The Wound Beneath the Surface (The Story of Sedna)

Scott Bryson, PhD, explores an Inuit story about loss, betrayal, and transformation—and why some of the most powerful forces in our lives don’t come from what we’ve mastered, but from what we’ve been forced to leave behind.In this episode, we look at the story of Sedna, a woman cast into the ocean and transformed into the source of life itself. Unlike many myths where the hero confronts a monster and returns with treasure, this story asks something different. What if the thing in the depths isn’t something you defeat or even integrate—but something wounded? Something cut off, pushed down, and left unattended?Drawing on myth and psychology, we explore a different kind of descent—not one of conquest, but of care. What it means to go toward what’s been damaged. To tend to what can’t fix itself. And how, in ways we don’t always expect, the places of greatest loss can also become the sources of renewal.Learn more at www.sbryson.comListen to the podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2z0HrlaU4ZXqJ1LwoT48xP