The Intense Mind with Imi Lo
Have you been told you ‘see too much’, ‘hear too much’, ‘think too much’, ‘feel too much’? The Intense Mind is a podcast dedicated to people who are exceptionally intense, gifted and intuitive. In this podcast, we talk to intense humans and experts from around the world. We will learn how to bounce back from trauma and shame; how to cultivate resilience and authenticity; how to be the most creative and productive we can be, and how to find our tribe. Together, we go from healing to thriving.
About Imi: imiloimilo.com
Eggshell Therapy and Coaching: eggshelltherapy.com
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Episodes
109 episodes
Gifted Adults and High-Functioning Depression: Not Waving but Drowning (audio essay)
Full text: https://eggshelltherapy.com/high-functioning-depression/(Recorded with human voice)We can think of the mechanism of high functioning depression this...
Healing Beyond Intellectualizing and the Body Shadow – with Jungian Analyst Erica Lorentz
https://eggshelltherapy.com/podcast-blog/2026/04/22/bodyshadow/I recently had the immense pleasure of sitting down with Jungian analyst Erica Lorentz to discuss her profound new work, Body is Shadow: Jung’s Method of Embodied Healing. M...
On Productivity Guilt, Play, and the Adults Who Never Learned to Rest – Nadja Rolli
Time Stamps and more: https://eggshelltherapy.com/podcast-blog/2026/03/29/nadja/Many of the people I work with are highly intelligent, analytically sharp, and deeply uncomfortable with the idea of play. The word itself can feel fain...
Dependency and Denial - with Joe Pawson
In this episode, I speak with integrative psychotherapist Joseph Pawson to explore the territory of his forthcoming book, Dependency and Denial, which examines what happens when our need for others gets exiled from awareness, and what...
Gifted and Neurodivergent: Why You Can't Stop Correcting the People You Love (Essay)
Full Transcript: https://eggshelltherapy.com/irritation/You send articles they never read. You explain things they forget by tomorrow. You correct them even when you know it will star...
Existential Depression in Gifted Adults (Audio Essay)
Full Text: https://eggshelltherapy.com/existential-depression/Sometimes, you have a lingering, niggling sense that says you are capable of more than your life currently re...
(Audio Essay) On Leaving a Toxic Relationship
Full text: https://eggshelltherapy.com/toxic-relationship/If you have been in a toxic relationship—whether with a partner, a friend, or a parent—with someone w...
(Audio Essay) Gifted Trauma of Feeling Humiliated
Full text: https://eggshelltherapy.com/gifted-trauma/On the Gifted Trauma of Feeling HumiliatedToday's article is on the gifted trauma of feeling chronical...
Why We Still Feel Lonely - with Philosopher Lars Svendsen
SHOW NOTES:https://eggshelltherapy.com/podcast-blog/2025/12/05/why-we-still-feel-lonely-with-philosopher-lars-svendsen...
Death Anxiety and the Will to Live: Finding Beauty in a Finite Life - with Philosopher Tom Cochrane
SHOW NOTES: https://eggshelltherapy.com/podcast-blog/2025/10/27/deathanxiety/I sat down with philosopher Tom Cochrane to explore death anxiety, ha...
Your AI Therapist Never Misses You (Audio essay)
Full text: https://eggshelltherapy.com/ai-therapist/Today’s letter is about the elephant in the room for all of us these past few years: the use of the AI therapist, coac...
Beyond Anxious and Avoidant: Can You Actually Heal Your Attachment? - with Jessica Baum
Show Notes: https://eggshelltherapy.com/podcast-blog/2025/10/18/jessica-baum/Jessica, author of Anxiously Attached, returns to discuss her new boo...
The Fear of Being Unproductive (Audio Essay)
Link to the full text: https://www.pecanphilosophy.com/writing/fear-of-being-unproductiveRead with a human voice!
On Victimhood, Solidarity, and Invisible Suffering - with Dr. Lilie Chouliaraki
https://eggshelltherapy.com/podcast-blog/2025/09/24/drlilie/Today, we are fortunate to have Dr. Lilie Chouliaraki with us. She is a Professor in Media ...
From Just “Fitting In” to Belonging at Work – Imi Lo, Sarabeth Berk Bickerton
Show notes: https://eggshelltherapy.com/podcast-blog/2025/09/17/sarabeth-2/In this episode, we explore the shift from simply "fitting in" at work to cultivatin...
Self Sabotaging Stories That Keep Us Stuck (audio essay)
Full text: https://www.pecanphilosophy.com/writing/mindtraps"Others Have It Worse, So I Shouldn't Complain.” Self-sabotaging stories that keep ...
Imi's Interview on Make Your Mind Podcast - On Neurodiversity, Emotional Intensity and Sensitivity
This is a reshare of my interview with Jess Leondiou, originally featured on Make Your Mind podcast.I am grateful to Jess for graciously allowing me to repost our conversation from earlier this year.About Make Your Mind Podc...
The Psychology Behind Írrational Rage' (short audio essay)
Full text: https://www.pecanphilosophy.com/writing/terror
Dream Therapy: What Is Your Dream Telling You? Conversation with Dr. Leslie Ellis
SHOW NOTES: https://eggshelltherapy.com/podcast-blog/2025/08/26/dreams/In this conversation, explore the significance of dreams in our lives, how they c...
Stop Pathologizing Your Intensity - Conversation with Chris Wells, Imi Lo
Show notes: https://eggshelltherapy.com/podcast-blog/2025/08/19/chriswells/Today, we have Chris Wells, who is a writer, podcaster, and resear...
Your Buried Voice - Hermeneutical Injustice and Invisible Childhood Trauma
Click through to the full article about Hermeneutic Injustice and Invisible Childhood Trauma: https://www.pecanphilosophy.com/writing/hermeneutic-injusticeI...
A Danger Which We Do Not Know? Existential Anxiety and Its Philosophical Remedy - Dr. David Rondel, Imi Lo
Link to more info: https://eggshelltherapy.com/podcast-blog/2025/05/29/drrondel/A CONVERSATION ON EXISTENTIAL ANXIETY I am pleased to share with you ...