When Survival Mode Feels Like the Only Option

​ ​ Welcome back to Magic in the Messy Middle. This is part of the Messy Middle Archetype™ Series, six issues, each with a companion podcast episode, walking through one Messy Middle archetype at a time. You don’t need to catch all of them to get something out...

The Plate That Never Gets Lighter

​ ​ This is part of the Messy Middle Archetype™ Series: six pieces, each with a companion podcast episode, one for each of the six Messy Middle Archetypes™. You don’t need to see yourself in all of them. Think of each one as an invitation to name the season you...

From Human Doing to Human Being

​ I’m a human being, and yet I know many times I showed up as a human doing, and still do sometimes. ​ Doing mode prevents us from being able to focus on the most important things because we are too busy scoring points checking the little things off the list....