What Could Possibly Go Right?

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#69 Helena Norberg-Hodge: Localization for Reconnection and Happiness Mar 07, 2022

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Helena Norberg-Hodge is a linguist, author, filmmaker, the founder of the international non-profit organization, Local Futures, and the convenor of World Localization Day. A pioneer of the ‘new economy’ movement, she has been promoting an economics of personal, social, and ecological well-being for more than thirty years.

In addition to authoring her latest book Local is Our Future, Helena produced and co-directed the award-winning documentary The Economics of Happiness, and is the author of Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh, described as “an inspirational classic”.

She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:

That localization offers people a better connection with nature and each other; smaller, slower, more satisfying, and human scale
The call to resist the dominant trend of “top-down pressure towards monoculture, a competitive, ever faster, ever-larger scale global economy”
The growth of local food movements, including farmers' markets and small scale agriculture

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#68 Sherri Mitchell: Reparations, Breaking Down Binaries, and Existing Beyond the Patriarchy Feb 28, 2022

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Sherri Mitchell is the Founding Director of the Land Peace Foundation, an organization dedicated to the global protection of Indigenous land and water rights and the preservation of the Indigenous way of life. She was born and raised on the Penobscot Indian reservation (Penawahpskek) and teaches around the world on issues of Indigenous rights, environmental justice, and spiritual change. She is also a co-host of the syndicated radio program Love (and revolution) Radio, an author, and a Post Carbon Institute board member.

She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:

The return to the land and reparations movements that are “really about reconnecting to the sources of our survival”
That young mentors can facilitate our understanding of “newly emerging language that's helping us identify all of the places where we've been stuck”
That binary thinking no longer serves us and “limits us from becoming all of who we have the potential to be”

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#67 Billy Wimsatt: Movements to Win Back Our Humanity Feb 21, 2022

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Billy Wimsatt is founder and Executive Director of the Movement Voter Project, an organization that works to strengthen progressive power at all levels of government by helping donors – big and small – to support the best and most promising LOCAL community-based organizations in key states – with a focus on youth and communities of color.

Billy has 20 years of experience in journalism (published in Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, etc), social entrepreneurship (co-founded several organizations including the League of Young Voters, Ready for Warren, Solidaire, and Rebuild the Dream), philanthropy (co-founded Solidaire and consults for individual donors and family foundations), and consulting (Obama Campaign, MoveOn.org, Rock the Vote, Ohio Democratic Party, Green For All).

He addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:

The growth of a "multifaceted movement of movements", recognizing the intersectionality of current issues
The dual aims of campaigning to win elections and (more importantly) to win at reconnecting as humans.
"Our greatest tool has to be love and building beloved community, because we can never actually change things sustainably with fear."

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#66 Tami Simon: Transforming Institutions to Reflect Our Values Feb 14, 2022

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Tami Simon hosts the popular Sounds True podcast, Insights at the Edge, which has been downloaded more than 20 million times. With its guiding principle “to disseminate spiritual wisdom”, Sounds True has grown into a multimedia publisher that has produced over 6,000 titles, has been included twice in the Inc. 500 list of the fastest-growing companies, and is North America’s leading publisher of spoken-word spiritual teachings. She is also the founder of the Sounds True Foundation, which is dedicated to bringing spiritual education to people who would otherwise not have access.

She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:

The power in our reservoirs of energy and health, “the potency and glory of the very right, present moment”
The translation of worry and grief into “constructive action, or letting go”
That we should lean into what we're each inspired by and called to do
The connection we create by using devotional vocabulary and other bridging language
The transformation of business leadership and “unleashing of human potential at work” through wisdom-based education

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Website: https://www.soundstrue.com
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#65 Paul Hawken: Regeneration in the Climate Movement Feb 07, 2022

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Paul Hawken is an environmentalist, entrepreneur, bestselling author, and a renowned lecturer who has keynoted conferences and led workshops on the impact of commerce upon the environment. Hawken has consulted with governments and corporations throughout the world and has appeared in numerous media including the Today Show, Bill Maher, Larry King, Talk of the Nation, and has been profiled or featured in hundreds of articles including the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Washington Post, Business Week, Esquire, and US News and World Report.

He addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:

The dysfunction of capitalism, and its distinction from the ancient human values of commerce
That the climate conversation is often exclusive and uses “othering language” and concepts that are not easily understood
By contrast, “regeneration is innate to being a human being” and “provides a sense of purpose, meaning and dignity to people's lives everywhere in the world”

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#64 Toyia Taylor: Speaking with Purpose Dec 14, 2021

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Toyia T. Taylor is the Founder and Executive Director of We.APP and is a highly sought-after educator and motivational speaker, who has used her voice to inspire audiences nationally and internationally. Toyia has dedicated her life to community service, social justice and performing arts. Her awards have included the Wonder of Women (WOW) Award, the National Council of Negro Women Incorporated, Style and Substance Award, and the Education for Social Justice Award from Girls for Gender Equity, Incorporated. Her original poems, Brooklyn Love and Blue Note Room, have had classical selections composed to them that were debuted at Carnegie Hall.

