Episode 12: Courting the Wild Twin by Martin Shaw with Jeff Mount

What Amy is reading - A Red-Rose Chain - Book Nine in the October Day Series by Seanan McGuire: https://seananmcguire.com/arrc.php 

What Kate is reading - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - Book One in the Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers: https://www.otherscribbles.com/thelongway 

Meet this episode’s guest Jeff Mount: Jeff Mount is a storyteller and leadership coach.  He is the founder of Warrior Poet Coaching, LLC, wherein he works with emerging leaders to find the stories that most empower them and shape their positive impact on the world. He is also author of "The Sacred Art of Pilgrimage" a guidebook for transformative travel, set to release in 2025. He also loves hiking, riding motorcycles, hanging with his awesome girlfriend Elisabeth, his twin son and daughter, and his Alaskan Malamute, Malcolm.

Malamute is pronounced ma·luh·myoot

Courting the Wild Twin by Martin Shaw: https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/courting-the-wild-twin/

• Read Jeff’s full selection: https://static.wixstatic.com/media/33805f_598006216e6b48648713ee269249dc52~mv2.png 

Dram originally comes from the Ancient Greek currency drachmē, one of the oldest coins, which itself comes from the word “to grasp” (dragme in Anglo-French and Late Latin). It also describes the coins’ weight, was used as a unit of measurement in ancient Rome, and then more formally throughout medieval Europe. Its use for specifically whisky reportedly began in Scotland, with no official amount - perhaps more of a feeling. Or a bartender’s feeling about you. There are specific definitions now, but like, just know if you want a wee dram or a large dram.

9 Healthy Reasons You Should Be Drinking Bourbon: https://boguesounddistillery.com/9-healthy-reasons-you-should-be-drinking-bourbon/ 

The wilderness vigil (known by many names) is an ancient rite that can be found across cultures, probably for about as long as there have been people. Key themes include solitude, the search for a profound connection with the earth, nature and oneself, a discovery or regaining of self, seeking of guidance and clarity, connection to the “collective unconscious” or ancestral memories - ties to the past, with direction for the future.

Dartmoor is an uplands area of moorland in southern Devon, located in South West England, known for beautiful views, a haunting history, tors (hills topped with outcrops of bedrock, primarily granite in Dartmoor), a supposedly inescapable prison, and literary inspiration (notably Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles, among others). 

Learn more about Jeff’s leadership coaching (and get coached yourself!): https://www.jeffmountcoaching.com/ 

The first records of the term canon come from before the 900s. It ultimately comes from the Greek kanṓn, meaning “measuring rod, rule.” Often canon can refer to a set of rules or a collection of works that dictate the rules.

Male foxes are known as dogs, tods or reynards, the last tying in with Reynard the Fox, an anthropomorphic red fox and trickster figure from medieval European folklore. Apparently Reynard is the real inspiration for Disney's animated Robin Hood, not actual Robin Hood, which is why he's portrayed as a disturbingly alluring cartoon fox!

David Rakoff telling The Tale of the Scorpion and the Tortoise during a live taping of This American Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldqjM7x6NhE

Thought to be German in origin, The Handless Maiden (and variant titles) is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, placed as number 31 in the 1812 edition publication of Children's and Household Tales.

• Read an essay by Martin Shaw that references The Handless Maiden in the context of navigating mystery: https://emergencemagazine.org/essay/navigating-the-mysteries/

• Angela Slatter tells a version of this in her book The Girl With No Hands and Other Tales: https://www.angelaslatter.com/publications/the-girl-with-no-hands-and-other-tales/

Jeff talks about thin places both beautifully and comprehensively, here is a fun piece if you’d like to read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/11/travel/thin-places-where-we-are-jolted-out-of-old-ways-of-seeing-the-world.html 

A version of Ivan the Bear: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Russian_Wonder_Tales/Little_Bear%27s_Son

This is a reference to Finding Good Bones Episode Five: Spring Break 1899 by Murder by Death with Amy Winters: https://www.findinggoodbones.com/episodes/episode-five-spring-break-1899-by-murder-by-death-with-amy-winters 

• Quote: “I stored my shame in my belly, 'Till I needed to be strong”

This is especially poignant because Jeff is not just a fourth degree black belt in judgment but also a fourth degree black belt in Krav Maga

Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés: https://www.clarissapinkolaestes.com/

• Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype - A field guide to the creative life of the soul, unfettered, fierce, and radiant: https://www.clarissapinkolaestes.com/women_who_run_with_the_wolves__myths_and_stories_of_the_wild_woman_archetype_101250.htm 

Our Good Bones Recommendation for Eva: Witch, a podcast by BBC Radio 4: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001mc4p

• Official description: “The witch has held a place firmly in our imagination for centuries - from whispered warnings in folklore to pop-culture driven heights. But what does it mean to be a witch today? Presenter India Rakusen, creator of the podcast 28ish Days Later, is on a journey to find out.”

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