What if transformation begins not with power — but with tenderness?

🎧 Waypoint 2.3: The Birth of Pleasure

This is the third audio installment of Season Two of No Shortcuts to Now — a journey through myth, memory, and meaning in turbulent times.

In this episode: soul as butterfly, beauty under threat, erotic mystery, jealous goddesses, and the myth of Psyche and Cupid — retold as a meditation on power, transformation, and the search for self.

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