THE STONECUTTER | Episode 3 "He was already powerful. He had always been powerful. He just couldn't see it from where he was standing." Have you ever watched someone else's success and felt that familiar ache? The funding announcement you didn't get. The promotion that went to someone else. The life that looks shinier than yours. This story is about that feeling, and the surprising place it leads when you follow it all the way to the end. THE STORY In ancient Jap...

You've seen this story on Instagram. Two wolves. One good, one evil. "The one you feed wins." Beautiful. Tidy. Incomplete. There's a second part - a harder part - that changes everything. Tonight, a Cherokee grandfather reveals what really happens when you try to starve your dark wolf. And why the loudest voice in your head is usually the wrong one. In this episode: The full Two Wolves story, including the part most people never hearWhy "good vibes only" backfires (and what to do instead)Thre...

Hi, friends. Welcome to Maxima's Tales: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Minds. I'm Maxima. A mom of two, a founder, and a collector of old stories. I believes the answers we're looking for have already been found - we just haven't discovered them yet. Every week, I share a folk tale from somewhere in the world. Trickster spiders from Ghana. Wise grandmothers from Korea. Clever monkeys from India. Stories that grandmothers told grandchildren. Stories that survived wars and migrations and centuries o...

What if a spider could teach you more about negotiation than an MBA? In this episode, I take you to West Africa - to the Akan people of Ghana - to tell you the story of Anansi, a tiny spider who climbed to heaven, faced four impossible challenges, and won the most valuable prize in existence: all the world's stories. But this isn't just a folk tale. It's a masterclass in strategic thinking. You'll learn: Why studying psychology beats studying strengthHow resourcefulness defeats resources ever...