Can you help others while you're still struggling yourself? This question haunts many of us: parents, therapists, teachers, managers, friends, and so on. In this episode, we explore the wounded healer archetype and discover why your struggles don't disqualify you from serving others. Through a coaching session with Irina, a mental health professional wrestling with her own breakup and friendship loss, we witness the transformation from either/or thinking to both/and consciousness. Learn about holding the tension of opposites, the mandorla as a symbol of integration, and how Arjuna's crisis in the Bhagavad Gita mirrors our own daily contradictions. This conversation offers a pathway from feeling torn apart by opposing forces to discovering wholeness in paradox.

About the host: Shagun Chopra is an individuation coach, speaker, and educator. Her unique approach combines Jungian depth psychology with ancient Vedic wisdom to create the ultimate personal transformation. She supports professionals, entrepreneurs, and creatives in bringing their wildest dreams to life and leapfrogging their career, business, and relationships. To learn more, visit shagunchopra.com

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Getting triggered by someone? Before you try to change them, consider this: your emotional reaction is revealing something hidden in your own shadow. In this episode, host Shagun Chopra explores how triggers are invitations to reclaim the parts of yourself you've been suppressing, and why that annoying behavior in others is actually a mirror for your unconscious.

Through a coaching session with Michelle, who fears becoming a single mother while pursuing her entrepreneurial dreams, we discover how a seemingly small trigger about her partner's sleep schedule reveals a much deeper pattern. Michelle uncovers how her relentless pressure to be hardworking, motivated, and always ahead of the game has pushed away her ability to relax, go with the flow, and laugh at mistakes. The moment she recognizes this split, energy floods back and possibilities open up.

Learn why triggers happen when you've locked psychic energy into maintaining a rigid persona, how to distinguish between helpful self-discipline and exhausting self-judgment, and the crucial difference between "I have to be this way" and "I choose to be this way." Discover Shagun's personal story of how her spiritual persona created an extreme aversion to meat that dissolved once she did her shadow work. If you find yourself constantly irritated by others or caught in harsh self-criticism, this episode will show you how to use those moments as doorways to freedom.

About the host: Shagun Chopra is an individuation coach, speaker, and educator. Her unique approach combines Jungian depth psychology with ancient Vedic wisdom to create the ultimate personal transformation. She supports professionals, entrepreneurs, and creatives in bringing their wildest dreams to life and leapfrogging their career, business, and relationships. To learn more, visit shagunchopra.com

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Feeling stuck and unable to move forward even though you know you're meant for more? In this episode, host Shagun Chopra reveals why confusion is actually your ego's way of keeping you trapped in old patterns, and why having a clear vision is essential for creating the life you want.

Through a coaching session with Serena, a highly educated professional who can't seem to build a stable career despite her obvious potential, we explore how the absence of vision doesn't keep you in place but actually pulls you backwards into default programming. Serena discovers that her inability to imagine her future stems from deep blocks around worthiness, internalized voices from childhood teachers who doubted her abilities, and unconscious beliefs about money that keep her stuck in unfulfilling jobs.

Learn why visualizing your ideal life is not wishful thinking but essential co-creation with the universe, how childhood experiences shape what you believe you deserve, and the Vedic concept of gunas that explains why you must take action before you can find clarity. Discover the difference between letting your vision guide your choices versus waiting for external validation to tell you what's possible. If you've been too busy or overwhelmed to imagine what you really want, this episode will show you why that's the very thing keeping you stuck.

About the host: Shagun Chopra is an individuation coach, speaker, and educator. Her unique approach combines Jungian depth psychology with ancient Vedic wisdom to create the ultimate personal transformation. She supports professionals, entrepreneurs, and creatives in bringing their wildest dreams to life and leapfrogging their career, business, and relationships. To learn more, visit shagunchopra.com

Join the show: To ask a question or get coached on the show (anonymously or otherwise), visit shagunchopra.com/ask

Think you've healed from something only to have it show up again? You're not broken. You're growing. In this episode, host Shagun Chopra reveals why shadow work doesn't happen in a straight line but rather as a spiral, bringing you face to face with the same wounds at deeper levels each time.

Through a reflective coaching session with Ria, who experienced unexpected heartbreak after believing she'd conquered her fear of abandonment, we explore how personal growth actually works. Ria shares how her recent breakup felt like failure at first, until she realized she was facing a new layer of the same wound with completely different tools. This time, instead of desperately seeking answers for a year, she learned to trust herself even without closure or explanation. Learn why the same triggers keep returning throughout your life and how to recognize you're actually making progress even when it feels like you're back at square one. If you've ever felt discouraged that old patterns keep resurfacing, this episode will transform how you understand healing.

