Blurb:
Feel like a tornado has blown your life apart? Be encouraged! Your hero’s journey is just about to begin. Join Dorothy and co down the Yellow Brick Road and discover why The Wizard of Oz still resonates with us today!
Excerpt from episode:
“Dorothy famously begins in Kansas, on a dreary, dusty farm. Life is plain, predictable, and monotonous, which is amplified in the film by this scene being shot in black-and-white. She longs for something more — a place “somewhere over the rainbow” where troubles melt like lemon drops. Yet home also means security: Aunty Em, Uncle Henry, and her dog Toto keep Dorothy safe but somewhat infantile. She totally leaned on the grown-ups around her to solve all her problems – almost to the point of being a pest. This trait represents the innocence of childhood, free from real responsibility and the ability to handle them. What is Kansas for you today, dear pilgrim? What part of your life is safe, predictable, but also underdeveloped? Kansas reminds us of our own beginnings, the familiar patterns we are raised with but must outgrow. Without this home base, our transformation means little…”