's Journey monomyth and associated archetypes (as popularized by people like Joseph Campbell & Christopher Vogler), and explains why he thinks these are important things to understand that can actually help us to navigate through our real-life challenges & struggles.

Introducing the Archetopical podcast by CJ Killmer.