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Thomas Hübl 

• Shifting from merely understanding trauma to embodying an awareness that can actively address and heal the root causes of suffering
• The need to broaden healing perspectives beyond individual experiences to include ancestral, cultural, and systemic dimensions of trauma
• Growing our maturity and humanity by learning to embrace both the beautiful and painful aspects of life

Gabby Bernstein

• Reframing addiction not as inherently "bad," but as a part of the self that was forced into a protective role in reaction to trauma
• How healing trauma with IFS can allow individuals to move beyond being stuck in the past and enable them to experience genuine presence and joy
• The necessity of connecting with parts we usually avoid in order to heal collective trauma

Dr. Richard Schwartz

Learning highlights coming soon!

Prentis Hemphill

• How accepting our need for other people is a deeply intimate and vulnerable act that mobilizes social resources
• Transforming our ideas of power to be more responsive, flexible, open, and collaborative
• Embracing discomfort and pain as powerful teachers and necessary components of growth, maturation, and genuine connection

Sonya Renee Taylor

• The power of imagining a just, equitable, connected world and how this opens us to an infinite field of possibility
• How radical self-love can serve as a foundational path to reclaim parts of ourselves harmed by trauma
• Embracing childlike wonder to connect with our true selves, unburdened by the superficial restrictions of an unjust society

Rick Hanson

• How compassion rewires the brain for greater resilience and calm
• How to stay open and strong in the face of global suffering
• Simple, science-backed practices to nurture steadiness, kindness, and care

john a. powell

• Dispelling the notion that “othering” is an inherent human trait by understanding our fundamental drive for connection
• How humanity’s capacity for storytelling helped us form larger connected communities, but also inspired divisive narratives
• The need for shared embodiment, grounding, and acknowledgment of suffering to overcome the fear, anxiety, and disconnect that result from collective trauma

Cheryl Strayed

• The transformative healing power of raw honesty and how it inspires authentic connection
• Trusting in the wisdom of the body to heal trauma
• Art and storytelling’s profound ability to transform culture by revealing universal truths

Pico Iyer

• How all creative work involves surrendering to universal consciousness and allowing ideas and wisdom to emerge through you
• Creating stillness, presence, calm, and wonder amid the busyness and hardships of modern life through contemplative practices
• Writing as a form of meditation that generates deep presence and uncovers hidden truths

Linda Thai

• Expanding the definition of refugee to include those seeking refuge from abuse, violence, and marginalization
• The profound grief that evolved from colonialism and it’s impact on our relationship with nature
• Expanding the traditional concept of attachment theory to include ancestors, nature, bodies, and time

Francis Weller, MFT

• Shifting from hyper-individualism to a communal and interdependent model of ritual and healing
• “Re-Soul”-ing our lives, communities, and relationships by embracing grief, uncertainty, and beauty
• Navigating the darkness of the current historical moment by diving into our inner depths and being open with our vulnerability

Pádraig Ó Tuama

Learning highlights coming soon!

Lori Gottlieb

• How understanding the ‘operating instructions’ of yourself and loved ones can lead to stronger communication and fewer misunderstandings
• Practical techniques to regulate emotional stress, find greater self-compassion, and return to relational connection
• Challenging inaccurate stories you carry about yourself, and how you can “reparent” your younger self to address triggers and stop self-sabotage

Raymond Antrobus

• The importance of challenging preconceived notions of deafness and false binaries through art
• How creativity and poetry can serve as a practice for self-repair
• Understanding the impacts of discrimination against deaf people and the harm of prioritizing speech over sign language

Nora Bateson

• Reframing our approach to systems change and trauma healing using “Warm Data”—living information that includes connected contexts and human experiences
• Understanding the interconnectedness of seemingly disparate systems, philosophies, sciences, and social and spiritual practices
• Embracing our inherent relationality and our fundamental need for analog, human connection

Zubaida Bai

• Empowering women and other vulnerable, “invisible” people to escape poverty and oppressive gender norms
• Restructuring financial systems and finding adaptive solutions to uplift women and help communities prosper
• Removing the barriers and risk factors that impede women’s financial independence worldwide

Chris Germer, PhD

This meditation practice is one of the three core meditations in the Mindful Self-Compassion program. It can be practiced on the cushion or informally during the day. The in-breath is a reminder to include ourselves in the circle of our compassion, and the out-breath extends compassion to others. 

The practice reminds us that we need self-compassion to bear our own suffering and the suffering of others, and that to sustain a compassionate frame of mind, each person needs to find their own balance between inner and outer compassion.

