Social media and other new communication tools have changed the world mostly for the better. However, it is ever more difficult to know whom to trust and what to believe. The result is that we have entered what Singh describes as a post-trust era. Here we shine a light on…

Richard Moss, M.D., recounts his journey from practicing medicine to teaching the art of conscious living. He emphasizes the essential practice of staying calm and grounded amid fear and uncertainty, drawing from his own transformative experiences—including a life-changing moment in the emergency room and a profound encounter symbolized by a…

In an age of constant change and uncertainty, how can we remain calm, centered, and able to respond wisely? Creativity coach and psychotherapist Eric Maisel introduces the practice of serene readiness—a mindset that blends inner tranquility with the nimbleness to act decisively. He offers practical tools for managing anxiety, maintaining…

When we look beyond an ego-centered view, we discover that we are not separate from nature. Our survival, sanity, and sense of meaning depend on recognizing the living web of life that sustains us. By attuning to the more-than-human world, we begin to heal the division that fuels ecological destruction…

Dr. Prager’s book, The Worst is Over, is hailed as the ‘Bible’ for crisis communication. This deep dialogue explores the power of Verbal First Aidtm in helping someone who is in fear, shock, stress, or trauma. She illustrates, with many stories, how particular words and phrases and tone of voice…

Mark Nepo speaks of being wholehearted as being present to our lives so that we become an open conduit to experience everything that’s larger than our finite self. He says, “By one act of compassion, we experience all compassion.” He goes on to talk about being present and being absent.…

Statistics show that only 10 to 20% of us will die without warning. That means most of us have a choice as to how to orient ourselves for the inevitable. Where we will die and, most importantly, how to spend time meanwhile. Next to birth, death is one of our…

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…