More than the torrent of data and information that is coming from an increasingly polarized and rageful culture, it’s poetry that’s enlivening our hearts. It’s poetry that takes us to a grander landscape and leads us to the wholeness of things. It helps us stand from a vantage point that…

Willis Barnstone is a poet, translator, biblical scholar, memoirist, anthologist, teacher, and painter. If we are to grasp his greatest contribution to culture over the course of his professional life, we can focus on his role first and foremost as a poet – a lover of words, both his own…

At its most fundamental level, quantum science has raised some serious questions about the nature of reality. Such phenomenon as entanglement, quantum indeterminacy, and the observer effect point to the need for a deeper look at the behavior of matter and energy on the atomic and subatomic level. One path…

There was a time in human history when a matristic culture dominated the social structure. When asked to describe the difference between patriarchal and matristic cultures, Mackey responded, “Patriarchy is men in charge, matriarchy would be women in charge . . . Matristic is a more collaborative, partnership, a communal…

How we talk to ourselves matters. It sets the tone for every experience in our life. Kumar suggests that when we, in truth, speak out loud the words that swirl relentlessly in the fog of our minds, so also will deep healing take place. It’s her understanding and experience that our voice…

This program may stir up many memories of encounters with the wild neighbors in your own backyard. Renkl suggests stepping out of our small world of computer screens, smart phones, and TVs to step into the larger natural world, which is everywhere, just outside our front door. She helps us…

Nepo helps us to understand that the heart plays a central role in how our life-force manifests. It’s one of our greatest resources as a conduit for our intuitive mind. He gives us an analogy from India regarding how to meet fear and pain. Oftentimes we inflate our fear and…

Change is going to come no matter what, so it behooves us to engage our imagination toward the kind of future we want. We need to go deep into what truly makes us happy. Pinchbeck is advocating nothing less than the need to embrace our responsibility for understanding what’s happening…

Creativity is a journey with lots of ups and downs, twists and turns. To be creative, one cannot watch from the sidelines. Cathy Wild suggests that there is no set formula for the creative process; there are no steps 1, 2, 3, or A, B, C that guarantee a successful…

What is the difference between having empathy and being an empath? This deep dialogue explores the blessings and challenges of being an empath. Highly sensitive people have much to be grateful for. They are able to experience exquisite passion and joy. They can perceive the big picture on a deep…