Mackey writes both prose and poetry and has published many novels, including her historical fiction of Neolithic times, and many highly acclaimed books of poetry. She reveals her writing and creative process and how each kinds of writing requires a different approach. She describes her process of “creative trance” that…

Medical aid in dying is a relatively recent option in U.S. medicine, now available in a growing number of states, yet it remains widely misunderstood and emotionally fraught. In this dialogue, Dr. Lonny Shavelson, an emergency physician turned national leader in end-of-life care, describes how his work is less about…

Spiral Dynamics is a theory of human development that describes how individuals and societies evolve through a sequence of progressively more complex value systems or worldviews in response to changing life conditions. This deep dialogue offers an accessible, embodied exploration of consciousness through Spiral Dynamics reimagined as “facets” rather than…

We all have aspirations and intentions for our best lives. Yet these often go by the wayside as we get lost in unconscious, mental, emotional reactivity, fear, and our own personal woundedness. We get caught up in self judgment, blaming others, living on autopilot, as the saying goes. This makes…

For the past three decades, British biologist Rupert Sheldrake has been asking questions that most scientists either haven’t thought of asking, or may be discouraged from asking by the unwritten codes that often prevail in our scientific and academic institutions. He thinks there are many other scientists “… who have…

We’re immersed in a universe awash with invisible fields of energy—like swimmers in a vast ocean. Often outside our conscious awareness, these energies continually influence us, while we, in turn, affect everyone and everything around us. In this dialogue, we explore three relational energy fields: Personal, Social, and Noetic. Each…

Original love exists beyond the veils of time and dances outside the confines of space. Parry attunes us to a subtle, ancient longing—an undercurrent of soul calling for reunion and wholeness amid the widening rifts of our age, as magnified by the unbounded reach of the digital web. He unveils…

Is death actually a transition from one kind of life to another? Are our loved ones close at hand even after death? Can we collaborate with loved ones from different sides of the veil of death? Is there a reality to “soul” and “spirit?” This deep dialogue explores these subjects…

Williams asks the central question for our world today, “How do we find the strength to not look away from all that is breaking our hearts?” She looks at the elements of erosion and evolution with regards to all that is shaping the physical landscape of our nation due to…

More and more of us spend enormous spans of our time captured, optimized, or appropriated as a financial resource by the technologies we use daily. We are caught in a dynamic where our value is determined by our productivity. In her book, Jenny Odell points out, “The convenience of limitless…