Wholeness is not something we achieve. Wholeness is what we already are. Our individual and collective journeys to realize and retrieve a connection with our own inner wholeness is a journey of re-remembering that which we have forgotten, that which we have lost sight of. Much of the first part of life consists of ego-building; learning to skills, trying new things, and figuring out our own identities as we grow and develop. At some point, the call changes in our lives, away from ego-building and back into re-remembering the full essence and truth of our individual selves...the truth of our original wholeness as human beings.

Living in a world that feels as though it could not be more polarized, introducing the concept of balancing the tension of the opposites feels more crucial than ever. This episode investigates the purpose of learning to balance these tensions and why that is important to us as individuals and as communities. The Trickster motif will be introduced to observe the crucial role it often plays at luring us into these stories of tension that lie within, and how these tensions get projected outwardly into our world.

In an effort to recognize and embrace the sanctity of living stories, as well as the sanctity of the human individual, this episode explores the nature of the different parts of the human psyche as well as the different stories of ourselves those parts are carrying for us. In addition, I reintroduce the concept of the human Shadow, and why it is important to understand its nature and role in our lives as we learn to see and work with more of our own hidden stories.

The Latin root word HUMUS means "of the ground," or "of the earth." In this episode I explore this idea related to the concepts of humbleness and humility, inviting us not only to reimagine those words differently, but also to explore why our capacity to delve back into the Humus is important in our efforts, not only to engage our own inner stories, but stories from myth and fairy tales as well.

In this episode I wanted to expand a little more on the concept and practice of curiosity, specifically in contrast to the experience of shame, and shame stories that we can collect over time and read ourselves into. This episode concludes with how we can begin to utilize the tools and practice of curiosity to find healing for ourselves from our own shame stories.

Welcome to this podcast! In this episode I will be introducing myself as well as some of the foundational ideas and concepts that form the heart of what this podcast is about and where the journey of engaging with stories more deeply and meaningfully can lead us. This episode is the first of a six-part series where I lay out these concepts and principles more in depth, and talk a little more about how engaging specifically with myths and fairy tales can help us shed some light on our own hidden worlds and the hidden stories we carry about ourselves.