Life is a Metaphor Podcast: Recent Episodes

Metaphor Lover

Since I was small, I have drawn parallels, made analogies and related things to each other. Connecting things makes life richer to me. It helps me keep my head on straight. It makes me laugh. It amuses and inspires me like a fun puzzle. So, I thought I'd share...

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Coordinating it all like the symphony it is

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If we had never been asleep, we would have never seen the dream in the first place.

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If we had never been asleep would we have never seen the dream in the first place?

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Even those who think they know what this means, probably don't

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Do you eat regularly? For soul nourishment?

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Does anyone even want to be saved? When is it support and when is it saving?

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When you need to prove your power, do you really have any?

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Does talking about self love get too abstract?

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If it is "whole" wouldn't it include the yucky stuff too?

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Does how you handle a mess up when dancing say something about you do life?

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Is there a time in life when we have energetic rocket boosters?

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Sometimes the issue isn't getting shattered, but scattered instead....

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Is it true? Do you chase the thing you are running from?

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Is a meltdown simply you upleveling and going past a previous illusion or barrier in your understanding?

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Do you really ever want anything more than a head nod?

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Are your thoughts more like a monkey chattering at your or an inner genius guiding you?

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Nourish the soul daily? Is that a thing?

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As long as each day has love, beauty and adventure, right?

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Is the road less traveled actually what works for you?

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What is the problem with being an Eeyore?

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Sometimes you feel like having a lazy posture and it is a choice to.

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Is it true that if you don't like being alone maybe you are in bad company? How can you be enjoyable to yourself?

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Is there any advantage to being an old soul or a young one?

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Can one in fact find more time on the other side of Trying?

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Are things like sadness simply an exhale...and are we letting ourselves have full breaths in life?

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Are we all just playing a game of hide and seek with ourselves?

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Why do we fear being the problem so much...it happens just about as often as pooping.

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Would you rather impress or be seen? And can they exist together? Not as often as one might think.

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Do we ever get to say "no thanks" to the universe and what it is handing us?

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We need not just the mind but the heart just like we need not just the smartest, but the most thoughtful (aka heartful) people.

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The reflection we see on water can remind us of of the depth levels of self reflection.

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Should you do something or do nothing....the question that stays on my mind! Control? Surrender? Aren't those both extreme?

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Is it as simplistic as people who focus on expanding vs people who focus on getting away from the problem? (23 minutes)

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Is meanness on the side of truth? If someone doesn't have something nice to say, do you welcome them to say it? (18 minutes)

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Aren't we mourning the loss of small things like loss of our time in traffic every day? (20 minutes)

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Have the waves ever turned you over so that you don't know which way is up? ( 15 minutes)

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Simply explaining how our tissues heal offers profound metaphors (10 min)

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Finally an explanation for how things stay the same and change at the same time ( 15 minutes)

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Just like a photo, is the negative simply what creates the positive when energy is passed through it? (22minutes)

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When you ask something of Life, are you asking to actually listen?

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Why do only some characters get away with saying I don't like you? ( 9 minutes)

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People with inner wealth have a lot more to contribute to a fluid, thriving spiritual or depth economy (17 minutes)

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When two car parts are rubbing the wrong way, the solution isn't putting them far apart or determining which is most valid, is it? Yet that is our go to in relationships when there is a rub. (20 min)

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How much time would you spend in your inner world if had amazing treasures and windows that looked out over eternity? (12 minutes)

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Is how we allow our heart and mind to interact reflective of how we do relationships in general? (25 minutes)

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Are you a fish or a bird? Polarities work together as a team. (25 minutes)

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Can you reach inside and find a way to give an eff about something? (30 minutes)

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Is there an invisible knot that we all get to stand on in life? (8 minutes)

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Is the only respectful way to consume things, even the energy of others, to really know it deeply...by name? (19 minutes)

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Higher and lower doesn't have to mean better and worse at all. There is a much simpler possibility. (12 minutes)

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Maybe you aren't on different paths, maybe you just have a different strategy for the game. (17 minutes)

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Are things that illicit fear, the things making courage of the human will beautiful? (7 minutes)

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When you forget that change is the only source of stability, look at basic life metaphors. (15 minutes)

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Why do we continue to believe that in conflict there are winners and losers?

