Buckle up for some high-stakes trade drama! The White House’s big guns—Treasury Secretary Scott “Moneybags” Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and Trade Rep Jamieson Greer—are jetting off to London to face off with a Chinese delegation in a trade talk showdown on Monday. Fresh off a surprisingly chummy phone call between President Trump and Xi Jinping, the vibe is cautiously optimistic after a tariff-throwing tantrum earlier this year. Picture this: after a semi-successful Geneva gabfest in May 2025, where both sides pinky-promised to chill on sky-high tariffs, things got spicy again. But Trump’s hyping this London meet as a potential blockbuster, predicting it’ll “go very well.” Will they hash out the trade imbalance and keep the rare earth minerals flowing, or will it be another round of economic tug-of-war? Grab your popcorn—this could be a wild ride!

What direction do you think this is headed in? Share your thoughts in the comments. 👇

Link to article: https://news.sky.com/story/white-house-officials-to-meet-chinese-delegation-in-london-for-next-round-of-trade-talks-13380245

The Heroine's Journey: A Guidebook 📕

Western society loves the Hero’s Journey. Joseph Campbell, who first identified this mythic structure, described the Hero’s Journey as "the mono-myth", or the singular myth repeated across cultures, civilizations, and time periods. We return to this structure so often that some academics argue that the Hero’s Journey is the only story we’ve ever really told or identified with.

But it's not.

The Heroine’s Journey is its counterpart and is a story of agency and power. A Heroine begins her story a powerless victim, then embarks on a journey of awakening that reveals the power within. Unlike the Hero’s Journey, in which a Hero explores the world in order to find his authentic self and his role in society, the Heroine’s Journey is an inward process of self-discovery in which she reclaims what has always been hers.

Continue reading: https://laracrigger.substack.com/p/the-heroines-journey-guidebook