Writing
The world needs your unique perspective on things
Coming up with our own answers about this time of complex world change. Between mass media, political divisiveness and urgent calls for social action, we can find ourselves being inundated with voices and perspectives that tell us what and how to think. In Circle we create space for you to figure that out for yourself.
Is my silence violence? The contrarian call for silence from within
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.
This moment of collective awakening: #BlackLivesMatter
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.
What is sustainable abundance? Visions about our collective future
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?
Healing Wounds in the Collective Consciousness
Healing the Collective Consciousness Gathering. A Systemic Constellation with representations for Social Wounds, Collective Consciousness, Healing, and Society. New York City.
The Revolving Door of Triggers
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?