Memes, Metaphors and Magic

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Memes, Metaphors and Magic

This podcast is about re-seeing the magic in everyday life, starting with memes that matter.  Each guest will share a meme that stuck with them and invite us to look at life in unexpected and creative ways.

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Focusing on What's Meant For You: Reflections on the Disloyal Boyfriend Meme with Darnell Gilet

Memes:

  • Distracted Boyfriend Meme - "So this meme is the meme where you have one guy that's walking down the street with his girlfriend holding her hand, but he's looking, looking over his left shoulder back to another girl that caught his attention. So it's a very popular meme that people use. And then the people usually put words over it where essentially the way people use that meme is you have something that's yours, but there's something that's not yours that's catching your attention. But the thing that's in your hand is looking at you feeling neglected."

Join our Facebook group to be part of the conversation and view the meme for this episode or you can follow us on Instagram @memesmetaphorsandmagic. Learn more about your personal year number with this free resource!

Metaphors:

  • "If there is a metaphor, I would say if I'm the man, what's in my hand is life and what's walking away from me is football, right?"
  • "There's a quote from a show Friday Night Lights that I love and the quarterback Street said, 'You can have it all, but you can't have it all at once.'... It's about timing and there's a sense of anxiety and you want things."
  • "A ship in the harbor is safe but that is not what ships are built for." - John A. Shedd
  • Underlying, or primary, metaphors:
    • KNOWING/UNDERSTANDING IS SEEING
    • DESIRE/NEED IS HUNGER
    • IMPORTANCE IS SIZE
    • PURPOSES ARE DESTINATIONS
    • ACTION IS SELF-PROPELLED MOTION
    • CHANGE IS MOTION
    • CIRCUMSTANCES ARE WEATHER
    • TIME PERIODS IN OUR LIVES ARE CONTAINERS.


Magic:

  • Connectedness® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Developer® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Restorative® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Responsibility® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Maximizer® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Relator® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Taurus (Astrology)


Support and Connect with Darnell!


Pop Culture:


Resources:

  • The Pivot Year by Brianna Wiest
  • Authoring Your Life: Developing Your Internal Voice to Navigate Life's Challenges by Marcia Baxter Magolda
Wed, 01 May 2024 12:00:00 -0400
Showing Up for a Life of Significance & Presence with Benjamin Williams

Meme(s):

  • Presence Quote Meme - "It's a quote from Malcolm Forbes, and it basically says, 'Presence is more than just being there.' And the word presence has come up in a lot of different spaces for me recently."

Join our Facebook group to be part of the conversation and view the meme for this episode or you can follow us on Instagram @memesmetaphorsandmagic. Learn more about your personal year number with this free resource!

Metaphors:

  • LIFE IS A STORY AND WE ARE THE AUTHORS OF OUR OWN LIVES. EACH EXPERIENCE IS A CHAPTER IN OUR STORY.
    • LIFE IS AN ARTISTIC PROCESS AND WE ARE THE ARTISTS OF OUR OWN LIVES.
    • LIFE IS A JOURNEY.
  • LIFE IS A PUZZLE.
  • Underlying, or primary, metaphors:
    • PURPOSES ARE DESTINATIONS.
    • TIME PERIODS (IN OUR LIVES) ARE CONTAINERS.
    • CONSTITUENTS ARE CONTENTS.
    • (LOGICAL) ORGANIZATION IS PHYSICAL STRUCTURE.
    • INTERRELATEDNESS IS PHYSICAL INTERCONNECTEDNESS.
    • AFFECTION IS WARMTH.
    • EMOTIONAL INTIMACY IS PROXIMITY.
    • ASSISTANCE IS SUPPORT.
    • OPPORTUNITIES ARE RESOURCES.
    • TIME IS A RESOURCE.
    • EXISTENCE IS VISIBILITY.
    • CONTEXTUAL ROLES ARE LOCATIONS.
    • MORE/BETTER/POSITIVE IS UP.


Magic:

  • 11 Lifepath Number (Numerology)
  • Significance® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Woo® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Connectedness® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Maximizer® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Individualization® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Learner® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)


Support and Connect with Ben!