She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:

That today’s young people are creating self-authored identities, “claiming who they see themselves to be, and how they don't want to be put into boxes.”
That in encouraging the younger generations “to speak their truth and to speak with purpose”, we are reminded to do this in our own lives.
That “there's power in gathering”, allowing us to “work on the inner connection, self reflection, being vulnerable with others, in a space that is brave and healing”
The call to show up and do the work, “even when I don't feel like it. The hopes of what is to come are greater than the sum of me as an individual.”
The aspirations for the E1-T1 (Each One-Teach One) Global Citizen Academy for children of all backgrounds, communities, and cultures.

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Website: theweappstudio.com
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YouTube: youtube.com/c/WeappStudio1218
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#63 Pat McCabe: Changing Paradigms by Co-Witnessing and Retelling our Stories Dec 07, 2021

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Pat McCabe (Weyakpa Najin Win, Woman Stands Shining) is a Diné (Navajo) mother, grandmother, activist, artist, writer, ceremonial leader, and international speaker. She is a voice for global peace, and her paintings are created as tools for individual, earth, and global healing. She draws upon the Indigenous sciences of Thriving Life to reframe questions about sustainability and balance, and she is devoted to supporting the next generations, Women’s Nation and Men’s Nation, in being functional members of the “Hoop of Life” and upholding the honor of being human.

She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:

The exploration of the “perfect design for thriving life as human being here”
The responsibility to understand the consequences of humanity’s actions on our interconnected world
The realization that the “modern world paradigm is a choice”
The co-witnessing of today’s issues and retelling of our old stories can “change the trajectory into the future”
The reconciliation between the masculine and feminine, and that “men are not the patriarchy; the paradigm is the patriarchy”

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Website: www.patmccabe.net
Facebook: facebook.com/womanstandsshining

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#62 Susan Campbell: Relational Technologies to Bridge Our Polarity Nov 30, 2021

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Since 1967, Dr. Susan Campbell has been a couple’s therapist, relationship coach, speaker, workshop leader, trainer of professional coaches, college professor, certified Radical Honesty trainer, and founding teacher of the Getting Real work. The Getting Real work is a body of communication and awareness practices that foster personal healing and social evolution. She has written eleven books on relationships, including several best-sellers.

She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:

That “you can't solve the problem at the level of problem was created”
Examples of “relational technologies” that can address polarization
That sharing our vulnerabilities creates human connection, relationship, and respect; needed in order to influence and find resolution
That often, “it’s the most marginalized people who have the best perspective on the problem”
That “people getting perspective on their filters is another way of getting above the level of the problem”
That through “creative problem solving, energy gets released”

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Website: www.susancampbell.com
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#61 Miki Kashtan: Mutual Influencing, Collective Wisdom, and Nonviolent Communication Nov 15, 2021

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Miki Kashtan is a “practical visionary”, exploring the application of the principles and tools of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) to social transformation. She is an author, certified NVC trainer, and co-founder of Bay Area NVC (baynvc.org). Miki teaches and works with organizations, visionary leaders, activists, and others to support the transition to a world that works for all.

She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:

That having big practical problems to face will bring us together, against our conditioning towards “scarcity, separation and powerlessness”
That finding the noncontroversial “essential nugget” of agreed principles will create goodwill between opposing sides and pave a way to find solutions.
That “if you come to a togetherness about solving a problem, it doesn't matter what your opinion is any longer because you know that you have to come up with a solution that isn't going to work only for you.”
That collective wisdom will enable us to solve big problems, especially through mutual influencing. “I hear what's important to you. I don't yet know how to do it, but I now care about it and I'm changed.”

Resources

convergentfacilitation.org
thefearlessheart.org
Self-study NVC course: Making Life Work. For You. For Everyone. No Exception.
Book: The Highest Common Denominator: Using Convergent Facilitation to Reach Breakthrough Collaborative Decisionsby Miki Kashtan

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#60 Vicki Robin: Healing the Polarization in Ourselves Nov 09, 2021

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In another solo episode, our host Vicki Robin shares her recent reflections on themes emerging from the “What Could Possibly Go Right?” inquiry, including:

The lessons from studying polarization in ourselves and in wider society
That “we need to soften the animosity and find cracks where the light comes in”, negotiating and learning so we can work together on the big problems we are facing
That “we are a nation of neighborhoods”, adapting to change as best we can in our communities
The fact that “life goes on, is what is always going right, no matter what”

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