Illuminating Life

Dana Carman is an expert in human and organizational transformation, an integral consultant, and a co-founder of Pacific Integral. We recently connected in-person at Emerge Ukraine, which was a deeply impactful experience for us both.

Dana and I had an emergent conversation (or Satsang as he called it) where we explored a number of topics including visions quests, Wayfinding, our time in Ukraine, the power of eros, and many other delicious inquiries which arose from the pulse of our mutual aliveness. 

I hope you enjoy the rich territory we explored as much as I did! 

Psychologist and wilderness guide Nitsan Mesika, MA, LPCC, joins me to share her life's work around Cluster B Personalities (particularly narcissism and borderline) as well as a new personality disorder emerging which she calls The Hyper-Empath, which Nitsan dives into starting at 16:20.

I found it to be a super rich conversation that helped shed a lot of light on some patterns I see in our collectives as well as in myself.

I hope you enjoy and please reach out to Nitsan or myself with any comments or feedback on our discussion.

https://www.openskywilderness.com/team/nitsan-mesika/

Ari Nazem stops by to share his developmental model of the Five Temples. The first 26 mins are an overview of the five temples, and the rest of the podcast is an exploration of the 5th Temple, which is also sometimes referenced to as Integral or Metamodernism. 

https://wiki.ancestor.earth/👥+·+People/Ari+Nazem

My dear friend and colleague Jordan Myska Allen joins me to discuss the success of Relateful Camp, which he co-organized, along with a lively discussion around both practical and philosophical orientations towards the art of emergent gatherings. The last third of the episode is an honest exploration of places Jordan sees where Constructing Consciousness can continue to grow and evolve.

Jordan Myska Allen is founder of Relatefulness & The Relateful Company as well as the author of Three Things Thursday email, which I'd highly recommend subscribing to! He's known for his innovative approach to relationship practices, group facilitation, and integral leadership, and is the author of the acclaimed Integral novel, A Beautiful Apocalypse. Jordan is a dad of two and lives in Austin, TX.

Two of my mentors, Geoff Fitch and Alexander Love, join me to explore how we can illuminate new ways of orienting towards adult ego development, including its ethical implications, and how it can be a doorway into deeper intimacy and connection with and as loving Wholeness.

Geoff is the co-founder of Pacific Integral and a facilitator for their yearlong transformational program called Generating Transformative Change (GTC).

Alexander is co-founder of Eos Wellness Center and a developmental teacher for STAGES International. 

Andrew Murray Dunn drops in to share about his upcoming course, Embodied Ethics in the Age of AI, with Josh Schrei of The Emerald Podcast. We explore a range of topics including how Andrew's writings on living from the heart, gift giving, intentional communities, leaving Silicon Valley, and more have continued to influence and impact my life since I first came across them about five years ago.

Check out the Embodied Ethics in the Age of AI course.

And be sure to follow Andrew's Substack.

Feeling deeply inspired and moved by this conversation with Nicole Reese and Nico Alcalá. They are two of the brightest lights illuminating the beautiful potential of the Regenerative Metamodern Village vision that’s stirring many of our hearts. I have a boundless well of gratitude and celebration for the work they’re doing both individually and together, including a university-level mastermind course on regenerative village building. 

Below are links to the many references mentioned throughout our conversation: 

• The Village Mastermind
• La Tierra
• Terrenity 
• Nicole's Substack
• Tucker's Map of Transformational Communities
• Auroville
• Brave Earth
• Future Thinkers Smart Village
• Traditional Dream Factory
• Chateau Feytopia  
• La Ecovilla
• Liminal Village 
• Prospera 

Dom Francks and I explore trance states, integrated wildness, soul encounters, vision quests, "viriditas" and Dom's upcoming VIVIFY Regenerative Leadership Program.

To learn more about VIVIFY: domfrancks.com/vivify

To follow Dom’s thoughts on integrated wildness and learn about upcoming programs: Domfrancks.substack.com

One of my favorite conversations with one of my favorite people. Cheryl Hsu is a Soulmaker and all around phenomenal human who I feel so lucky to call a friend and collaborator. We dive deep into the ocean of soul together in a creative dance of eros as we explore and embody what it means to be a Soulmaker, how this way of being is uniquely distinct from more transcendental ways of orienting, and how we can experience God's uniqueness coming through the imaginal realms of our deepest longings.

Cheryl recently hosted a series of three presentations with The Stoa, including one on Alchemical Soulmaking. She is currently in the process of co-birthing into being a church and temple project. More of work can be explored at CherylHsu.ca. 

Recorded June 2023. My close friend Hannah Horowitz and I vulnerably and playful discuss our journeys with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (O.C.D.), something Hannah and I have experienced in similar ways throughout our lives. How does O.C.D. "grow up" and take on new expressions that combine in wild and interesting ways with spiritual insights, cognitive complexity, magic & manifestation, and the always entertaining human experience?

Hannah is a therapist and coached based in Boulder, CO.

https://www.hannahhorowitz.com/