Turkey, tomatoes and poppadoms : storytelling and its role in making meaning and learning -- Monks, mobsters and the matrix : knowledge, learning, action and change -- Vampires, hustlers and tough love : the use and abuse of power and trust -- From the bada-bing to the belly of the whale (by way of Belgium) : the mentor as moral compass and conscience -- Ratso, Rita and the android : personal change and self-fulfilment -- The enemy within, or just a critical friend? : the subversive mentor or transformation through subversion, humor and tough love -- Attorneys, aliens and fools : mentoring for diversity and speaking truth to power -- "Get busy living or get busy dying" : purpose, autonomy and the power of positive thinking -- Summary.