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Meme Nugget #4:

"I'm glad I learned about parallelograms instead of how to do taxes. It's really come in handy this parallelogram season." 

- Unknown

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Meme Nugget #3:

"Tomorrow is April fools' day. 

Believe nothing and trust no one.

Just like any other day." 

- Unknown

Resources:

• Once More, With Feeling: Partnering with Learners to Re-see the College Experience Through Metaphor and Sensory Language by Taran Cardone
• Philosopher, Poet, Trickster: New Role Models for Corporately Responsible Leaders by Donna Ladkin

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Memes: 

• Little Girl with Owl Meme - "The first meme is the girl. It's a young girl. I'm going to guess she's probably maybe 8 to 10 years old and she's literally holding her hand up and she has on this big thick brown leather glove covering her arm. And there's a huge hawk standing on her hand... And it's one of those empowering photos where you go, be as strong as a little girl holding the hawk. And it just jumped out at me." [We realized later in the conversation that it was an owl and not a hawk.]
• Andy Dwyer Happy Meme - "It's a picture of Chris Pratt, and he has this total look of surprise. His mouth is open and... it's a happy surprise... It's like, 'Oh my gosh, I can't believe I just discovered this. I found something. I'm excited!' And I love that meme because throughout the day, I am in complete shock and surprise at the things that happen at the farm."

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Metaphors:

• THE LITTLE GIRL WITH THE OWL IS WHEN WE ARE FEARLESS IN TAKING ON CHALLENGES. 
• ANDY DWYER IS THE DELIGHT WE EXPERIENCE WHEN WE EMBRACE FEARLESSNESS AND JUMP IN.
• HORSES ARE MIRRORS INTO HUMAN PSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR.
• Underlying, or primary, metaphors:
  • MORE/BETTER/POSITIVE IS UP.
  • HAPPY IS UP.
  • KNOWING/UNDERSTANDING IS SEEING.

Magic:

• 9 Expression Number (Numerology)
• 4 Soul Urge Number (Numerology)
• 5 Lifepath Number (Numerology)
• Positivity® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
• Woo® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
• Harmony® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
• Developer® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
• Taurus (Astrology)

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Pop Culture:

• Parks and Recreation

Resources:

• Pure Possibilities - Align Your Heart, Mind, Energy & Soul Podcast with Shannon Danielle

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Memes: 

• Tired AF Chihuahua in Unicorn Costume Meme - "Okay, well, the first one I sent it has a picture of an angry disgruntled chihuahua type dog in a costume. It's a unicorn costume with a bright purple horn and across the top of the Instagram photo it says when you're a magical majestic creature with secret powers but you're... tired af but, yeah, that one appeared multiple times."
• Pick Your Battles Meme - "It's like a conversation between two accounts or like a reply to an initial post from one account. The initial poster is @thequeerwithoutfear is the handle and it says 'Pick your battles, pick... pick fewer battles than that. Put some battles back. That's too many.' And then Miss Voltairine, which going back to philosophy, replied and said, 'Me, frantically trying to hold on to my armload of battles, battles falling out of my pockets: NO I need ALL these battles.'"

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Metaphors:

• PROVIDING FEEDBACK IS A PROCESS OF PUTTING THINGS ON A TABLE AND LOOKING AT THEM.
• LIFE IS A STRUGGLE. / ARGUMENT IS COMBAT/WAR/STRUGGLE.
• REGULATING ANGER IS REGULATING AIR IN AN INFLATED TIRE.
• LIFE IS THEATER. / LIFE IS DRAG. / HUMANS ARE ACTORS IN THE THEATER OF LIFE.
• LIFE IS BOTH/AND. / ALL OF LIFE IS INTERCONNECTED AND MAKES SENSE WITHIN THE WHOLE. 
• Underlying, or primary, metaphors:
  • KNOWING/UNDERSTANDING IS SEEING.
  • CONSIDERING IS LOOKING AT.
  • UNDERSTANDING IS GRASPING.
  • CONSIDERING IS WEIGHING.
  • ALTERNATIVE UNDERSTANDINGS OF AN ENTITY ARE SIDES OF AN OBJECT.
  • DIFFICULTIES ARE OPPONENTS.
  • OBJECTING IS ATTACKING.
  • INTENSITY OF EMOTION IS HEAT.
  • BEING IN CONTROL IS BEING ABOVE.
  • SOCIAL STATUS IS VERTICAL ELEVATION.
  • MORE IS UP.
  • LESS IS DOWN.
  • EXISTENCE IS VISIBILITY.
  • (LOGICAL) ORGANIZATION IS PHYSICAL STRUCTURE.
  • INTERRELATEDNESS IS PHYSICAL INTERCONNECTEDNESS. 
  • SIMILARITY IS ALIGNMENT.

