Project I Am
by Dr. David J Schlosz
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The Gaze Takes, the Witness Returns: Sarah Baartman’s Homecoming
The Gaze Takes, the Witness Returns: Sarah Baartman’s Homecoming
About this podcast
Project I Am is a podcast dedicated to personal transformation, self-discovery, and mental well-being. In this series, we explore the power of choosing yourself, revisiting your past with fresh perspectives, and crafting a more empowered narrative for your future. Through thoughtful discussions, reflective exercises, and creative tools, each episode offers listeners a space to reconnect with their inner strength and embrace their true potential. Whether you’re on a journey of healing, growth, or simply seeking deeper self-awareness, this podcast will inspire you to reclaim your story and thrive.
Disclaimer: While I am a mental health professional and educator, this podcast and the information shared within it are intended solely for informational, educational, and entertainment purposes. The content discussed does not constitute therapy, counseling, or any form of professional mental health services. It should not be used as a substitute for therapy or personalized mental health treatment. If you are in need of support, please consult with a licensed therapist or appropriate healthcare professional.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 108 episodes
- The Gaze Takes, the Witness Returns: Sarah Baartman’s Homecoming · 46 min · Season 2 Episode 33One pound for a skull in good order. In a Cape Town museum, Dr. David Schlosz stands in front of a 1923 letter pricing human remains and faces how much he was never taught. Sarah…
- You Are Not a Problem To Solve - On Intersubjectivity, and the Objects We Make of Each Other · 44 min · Season 2 Episode 32There's a moment where someone stops being a person to you and becomes a situation: a difficult client, a high-maintenance friend, a problem your partner needs to solve. And…
- Staying on My Own Side: A 20-Minute Meditation on Not Abandoning Yourself · 22 min · Season 2 Episode 31This episode is a little different. No teaching, no notes to take. Just twenty minutes of guided practice, for you. Most of us learned early how to leave ourselves. How to get…
- Two Things Can Be True - A Conversation with Megan Yale, LMFT-S, LPC-S · 45 min · Season 2 Episode 30What if the two things you've been told to choose between: accepting yourself as you are, and changing, were never actually in conflict? In this episode, I sit down with my…
- The Challenge of the Binary - Beyond All Good and All Bad · 46 min · Season 2 Episode 29We like to believe we see ourselves and others clearly. Yet under stress, uncertainty, shame, or relational threat, the mind often reaches for simpler conclusions: good or bad…
- When Burnout Is Prolonged Self-Betrayal · 43 min · Season 2 Episode 28Burnout is often described as the consequence of doing too much for too long. But sometimes, exhaustion is also the result of repeatedly leaving ourselves behind. In this episode…
- The Contraction After Expansion: When a Dream Makes us Visible. · 54 min · Season 2 Episode 27What happens after you do the brave thing? You send the proposal, share the idea, apply for the position, set the boundary, or finally allow yourself to be seen. For a moment, it…
- Living in the Realm of Possibility: Dreaming at the Size of Your Self · 31 min · Season 2 Episode 26Nobody dreams bigger than their relationship with themselves will allow. In this episode, Dr. David Schlosz explores why the size of our dreams is a measure not of imagination…
- An Interview with Kim Fry: The Therapist's Greatest Tool - Bringing Your Whole Self · 41 min · Season 2 Episode 25What if the most important thing a therapist brings into the room isn't a technique, intervention, or perfectly timed question, but themselves? In this deeply personal…
- The Well (3 of 3): Offering the Cup. · 26 min · Season 2 Episode 24An invitation to stay with yourself. We've spent two episodes digging the well and learning how to draw water. Now it's time to drink. The final episode in The Well series is…
- The Well (2 of 3): Drawing Water. How Your Healing Becomes Someone Else's Hope · 25 min · Season 2 Episode 23How your healing becomes someone else's hope. We've spent years talking about self-awareness. But what actually happens when two nervous systems meet? In Part Two of The Well…
- The Well (1 of 3): Digging. Why Your Healing Begins with You · 41 min · Season 2 Episode 22Why your healing begins with you. Before we can become a safe place for someone else, we have to learn how to become a safe place for ourselves. In Part One of this three-part…
- Empathic Witness: The Reaching · 51 min · Season 2 Episode 21There is a particular kind of loneliness that has nothing to do with being alone. You can be loved, married, surrounded, texted-back-within-the-hour, and still feel that no one…
- Capacity: The Art of Staying · 1 h 2 min · Season 2 Episode 20What determines whether pain breaks us or transforms us? In this episode, David explores one of the most neglected concepts in psychological healing: capacity, the room we have…
- When Healing Changes Your Relationships · 23 min · Season 2 Episode 19We often imagine healing as a journey toward peace, freedom, and deeper connection. But what happens when your growth starts changing the relationships around you? In this…
- Anger as Protest · 22 min · Season 2 Episode 18Anger is one of the most misunderstood emotions we experience. Many of us were taught to fear it, suppress it, spiritualize it away, or turn it inward against ourselves. But what…
- Abandoning Ourselves to Protect Ourselves · 34 min · Season 2 Episode 17There are moments in life when we abandon ourselves in order to protect ourselves. We stay silent instead of speaking honestly. We disconnect from our feelings to avoid conflict…
- I Didn’t Deserve This · 33 min · Season 2 Episode 16In one of the most personal and vulnerable episodes of Project I AM to date, Dr. David Schlosz explores the painful intersection of shame, trauma, grief, and healing. Drawing…
- Confessions of a Covert Narcissist: Protecting Instead of Connecting · 25 min · Season 2 Episode 15In this follow-up episode, David moves beyond labels and into honest self-reflection with a powerful conversation titled “Confessions of a Covert Narcissist.” This episode is not…
- The Hidden Armor: Understanding Covert Narcissism With Compassion · 45 min · Season 2 Episode 14What if narcissism isn’t always loud? In this compassionate episode of Project I Am, David explores the hidden world of covert narcissism: the quiet, vulnerable, and often…
