awakening into connection
Thoughts following the US action in Iraq
We’re all on the journey towards connection and coherence, exploring at whatever rate seems right to us – and then we wake up and find that the world has descended into chaos.
At times like this, it’s easy to fall into tribal narratives – whatever our tribe may be, we know our side is right and the other side is wrong. Which is largely the old-paradigm thinking that got us to this in the first place. Instead, those of us who believe in a different future, need to find ways to be grounded and balanced – we need to be the balance for the world. Every bit of research shows that the more we can change our own energy, the more we can become heart coherent, the more we can shift out of crisis-ridden Beta brain patterns into alpha or even theta, the more the people around us come into balance. The ripple effects spreads out.
Finding stillness & connection in the midst of chaos
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Episodes in our Introductory Series
#Bonus: Responding to the turning of the world: Thoughts on how the US election marks the inflection point of our times
It occurs to me that we are now at an inflection point in the WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrial, Rich and – notionally – Democratic) culture that has been so successful in destroying the ecosphere.
So where do we go from here?
Turning waste into wellbeing, wildlife, food and forests: Bringing permaculture to schools with Elliot Riley
Young people are facing a world where the only certainty is uncertainty. where the only known is the unknown. So what can we do to offer them the best grounding to move forward into the transition to come?
Having your C.A.K.E. (Compassion, Awareness, Knowledge, Empathy) and sharing what you learn – with Andrew Hale of Dog Centered Care
How does an understanding of what makes dogs tick, help us to understand ourselves and our place in the world? What does it take to feel safe – as a human, or as a dog (or cat, or horse, or… anything)? And how can we help ourselves and each other find regulation in a VUCA world (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous)?
Rethink, Repair, Rebuild – with Natalie Bennett, former leader of the Green Party
How can we achieve total systemic change? And are there politicians anywhere who are ready to make it happen (in a way that supports the continuation of complex life on this planet, not the scorched-earth destruction of the right)?
The Lama, the Oath and the Web of Treasure Vases – with Cynthia Jurs, author of ‘Summoned by the Earth’
How do we recover our birthright as awake, aware nodes in the greater Web of Life? How do we find the compassion and courage to be the best of ourselves? Cynthia Jurs is a Buddhist who has spent the past 34 years carrying out sacred pilgrimages all around the world, burying a network of ’Treasure Vases’ to build a web of compassion and care – and more people are joining her all the time. We can all be part of this.
Living Well in a Tiny House with Rachel Butler and Maddy Longhurst of Bristol Tiny House Community
How do we offer secure, safe, dry, affordable homes to all the people who want them while not breaching our planetary boundaries more than we have already?
Of Reindeer, Donkeys and the verb that is Water. Stories of climate-healing with Judith Schwartz
How do we move beyond our myopic focus on carbon/CO2 as the index of our harms to the world? What can we do to heal the whole biosphere? And what role is played by water-as-verb, forest-as-verb, ocean-as-verb?
Building an Economics of Happiness: Why our Future must be Local with Helena Norberg Hodge of Local Futures
How do we build the local futures we all know we need? What does it actually take to become a good enough ancestor? Or even the best ancestor we can be? Our guest this week, Helena Norberg-Hodge, has given her life to exploring the answers, and helping birth them into being.
Autumn Equinox meditation 2024
Here is an Autumn Equinox Meditation to help set you up for the shift from the long days to the long nights.
#Bonus: Thoughts at the Autumn Equinox 2024 – how, what, when, where and why – with Manda Scott
This is our regular September bonus episode – a brief look at where we’re at – how I (Manda) see things just now as we head deeper into the moment of transformation.
Forking the Future: building routes to viable change with Tim Frenneaux of Pivot
How can business become an active, pro-active part of the multi-faceted solution to the meta-crisis? How can we accelerate our shift towards the emergent edge of Inter-Becoming? Tim Frenneaux of the Pivot project is working at the leading edge of regenerative business design to find the answers that will help us all.
Stop killing the planet! Shaping international law so it’s on the side of Life with JoJo Mehta of Stop Ecocide International
Can our national and international legal systems be harnessed in service of life, to put the brakes on the worst excesses of capitalism and slow the annihilation of our eco-sphere? Stop Ecocide International exists explicitly to make this happen and this week, we talk to Jojo Mehta, co-founder and Executive Director of the movement.
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