Frog to Princess, Princess to Ogre: Ourselves, the Earth and the Possibilities
We know the story of the frog who becomes a prince, but transformation stories are rarely so simple. What if becoming is not always upward, not always beautiful, not always what we were taught to hope for? What happens when we are invited to love what we have been taught to fear—and, this Earth Day, […]
Learning a New Response
In a famous set of experiments, psychologist Albert Bandura helped people unlearn their fear of snakes—not through reasoning, but through watching others gently touch what they feared. Sometimes transformation doesn’t come from within. Sometimes it comes from witnessing—seeing, in someone else’s body, a new way to be. Where in your life might fear loosen, if […]
Easter: The Love That Remains
When Jim Henson died, people didn’t only speak of loss. They spoke of presence—of how his voice, his characters, his particular way of making meaning and mischief in the world continued to live in them. Easter tells a story like that, not only of resurrection, but of love that does not end when a body […]