#170 - Michael Meade - Fate, Destiny & How To Unlock Your Inner Genius
Release Date: 02/14/2026
Wendy K Laidlaw
In this powerful conversation, Wendy K Laidlaw sits with mythologist and storyteller Michael Meade, founder of the Mosaic Multicultural Foundation and author of books; Fate and Destiny, The Genius Myth, and Why the World Doesn’t End. For over forty years, Michael has worked with communities in crisis, from prisons to war zones, using the transformative power of myth and story telling to help people rediscover their deeper meaning, identity and purpose. We explore: • The difference between fate and destiny • Why crisis can be initiatory • The mythic nature of emotional intensity • How...
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This weeks podcast with Wendy K Laidlaw discusses some recent personal challenges she's overcome and the value of journaling as a tool for guidance, self-reflection, emotional balance, and personal growth. Wendy also shares her experience with nurturing a sick puppy (called Daisy), dealing with doubt, and managing different "Parts" of the personality, including that aged old one called Perfectionism. Journaling, she explains, has been instrumental in overcoming and navigating life's obstacles and creating positive change, such as writing and publishing multiple books and developing the...
info_outlineIn this powerful conversation, Wendy K Laidlaw sits with mythologist and storyteller Michael Meade, founder of the Mosaic Multicultural Foundation and author of books; Fate and Destiny, The Genius Myth, and Why the World Doesn’t End.
For over forty years, Michael has worked with communities in crisis, from prisons to war zones, using the transformative power of myth and story telling to help people rediscover their deeper meaning, identity and purpose.
We explore:
• The difference between fate and destiny
• Why crisis can be initiatory
• The mythic nature of emotional intensity
• How each person carries a unique inner genius
• Why the world’s instability may be calling us into deeper alignment
If you are a sensitive soul…
If you have ever felt “different”…
If you sense you are here for something deeper…
Then this conversation will speak directly to you.
As The Emotionologist®, I believe emotional depth is not something to suppress - (think - "what the mind suppresses the body expresses") - more it is something to understand and channel.
Michael Meade’s powerful work reminds us that beneath anxiety, upheaval, and cultural noise lies something ancient and powerful; the story of who we are meant to become.
To learn more about Michael go to https://www.mosaicvoices.org/ or visit Living Myth on YouTube and Patreon.
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