About the host: Shagun Chopra is an individuation coach, speaker, and educator. Her unique approach combines Jungian depth psychology with ancient Vedic wisdom to create the ultimate personal transformation. She supports professionals, entrepreneurs, and creatives in bringing their wildest dreams to life and leapfrogging their career, business, and relationships. To learn more, visit shagunchopra.com

Join the show: To ask a question or get coached on the show (anonymously or otherwise), visit shagunchopra.com/ask

Ever wondered why you're magnetically drawn to certain people? In this episode, we explore the psychology of attraction through the lens of Carl Jung's shadow work. Host Shagun Chopra reveals how the qualities we find most attractive in others are often the suppressed parts of ourselves trying to emerge, and why that initial "high" eventually fades. Through an intimate conversation with Sam, a successful attorney who reconnected with her free-spirited high school boyfriend 20 years later, we uncover how romantic attraction serves as a mirror for our own unexpressed desires. Sam shares how she went from being obsessively responsible and achievement-oriented to recognizing that her attraction to Adam's unconventional, unbound lifestyle was actually her own soul craving freedom. Learn the difference between projection-based attraction and persona-strengthening relationships, why "opposites attract" has deep psychological roots, and how owning your shadow qualities can transform not just your relationships but your entire life. Whether you're dating, in a long-term relationship, or reflecting on past partnerships, this episode will help you reclaim the parts of yourself you've been seeking in others.

About the host: Shagun Chopra is an individuation coach, speaker, and educator. Her unique approach combines Jungian depth psychology with ancient Vedic wisdom to create the ultimate personal transformation. She supports professionals, entrepreneurs, and creatives in bringing their wildest dreams to life and leapfrogging their career, business, and relationships. To learn more, visit shagunchopra.com

Join the show: To ask a question or get coached on the show (anonymously or otherwise), visit shagunchopra.com/ask

Feeling unmotivated or drained? In this episode, we explore why lack of motivation isn't about willpower or laziness. It's your psyche's way of telling you something important. Join host Shagun Chopra as she works with Sara, a successful tech professional who can't find the energy to pursue her passion projects despite having the time and resources. Through depth psychology and a powerful visualization exercise, Sara discovers that her "laziness" is actually resistance to an endless cycle of achievement and uncovers an unexpected answer about what she's truly meant to pursue. Learn why pushing harder when you feel unmotivated only makes things worse, how your persona can become a prison even when it looks perfect from the outside, and what your lack of motivation is really trying to tell you. If you've ever felt stuck, burned out, or confused about why you can't just "do the thing," this episode will change how you see your resistance forever.

About the host: Shagun Chopra is an individuation coach, speaker, and educator. Her unique approach combines Jungian depth psychology with ancient Vedic wisdom to create the ultimate personal transformation. She supports professionals, entrepreneurs, and creatives in bringing their wildest dreams to life and leapfrogging their career, business, and relationships. To learn more, visit shagunchopra.com

Join the show: To ask a question or get coached on the show (anonymously or otherwise), visit shagunchopra.com/ask

In this episode of Partners in Sublime, host Shagun Chopra unpacks the psychology and spirituality of fear. She explains how fear arises from the ego and how our personas are formed through childhood conditioning to ensure acceptance and belonging. When we begin to step outside that persona, the ego triggers fear to keep us “safe,” even if it limits our growth. Shagun explores two pathways for working with fear: one more action-oriented and the other more introspective. Drawing from Jungian concepts of the persona and the shadow, she emphasizes the importance of integrating disowned qualities in order to feel whole and access our deeper spiritual nature, pure consciousness. The episode includes a powerful live coaching segment with a client (“Ryan”), who faces fear around leaving a secure job to pursue a more adventurous and nature-connected life. Through their work together, listeners witness how exploring fear can unlock clarity, confidence, and help one answer the call to adventure.

About the host: Shagun Chopra is an individuation coach, speaker, and educator. Her unique approach combines Jungian depth psychology with ancient Vedic wisdom to create the ultimate personal transformation. She supports professionals, entrepreneurs, and creatives in bringing their wildest dreams to life and leapfrogging their career, business, and relationships. To learn more, visit shagunchopra.com

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In the debut episode of Partners in Sublime, Shagun Chopra shares her personal journey of balancing two parallel tracks: a successful 15-year corporate career and a deep-seated passion for spiritual wisdom. Discover how a life crisis transformed her path and taught her to embrace her true calling. Shagun introduces her unique approach that integrates Carl Jung's concept of individuation with ancient Vedic philosophy, offering listeners practical tools to navigate life's difficulties. She explains how this podcast will explore the unconscious mind, helping you shed false identities and step into your authentic self. Join Shagun as she begins this journey to guide you through life's challenges using time-tested wisdom from both Western psychology and Eastern spirituality.

About the host: Shagun Chopra is an individuation coach, speaker, and educator. Her unique approach combines Jungian depth psychology with ancient Vedic wisdom to create the ultimate personal transformation. She supports professionals, entrepreneurs, and creatives in bringing their wildest dreams to life and leapfrogging their career, business, and relationships. To learn more, visit shagunchopra.com

Join the show:To ask a question or get coached on the show (anonymously or otherwise), visit shagunchopra.com/ask