Tracking the Journey of one of the greatest villains in cinema, Darth Vader, may help us figure out where we've made missteps in our own life. We all start out as children - how and why did we get so

This episode was an unscripted YouTube livestream that turned out better than I ever expected it would. I've had a lot of these thoughts whirling around in my head and needed to get them out somehow.

It took me a while to figure it out and get it written, but Step 4 of my Heroine's Journey model is finally here! Be careful when making deals with the Fae! Mark Stratton's Heroine's Journey: Step 1

First listened to (and heard of) Man With a Mission's Into the Deep last night and I can't stop listening to it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMIaDLICMC4 This is my interpretation of these very "d

It's been a year since I completed my Hero's Journey series. Let's take an alternate view of 5 common misconceptions that people often have about it.

Let's take a look at seven characters from popular film and TV that are various incarnations of Existential Nihilism. Clips from: The Matrix Trilogy See my Matrix analysis here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vZlJLAMp5k Man of Steel She-Ra and the P

I felt that I Am Mother, Soul and Entrapta from Netflix's She-Ra series all needed to be talked about in the same video as they all portray "Purpose" from differing perspectives.

It seems that the first steps of any Journey are the most difficult - especially if we didn't want to take it in the first place. And even if we did want to take it, it doesn't mean that we're going to have an easy time leaving our "Perfect" world behind

Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts is an absolutely beautiful animated show that is full of depth. In this episode Mark explores the possible reason that Scarlemagne (aka Hugo Oak) HAD to die at the end of the series. Sorry for the spoiler, but there was

While Blade Runner may very well be a story of a former cop battling his own inner demons, I choose to believe that the real Hero of the film is the seemingly crazed Roy Batty: an android who develops a soul and attains enlightenment all in the last 10 mi