The Download Podcast, with Jill Marshall
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.
The Download Podcast, with Jill Marshall
Intuition vs Ego: How to Tell True Guidance from False Flags
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, Jill shows how to train your inner knowing with discernment, so you can combine intuition with strategy for decisions that are truly aligned.
If you’ve ever struggled to trust yourself, made a big decision that felt right but wasn’t, or been hijacked by your Inner Saboteur, this episode will give you clarity, courage, and confidence.
⏱️ Timestamps & Topics
00:00 | Welcome & Episode 30 Milestone
00:26 | Intuition Isn’t Madness
02:44 | Jung, MBTI & Types of Intuitives
04:18 | Intuition as a Trainable Skill
05:40 | Archetypes & Inner Voices: Mistaking Pattern for Intuition
07:04 | Instinct vs. Intuition: The Five Levels of Intuitive Experience
08:06 | When NOT to Trust Your Gut – three “false flags” of intuition:
• Ego in Costume (Elizabeth Gilbert)
• Other People’s Voices (Oprah & Beloved)
• The Trickster / Trauma Impulse (Steve Jobs, Jill’s own Reckless Optimist + Saboteur)
14:00 | The Body as Barometer
14:30 | Intuition + Strategy = Real Magic (stories from Chris Hadfield & Arianna Huffington)
16:04 | The Download: A Discernment Practice
16:25 | Closing & Call to Action
🧰 Mentioned in This Episode
- Practical Intuition & The Prism by Laura Day
- Carl Jung’s Four Functions (Intuition, Thinking, Feeling, Sensation)
- Myers-Briggs Personality Types (INFJ, INFP, ENFP, INTJ)
- Archetype work by Robert Ohotto & Caroline Myss
- Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Oprah on Beloved
- Steve Jobs and Apple
- Astronaut Chris Hadfield
- Arianna Huffington & Thrive Global
🎧 Related Episodes
- Synchronicities – the 1, 2, 3 Steps of Little Downloads
- Divine Timing or Coincidence? Where Synchronicity Meets Serendipity
- The Pattern Behind the Pattern: Following Intuitive Threads into Real-World Impact
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