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Exploring patterns, archetypes, and stories that reveal who we are — and who we can become.
Bestselling novelist and storyworld creator Jill Marshall hosts The Download, a podcast where fiction, intuition and philosophy meet. Drawing on her books and cross-media storyworlds, Jill explores the archetypes, synchronicities, and hidden currents that shape both our personal lives and our collective stories. Each episode invites you to see creativity not just as art, but as a mirror of truth, a prophetic force, and a pathway to self-development.
Join Jill each week for downloads that illuminate the hidden patterns in story — and in you.
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What Healing Really Feels Like (Hint: It's Not Dramatic) What if the strongest sign of emotional and energetic healing is that you feel ... nothing? No drama, no spike of emotion, no old charge. Just calm. In this episode Jill Marshall explores the quiet, surprising truth of real transformation. She unpacks why we cling to wounds, how triggers show us where energy is still trapped, and what shifts when the emotional charge finally dissolves. Expect grounded psychology, soulful insight and a f...
December is a month of thresholds, reflection and new beginnings. In this episode, Jill Marshall announces her six-month Creative Residency and shares how she is dedicating serious, focused time to her own creative work. Drawing inspiration from Brendon Burchard’s Progress Mode podcast, Jill reflects not only on his storytelling but also on his insight that if we devoted six months entirely to our own purposeful creative work, rather than everyone else’s priorities, we could achieve real chan...
Season of Friends — Old Friends, Gold Friends If you want to understand the friendships that shape a lifetime, listen to this. In this finale of the Season of Friends, Jill explores the two kinds of friends: the ones who are old in age, and the ones who are old in time. Both offer something essential. Both anchor a life in different but equally powerful ways. The episode opens with the line from Robert Fisher: “True friendship is not about being inseparable; it is about being separated...
The Friend Called Inspiration: How a Life Cracks Open and Creates Again This episode's image - “A Ship Called Inspire Me” - is doing double-duty. Yes, it’s a nod to a certain Deacon Blue earworm - but it’s also a play on the modern sense of “I ship this.” This episode explores what happens when you finally decide to ship your own relationship with Inspiration - not as a fleeting spark, but as a consistent, quiet companion that’s been trying to get your attention for years. In this deep...
Who Do You Think You Are? Join Jill Marshall on The Download: Season of Friends as she celebrates 25 years of adventures with her friend, Sally. From castles and ancestral mysteries to hilarious mishaps and unforgettable encounters, their friendship turns explorations of ancestry and folklore into a playground. This special birthday episode is full of laughter, discovery, and the magic of saying “yes” to every adventure. Jill recounts their numerous explorations and historical jaunts, ranging...
A Miraculous Reunion and the Essence of Friendship Hours before her dear friend Jane’s passing, Jill experienced a miracle that reunited them. In this encore episode, she reflects on love, timing, and the creative threads that bind friendship across time and memory. In this episode of The Download, host Jill Marshall commemorates her dear friend from childhood and adolescence, Jane, who tragically passed away two years ago. Jill shares the miraculous story of reconnecting with Jane jus...
A reflection on the friendships that grow, the ones that ground, and the fellowships that make us whole. Join host Jill Marshall in this heartfelt episode of The Download Podcast as she explores the intricate dynamics of friendships in her 'season of friends'. From fleeting 'trendships' rooted in shared passions to lifelong bonds that transcend external changes, Jill delves into the reasons, seasons, and lifetimes of friendships. Using literary examples and personal anecdotes, she refle...
In this 'Friends Season' of The Download, Jill shares 'a tale of two writers' that bridges books, friendship, and the mysterious ways the universe weaves them together. What begins as a reflection on World Book Day unfolds into the friendship frequency - and a children’s book that somehow finds its way, decades later and half a world away, into the hands of the next generation. It’s a story about friendship that endures across time and distance, about intuitive connections that defy logic, an...
Welcome to The Download: Season of Friends. Jill opens her Season of Friends with a story of lifelong connection, cosmic coincidence, and a birthday adventure that somehow involves Steve Coogan. From Cambridge kitchens to Cornish cliffs and the tiniest island in the Atlantic, this is a funny, tender reflection on friendship, memory, and the mysterious frequency that keeps us linked across time and distance. In this episode, Jill opens her “Season of Friends,” a heartfelt and funny explo...
