The Myth of Normal

The Myth of Normal Friends, The excerpt for this week of January 31, 2023 is from the Sounds True, Insights at the Edge interview with Dr. Gabor Mate, “A Personal View of Healing into Wholeness in a Toxic Culture.” “Tami Simon: To start out, your new book, The Myth of Normal, first of all, it’s…

Working With Chaos

Working With Chaos Friends, The excerpt for this week is from “When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times.” by Pema Chodron, reprinted by Shambhala Publications as “Three Methods for Working with Chaos” in the 11/18/2022 issue of Lion’s Roar. “You may have noticed that there is frequently an irritating, if not depressing, discrepancy…

Cultural Evolution

Cultural Evolution Friends, The excerpt this week is from GlobalNewThought  interview with Jim Kenney entitled Cultural Evolution Part 3: THREE BENCHMARKS. How can we identify and understand genuine “new wave” value-shifts? The ideas presented here are developed in depth in Jim’s book called “Thriving in the Cross Current: Clarity and hope in a time of…