We’re not the Main Character- Composting the Hero’s Journey with Sophie Strand

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

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

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

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