One Solution Podcast

In this episode, we talk with Andrew Moss and his story from being a kid that liked to bring people together to later making that his career. This sounds like a simple and linear path, but like most stories, it's more about the challenges we faced, and the insights we had on the way that's important. And Andrew's life and career is example of that. His inspiration to unlock the dormant potential we all have inside with his clients came from struggling with not seeing his own. His ability to really see someone for who they are coming from experiencing how it was to truly be seen by his own coach and mentor. His focus on helping others came from realizing and looking honestly at how much he was thinking about himself. Join us in exploring the link between Olympic athletes, social impact leaders, rethinking the student experience and potential, and healing our planet! We hope you find Andrew as inspiring as we do!! Here's a favorite quote from the podcast: "We need to connect people from all diverse sets of backgrounds and human experiences into a conversation about what the human experience is all about. What it's been for them, and what it's been for everybody else because THAT'S what is going to bring humanity back together and heal the planet - understanding that we're all the same." We explore topics like: How to bring the best out of people.  Uncovering what you have inside instead of teaching information Unlocking what we are not seeing that stops us from being who we are The link between Olympic athletes and doing good in the world. Going beyond doing what you're supposed to do, and finding what really matters to you Going from trying to "be someone" to listen to your internal wisdom. How even his body transformed from letting go of stress and pressure.  Seeing neutrally what we are creating in our life, without judging it.  And much more! If you like it, please let us know by reviewing our podcast on iTunes! :)  More about Andrew: My professional career has provided many unique experiences, all of which my clients benefit from. I chose to be a coach from the very start of my career and have never looked back. For the first two decades, I was in the high-performance sports world starting out as a coach working with elite athletes including Olympic and World Champions and from there I moved into roles coaching other coaches and talent development experts across a range of Olympic sports. In 2016 I attended a performance conference in New York City and heard top talent experts from many different contexts, business, arts, education, medicine, and sport, all speaking on the same topic and I realized that my gift for helping athletes see something new in themselves was applicable to any group of people with ambition, work ethic and a desire to realize their own most inspiring dreams. That insight led me to begin my current efforts in private coaching where I work with talented and driven people with big dreams and a feeling of frustration about the state of the world, and determination to do something about it. Personally, I am a father to four daughters and have learned so much from them; I’m passionate about social issues, especially those of Indigenous people in Canada. In 2019, I spent two and half weeks hiking over 600km across northern Canada in memory of the death of a young indigenous boy in the 1960’s who was trying to escape from a residential school and return to his family. I wrote a post about this experience here. I’m also an avid sailor and skier and love to be in nature - you can catch my morning sunrise walks on my Instagram

We are BACK! In this podcast you get to meet Alf Pille, the CEO of the nature conservation non profit “Bavarian Society for the protection of birds”. It’s a 111 years old NGO with over 100.000 supporters, and in this podcast, we explore the evolution of the organization, of Alf as a leader as well as the evolution of mankind! In this podcast we explore The relationship between nature conservation and company culture. How the states of our minds affect the state of our organizations and therefore our impact. (including creating room for people to be themselves, whether that's happy or sad) How to think about time and pace of change by observing nature. Caring about the world without burning out. The power of realizing we are part of nature in environments of science and measurement. The most important thing to focus on when running a nonprofit or any organization. We hope you enjoy this podcast as much as we do! If you're interested in joining the Global Change Incubator, please check out www.ioscollective.org/incubator.

This interview series is the audio version of the One Solution Deep Dive series, where we explored how to create change in the unknown. It was originally a 4-hour long conversation with different guests, and this podcast series will highlight each interview one at a time. This first interview is with Dajohn White, Co-founder and CEO of the Rebels for Peace. If you wish to be part of these interviews LIVE, make sure you subscribe on youtube and Facebook, or newsletter. 

