The Download Podcast, with Jill Marshall

• Books, Bluey, and Beyond: Reading in the Digital Age

  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-changing world of books and storytelling. From her early leap into ebooks and audiobooks to today’s BookTok, Substack, and streaming adaptations, Jill reflects on how books keep reshaping themselves - and why that matters.Along the way, she explores:Why reading for pleasure may be the true key to children’s literacyHow fandoms respond when adaptations alter the stories they love The quirky, prescient behind-the-scenes casting choices for her Jane Blonde series book-to-screen adaptationsAnd how archetypes make books timeless, no matter the formatWhether you’re a die-hard print lover, an audiobook binger or someone curious about where storytelling goes next, this episode invites you to wonder: what is a book, really?Timestamps: 00:00 Welcome to The Download 00:36 What makes a book a book? 02:54 Children and the joy of reading 04:25 From ebooks to audiobooks and beyond 09:17 Adaptations, fandom, and story fidelity, with The Thursday Murder Club 12:40 Behind the scenes with Jane Blonde, Harry Potter and Bluey 15:20 Archetypes: the timeless magic of books 19:55 What’s next for stories?Message Us! Enrolments open for Jill's unique six-month group mentorships: Fiction Editor and The Her-ro’s Journey. The Fiction Editor Mentorship Programme isn’t about proofreading or copy editing — it’s a full developmental editing immersion and an entry point to a business choice, built on Jill's careers as both author and editor. The Her-ro’s Journey Mentorship Programme is a contemporary take on the Hero’s and Heroine’s journeys, exploring many of the themes we cover here on The Download. They kick off in just a couple of weeks. Early bird pricing runs until 11 September 2025 - with a special bundle price available if you’d like to join both! Find out more about Jill’s best-selling fiction and storyworlds on girlpowerpublishing.com. Find The Download Podcast on YouTube, FaceBook, Instagram, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and LinkedIn

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• The Intuitive Bluff: When My Teacher Archetype Emerged

  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 10/10 feedback. This was not faking it till she made it. It was an intuitive bluff: borrowing confidence from her future self and allowing her Teacher archetype to step forward fully formed.Jill reflects on the mystery of archetypes, how they arrive, how they crumble under silence or fear, and how they reform in deeper, more authentic ways. Along the way she weaves in insights from Carl Jung, Robert Ohotto, and Maya Angelou, inviting you to see where your own archetypes might already be waiting to emerge.✨ A mix of story, psychology and archetypal wisdom, all pointing to one truth: if the calling is there, the capacity is already seeded.Episode HighlightsThe audacity of teaching what you had never done (and nailing it)Intuitive bluffing vs faking it till you make itWhen archetypes crumble and why that can be an initiationThe invisible curriculum: skills you do not know you already carryBorrowing courage from your future self  00:00 Welcome to the Download Podcast00:39 The Arrival of the Teacher Archetype01:15 First Steps into Training03:52 The Intuitive Bluff13:18 The Invisible Curriculum15:32 Embracing Your Archetype17:16 Conclusion and Call to Action More listening you might enjoy:• Witches to Warriors: Fighting the Silencing of Women and Girls (International Women’s Day special) Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify• The Quickening: Waiting, Transformation and the Threshold of Change Apple PodcastsMessage Us! Enrolments open for Jill's unique six-month group mentorships: Fiction Editor and The Her-ro’s Journey. The Fiction Editor Mentorship Programme isn’t about proofreading or copy editing — it’s a full developmental editing immersion and an entry point to a business choice, built on Jill's careers as both author and editor. The Her-ro’s Journey Mentorship Programme is a contemporary take on the Hero’s and Heroine’s journeys, exploring many of the themes we cover here on The Download. They kick off in just a couple of weeks. Early bird pricing runs until 11 September 2025 - with a special bundle price available if you’d like to join both! Find out more about Jill’s best-selling fiction and storyworlds on girlpowerpublishing.com. Find The Download Podcast on YouTube, FaceBook, Instagram, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and LinkedIn

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• The Quickening: Waiting, Transformation and the Threshold of Change

  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 and as an author, Jill shows how the pacing of novels mirrors the psyche’s own cycles. Her mentees are at the final stretch of their training, moving from slow, steady exercises into the rush of a full professional edit, and their experience becomes a mirror of this larger pattern. Jill connects this to Carl Jung’s idea of enantiodromia, Marie-Louise von Franz’s reflections on the unconscious, and her own recent experiences of events clustering together in uncanny ways. She explains how times of stillness are not wasted but act as a gestation before the sudden rush forward, and how the appearance of opposites at these moments is part of the transformation rather than a regression. Whether you find yourself in a season of waiting or in the swirl of too much happening at once, this episode offers perspective, encouragement and practical wisdom for recognising and navigating your own quickening.00:00 Welcome to The Download with host Jill Marshall  00:34 Exploring the quickening in stories and life 01:08 The final stretch for Jill's fiction editors 03:47 The archetypal pattern of quickening 07:11 Personal experiences of quickening 10:41 Embracing the quickening and what it means 13:53 Congratulations, conclusion and farewell If you’re curious to go deeper into these rhythms of waiting, transformation, shadow and integration, you might also enjoy: Letting Go of the Log, where we release survival patterns; The Invisible Child Archetype, where we sit with the shadows of self-abandonment; and Patterns Within Patterns, which explores the hidden cycles that weave through art, psyche and daily lifMessage Us! Enrolments open for Jill's unique six-month group mentorships: Fiction Editor and The Her-ro’s Journey. The Fiction Editor Mentorship Programme isn’t about proofreading or copy editing — it’s a full developmental editing immersion and an entry point to a business choice, built on Jill's careers as both author and editor. The Her-ro’s Journey Mentorship Programme is a contemporary take on the Hero’s and Heroine’s journeys, exploring many of the themes we cover here on The Download. They kick off in just a couple of weeks. Early bird pricing runs until 11 September 2025 - with a special bundle price available if you’d like to join both! Find out more about Jill’s best-selling fiction and storyworlds on girlpowerpublishing.com. Find The Download Podcast on YouTube, FaceBook, Instagram, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and LinkedIn

