Emotions are evolutionarily baked into us. There’s an intelligence to them that can be our ally. I share why I value this evolutionary perspective and how it might help us understand the high degree of emotional energy in our collective nervous system right now.

November’s Theme

So often when I’m in the midst of transition I want to be on the other side already. Can I slow myself down enough to notice the micro moments within it all? And if so, what teachings lie there that are key to where I’m meant to land next? Exploration at the personal & collective.

October’s theme

In these dynamic times that we’re living in where things are changing at a rapid pace, how can we be in relationship with uncertainty in a way that’s grounding, generative and liberating? As things continue to change, what can we be certain about within ourselves, the Universe, our relationships and the world?

In this audio recording I share how I’m making sense of these times that we’re living in. I share the opportunity I see to use collective healing as a tool to facilitate the paradigm shifts we need to address global issues. My exploration is rooted in the question: “What can we take from what we know about individual healing and apply it to the collective?” Share what you think in our free online community.

August’s Theme

Whether the changes you’re tuned into are related to our climate, or to the massive culture shifts that come with technology, or to the pervasive feelings of political homelessness that abound, or to a growing sense of something new that’s right around the corner for us as a civilization…

Being alive these days requires us to have a relationship with newness.

July’s theme

To usher in a new world that’s regenerative, fair and equitable, and beautiful we need to heal the remnants of the old and free ourselves from the cycles that collective wounds keep us caught in. The field of trauma studies teaches us that being resourced is key to healing wounds, and to feel wounds may mean we’re resourced enough to do so. Therefore there’s the invitation to honor what we’ve inherited, as well.

Sure, this question seems obvious, but it’s more than just seeing from another’s view. Within the two forms of empathy — cognitive and emotional — the latter provides us with an embodied, felt sense understanding of each other that’s sorely missing in our divided US politics. Join my Post-Election Circle on Nov 8 to practice cultivating that empathy and tapping into our shared humanity.

I believe there’s a need for silence in this moment of racial reckoning from some of us. Not scared, feeble silence that cowers in the presence of this reality. And not slide-y silence that avoids, deflects and ignores. No, we need attentive silence. Observant silence. Silence that listens for and listens to the ghosts knocking at our doors and the collective trauma that’s coming to the surface.

An awakening process is happening for many people around white supremacy and racism: for some white people, waking up to the reality of systemic racism for the first time; for other people a further waking up to the reality that our system can’t reform itself; and for others it’s about shepherding the awakening of others. Wherever you are, thank you for showing up to the work. Anti-racism resources.

Inspired by Brazilian journalist Eliane Brum’s article, "The Power of the First Generation without Hope." A reflection on the wisdom of “the catastrophe isn’t the end, it’s in the middle." How the climate crisis is cracking us wide open to new ways of being we know in our bodies. Climate Circle offerings.

What does abundance mean in the face of climate change, structural inequality, resource constraints, and histories of oppression? What does it look like in practice? What does thinking about sustainability through the lens of abundance have to offer us practically, theoretically, spiritually?

Can our emotions be entry points for deeper insight and understanding of the changes going on in the world? Can our emotional experiences be portals for the past, present, and future in a way that shifts things at a more subtle dimension? Prayer, poetry, reflections.

Moral injury is a first-cousin to trauma. How living and participating in a society that doesn’t reflect my values is a moral injury; and as we continue to see the effects of climate injustice that moral injury will grow.

A reflection on the technical field of international sustainable development. A technical field that values left brain intelligence over right brain intelligence. A call to expand the whole-systems approach to include multiple intelligences.

How our worldviews are at the crux of how we relate to the world, including natural resources. A reflection on water scarcity and the war in Yemen.

How do we make sense of climate change and systemic collapse? How do we allow that to land in our bodies in order to be more fully present with this moment in time? And how do we trust in the process going on? Because even though I don’t know how to make sense of climate change, I do know from my own healing journey that everything’s here for a reason and we must believe in that potential to actualize it.

Our stories offer us a framework to understand and assess life. They reside in our consciousness, both individually and collectively. At this point in time, our collective story is in transition.

Healing the Collective Consciousness Gathering. A Systemic Constellation with representations for Social Wounds, Collective Consciousness, Healing, and Society. New York City.

Triggers — around the American flag, racial violence, misogyny — are real. And in our current political climate we all seem to be perpetually enflaming each others’. How can we represent our truths while being mindful of each others’ traumas?

During a cleanse the body brings built-up toxins to the surface in order to flush them out. How the 2016 election is part of a large process of purging what no longer serves us by bringing what we don’t want to see to the surface.