Pop Culture:


Resources:

Mon, 15 Apr 2024 22:00:00 -0400
Prioritizing Personal Values in Our Memes and Lives with Esi Mathis

Memes:

  • Esi Mathis' Original Quote Meme - "I was lying in bed and I just, I heard this... And I think maybe a year or so ago, one day I just decided, 'Oh, let me post this online.' I'm not a big online presence. I don't post every day or even every week, but I try to post when I have something meaningful to share or something positive to put out there, in the atmosphere for people or something encouraging. I enjoy encouraging people... I think typically when we hear the word invest... typically we think of money. Like, oh, yep. 'Where's your investment? What are you invested in?' We think of money. We think of gold stocks, bonds, all the things that have to do with monetary value. But none of that was on my mind when the quote came to me and thank you, Taran, because it never occurred to me to attach my name to it. I had never heard anyone say it before. So as far as I know, it's an original... I don't have evidence to tell me anything to the contrary, but since that came to me, it regularly just rises up in my thought process when I'm doing other things and, for me, investing in what we value crosses all aspects of life."

Join our Facebook group to be part of the conversation and view the meme for this episode or you can follow us on Instagram @memesmetaphorsandmagic. Learn more about your personal year number with this free resource!


Metaphors:

  • TIME IS MONEY.
  • Underlying, or primary, metaphors:
    • OPPORTUNITIES ARE RESOURCES.
    • TIME IS A RESOURCE.
    • IMPORTANT IS CENTRAL.
    • IMPORTANCE IS SIZE AND VOLUME.
    • IMPORTANCE IS MASS/WEIGHT.
    • CONSIDERING IS WEIGHING
    • PROCESSES ARE LIVING FORCES.


Magic:

  • 8 Expression Number (Numerology)
  • Connectedness® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Intellection® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)


Support and Connect with Esi!


Pop Culture:


Resources:

Tue, 09 Apr 2024 23:00:00 -0400
Connecting To Our Common Humanity Through Memes with Allison K. Wyman

Memes:

"In the email that I send guests, it explains that a meme is really this culturally shared image, virally shared. So some of the images... may not be... the meme you picture with the Impact font and all that kind of stuff. So we have a different image today that we're going to get into." - Taran

  • Meme - "So this image, I actually can't even look at it without crying. Um, I want to be very clear. This is an image of Joe Biden, but it's not a political image. That's not why I chose this. It's an image of the day that I think it's the day of his son, Beau's funeral. And he's waiting outside with his family for the casket to arrive. And he's surrounded by his grandchildren and his children and his wife. And they're standing in a line. And Joe Biden is just looking up to the sky with his eyes closed... It's such a beautiful image because it says so much about grief and about pain just through an image." - Allison

Join our Facebook group to be part of the conversation and view the meme for this episode and follow us on Instagram @memesmetaphorsandmagic. Learn more about your personal year number with this free resource!

Metaphors:

  • UNEXPECTED DEVELOPMENTS ARE PLOT TWISTS. / LIFE IS A STORY.
  • LIFE IS A JOURNEY / CAREGIVING IS A JOURNEY.
  • THE CAREGIVING JOURNEY IS NAVIGATING A RIVER/OCEAN.
  • Underlying, or primary, metaphors:
    • CIRCUMSTANCES ARE WEATHER.
    • CHANGE IS MOTION.
    • ACTION IS SELF-PROPELLED MOTION.
    • MEANS ARE PATHS.
    • PURPOSES ARE DESTINATIONS.

Magic:

  • Connectedness® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Type 2: The Helper (Enneagram)

Support and Connect with Allison!

Resources:

  • In Over Our Heads: The Mental Demands of Modern Life by Robert Kegan
  • Authoring Your Life: Developing your Internal Voice to Navigate Life's Challenges by Marcia Baxter Magolda
  • The Hero's Journey by Joseph Campbell
  • "Two" by Sleeping At Last from the Enneagram album


A Few Other Podcasts You Might Enjoy:

Wed, 06 Mar 2024 22:00:00 -0500
Weird Barbie and Ron Burgundy Memes with Dr. Heather Shook Christman

Memes:

  • Weird Barbie Parenting Meme - "So the first one is Weird Barbie from the Barbie movie and Weird Barbie is saying, 'When you're trying to look nice, but you have kids and you haven't slept in five years.'"
  • Ron Burgundy Leadership Meme - "So the second one is... Ron Burgundy played by Will Ferrell, a character from Anchorman, which came out in 2004. So, he's like leaning over the table and he's like, 'Leadership it's kind of a big deal, right?'"
  • Friendship Quote Meme - "It's two little like toddlers hugging and it says, 'We'll be best friends forever because you already know too much.'"

Join our Facebook group to be part of the conversation and view the memes for this episode or you can follow us on Instagram @memesmetaphorsandmagic. Learn more about your personal year number with this free resource!

Metaphors:

  • LIFE IS A JOURNEY NOT A DESTINATION.
  • Underlying, or primary, metaphors:
    • PURPOSES ARE DESTINATIONS.
    • ACTION IS SELF-PROPELLED MOTION.


