Afterglow Podcast

Welcome to Afterglow, a podcast exploring the inner landscape through art and psychotherapy informed by the concepts of Carl Jung and Internal Family Systems.

I interview artists, psychotherapists, writers and all-round fantastic people on their practices, work, and ways in which they explore inner worlds as a way to connect to Self.

May the afterglow be as bright as the journey is deep.

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I have been actively exploring the work of Carl Jung for over a decade and I have just completed a certificate course in the foundations of Jungian psychotherapy in preparation to train to be an analyst.

This podcast is a way for me to connect with people around the world, interviewing artists and analysts alike, wanting to discuss various forms of Active Imagination, self-exploration, and Jungian clinical processes.

Episode 25 — Navigating Grief and Loss with Meghan Riordan Jarvis

In this wonderful conversation, Meghan Riordan Jarvis and I talk various forms of loss, expanding grief beyond bereavement, we look at suppressed grief, prolonged grief, transformative grief, and learn about the continual gift that this work has given her in her work as a psychotherapist and podcaster of Grief is My Side Hustle. 

Episode 24 — Introducing The Boring Story: Audiobooks for the Sleepless

I am so pleased to introduce you to The Boring Story, a series of audiobooks for the sleepless. The Boring Story series uses principles of Yoga Nidra to help soothe and Jungian concepts to enhance dream life. To launch, we are releasing two alongside each other, Arctica, geared for adults, is a meandering story about a woman’s experience hiking the Arctic Circle Trail. When the Lights Went Out is for children who are resisting sleep and follows a man going about a very unusual day. Follow on Instagram @_boring_story for future audiobooks.

Episode 23 — Art for Active Imagination with Artist Nick Shore

For this episode, I interview artist Nick Shore. We discuss the role that art can play in Active Imagination. Jung strongly encouraged using art and sculpture to depict and understand some dream symbols and figures. In this interview we go on a wild ride, learning about Nick’s story, how he built this practice for himself and how to navigate some of the murky waters of dreamlife. This is an exceptional episode and not to be missed and is best watched on YouTube as we will be presenting some of Nick’s work along with others.

Episode 22 — Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (Also PMOS)

Roughly 1 in 10 female-bodied people in the UK has PCOS and the numbers are assumed to be much higher due to the difficulty in diagnosing or understanding this condition. In Part 1, I speak with artist and maker Demi Yuill to understand her experience of severe PCOS, how it affects family planning and ways we can support the body. For Part 2 of this episode, I provide a Yoga Nidra with the humble hope of alleviating some of the feelings of disconnect from the body so common with people with PCOS.

I began this podcast in 2025 with the goal to create a platform of Yoga Nidras that people could use in the comfort of their own home. Despite training as a Yoga Nidra teacher in 2016 and running classes and workshops for many years, my heart has been with Jungian psychotherapy as a more practical and rewarding framework for exploring the inner world.

As the podcast grew into itself, I felt an organic shift towards interviewing artists and psychotherapists. My hope is that I may begin training to be a Jungian psychoanalyst within the next few years, and that I can use this podcast as a way to feed my hunger for this work, meeting incredible people and learning from them.

For those with a yearning to connect to something deeper within, and are unsure or hesitant to do so, this Yoga Nidra is a gentle invitation towards connection with Self and sensing the inner companion. There is no mistaking the wholeness and sense of comfort provided by such encounters. 

Episode 21 — Inner Companion

An invitation to get quiet, get really quiet. This Yoga Nidra gives you the space to allow your mind to empty, to rest in the cold of winter solitude. Whether you’re enjoying the change of pace, or feeling frustrated and cooped up, find something in the calm and empty tundra.

Episode 20 — Winter Hibernation

Episode 19 — Midlife Check-In: The Divine Blush

Approaching 40 or already beyond that mark, is a time that Jung feels when life truly begins. In this episode I offer you 11 questions from psychoanalyst James Hollis to assess where you are. The questions are tough and in the episode I discuss how to have the right attitude when approaching these questions and what it all has to do with beetroots.

From spontaneous symptoms to chronic illnesses, the body is often trying to communicate with us through psychosomatic responses. This Yoga Nidra is a perfect way for you to ask of your body what it would like you to know, what it needs more or less of, and a way to give it dedicated attention and appreciation.

Episode 18 — Listening to the Body

Episode 17 — Breastfeeding and Weaning Support

Enjoy this interview with lactation expert and breastfeeding consultant, Emma Pickett from the Makes Milk podcast. We talk about internal confidence, listening to your body, and the psychology of breastfeeding in preparation for not one, but two Yoga Nidras; one for breastfeeding and one for weaning.