Ashanti Kunene

• The critical need for leaders to align their inner intentions and purpose with their outward actions
• How trauma-healing, inner work, and facing your shadow are essential for anyone working towards systems change
• Learning to trust your spiritual inner compass and find your purpose in capitalist societies that make these things difficult

Rana Salman

• The importance of recognizing that peace, security, and dignity for Palestinians and Israelis are interconnected
• How to navigate polarizing narratives and maintain solidarity against violence, occupation, and dehumanization in the work toward a shared, livable future
• Nonviolence and peaceful protest as foundations for collective action

Eszter Koranyi

• The importance of recognizing that peace, security, and dignity for Palestinians and Israelis are interconnected
• How to navigate polarizing narratives and maintain solidarity against violence, occupation, and dehumanization in the work toward a shared, livable future
• Nonviolence and peaceful protest as foundations for collective action

Nipun Mehta

• The importance of shifting from a transactional, self-interested mindset to a more relational, compassion-oriented approach
• How aligning your intentions toward compassion leads to unexpected healing
• Exploring AI as a tool to expand human consciousness, wisdom, and connection

Dr. Galit Atlas

• Understanding ourselves through our “Emotional Inheritance”—including both trauma and resilience passed down through generations
• Defining what it means to “process” trauma—forming connections across time to create a tolerance for pain and an increase in agency and freedom
• The importance of healing in community and the necessity of collective processing

John Paul Lederach

• How unaddressed collective trauma from war, displacement, and historical injustices can perpetuate cycles of violence across generations
• Giving voice to victims and integrating their direct experiences into peace negotiations
• How art, ceremony, and physically processing grief can facilitate profound community healing

Melanie Greenberg

• How unaddressed collective trauma from war, displacement, and historical injustices can perpetuate cycles of violence across generations
• Giving voice to victims and integrating their direct experiences into peace negotiations
• How art, ceremony, and physically processing grief can facilitate profound community healing

Haleh Liza Gafori

• Bringing the work of the celebrated 13th-century Muslim mystic and poet Mawlana Rumi to contemporary audiences
• The benefit of spiritual practices rooted in companionship, communion, and human connection
• How emptiness and longing, what Rumi refers to as the “Radiant Void”, offer a powerful connection to the divine

Patricia June Vickers

• Exploring ancestral knowledge, sacred spiritual practices, and neurofeedback as resources for healing
• How honesty, openness, and truth-telling are crucial for breaking family “curses” and are fundamental steps toward healing and finding safety
• Reframing “creating space” in therapeutic settings as entering a sacred space that inherently exists

Britt Wray

• The need for collective care, system action, and spiritual introspection in addressing the climate crisis and its psychological effects
• A new model of resilience that focuses on growth and continuous collective adaptation to changing conditions
• How intergenerational connections and conversations can fuel youth activism and combat climate distress and despair

Kasha Ho

• Understanding emotional maturity as a courageous choice to live life fully
• How deep transformation relies on embodiment and the principle that relationship is reality
• The idea of the “tremble,” a necessary movement or disruption that shakes up old patterns and opens us to new feelings and possibilities

Chady Rahme, LPC

• How Internal Family Systems work helps restore internal communication, honors burdened parts and "exiles”, and connects individuals to their authentic selves
• The inherent human capacity for connection and the power of one's heart to create positive change and bridge divides
• How empowering mothers creates impactful ripples through entire communities and generations

Dr. Ann-Katrin Bockmann

• How Internal Family Systems work helps restore internal communication, honors burdened parts and "exiles”, and connects individuals to their authentic selves
• The inherent human capacity for connection and the power of one's heart to create positive change and bridge divides
• How empowering mothers creates impactful ripples through entire communities and generations

Professor Yehudit Sasportas

• Using art to expand your inner space, connect with your authenticity, and digest trauma
• Understanding the creative process as a relinquishing of the self and connection with other-ness
• How art facilitates community and connection

Richard Scott

• Creative expression as a crucial tool for survival and a means to express profound internal truths
• Still life paintings and crystal formations as potent metaphors for frozen trauma
• Art and poetry’s ability to open us to complex self-knowledge and show us that recovery is possible

Tamala Floyd, LCSW

This meditation practice will help you connect with a loving ancestor and with parts of yourself that fear connection. The ancestor will support you in identifying and releasing a legacy burden and receiving and embodying legacy gifts.

Daniel Ellenberg

• Changing the paradigm of masculinity to discard outdated binaries and embrace the strength and courage in compassion and kindness
• The trauma inherent in society’s demand for boys and men to suppress their emotions and shun vulnerable connections
• The precarity of “manhood” as promoted by the ‘manosphere’ and how this misconception leads to violence

Fatimah Finney

Learning highlights coming soon!

