There is a phase in your spiritual journey where you feel the loneliest — where you stop trusting your own voice, your intuition, the people around you, and it feels like everything is quietly collapsing. People call it the dark night of the soul. And almost no one explains it in a way you can actually feel.
In Episode 4 of UNMASKED, Olga Karpman goes beneath the surface of this phase — the one that doesn't arrive all at once, but slowly, like a whisper. The one where the life you built, the roles you play, the identity you wore, suddenly stop feeling true. Where going back no longer works, and there isn't a clear way forward yet.
This isn't a quick-fix episode. Olga doesn't promise answers. What she offers is rarer: language for what you're feeling, the reassurance that you are not broken, and one simple practice — observe — that can carry you through the heaviest moments.
If you are in this right now, or someone you love is, this episode is a place to stay. To breathe. To remember you're not alone.
In this episode:
- Why the dark night of the soul is so often mistaken for depression
- The caterpillar and the cocoon — why you can only move forward
- How to be with grief, old wounds, and emotions that resurface
- The ‘observe’ practice — sitting on the mountain above your own feelings
- How to ask the people you love for space without losing them
A note: Olga is not a medical professional and this is not medical advice. If you are struggling, please seek professional support.
If this resonates with you or someone you love, my team left a link below where you can fill out a short form to join the Unmasked community — we call it OUR TRIBE :-) so we can connect, online or in person, somewhere on your journey.
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What is UNMASKED?
THE SHOW ABOUT WHAT LIES BENEATH
Everything can look right on the outside — the life, the roles, the success — and still, something inside shifts. Nothing is obviously wrong, yet something no longer feels true.
Unmasked is a podcast by Olga Karpman — entrepreneur, creator, and co-founder of the Dream Big Podcast — exploring what happens beneath it all. After years of building, creating, and speaking with high performers and world-class thinkers, this space turns inward, toward the deeper layers of growth and truth.
Each episode moves beyond achievements and into identity, relationships, inner conflict, and the moments that quietly change everything. You’ll hear a mix of conversations with entrepreneurs, creators, and thought leaders, alongside solo episodes — raw, reflective, and personal.
If you feel like you’ve outgrown a version of yourself or sense that something in your life is shifting, this space will meet you there.
Because what we question, avoid, or don’t yet understand is often where real change begins.
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