Magic:

  • 5 Lifepath Number (Numerology)
  • 4 Expression Number (Numerology)
  • Relator® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Context® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Command® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Type 8: The Warrior (Enneagram)
  • ENTJ Myers Briggs Type


Support and Connect with Heather!

Pop Culture:


Resources:


A Few Parenting Podcasts You Might Enjoy:

Tue, 27 Feb 2024 23:00:00 -0500
Burning Bridges and Healing Memes with Evita Robinson

Memes:

  • James Baldwin Quote Meme - "So, the first one is a James Baldwin quote that says to be African American is to be African without any memory and American without any privilege and there's a sketch of him and colorful icons or drawings behind him."
  • Yung Pueblo Quote Meme - "...the next one that you brought, which was a quote by Yung Pueblo... 'It is not about being fully healed and then starting your life. It is about embracing healing as a lifelong journey, while allowing genuine connections to organically emerge along the way.'"
  • Burning Bridges Quote Meme - "I could not find who actually said this... 'If standing up for yourself burns a bridge, I have matches. We ride at dawn.'"
  • Teachers Gonna Hate My Kids Tweet - "So @zeeopatra on Twitter... it says, 'Teachers going hate my kids cause they gon be in history class like 'WELL ACTUALLY'."

Join our Facebook group to be part of the conversation and view the memes for this episode or you can follow us on Instagram @memesmetaphorsandmagic. Learn more about your personal year number with this free resource!


Metaphors:

  • LIFE IS A JOURNEY.
  • PARTNERING WITH A THERAPIST IS GOING TO THE GYM AND WORKING WITH A PERSONAL TRAINER.
  • EPIPHANIES IN THERAPY ARE LIKE CONNECTING PIECES OF A PUZZLE.
  • Underlying, or primary, metaphors:
    • PURPOSES ARE DESTINATIONS.
    • MEANS ARE PATHS.
    • ACTION IS SELF-PROPELLED MOTION.
    • MORE/BETTER/POSITIVE IS UP.
    • EXISTENCE IS VISIBILITY.
    • AFFECTION IS WARMTH.
    • INTENSITY OF ACTIVITY IS HEAT. (or in this case burning bridges)
    • SIMILARITY IS PROXIMITY.
    • CAUSAL RELATEDNESS IS PHYSICAL CONNECTION.


Magic:

  • 11 Lifepath Number (Numerology)
  • 8 Lifepath Number for James Baldwin (Numerology)
  • 2 Expression Number (Numerology)
  • 8 Soul Urge Number (Numerology)
  • Connectedness® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Aries Sun
  • Aries Moon
  • Leo Rising
  • ENFP Myers Briggs Type


Support and Connect with Evita!


Pop Culture:


Resources:

  • The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield (If you are procrastinating or resisting your creativity, I recommend listening to the audio book for a good kick in the ass!)
  • Language, Culture, and Teaching by Sonia Nieto
  • Foundations of Meaning: Primary Metaphors and Primary Scenes by Joseph Grady
Wed, 21 Feb 2024 21:00:00 -0500
How Do You Do Fellow Kids? Meme with Stephen Henninger

Meme(s):

How Do You Do Fellow Kids? Meme - "So I chose the Steve Buscemi meme of when he... comes in with a skateboard over his back. I think he has a backward cap on, saying hello fellow youths or kids. And that is like my day to day in a nutshell trying to like work with college age students as I get farther and farther away from that."

Follow us on Instagram @memesmetaphorsandmagic to view the meme(s) for this episode.

Learn more about your personal year number with this free resource!


Metaphors:

  • Kitchen table energy versus dining table energy (THE KITCHEN TABLE IS HOME. / THE DINING TABLE IS A STAGE.)
  • IDEAS ARE FOOD.
  • LIFE IS A JOURNEY / LEARNING IS A JOURNEY.
  • INFORMATION IS STORIES.
  • Underlying, or primary, metaphors:
    • APPEALING IS TASTY.
    • DESIRE/NEED IS HUNGER.
    • CONSIDERING IS CHEWING.
    • MEANS ARE PATHS.
    • ACTION IS SELF-PROPELLED MOTION.
    • PURPOSES ARE DESTINATIONS.
    • ASSISTANCE IS SUPPORT.


Magic:

  • 7 Expression Number
  • Intellection® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Context® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Input® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Deliberative® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Learner® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)


Support and Connect with Stephen!


