S5.24-128 - What's in a Name... "Shirah and Paul"

This episode of What's in a Name? features a first for the show: a father-daughter duo, Shirah and Paul, joining me together from Wisconsin. Shirah unpacks how her Hebrew name means "poetic song", while Paul reveals the surprising tension between his first name Paul, meaning "small and humble," and his middle name Lothar, meaning "boastful warrior," a balance he came to embrace only in his 50s. 

Along the way they trade theories on whether a name can become a spiritual goal you grow into, dig into the layered symbolism behind everyday words like "song" and "humble," and even reframe the biblical Jacob from "trickster" to relentless paradigm shifter. It is a warm, wide-ranging conversation about identity, family, and the deeper meanings hiding in the names we carry. 

Press play and see if it shifts your paradigm too.