In this episode we begin to unravel what drives the economy, and the narratives that underpin how the economy operates in the world and in us. We consider who the gatekeepers of the current economic system are and what the organising principle of money is … and what it could be.

What are the myths that drive our current economic system?

What shadows within us all fuel the overconsumption of this planet?

What new narratives do we need to help us create a new economic system?

As we begin to analyse the economy as if it were a person, we look at what narratives are driving the economy and how these narratives live within us all. We discuss who the gatekeepers of the economy are and whether they are those who hold the financial wealth, or whether in fact, the gatekeepers are inside all of us.

Berry also shares her own personal story to explain why the urgency to help create a new economic system is so alive in her.

Dive deeper with our recommended reading:

• 'Doughnut Economics', Kate Raworth
• 'Small Giants', Bo Burlingham
• 'Creating The Next Economy', Dumbo Feather, Issue 55
• 'Memories, Dreams, Reflections', C. G. Jung

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Myths, Morals & Money is produced by Small Giants with the help of Podfly.

Our intro and outro music was created by Shaun Clifford of Chesire Audio.

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we create in both Australia and the United States, and wherever you might be tuning in from.

As Australia faces its worst bushfire catastrophe in history and smoke blankets the cities and country towns, we discuss what the role of crisis can be in economic and social change. And whether it is possible to dream and create a new vision in the midst of crisis.

Is it possible to find a space for vision when our bodies feel physically and psychologically threatened?

Or can a crisis force us to reconsider how we live?

Is this what wakes us up to the reality of our destructive systems?

We need a safe platform to envision a future, but sometimes it takes a real crisis to force us to innovate, because when we're comfortable, we see no need to change the status quo. The innovation we need right now will not come from ego or cognitive thinking, it will come from the unconscious and from a changing of the human heart. Perhaps, both love and grief can shift our system of values.

Dive deeper with our recommended reading:

• 'The Second Mountain', David Brooks
• 'A New Republic of the Heart', Terry Patten
• 'The Book of Joy', Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Douglas Abrams

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Please subscribe and leave us a review so that more people may find this podcast.

We'd love to continue this conversation with you on our Instagram account.

If you'd like to hear more from Lisa, Deb and Joseph, make sure you also subscribe to their podcast, This Jungian Life. And you can hear more from Berry on the Dumbo Feather podcast.

Myths, Morals & Money is produced by Small Giants with the help of Podfly.

Our intro and outro music was created by Shaun Clifford of Chesire Audio.

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we create in both Australia and the United States, and wherever you might be tuning in from.

After months and months, the fires in Australia have finally been put out, only to be followed by rains and floods. As groups gather to consider what the climate crisis means for our planet and society, we talk about collective transformation, individual responsibility and a global revolution of values.

"If you are completely destroyed by the world, then the world which destroyed you must be completely transformed, because you looked upon it with the eye that transforms, the eye that contains the germ of what is new." – C. G. Jung

Is it possible to have a mature acceptance of our reality and still maintain space for creating a new future?

Should we be focussing our energy on our inner healing or on the greater healing of the world?

What images are needed to shift collective priorities towards a new system that will allow life to flourish?

We need to begin to understand the field of influence which we are responsible for tending, whether that is our own internal or local work, or something on a larger scale. And if we do seek to lead a community, we must do it from a place of love, joy and generosity, with no agenda for personal gain. We hold the truth of what is nourishing and regenerative within us, but we need to reconnect with that knowing again.

Dive deeper with our recommended reading:

• 'Depth Psychology and a New Ethic', Erich Neumann
• 'Flying Saucers', C. G. Jung
• 'Hope in the Dark', Rebecca Solnit

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Please subscribe and leave us a review so that more people may find this podcast.

We'd love to continue this conversation with you on our Instagram account.

If you'd like to hear more from Lisa, Deb and Joseph, make sure you also subscribe to their podcast, This Jungian Life. And you can hear more from Berry on the Dumbo Feather podcast.

Myths, Morals & Money is produced by Small Giants with the help of Podfly.

Our intro and outro music was created by Shaun Clifford of Chesire Audio.

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we create in both Australia and the United States, and wherever you might be tuning in from.