Author of books that weave stories and connect perspectives

The Bridge

The introductory book to the 2 Ways of Knowing project

The Bridge is a captivating exploration of circular and linear thinking. This thought-provoking book delves into these two distinct thought processes, unveiling their unique strengths and limitations, while inviting readers to reflect upon their own cognitive patterns.

The Bridge offers a framework for linear and circular thinking. It shows how linear command and control methods have their place, such as when building a safety net. When we seek things like relationship development and repair, and resilience in the face of the unknown, we need circular thinking. Hudson leads us into a fascinating exploration of how to participate in both these ways of knowing.

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The Virgin’s Promise

The first book in a trilogy of Story Archetypes

The Virgin's Promise introduces the universal story of knowing yourself, separate from what everyone else expects of you, and bringing that to life. Readers are guided through a step-by-step experience of this transformative path to live authentically, follow your dreams, and shed your limiting beliefs.

Drawing upon the interplay between the Virgin and the Hero archetypes, the book delves into the way these two journeys intertwine in screenplays. And a bonus, many readers find that their perspectives on their personal life is also forever changed.

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  • "A big part of my leadership is to stay engaged in difficult conversations. We need to see the value in that relationship even when things are hard. The Bridge gives us a powerful framework for exploring a tough issue and discovering something good on the other side"

    The Bridge reader - Grand Chief Peter Johnston, Council of Yukon First Nations

  • "Reading this thoughtful and courageous book feels like opening a gift from Kim Hudson.  It is rich with insight, science, stories and personal reflection, making it highly engaging, readable and provocative.  Kim's personal stories allow us to reach into our own.  It is the right book at the right time: opening our imagination to new ways forward. I can’t stop thinking about the possibility in the power of The Bridge"

    The Bridge reader - Dr. Brenda Morrison (PhD), Research and Engagement Centre for Restorative Justice, Simon Fraser University

  • "With warmth and wit, Hudson draws on memorable stories that provide a well-researched, compassionate, and novel approach to humanity’s crossed wires. The Bridge is an important book for everyone committed to sustainability, Reconciliation, and inclusion. It should be required reading for board directors, activists, educators, and bureaucrats in these complex times"

    The Bridge reader

  • "Author and geologist Kim Hudson provides a well-researched and compassionate approach to bridging the twin worlds of linear and circular thinking. With warmth and wit, she draws on memorable stories that illuminate humanity’s crossed wires and deep bonds along the path to mutual understanding. The Bridge is an important book for everyone committed to communications in support of sustainability, Reconciliation, and inclusion. It should be required reading for board directors, activists, educators, bureaucrats, and allies as we work together for common cause in complex times"

    The Bridge reader- Catherine Warren, Community & Economic Development Leader

  • "What I found on these pages was an eye-opening retelling of the universal human story from a feminine perspective, with quite different language and thinking than I had ever considered. This book repeatedly pounds me with how much I didn’t know."

    The Virgin’s Promise - Chris Vogler, The Writer's Journey

  • "Each time Kim speaks to my class the feeling is one of expansiveness and many of the students leave changed and empowered to tell the kinds of stories they want to tell."

    The Virgin’s Promise - Matthew Kalil, The Three Well of Screen Writing

  • “For a work as thought provoking and even profound as this, The Virgin’s Promise is thankfully accessible and not for a moment esoteric during its read. The icing on the cake is Hudson’s style and use of language. At once simple and yet complex.”

    The Virgin’s Promise - Deepa Mehta, director/screenwriter for Earth, Fire, Water, and Bollywood/Hollywood

  • “A story well told can change the world. Hudson unlocks the secret to writing stories of self-fulfillment in this lovely and inspiring book. A must read for storytellers and screenwriters.”

    The Virgin’s Promise - Mireille Soria, producer of Ever After

  • "And I love that you uncovered a pattern that was always there, and something that rings true to people’s lives, and has a deep soulful resonance. I just heard about it today and it has blown my mind and my heart. "

    The Virgin’s Promise reader- Sherwin Sullivan Tjia

  • "I just wanted to get in touch and thank you again for the great course at Raindance - I enjoyed every minute of it and have taken a lot away that will be useful in my future writing. The course was well constructed and the combination of information, example and exercise were incredibly helpful and embedded the steps in my mind."

    Virgin’s Promise workshop attendee- Laura Oheimer, London

  • "Wow. Talk about shifting my perspective. I read your book and it was like a thousand watt light bulb turned on. I could go on and on, but I really just wanted to say thank you for your work. It changed my life, the way I see my own journey and the journey of countless others, for the better. I feel like it gave me “permission” to be on the journey I am on."

    The Virgin’s Promise - Ron Tester, CEC Growth Strategist

  • "Your book makes it so much easier to see and discuss the flaws in the way many of my male clients write female characters, and give them a path to healing their thinking about female characters."

    The Virgin’s Promise reader - Bill Donavan, Inside Info

  • "Just wanted to say once again how much I enjoyed your course this weekend gone. I’m going to get into your book and some serious work over the coming months, thanks to your jolt!"

    Virgin’s Promise - London Workshop Participant

  • "I found the contrast to the Hero's Journey intriguing; in particular, the new focus on uncertainty and trusting intuition, as well as not needing goals to be clearly identified at the start of a story and only revealing them at the end as an insight gained."

    Virgin’s Promise - London Workshop Participant

  • "I have been reading your book with delight and re-reading some sections over and over again. It feels as if you have been writing about my life. Hmmm..... I had no idea this is what I had been living through. Thank you for shedding some light onto the difficulties too."

    The Virgin’s Promise reader

  • "The book offers a detailed preamble, explaining why and how we are missing a perspective we didn't know we were missing. Once you see it, you can't un-see this revolution without a revolt. And then you find it present and absent, and the emotional consequence in many classical or new stories and paradigms."

    The Virgin’s Promise reader - Sandeep Gupta, LA Theorist