The Dilemma of the Wounded Healer 

The dilemma: what does it mean to be a wounded healer? What if the very thing that hurts us is what heals us? In this episode, we step into the complexity of paradoxes: to be healed is to be wounded. Through the Ancient Greek myth of Chiron and the teachings of Carl Jung, we explore the idea that healing is not a destination, but rather a relationship we foster. A relationship to our scars, to our past, and to the parts of ourselves that were silenced. Because the truth is, we all carry the weight of our personal wounds and collective ones. This episode invites you to sit with your shadow self and uncover the medicine they have to teach you. In doing so, we affirm the path of healing ourselves and the collective. Featured Works & References:Spotlight Text: The myth of ChironSpotlight Text: The Undiscovered Self by Carl JungSpotlight Text: Bread of Angels by Patti Smith Spotlight Poet: Where the Light Enters You by Omid Safi Original Poem: Invocation for the Unnamed by Jacquelynn King  🎙️The Poet’s Dilemma podcast, we don’t aim to solve the dilemma, we learn how to live inside of it.