About Begin Again
I’m Maria Nazdravan—a depth psychotherapist and writer exploring the depths of psyche, soul, and what it means to live meaningfully in a culture that often asks us to forget the soul.
I write essays at the intersection of depth psychology, spirituality, trauma, and contemporary culture. I’m interested in what happens when we take the unconscious seriously, when we refuse to spiritually bypass discomfort, and when we ask what therapy and spiritual practice actually do to us, not just for us.
What I Write About
Dreams and the unconscious: why dreams matter, what they reveal, and how dreamwork can actually become part of your everyday practice.
The ethics of therapy and spirituality: I explre uncomfortable questions about AI therapy, spiritual capitalism, psychedelic hype, and what gets lost when healing becomes another industry.
Jungian psychology applied to real life: the shadow, individuation, synchronicity, archetypes as lived experience.
Cultural critique through a psychological lens: what our collective dreams, anxieties, and obsessions reveal about the soul of our time.
Who This Is For
You’re someone who feels and thinks deeply about things. You want writing that treats you like an adult capable of complexity, contradiction, and genuine transformation. You’re interested in soul-making, not simple answers.
How This Works
Free subscribers receive occasional essays and updates, typically once per month when I have something worth saying.
Paid subscribers (£5/month or £50/year) support this work and receive:
✓ Monthly in-depth essays exploring depth psychology, spirituality, and culture—the kind of writing that takes days of research, clinical experience, and personal reckoning.
✓ Monthly personal essays—sharing from my path as a therapist and human always beginning again.
✓ Monthly dream interpretation sessions—submit your dreams via a monthly form, and I’ll select 3-4 to explore in a recorded session. Whether you attend live or listen later, you’ll hear how to work with dreams from a Jungian and transpersonal perspective.
✓ Full archive access—access years of essays on psychedelics, spiritual emergencies, Jungian psychology, dreamwork, and more.
✓ Community access—join the conversation with other thoughtful readers.
✓ Discounted access to Dreamwork Circles and other offerings
About Me
I’m a transpersonal psychotherapist in private practice. I’m also completing an MA in Jungian and Post-Jungian Studies at Essex University while trying to write honestly about what I’m learning from my clients, my own analysis, and the strange times we’re living through.
I started Begin Again in 2020, initially focused on psychedelic therapy. The newsletter has evolved as my work has deepened. It’s now a space for anyone serious about psychological and spiritual development who wants to skip the spiritual materialism and get to what’s actually transformative.
I live in the UK. I work with dreams, I take the unconscious seriously, and I believe that real transformation requires us to begin again, and again, and again.
Questions? Email me at maria@beginagain.space
Want to work with me directly? Here’s my website.
