What will it take to heal division and the pervasive sense of separateness we feel right now? How can we soften our attachment to being right and in control? Our cultural collective needs a new way of relating and being present to one another, even when we don’t want to. 

In this episode Jennifer talks with her Zen teacher, award-winning mediator, facilitator and author Diane Musho Hamilton about how to heal and transform the fundamental problem of seeing ourselves as separate. Together they explore:

• How to develop the capacity to be with things “as they are”
• The potential of conflict as relational intimacy
• One essential communication skill that helps when we feel threatened
• A different way to understand power to help us surrender and serve the whole

Tune in to discover your natural capacity to navigate tension and heal divisions- even when it feels like we’ll never get along. At the end, Jennifer offers a practice to support you to trust and free fall into the messiest of relational spaces. 

Links & resources—

• Learn more about Diane Musho Hamilton’s writing, teaching, and facilitation here.  
• Interested in Zen practice? Discover Two Arrows Zen 

Gratitude for this show’s theme song Inside the House, composed by the talented Yukon musician, multi-instrumentalist and sound artist Jordy Walker. Artwork by the imaginative writer, filmmaker and artist Jon Marro.