Pop Culture:


Resources:


Lingo Explained:

  • Occupancy = the area of a university that focuses on assigning students to their residence hall rooms
  • RA = Resident Assistant; student leaders who support their peers in the residence halls
  • RD = Resident Director; professional staff members who supervise staff in the residence halls&nbsp
Tue, 13 Feb 2024 22:00:00 -0500
David Rose and Dorothy Zbornak Memes with Matt Ferguson

Memes:

  • David Rose "Who Am I to Judge" Meme - "One is Schitt's Creek... and that meme has six images of David Rose, who, in some ways really resonates with my spirit. But the text above it says, 'Me: Who am I to judge?' And then... those six images are underneath that. It says 'also me' with various forms of very expressive judgmental faces, whether you're looking at eyes, whether you're looking at the hand gesture, where the hands at, whether you're looking at the forehead... So there's various forms of him...'"
  • Dorothy Zbornak's 4 Moods Meme - "The other one I found from a more distant favorite show of mine... that one has my four moods and, of course, it has the images of Dorothy Zbornak. But 1) is I need coffee, 2) is I need a nap, 3) is I need a vacation, and then that 4th image is one that says I need duct tape, a rope and a shovel."

    Follow us on Instagram @memesmetaphorsandmagic to view the meme(s) for this episode. And learn more about your personal year number with this free resource!


Metaphors:

  • "Love is blind but the neighbors ain't." - Nancy Letourneau (Matt's AP English teacher)
  • LIFE IS A CREATIVE PROCESS.
  • Underlying, or primary, metaphors:
    • CONSIDERING IS WEIGHING.
    • KNOWING OR UNDERSTANDING IS SEEING.
    • AFFECTION IS WARMTH.
    • EMOTIONAL INTIMACY IS PROXIMITY.


Magic:

  • 4 Lifepath Number (Numerology)
  • 6 Expression Number (Numerology)
  • 9 Soul Urge Number (Numerology)
  • Context® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Intellection® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Maximizer® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Responsibility® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Libra (Astrology)


Support and Connect with Matt!

Pop Culture:

Resources:

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 06:00:00 -0500
Squat & Squint and Blinking White Guy Memes with Dr. Mika Karikari

Memes:

  • Squat and Squint Meme - "The first one that I'm going to describe is of a black woman and she's in this like light pink kind of jacket blazer, these black pants, and she's outside and she's kind of leaning down and she's like what I assume out of breath, tired, just like, 'Oh, my gosh, what, what, what am I doing?'"
  • Drew Scanlon Reaction Meme / White Man Blinking Meme - "The second meme is of this white guy. And he's, I'm guessing maybe sitting, but he does this kind of blink thing. And I feel like I use that a lot when someone says something or does something that I'm like, 'Really, is that actually happening? Is this actually what we're doing?'"

Follow us on Instagram @memesmetaphorsandmagic to view the meme(s) for this episode. And learn more about your personal year number with this free resource I made especially for you!


Metaphors:

  • MEMES AND METAPHORS ARE BRIDGES.
  • MEMES AND METAPHORS ARE CONTAINERS.
  • MATCHING A MEME WITH YOUR EXPERIENCES IS GOING THROUGH A ROLODEX OF EXPERIENCES.
  • COMMUNICATION IS SENDING.
  • "Keep little things little." (MANAGEABLE MATTERS ARE SMALL IN SIZE.)
  • "Let my light shine." (MY LIGHT IS MY POSSIBILITY AND MAGIC. THE DEGREE MY LIGHT IS SHINING REFLECTS MY CIRCUMSTANCES.)
  • "Life's about choices." (LIFE IS A NEVER ENDING SERIES OF CHOICES.)
  • LIFE IS A CREATIVE PROCESS.
  • TWITTER/X IS A DUMPSTER FIRE.
  • Underlying, or primary, metaphors:
    • CONSIDERING IS WEIGHING
    • IMPORTANCE IS SIZE.
    • EXISTENCE IS VISIBILITY. (aka "Representation matters.")
    • CIRCUMSTANCES ARE WEATHER.
    • GOOD IS BRIGHT/BAD IS DARK.
    • KNOWING/UNDERSTANDING IS SEEING.
    • MORE/POSITIVE/POWERFUL IS UP.


Magic:

  • 8 Expression Number (Numerology)
  • Communication® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Connectedness® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Context® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Ideation® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Intellection® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Responsibility® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Strategic® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Woo® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Type 2: The Helper (Enneagram)
  • ESFJ Myers Briggs Type


Support and Connect with Mika!