Magic:

• 7 Lifepath Number (Numerology)
• 8 Expression Number (Numerology)
• Connectedness® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
• Ideation® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
• Harmony® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
• Woo® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
• Relator® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
• Sun in Scorpio (Astrology)
• Moon in Aquarius (Astrology)

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• Meet the Parents
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Resources:

• Purple Leash Project (a collaboration between Purina and Red Rover to keep beloved pets with their owners escaping and surviving domestic abuse situations)
• Metaphors We Live By by George Lakoff & Mark Johnson
• Foundations of Meaning: Primary Metaphors and Primary Scenes by Joseph Grady

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Meme(s): 

• Meme - "So it is a picture of Morpheus from The Matrix. So, hopefully, everybody has seen The Matrix. It's a fantastic movie. And it says, 'What if I told you eating quote unquote healthy isn't always conducive to a healthy relationship with food or one's mind and body?'"

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Metaphors:

• EITHER/OR THINKING IS BLACK OR WHITE.
• COMPLEXITY IS GRAY.
• LIFE ISN'T ABOUT THE DESTINATION; LIFE IS ABOUT THE JOURNEY. / LIFE IS A JOURNEY.
• Kintsugi pottery - BROKEN AND MENDED POTTERY PIECES ARE BEAUTIFUL IN THEIR BROKENESS AS ARE HUMANS BEAUTIFUL IN THEIR BROKENNESS.
• Underlying, or primary, metaphors:
  • MORALITY IS CLEANLINESS.
  • IMPORTANCE IS SIZE/VOLUME.
  • IMPORTANCE IS MASS/WEIGHT.
  • DIFFICULTIES/BURDENS ARE HEAVINESS. 
  • MORE/POSITIVE/BETTER IS UP.
  • DESIRE/NEED IS HUNGER.
  • AFFECTION IS WARMTH. 
  • EMOTIONAL INTIMACY IS PROXIMITY. 
  • PURPOSES ARE DESTINATIONS.

Magic:

• 11 Soul Urge Number (Numerology)
• 4 Lifepath Number (Numerology)
• 9 Expression Number (Numerology)

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Pop Culture:

• The Matrix

Resources:

• Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love. Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown
• Self-Compassion by Kristin Neff
• Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything by Geneen Roth
• Authoring Your Life: Developing Your Internal Voice to Navigate Life's Challenges  by Marcia Baxter Magolda
• Empathy Cards by Emily McDowell
• Foundations of Meaning: Primary Metaphors and Primary Scenes by Joseph Grady

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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."

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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)

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Pop Culture:

• Great Gatsby Reaction / Leonardo DiCaprio Toast Meme
• Roll Safe Think About It Meme (Check out our episode about this meme with Lauren Bullock on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!)
• Friday Night Lights
• Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Resources:

• The Pivot Year by Brianna Wiest
• Authoring Your Life: Developing Your Internal Voice to Navigate Life's Challenges

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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."

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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®)

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Pop Culture:

• Parks and Recreation
• Fiona and Fritz (Hippos from the Cincinnati Zoo)

Resources:

• The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man's World by Alan Downs
• Foundations of Meaning: Primary Metaphors and Primary Scenes by Joseph Grady

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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."

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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®)

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Pop Culture:

• Iyanla, Fix My Life

Resources:

• Connection Project 360 Podcast

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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

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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)

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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:

• Perspectives of Grief with Kenne-Anne
• Coffee, Grief, & Gratitude with Anne Gudger and Maria Gibson
• Maria Goncalves Podcast - Mediumship, Intuition, Tarot
• Pushing Through Loss: Stories of Loss and Discovering the Inner Strength Warrior Within with Kelila Green Siciliano

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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.'"

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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

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Pop Culture:

• Barbie
• Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
• Meet the Parents
• You, Me and Dupree

Resources:

• Meeting at the Crossroads: Women's Psychology and Girls' Development by Lyn Mikel Brown and Carol Gilligan
• Connections between Leadership and Developmental Capacities in College Students  by Dr. Heather Shook Christman
• Foundations of Meaning: Primary Metaphors and Primary Scenes  by Joseph Grady 

A Few Parenting Podcasts You Might Enjoy:

• Same Shit, Different Mom with Carly Ely
• Alternative Parenting with Efrat Amira
• Liberating Motherhood with Leah LaHue