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Just because you don't enjoy it, doesn't mean you can't embrace it as nothing to be worried about...in all of life. (10 minutes)

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Is the horse or the driver the one with the power? (22 minutes)

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When your heart asks for things, does it know you will deliver?

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Why isn't it on our bucket list to see all the sights in our inner world? (20 minutes)

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Both blades and belonging are important tools for survival but what else do they have in common? (28 minutes)

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Rage might be as scary as heavy machinery but can it also be as useful? (22min)

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If the lights were going on and off all the time, how crazy would that make you? (19min)

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What if you aren't asking for huge emotional energy..just a night light? (22 minutes)

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Without all the political connotations, could a simple definition of justice be "love in public"? (10 minutes)

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A person can't actually bring out the best version of you, can they? (11 minutes)

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What if it isn't about finding people to who get you an A, but finding people who will help protect your A, or the best version of you. (20 min)

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Can memorizing an equation work in relationships? (14 minutes)

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If you never use the math equation in life, is it worth doing? (19 minutes)

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Have you ever spoken about an injury like it was permanent because it seems almost easier? (19 minutes)

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Isn't it frustrating when we seem to be repeating the same lesson in life over and over? (19 minutes)

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Do we perform and inherit our lives and what metaphors do those words bring up? (18 minutes)

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You can keep conflict from happening as well as you can keep poop from happening (14 minutes)

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Why are we always trying to do the most we possibly can by ourselves? (20 minutes)

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When you are kind to someone, do you think you are saving them or just being respectful? (16 minutes)

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Is decision making like not shying away from a punch? (15 minutes)

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So if we can't avoid feeling pain , what do we do then? (17 minutes)

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A less serious metaphor on the less developed things people do. (16 minutes)

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Is believing in soulmates just like believing in Santa? (17 minutes)

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Why is it easy to see benefits to external exercise but not internal exercise? (20 minutes)

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Could way we understand introverts and extroverts shed light on how we understand masculine and feminine energy (27 minutes)

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Do we live how we dance? (17 minutes)

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What if something doesn't sound fun? Do you think your way out of it? (20 min)

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Is Contrast so important that we will make up the negative side even if there is none just for contrast? (18 minutes)

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Do we really want to die standing or does it just sound noble? (11 minutes)

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Are we a mega being and how can that change things? (18 minutes)

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Do you like to have a strategy or a plan? (12 minutes)

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What is the best way to handle a threat? (15 minutes)

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How you do anything is how you do everything? How true is that? ( 20 minutes)

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When life repeats itself, does that frustrate you or encourage you? (8 minutes)

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What makes the will to live in us? (12 minutes)

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Do you take care of you body like your favorite shirt? (6 minutes)

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If you have a beautiful net, does that mean you will catch beautiful things?(6 minutes)

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We constantly tweak art and feel enlivened by it, why not relationships? (10 minutes)

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Don’t you have to have things in hand before you can let them go? (6 minutes)

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Why does "normal isn't healthy" ring so true? (20 minutes)

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Do you have a mission statement for your relationships? (15 minutes)

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Does liking sweets mean you can't like salty? Do we know how to taste all of life? (16 minutes)

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Can wanting to be of value in the world be like an addiction? (13 minutes)

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Have you ever not liked a song because it tore away at something in you? (6 minutes)

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Even if we aren't addicted is depth of connection necessary? (30 minutes)

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Is everyone out there expressing without perceiving? Is that what we value? (12 minutes)

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Why don't we see negatives and polarities in our lives as the creators of action potentials just like in science? (14 minutes)

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When your life is stripped of all the gloss and finishes, are you still happy? (8 minutes)

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Can you really achieve your maximum personal shine on a team? (18 minutes)

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Can you be at peace if you aren't trained in conflict? (10 minutes)

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What if you think death is touching like watching someone set a world record? (13 minutes)

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Poor Child is 15 minutes

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When You Want to Hold On is 15 minutes

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Not A Fit is 20 minutes

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Leveling up is 21 minutes