The Lorecast

A strange thing about being kind of on the edge of things psychologically - in the group of us that question and wonder, for example - is how much everyday technological absurdity everybody else accepts as normal. This episode is a sequel in some ways to Episode 23, "Against Friendly Tech." 

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According to Pew, Gallup, and other polls, record numbers of people are bowing out of religion altogether. This podcast considers these questions: Do we need religion, nor not? If so, can collecting evocative fiction serve to help us reinvent a path to the experience of the sacred? How else might it guide us? My newly released novel Soulmap contains the outlines of a religion based on imagination, vision, community, and play. 

(Correction: ref to Gen X should have been to Z and later generations.)

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The crack in the Liberty Bell parallels a split in the polarized American soul, a split showing up in other nations as well. In the US, the split is so extreme that democracy itself is in danger, threatened by the rise of Christian nationalism. What is the nature of the split, what did the Founders say about religious freedom, and how might we begin to heal the split?

Blog: "Let's Repair the Liberty Bell." 

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Over the past year and a half, I've practiced how to write fiction and learned to reach out to agents who work with publishers. I've also learned that work which deviates in any way from the rigid heroic formula tends to go nowhere commercially. What are the alternatives for someone writing from the soul and yet desiring to work within the profit-driven system of book publishing?

Note: In the podcast I mention thinking about publishing independently. Since recording this, I have done that, and the Kindle version of my novel Soulmap is now available. Paperback version coming soon. 

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As a followup to the previous episode, how might approaches to healing and wholeness create impossible standards? Does aiming for them as ends in themselves really serve us, especially when we feel broken and fragmented? What might be a more vital goal?

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Like any profession, psychotherapy is based in certain truths about who human beings are and what aids and ails us. And like any profession, psychotherapy includes "truths" that aren't always true. We will consider some limitations of the therapy paradigm and suggest a few alternatives. 

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In our families, invisible but powerful sets of emotional debts, loyalties, and obligations move down through the generations to impact, and sometimes limit, our freedom of action, especially in relationships. This episode looks at examples of these ledgers and legacies and discusses how to explore and transform the stories that power them. (My thanks to Catherine for suggesting this topic.)

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Why do people fall into authoritarian extremism? What keystone stories do they tell themselves about this, and how might these stories be changed such that isolation and grievance give way to belonging? 

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When you face an obstacle or dilemma and the usual methods for grappling with it won't work, then perhaps it's time to change the game. This episode gives several examples of how to do just that. More examples appear in my e-book When All Else Fails, Change the Game: 20 Strategies for Inventive Real-Life Problem-Solving. 

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There are many leadership models and practices available, yet how many really good leaders do you know? In a time of chaos and polarization, an important ingredient is missing from our leadership approaches. The missing ingredient has to do with the power of inspiration. This podcast mentions some ideas to be developed more fully in "Restorying Leadership: The View from Loreology," to be presented at the "Igniting Next-Level Leadership" summit offered by the Teton Leadership Center. 

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