I imagine a circle with the word belonging written in the center. That is how I have come to think about belonging - “us” who are in the circle, and “them” who are outside of it. This is belonging, that is not belonging. However, present experience and ancestral memory both reveal how much trauma has… Continue reading The True Nature of Belonging
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Why do we ask questions?
"If I had an hour to solve a problem, I'd spend the first 55 minutes defining the question." Albert Einstein The next Intuition in Education conversation is this Thursday at 12pm ET. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIpcO6upjgvE9W3_NiJwlz37GZrpMS_rub9 These conversations are for any parent, educator, facilitator, mentor, coach, guide who wants to create more engaging, immersive, satisfying, and joyful learning experiences.… Continue reading Why do we ask questions?
The Field
Hey! I'm hosting a free Zoom call about The Field today at 12pm ET. Click here to register. Between me and you there is a third. You and I call it our relationship. In an organization we call it the culture. We often think of relationship and culture as the result of the influence we… Continue reading The Field
Must Watch for Conscious Educators
Have you heard of Matías de Stefano? He became known because when he was 3 years old, he started having complete recollection of his past lives - all of them. And not just past lives, but he has access to what one might call "complete" memory - the history of all of creation. He's quite… Continue reading Must Watch for Conscious Educators
Wayshowers into the New
Photo by Tom Gainor on Unsplash In the old paradigm, the role of teachers and schooling is to reinforce the dominant and dominating systems. Today, as we experience shifts within and around us that bring an awakening and expansion of consciousness, what is the role of educators now? Here's a map that reflects how I am experiencing our… Continue reading Wayshowers into the New
A Global Community of Conscious Educators
Are you a parent, educator, facilitator, counselor, visionary leader committed to the emotional well-being, creativity, and lifelong learning of your learners and yourself, in service of a vision for a flourishing humanity and thriving planet? You are invited to join a conversation to share your vision and your questions, to talk about your challenges and… Continue reading A Global Community of Conscious Educators
Intuitive Educators
Last month I sent a short email to the AERO (Alternative Education Resource Organization) list requesting to have conversations with educators who are interested in the role of intuition in education. I was so pleased to have 9 interviews, and could easily (and may still) have more. I promised to share with the people I… Continue reading Intuitive Educators
Difference is Divine
Belonging How do people go from "we believe differently" to "you are evil"?What social structures maintain this idea, even as individuals start to see it as false?And what are the ways I, personally, have been agreeing to and participating in this pattern? About a month ago, a veil lifted.And when it did, an idea simply disappeared from my brain. I could no longer… Continue reading Difference is Divine
Entangled with the Future?
In a classic Family Constellation, stuck, unproductive patterns are investigated as entanglements with past, often ancestral, trauma. In the typical constellation that I facilitate, for example, there's a movement through time that begins in the present, moves back into the past, and with the healing movement, returns to the present with a new orientation towards the… Continue reading Entangled with the Future?
The Hidden Brain Podcast: Open-Minded Skepticism
Summary: A commentary on the Hidden Brain podcast episode, "Secret Friends: Tapping Into the Power of Imagination." This episode is a smart, open-minded and respectful report about people working with their minds and imagination in ways that help them "experience the invisible as real." Listening to podcasts has become one of my favorite ways to… Continue reading The Hidden Brain Podcast: Open-Minded Skepticism