Episode 16 — Quick 20 Minute Yoga Nidra

A quick practice that can be used to start your day, to bring a sense of ease and clarity when you’re feeling overwhelmed, or to wind down after work. This Yoga Nidra is an enjoyable way to position yourself in the world, to ground yourself quickly and can be done at your desk or in bed before sleep.

Often the best action we can take is inaction, when a problem or worry threatens to cast a permanent shadow over our lives, it is easy to seek every possible solution. This Yoga Nidra invites you to engage your unconscious and then to do your very best to let go of trying to solve the dilemma or idea that your conscious mind is fixated on.

Episode 15 — The Cocoon

This Yoga Nidra is designed for you to use in the months leading up to the birth of your baby as well as while your are experiencing contractions so that you have a mode of connection that you can use to find a sense of oneness between mind and body, a great sense of communication between the physical experience and the mental experience.

Episode 14 — Preparing for Birth

Episode 13 — Recovering your Inner Child

As part of the Inner Child work of Afterglow, here is the second episode following on from Meeting the Inner Child. In this week’s episode we look at how to recover past versions of ourselves from painful memories or difficult times, bringing them back within the fold by integrating them into the present Self.

About 1 in 5 people in the UK experience regular migraines, a debilitating type of headache that makes everyday functioning nearly impossible. This Yoga Nidra aims to lessen the pain and give you some release from the agony of a true migraine. Part 1 includes an essay from Joan Didion’s White Album collection called, In Bed. Skip to Part 2 if you have a migraine and are looking for immediate support.

Episode 12 — Migraines and Headaches

Episode 11 — Conscious Dying and a Remarkable Story of Cancer Diagnosis with Sandra Euringer

This episode is an interview, sharing the incredible work of Sandra. Sandra works with Conscious Dying and Chronic Pain Management and is also a Yoga Nidra teacher, here she shares her phenomenal story about her own cancer diagnosis and how she used Yoga Nidra and her own internal courage to find a way to heal herself.

Episode 10 — Cerebral Palsy with Dr Ben Joffe

In this episode, I talk with Dr Ben Joffe about his experience with Spastic Cerebral Palsy, what his day to day life is like with CP and what his relationship is like between his brain and his body. We discuss common misconceptions, ambient internal noise, and how Yoga Nidra can benefit people with Cerebral Palsy.

Episode 9 — Active Imagination for Dreamwork

In so many ways, Active Imagination and Yoga Nidra are one and the same. In this episode I’ll explain how Jung used Active Imagination and we’ll be focusing in particular on dreamwork — or more specifically, how to use Active Imagination for dream interpretation and interrupted dreams. 

The breath that we welcome into our bodies gets absorbed into our blood, into our organs. This week is all about quitting smoking or vaping, giving you support through Yoga Nidra to help you move into a space where you can comfortably exist without nicotine. You don’t have to commit to anything, just start with Part One and Part Two and see how you feel.

Episode 8 — Quitting Smoking

There is no underestimating the importance of having an anchor when you are in the throws of a panic attack or experiencing persistent anxiety. Having an internal place that is unaffected by the changes of life, unaffected by complexes, or triggers, gives you a third place to return to whenever the there is a need to soften the noise of anxiety.

Episode 7 — Anxiety Anchor

Through the uncertainty and fatigue of chemotherapy, I offer this Yoga Nidra as an internal space that you can keep returning to, a place where your body and mind are in full health. May this Yoga Nidra support your mind through the darkest of moments, connecting you to a deeper part of yourself.

Episode 6 — Chemotherapy and Cancer

Art, whether a painting or a song, made not for the audience but for the artist, gives us the opportunity to transform internal tension into something profound and personal. In this episode I will discuss Carl Jung and Hermann Hesse’s call that we engage with this essential instinct to create as a way of knowing ourselves.

Episode 5 — Art and Sublimation

Integrating the inner child is one of the most important practices of inner work, helping bring all parts of ourselves from our childhoods into a safe and living space of connection and self nurture. This week I teach you to find daily interactions with the inner child, and with them comes, playfulness, creativity, and intuition.

Episode 4 — Meeting the Inner Child

Connect with your Nervous System this week through the Afterglow Body Appreciation practice. Your nervous system contends everyday with personal and collective pressures. This practice will help you integrate compassion for your nervous system, leaving you in an abiding state of calm.

Episode 3 — The Nervous System

The Jonah and the Whale story is much more than an imaginative adventure, it is a Jungian's dream. Rich with symbolism and the call to transcend — this week’s theme will give you the chance to assess a life choice, possibly a vocation or even a relationship, and give you the time and space to return to an inner knowing. 

Episode 2 — Jonah and the Whale

This is the first episode for Afterglow Yogic Sleep. To get you acquainted, this episode describes what Yoga Nidra is and how I blend it with the concepts of Carl Jung and Internal Family Systems.

Episode 1 — Introduction to Yoga Nidra