The Eyed Entity Podcast
The Eyed Entity Podcast
Podcast Description
Based on a one year long project called "The Eyed Entity Project", the experience of identity in the face of profound grief and loss brought forth questions: who am I when I am not who I was in relationship before? What is most important? How do we uncover our preferences? How do we follow them? How impactful are others in each chapter of our own individual identity? This process emerged in the face of grief and the role of identity in that experience, but evolved into what matters most in life.Join your host, Kimberly, an LMFT and creative in the exploration of themes around mental health, grief, relationship, creativity and the arts, how we find community, self-empowerment, and related psychological and sociological topics in coming episodes.
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Content Themes
The podcast delves into topics surrounding mental health, personal identity, grief, and the influence of creativity in fostering self-empowerment. Examples of episode themes include the journey through personal loss and community finding, and an exploration of creativity's role in identity, highlighted in the episode featuring musician Craig Klonowski discussing his career and artistic process.
Based on a one year long project called “The Eyed Entity Project”, the experience of identity in the face of profound grief and loss brought forth questions: who am I when I am not who I was in relationship before? What is most important? How do we uncover our preferences? How do we follow them? How impactful are others in each chapter of our own individual identity? This process emerged in the face of grief and the role of identity in that experience, but evolved into what matters most in life.
Join your host, Kimberly, an LMFT and creative in the exploration of themes around mental health, grief, relationship, creativity and the arts, how we find community, self-empowerment, and related psychological and sociological topics in coming episodes.
Therapy doesn’t usually come with stage lights, a hard deadline, and a room full of witnesses. That’s exactly why self-revelatory performance can hit so hard. We sit down with Aileen Cho, LMFT, registered drama therapist and board certified trainer, and incoming chair of the Drama Therapy program at CIIS, to break down what “self-revs” are and why they’re more than autobiographical theater.
We talk drama therapy fundamentals, then zoom in on how a self-revelatory performance asks the performer to work with real material that’s still alive to make an aesthetically poignant piece of theatre. Aileen explains aesthetic distance, the sweet spot between being flooded and being disconnected, and why the theatrical frame matters as much as the personal story. We also get honest about the director’s job: holding ethics, containment, craft, and the messy reality of making something out of nothing.
We dig into the rehearsal process from dreaming and gathering to shaping, scripting, and making tough cuts, plus how self-indulgence can show up as difficulty in editing or as avoidance. Then we turn to the audience, not as passive consumers, but as compassionate witnesses whose presence can support transformation for the performer and spark healing for themselves too. If you’re curious about therapeutic theater, trauma-informed creativity, drama therapy training, or why real-life ritual feels so rare in an online world, this conversation gives you language and a roadmap.
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Guest: Aileen Cho
https://www.ciis.edu/academics/graduate-programs/drama-therapy
Host: Kimberly Koljat
https://www.kimberlykoljatlmft.com/
Music: Peter Joseph
Graphics: Big Love Designs
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