The Shadows That Skate Beside Every Story We Tell

The strange friendship between ego and soul, still skating circles around each other.Somewhere between the mirror and the mask, the self starts to argue. One voice wants to lead, another wants to vanish, and somewhere in between — the truth clears its throat. Dr. James Hollis joins the fray like a calm storm, the Jungian interpreter of the unconscious, reminding us that the psyche never sleeps, it’s just translating the riddles the soul sends when the ego stops pretending. A drill sergeant appears, bellowing philosophy like battlefield poetry, shattering the illusion of “us” and “them” and everything in between. And on a frozen sheet of memory, Alec Tidey is still skating — chasing grace, laughter, and the strange stillness that comes after the applause. A meditation on the beautiful absurdity of being human — the endless balancing act between who we perform and who we really are. Conovision: the stories the ego tells before the soul rewrites it.Episode References:James HollisJames Hollis' Books  Alec TideyCredits:Camila Espinosa: Audio Engineer/Sound DesignMeg Griffiths : GGRP StudiosCaitlyn Bairstow: GGRP Studios Chapters:(00:00) - Introduction (01:38) - The Psyche: Our Inner Watcher (05:34) - The Drill Sergeant’s Philosophy (10:29) - Hockey’s Finer Points (11:03) - Enter Alex Tidey (12:02) - Childhood & Dyslexia (15:23) - School Rejection & Hockey Escapes (19:27) - Drinking for Acceptance (23:20) - Trouble and Trades (26:05) - Draft Day Lessons (30:52) - San Diego Years (33:05) - Fighting Goldie Goldthorpe (34:07) - Facing Hall and Howe (39:49) - Closing Reflections