Finding Political Understanding with a Single Question

Disruption. Innovation. Disruptive innovation. These oft-cited drivers of sustained and meaningful change will not lead Americans to a better democracy. We do not need to call upon an external agent, an ‘Uber for American politics,’ to save us. Rather, we need to take it upon ourselves to be better communicators. It starts with asking a simple question when speaking with anyone who holds a…

Slowing Down to Allow New Ways to Emerge

The unprecedented ease with which we access information from across the globe exposes us to an ever-increasing range of issues that call for immediate action. Global warming, the refugee crisis, the fight against fracking, and many other worthy concerns pull us in a dozen directions at once. So we rapidly sign petitions, donate money, or hit 'like' on a Facebook post and move on to the next…

Paradigms Shifting

I think that the greatest paradigm shift in our time is our growing understanding of what paradigms are, how we get them, how they affect our perceptions, our worldviews, how we co-create them, and how we can use them in creating a world that works for all. They are the hidden persuaders, invisible contexts that convey meaning and filter our interpretive perceptions of all the going-on-ness we…

Susan Eirich

Susan B. Eirich, Ph.D. is Founder and Executive Director of Earthfire Institute, a wildlife sanctuary with a mission to change how humans see and therefore treat wildlife, for all our sakes. The sanctuary lies just west of Grand Teton National Park, where she lives with rescued bears, wolves, bison and other animals native to the Rocky Mountains. She uses her background as a biologist and…

Masters of the Anthropocene: Choosing our Future

The human race is staggering relentlessly toward catastrophe. We have now exceeded the planetary boundaries in at least three of nine identified domains, climate change being the most urgent. This is an appeal to the better angels of our nature. We must recognise that we are masters of our destiny and act now, before it is too late. Humanity occupies a privileged place in the natural world,…

Imago Integralis: The Aesthetics of Integral Life

I. Longing for the Integral Life This article introduces a new integral perspective on life and provides clues of what it might mean to live life as a contribution to the cultural renewal, aesthetic unfolding, and holistic development of self and society, community and institutions, people and planet. It is rooted in over a decade of developing, together with Ronnie Lessem and a growing…

Pash Galbavy

Pash Galbavy has a Masters’ Degree in Communication Studies. Her thesis focused on interpersonal relations in groups, appreciative inquiry, and self esteem. She trained extensively in using the Person-Centered Approach in groups with Peggy Natiello, a prodigy of Carl Rogers--considered the father of humanistic psychology. Pash has initiated and facilitated various short and long term groups in…

Monument to Forgiveness A Soul’s Invitation to All Our Ancestors

As a Dutch-born immigrant and artist, one of my Spirit-driven endeavors is to acknowledge the perpetration of violence by my forefathers, other Europeans, and non-Native ancestors through the inspired visionary sculpture that I call the Monument to Forgiveness. The image of the Monument and the messages engraved on its base are a gesture and petition for forgiveness. They are intended to bring…

Could Humanity Be the Last to Know We’re Living in a Universal “Enough Story?”

At least five thousand years ago, human culture made a radical cultural shift. The spread of agriculture, irrigation, and animal husbandry made it possible for us to control the means for providing enough. Until very recently, the prevailing impression has been that this shift resulted in abundance and an increased quality of life for everyone. However, authors Toby Hemenway, Elisabet Sahtouris,…

Kyra Bobinet MD, MPH

When it comes to health engagement, Dr. Bobinet has 5 words of advice: be caring, authentic, and useful. As the CEO-founder of engagedIN, a behavior design firm sprouted out of Stanford, Kyra is devoting her life to helping people crack the code of how, what, and especially, WHY we engage in things. Kyra has founded several healthcare start-ups, spanning behavior health, population health, and…