The Five Archetypes Behind My Maven Journey

The Maven arrived a few months before this as an image, then as the word, then as everything sitting behind it. She is a seeker of truth and a keeper of secrets, somebody who has gone far enough into a thing that she is no longer standing outside it. This is the opening of a six part journey towards that. The five archetypes I use are hiding inside the word itself, M A V E N, and each one carries a piece of what I think a Maven actually is. The point is never the arrival. Nobody gets to the end of knowing anything, there is always another layer and another side and another depth to it, so the whole thing is the walk towards it. I also talk about why I recorded these the way I did, and about stretching your mind on purpose by listening to ideas that sit a long way from where you are standing. That stretch is what lets more in. These episodes come from my archive. Years of lives, courses and conversations that were sitting on a channel doing nothing, so I am bringing them back one at a time. Some of it I would say differently now, and that is fine, it is all part of how I got here. First published 17 August 2023. __ I’ve burned through enough identities to stop believing in a final version of myself. For a long time, I stood in the middle of reality demanding answers. Reality laughed, lit a cigarette, and left me holding the blueprint. Now I trace the patterns in identity, belief and human behaviour, and talk about what I find. My Ego Says Hi holds all my old podcasts, alongside whatever comes next. Different versions of me speaking from different points in the same life. My books, Money Surge, Body Surge and Love Surge, explore the patterns, beliefs and behaviours that shape our relationships with money, our bodies and love. Together they form the Surge Trilogy, three 21-day protocols available as full audiobooks on Spotify. Money Surge https://open.spotify.com/show/0MnVWHQgPQiaQLgzWADVRd Body Surge https://open.spotify.com/show/1wyLX50IhCOaRMeuncGd6Z Love Surge https://open.spotify.com/show/14jYtxSRLHrd8cfOmDtvNU I write about identity, belief and human behaviour on Substack. My website brings together my writing, art, portfolio and systems. Writing & Essays https://annachitticksego.substack.com Portfolio & Systems https://annachittick.com