How much do you relate to your life as linear? A progressive series of arrival points? Something you can control? 

In this episode Jennifer talks with poet, writer and teacher, Sophie Strand to crack open assumptions about our individuality, capacity to control and limited tropes of masculinity. Together they follow the principle of composting, a process of addition, as a more generative approach to social change, identity and leadership. Sophie shares—

• The origins and limits of the Hero’s Journey and its link to linear time
• How and why we’re a multitude through the power of fusion and the interstitial
• Alternatives to solutionism, by welcoming the energy of the Trickster

Tune in for a wild conversation. We hope it stimulates questions about how to welcome a biodiversity of myths, story and metaphor to enrich your life and leadership. 

Links & resources—

• Subscribe to Sophie’s newsletter on Substack
• Follow her work on Instagram @cosmogyny and at www.sophiestrand.com
• Pre-order Sophie’s book The Madonna Secret
• Subscribe to Jennifer’s newsletter
• Follow Jennifer on Instagram or LinkedIn

Gratitude for this show’s theme song Inside the House, composed by the talented musician, multi-instrumentalist and sound artist Jordy Walker. 

Gratitude for this show’s theme song Inside the House, composed by the talented Yukon musician, multi-instrumentalist and sound artist Jordy Walker. Artwork by the imaginative writer, filmmaker and artist Jon Marro.