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Month: October 2024

  • The child who was poor and good

    It’s Friday afternoon story time. Here’s this week’s story to ponder, as if a dear friend. What does it ask you to think about? to realise? Who are the spider, the bird, the bramble bush, and lamb in your life who come to your assistance?

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  • Old woman of the world

    It is that time of the week to unwind and reflect on a story… What is your never-ending tapestry? What is the soup that you tend? Who or what is the crow in your life/in your view of the world?

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  • The empty bowl

    Dear FriendsI’m going to share a story each week or so that invites you to question patterns and wonder about possibilities for moving forward. here is today’s story… [adapted from Sufi story known as The empty bowl or The begging bowl.]What are the bottomless wants and desires in your life?Who is Mukti in your life?…

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  • The Goose

    Today I invite you to ponder with golden eggs, as many have searched and are indulging in chocolate eggs across the globe, despite cocoa shortage due to climate crisis affecting production and the exploitative labour abuses due to Western demand. I share with you The Goose Adapted from Italian fairytale collector Giambattista Basile’s (1634) La…

  • La Loba

    Today I invite you to ponder another tale from Estes, C.P. (1992). Women who run with the wolves myths and stories of the wild woman archetype. Rider. This time La Loba (pp. 27-28) which draws from Mexican folklore. What do you collect that is in danger of being lost in the world? What restores your…

  • Sealskin, soulskin

    Today I invite you to ponder an Inuit tale adapted from Clarissa Pinkola Estes’ exquisite retelling – Sealskin soulskin in Estes, C.P. (1996). Women who run with the wolves myths and stories of the wild woman archetype (pp. 189-191). Ballantine Books. Read – https://louptales.education/sealskin-soulskin/ Then ponder – Where is your sealskin (soulskin)? What do you…

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