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• Imprint, Wound, Archetype: The Three Layers We Carry & Can Heal

  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 generationsWounds — the sharper ruptures or traumas that scar a lineageArchetypes — the roles we unconsciously step into as a resultThrough personal stories, a vivid past-life dream, and insights from Carl Jung, Caroline Myss, Robert Ohotto, It Didn’t Start With You, and The Heroine’s Journey, Jill explores how recognising these layers can reveal hidden patterns and open the way to sustainable individuation and personal healing.Episode Guide 00:00 – Introduction: Why We Carry More Than Personal Experience 00:45 – Imprints: The Ancestral Echoes and Family Themes 05:16 – Wounds: How Trauma Creates Ruptures Across Generations 07:44 – Archetypes: The Roles We Unconsciously Step Into 10:14 – Case Study: A Past-Life Dream of Exile and Survival 12:30 – Integration: Bringing the Layers Together for Sustainable Individuation 16:07 – Reflection: Questions to Recognise and Transform Your Own LayersRelated Episodes You May EnjoyFloat or Flow: The Courage to Let Go of the Log of Survival – Explore the metaphor of holding onto survival mechanisms—and what happens when we finally release them to embrace our creative flow.Everyday Angels: Subtle Support That’s Seen, Unseen, and Everywhere Between – Reflect on the small but profound acts of kindness that shape our lives, often without fanfare. ✨ Want to dive deeper? Watch this episode in full on The Download Connection YouTube Channel. And if you’re enjoying The Download, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who’s ready to unlock new ways of seeing Message Us! Enrolments open for Jill's unique six-month group mentorships: Fiction Editor and The Her-ro’s Journey. The Fiction Editor Mentorship Programme isn’t about proofreading or copy editing — it’s a full developmental editing immersion and an entry point to a business choice, built on Jill's careers as both author and editor. The Her-ro’s Journey Mentorship Programme is a contemporary take on the Hero’s and Heroine’s journeys, exploring many of the themes we cover here on The Download. They kick off in just a couple of weeks. Early bird pricing runs until 11 September 2025 - with a special bundle price available if you’d like to join both! Find out more about Jill’s best-selling fiction and storyworlds on girlpowerpublishing.com. Find The Download Podcast on YouTube, FaceBook, Instagram, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and LinkedIn

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• The President's Prophecy I Didn’t Mean to Write

  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 2024 US election: the sense that a personal presidential reckoning was unfolding, rooted in long-buried patterns. Through the dreamlike process of writing, Jill unknowingly tapped into the archetype of the dangerous narcissist — a figure whose rise and fall continues to echo in real time.Furthermore, the novel itself had been developing since being published, seemingly on its own, with more dark secrets coming to the surface. This conversation dives into the mystery of whether writers and creators unconsciously predict the future by tuning into the undercurrents of the collective unconscious. It’s both a reflection on the prophetic power of art and an invitation to trust your own creative downloads as guides to the hidden truths shaping our world.Key TakeawaysHow fiction can reveal and even foreshadow real-world events.The archetype of the narcissist: why it repeats, and what it teaches.Why writers often access the “collective unconscious” without realising it.How to notice when your creative work is carrying a prophecy for you — or for the world.Timestamps 00:00 Welcome to The Download 00:34 Introducing Today’s Uncanny Episode 01:22 A Prophetic Download in December 2024 03:15 The Unexpected Novel: The Most Beautiful Man in the World 04:36 Writing in a Dreamlike State 06:13 Unveiling the Hidden Darkness 07:46 The Narcissist’s Pattern 11:48 A Prophecy or Psychic Echo? 12:41 Conclusion and Call to ActionAbout Jill MarshallJill Marshall is a bestselling novelist and storyworld creator whose work spans children’s and adult fiction, television development, and immersive cross-media projects. As host of The Download, she explores the patterns, archetypes, and intuitive currents that underpin powerful storytelling and guided lives. Through her books and voice-led platforms, Jill invites audiences to step into richly imagined worlds that mirror aMessage Us! Enrolments open for Jill's unique six-month group mentorships: Fiction Editor and The Her-ro’s Journey. The Fiction Editor Mentorship Programme isn’t about proofreading or copy editing — it’s a full developmental editing immersion and an entry point to a business choice, built on Jill's careers as both author and editor. The Her-ro’s Journey Mentorship Programme is a contemporary take on the Hero’s and Heroine’s journeys, exploring many of the themes we cover here on The Download. They kick off in just a couple of weeks. Early bird pricing runs until 11 September 2025 - with a special bundle price available if you’d like to join both! Find out more about Jill’s best-selling fiction and storyworlds on girlpowerpublishing.com. Find The Download Podcast on YouTube, FaceBook, Instagram, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and LinkedIn

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