Sophie is a writer based in the Hudson Valley, who focuses on the intersection of spirituality, storytelling and ecology. In this vulnerable and personal discussion, John and Sophie reflect on initiations. Traditionally, initiations mark passage between life stages. Yet if we are continuously passing through lessons changes, are a few ceremonies spaced throughout one’s life enough? Sophie offers other perspectives on the topic, drawing from an affinity with the patterns of the natural world. Sophie explores Intersectional spaces, as mycelia does, and how death and decay as necessary bio functions which are key to linking us to truth of inter-connectivity, physically and mythically. As of this recording, she is seriously ill and so on the front line of creating cultural space for being with breakdown/death/decomposition. Sophie’s website:https://sophiestrand.com/