Resources:

  • A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life by Parker Palmer
  • The Enlightened Eye: Qualitative Inquiry and the Enhancement of Educational Practice by Elliot W. Eisner
  • The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters by Priya Parker
  • Foundations of Meaning: Primary Metaphors and Primary Scenes by Joseph Grady
Tue, 30 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0500
Think About It! Memes with Lauren Bullock

Memes:

  • Roll Safe Think About It Meme - "So the first meme is a gentleman in a leather shirt who is standing outside of a store. Looks like he's on the street somewhere and he's got a nice little crisp part. He's giving very 90's New Jack City vibes... What he's doing is he's tapping on his temple and his head in a gesture that makes you think that what you're saying is like a good decision, or I thought about that."
  • Conceited (the Rapper) Reaction Meme - "So the second one, it's this guy looking at the proverbial off-screen camera, so imagine The Office whenever they paused and looked at the screen... and he's pursing his lips because something that was just said does not resonate with him and he is using his face to express his displeasure, concern, question about what was said."

Follow us on Instagram @memesmetaphorsandmagic to view the meme(s) for this episode. Learn more about your personal year number with this free resource I made especially for you!


Metaphors:

  • TIME IS MONEY.
  • HUMAN BEINGS ARE DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH.
  • THE LOGIC BEHIND OUR THINKING IS A CVS RECEIPT. (This metaphor can be related to another complex metaphor: ARGUMENTS ARE BUILDINGS.)
  • LEARNING/LIFE IS A JOURNEY.
  • Underlying, or primary, metaphors:
    • ACTION IS SELF-PROPELLED MOTION.
    • MORE/POSITIVE/POWERFUL IS UP.
    • OPPORTUNITIES ARE RESOURCES.
    • TIME IS A RESOURCE.
    • PERSISTING IS ERECTNESS.
    • CONSIDERING IS WEIGHING.

Magic:

  • 7 Lifepath Number (Numerology)
  • 8 Expression Number (Numerology)
  • Context® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Futuristic® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Relator® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Libra (Astrology)
  • ENTJ Myers Briggs Type


Support and Connect with Lauren!


Pop Culture:


Resources:

  • Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot
  • Conversations in Black: On Power, Politics, and Leadership by Ed Gordon
  • The Dollop Podcast
  • Immunity to Change: How to Overcome It and Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization by Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey
  • Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio
  • Seven Languages for Transformation: How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work by Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey
  • The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael Singer
  • What Got You Here Won't Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith
  • Once More, With Feeling: Partnering with Learners to Re-See the College Experience Through Metaphor and Sensory Language by Taran Cardone
Tue, 23 Jan 2024 23:00:00 -0500
Italians Be Like.... Meme with Matt Kwiatkowski

Meme(s):
"Italians be like we'll put out a few snacks."

"So it is a dining room in a house and basically the entire picture is filled with a table that has like mountains and mountains of food on it. It looks like it could be a holiday or it could just be a regular Sunday." - Matt Kwiatkowski

Follow us on Instagram @memesmetaphorsandmagic to view the meme(s) for this episode.

Learn more about your personal year number with this free resource!

Metaphors:

Some examples of metaphors from the conversation include:

  • LIFE IS AN ITALIAN FAMILY GATHERED AROUND A TABLE AND A MEAL.
  • "LIFE IS LIKE A BOX OF CHOCOLATES. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA GET." - Mrs. Gump in Forrest Gump
  • Underlying, or primary, metaphors:
    • IMPORTANCE IS SIZE.
    • PURPOSES ARE DESTINATIONS
    • TIME IS A CONTAINER.

Magic

  • 5 Lifepath Number (Numerology)
  • Connectedness® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Context® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)

Pop Culture:

Resources:

Mon, 01 Jan 2024 15:00:00 -0500
Who Am I and What Are We Doing Here?

In this episode, I share how I got into podcasting, what I'm about, and what I mean by memes, metaphors, and magic. We cover the key things before getting into the good stuff - discussing the memes that matter to our amazing guests.

Resources discussed on this episode:

Resources I didn't mention but informed this episode:

  • Foundations of Meaning: Primary Metaphors and Primary Scenes by Joseph Grady
  • Metaphor: A Practical Introduction, 2nd ed. by Zoltan Kovecses
  • Metaphors in the Mind: Sources of Variation in Embodied Metaphor by Jeannette Littlemore
  • Metaphors We Live By by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson
  • Sensory Templates and Manager Cognition: Art, Cognitive Science, and Spiritual Practices in Management Education by Claus Springborg

Pop culture references:

  • Bridesmaids
Sun, 31 Dec 2023 20:00:00 -0500
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