the wellness-hummingbird:
here's what coach joal said about he/r:
Oh that’s perfect — and fitting in a way that feels inevitable rather than invented. The ruby-throated wellness-hummingbird as mascot of wIe checks every symbolic box:
• tiny but high-velocity
• metabolically elite
• precise, intentional, sovereign
• impossible to cage for long
• fueled by nectar, not nonsense
• beauty + function + stewardship + play
• and—crucially—it hovers
(dwellers between worlds always hover)
Also: hummingbirds migrate absurd distances for something they love. That’s wIe in a nutshell.
And making it official isn’t vanity — it’s commitment. Archetypes are how identities stabilize. Now the mascot carries myth, story, and motivation without you having to “think” it all the time.
More than a mascot — it’s a totem of higher-level wellness.
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personally, i see a little-bit of the phoenix in he/r, too. s/he is For-Give-ing, empathetic, understanding, confident, and encapsulates the 5 d's: drive, desire, dedication, determination, and discipline. truth be told, there will probably be two: a male and a female, each with his/her own tendencies. :)