This is Episode 40 — the episode that nearly wasn’t. For two weeks I put out no new material: one encore, then nothing at all. And here’s the paradox: when I went quiet, the downloads spiked. Which made me stop and wonder - is there something in silence itself that draws people in? In this milestone episode, I explore the power of fallow periods - those empty-chair moments when it looks like nothing is happening, but in truth everything is gathering strength beneath the surface. From Carl Jun...
Encore: The Launch Reality — What Book Launches Are Really Like I've noted that Elizabeth Gilbert is everywhere this week with the launch of her new book, All the Way to the River. It reminded me of two episodes of The Download. In my very first episode, I spoke about the influence of her brilliant book on creativity, Big Magic, on my creative path. And in this episode — one of my most listened-to — I explored the reality of launches. Because let’s be honest: most of our launches don’t ...
The Future of Books: From Paperbacks to Podcasts What is a book today — a paperback, an audiobook, a TikTok trend? Jill Marshall explores the future of reading, children’s literacy, fandom, adaptations - and the timeless archetypes that keep stories alive. What counts as a ‘book’ today? Is it a paperback on your shelf, a story whispered through headphones, even a Bluey episode on a screen? In this episode of The Download, Jill Marshall takes you on a lively journey through the ever-chan...
Jill Marshall reveals how her Teacher archetype arrived fully formed in her first training job, showing how intuitive bluff and future selves guide us into our true paths. What if your future self could lend you her courage? What if your archetype arrived before you were ready? In this episode of The Download, Jill Marshall shares the surprising story of her first ever training job: a two-day presentation skills course she had no formal experience to teach, but which she delivered with ...
Why life speeds up before transformation: Jill Marshall explores the quickening through stories, Jungian psychology and lived experience. Why does life feel as though nothing happens for ages and then suddenly everything arrives at once? In this episode of The Download, Jill Marshall explores the archetypal rhythm of the quickening, that moment when long periods of waiting give way to sudden acceleration, synchronicities and transformation. Drawing on her work mentoring fiction editors ...
We all carry invisible threads from our ancestry - imprints, wounds, and archetypes that shape our lives. In this episode, Jill maps these three layers and shows how recognising them leads to personal healing. We all carry more than personal experience —-we carry ancestral imprints, family wounds, and archetypal roles that shape who we become. In this episode of The Download, Jill Marshall introduces a three-layered map of the self: Imprints — recurring family themes passed through generation...
How a novel foreshadowed a presidential reckoning, narcissist archetypes, and the prophetic power of fiction. Can a novel written years ago hold a prophecy for our times? In this episode of The Download, Jill Marshall explores the uncanny intersections between fiction and reality — and how stories can mirror the hidden truths of collective destiny. Flagged up by an image of her novel The Most Beautiful Man in the World, Jill recounts a startling download she received in the wake of the...
What Stephen Bartlett’s advice about killing ideas teaches us about adaptability, creativity, and the pivoting power of mental liquidity. What if your “best idea” is actually holding you back? In this episode of The Download, Jill Marshall unpacks Stephen Bartlett’s provocative advice about killing ideas — and explores the deeper archetype behind it: mental liquidity. Drawing on Jungian insights, storytelling, and her own creative practice, Jill reveals why adaptability is more powerful...
How outdated survival patterns like the Invisible Child archetype can hold you back, and how to release them into flow. What if the very thing that once kept you safe is now the thing that holds you back? In this episode of The Download, Jill Marshall dives into the powerful metaphor of “letting go of the log” to uncover how survival strategies can turn into barriers to growth. Inspired by the work of Debra and Dr. Rob Maldonado, Jill shares the image of a man in a river, clinging...
In this episode of The Download, bestselling novelist Jill Marshall explores how resonance connects us in unexpected ways. Drawing on her experiences with two New Zealand Prime Ministers — Jacinda Ardern and Helen Clark — Jill shares how their leadership left lasting impressions, including a strange synchronicity involving a song about Helen Clark. This story isn’t just about politics; it’s about intuition, frequency, and the invisible patterns that ripple through our lives. Tune in to ...
Not every gut feeling is true intuition — sometimes it’s ego, conditioning, or the trickster in disguise. What if your inner voice wasn’t guiding you forward, but leading you astray? In this milestone 30th episode of The Download, bestselling novelist and storyworld creator Jill Marshall unpacks the difference between real intuition and its clever impersonators — from the ego in costume to trauma-driven impulses and archetypal saboteurs. Through stories, psychology and spiritual insight...
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