Who's Your Power Animal? 07/14/2018 Cultures all over the world have watched animals and thought to themselves, "What does that mean?" Their survival depended upon these observations, at times. So, this became a question we repeated until it became part of our collective unconscious, as did certain parts of the answers. For instance, if you see snake in the wild certain thoughts come to mind instantly, because our ancestors also needed to quickly ascertain whether or not it presented a threat. The snake has even made it into our
Cultures all over the world have watched animals and thought to themselves, "What does that mean?" Their survival depended upon these observations, at times. So, this became a question we repeated until it became part of our collective unconscious, as did certain parts of the answers. For instance, if you see snake in the wild certain thoughts come to mind instantly, because our ancestors also needed to quickly ascertain whether or not it presented a threat. The snake has even made it into our
Freedom with a Twist 07/06/2018 Freedom is a common theme popping up this week. We all have something from which we wish we were free. You only have to listen to the Hamilton soundtrack to realize how deeply the theme of struggling to be free is woven into culture. However, this week, I am seeing an interesting twist. I'm noticing people who want to be free from patterns that are part of what gives them purpose and helps them make the world a better place. For instance, one woman wants to be free of the pattern of always
Freedom is a common theme popping up this week. We all have something from which we wish we were free. You only have to listen to the Hamilton soundtrack to realize how deeply the theme of struggling to be free is woven into culture. However, this week, I am seeing an interesting twist. I'm noticing people who want to be free from patterns that are part of what gives them purpose and helps them make the world a better place. For instance, one woman wants to be free of the pattern of always
The Octopus and the Empath 06/05/2018 On the way home from a family vacation, I was sitting in the back seat, staring at the clouds and thinking about an interesting intersection between etymology, science and cloud shapes when my thoughts turned to the octopus. Imagine an ancient sailor encountering a giant octopus for the first time. One tentacle comes up over the edge of the ship, then another. You have no idea how many more there are. Your fellow sailors all have their own version of what this creature is or what these
On the way home from a family vacation, I was sitting in the back seat, staring at the clouds and thinking about an interesting intersection between etymology, science and cloud shapes when my thoughts turned to the octopus. Imagine an ancient sailor encountering a giant octopus for the first time. One tentacle comes up over the edge of the ship, then another. You have no idea how many more there are. Your fellow sailors all have their own version of what this creature is or what these