Natalie Y. Gutiérrez, LMFT

• How IFS principles can help us navigate and heal from systemic oppression and trauma and inspire collective action
• How faith and spirituality can provide essential grounding, intentionality, and a powerful foundation for collective liberation movements
• Understanding ancestral wisdom and interconnectedness as pathways to decolonization and breaking cycles of harm

Philip Butler, PhD

• How IFS principles can help us navigate and heal from systemic oppression and trauma and inspire collective action
• How faith and spirituality can provide essential grounding, intentionality, and a powerful foundation for collective liberation movements
• Understanding ancestral wisdom and interconnectedness as pathways to decolonization and breaking cycles of harm

Rev. Dr. Aizaiah G. Yong, PhD

• How IFS principles can help us navigate and heal from systemic oppression and trauma, and inspire collective action
• How faith and spirituality can provide essential grounding, intentionality, and a powerful foundation for collective liberation movements
• Understanding ancestral wisdom and interconnectedness as pathways to decolonization and breaking cycles of harm

Fritzi Horstman

• Finding the courage to imagine transformed and liberated systems within societies that deem such things impossible
• Reimagining justice as trauma-informed accountability, vulnerability, and forgiveness instead of carceral punishment
• Understanding restorative justice as a reclamation of practices that existed before colonial criminal legal systems

Marlee Liss

• Finding the courage to imagine transformed and liberated systems within societies that deem such things impossible
• Reimagining justice as trauma-informed accountability, vulnerability, and forgiveness instead of carceral punishment
• Understanding restorative justice as a reclamation of practices that existed before colonial criminal legal systems

Óscar Trujillo

• Understanding emotional maturity as a courageous choice to live life fully
• How deep transformation relies on embodiment and the principle that relationship is reality
• The idea of the “tremble," a necessary movement or disruption that shakes up old patterns and opens us to new feelings and possibilities

Alta Starr

• Understanding emotional maturity as a courageous choice to live life fully
• How deep transformation relies on embodiment and the principle that relationship is reality
• The idea of the “tremble,” a necessary movement or disruption that shakes up old patterns and opens us to new feelings and possibilities

Tania Singer

• Accessing and amplifying our innate capacity for care and love
• The crucial neurological differences between empathy and compassion
• How true compassion, rooted in the brain's care system, fosters warmth, strength, and resilience.

Maureen Sansom

• Using compassion to target the underlying causes of systemic oppression, marginalization, and exploitation for sustainable change
• How ordinary people can create extraordinary impacts and collective growth through daily acts of kindness
• Fostering compassionate systems that replace control and competition with connection

Nathanael V. Navarro

• Using compassion to target the underlying causes of systemic oppression, marginalization, and exploitation for sustainable change
• How ordinary people can create extraordinary impacts and collective growth through daily acts of kindness
• Fostering compassionate systems that replace control and competition with connection

Elenice Oliveira

• Using compassion to target the underlying causes of systemic oppression, marginalization, and exploitation for sustainable change
• How ordinary people can create extraordinary impacts and collective growth through daily acts of kindness
• Fostering compassionate systems that replace control and competition with connection

Martin Bruders

Sometimes, the first step to being present in the world, especially when confronted with difficult subject matter, is to recognize when we are disconnected from our emotions.

In this practice, Susanne Ahlendorf and Martin Bruders discuss what it means to create space to experience our emotions without judgment. One of the keys to personal growth is accepting that we are emotional beings. Developing our inner awareness also makes it easier to connect with and have empathy for other people.

This guided meditation is a gentle way to explore and expand your emotional capacity, cultivating greater awareness in areas that have been more challenging to witness.

For more meditation practices and Q&A with Martin and Susanne, join the LIVE Living Meditation Stream FREE Monthly Gatherings. Learn more and sign up here.

Susanne Ahlendorf

Sometimes, the first step to being present in the world, especially when confronted with difficult subject matter, is to recognize when we are disconnected from our emotions.

In this practice, Susanne Ahlendorf and Martin Bruders discuss what it means to create space to experience our emotions without judgment. One of the keys to personal growth is accepting that we are emotional beings. Developing our inner awareness also makes it easier to connect with and have empathy for other people.

This guided meditation is a gentle way to explore and expand your emotional capacity, cultivating greater awareness in areas that have been more challenging to witness.

For more meditation practices and Q&A with Martin and Susanne, join the LIVE Living Meditation Stream FREE Monthly Gatherings. Learn more and sign up here.

Rev. Dr. Celeste Lebak, PCC

Learning highlights coming soon!

Ken Hyatt

• How unaddressed collective trauma from war, displacement, and historical injustices can perpetuate cycles of violence across generations
• Giving voice to victims and integrating their direct experiences into peace negotiations
• How art, ceremony, and physically processing grief can facilitate profound community healing