In today's episode, we have a beautiful conversation between Dajohn White and Prince Jimmar from the Rebels for Peace in Chicago and Brian Gleason, an LA-based therapist who's been working with youth for over 20 years. We're excited about this one, as it is really candid conversation between people from different backgrounds, ages, and upbringing that discussed our common humanity, connection, and resilience. It shows how we can connect in both joy and in struggle. Brian brings his own beautiful and personal story of learning how to accept himself fully and how the struggles he had as a young kid was what later drew him to working with young people and supporting them - and in the end making it his lifes work. The Rebels for Peace share from their perspective of growing up as a young person in South-side Chicago and how that experience inspired them to now be leaders of youth. We love how these seemingly different people can have the same story and the metaphor that can be for mending a divided society. 

PS! We are sorry to say that the event we are referring to in this webinar was canceled due to the recent pandemic, but we hope to set up a new one very soon. If you're interested in the event or have any questions or want to get involved with the IOS collective, please send an email to info@onesolutionglobal.org  In our final webinar in our webinar series with the IOS collective, it's all about the participants. We want to highlight the simplicity of the change all of us can doboth inside ourselves and in relation to the world. We got some great questions regarding addictions, what's needed to get started helping people, the fears we are up against,and sharing experiences working in schools, prisons, and communities. We hope after these 3 webinars you are closer to see our common humanity and connection, and how seeing more of that is the key to be helping facilitate changeanywhere, anytime with anyone. Thank you so much for your participation. One SolutionThe IOS Collective. 

This is the second webinar in the 3 part series on Collective Community Change we did with the IOS Collective.In this webinar we dove deeper into the stories of change we've seen in our work, and how those stories can be scaled and happen to anyone. We firmly believe that change is something that is possible for everyone, and that a new thought and a new life is just around the corner. We've seen that no matterthe circumstance, backround, situation or past experiences, we can all shift. And what we're looking for is already inside of us, it's not something we have to manufacture. As with these webinars you will hear a wide range of stories, but we invite you too see beyond the personal and find what is universal and true for everyone. See you on the next one!Thanks!One Solution Team and the IOS Collective. 

This webinar-series was co-hosted by the IOS COLLECTIVE, a collective consisting of One Solution, Insight Alliance and The Spark Initiative This is the first recording of a 3 part webinar series, where we had a fresh look at how we can create impact and change in areas and circumstances that seem hard or stuck. Each webinar had it's, and we shared our experience and insights working on creating grassroots community change, rethinking criminal justice, and a new fresh look at uncovering resilience in the educational system.In this webinar we have a look at why looking at the mind and our innate resilience is the key to sustainable change. You will here from previously incarcerated men, youth from south-side Chicago, and people with experience working foster care system, criminal justice. schools, family programs, business and grassroots movements. We hope you enjoy. The One Solution Team and the IOS collective. 

This is a recording of a conversation between Mara, Eirik, Ayanna and Garret. Ayanna and Garret are two very wise Chicago youth, that's involved in Rebels for Peace, as well as their own initiatives in trying to make change. In this podcast you hear what they've seen about their own potential to make change, how they use their mind, and how they want to inspire others to do the same. You hear how growing up in Chicago South Side has a lot of temptation where the mind could go in the violent direction, but also how they were able to stay on a more positive path. They also share their inspirations, ranging from their parents and mentors to artists that use their platform to convey a positive message. Garret even does a live performance for us, sharing powerful words of wisdom through music.PS! The audio from this one is not optimal, but we hope you can hear through it and you enjoy. Just put your headset on and enjoy :) 

This is the third and final webinar-recording from Accelerating Change and this one is called “Real World Examples of change". We’ll share snippets from conversations with four of our colleagues and partners who are working on the ground in the fields of - grassroots and community change- organizational change- systemic change - Global change Tis webinar will answer the question, how does an understanding of the mind translate to actual change on the ground? And what can you do yourself to make the change you want to do?  To get an in depth look at this you can join our online course here:https://onesolutionglobal.org/accelerate/Eirik 

In the second webinar of this series from Accelerating Change, we explored the topic Any Problem on Any Scale. We explore how no matter the scale, the source of change is the same: If we work from the human dimension and from the perspective our mind and our interconnectedness, all change becomes easier. If we ignore our minds, everything becomes harder. The mind is the thing that softens change, and the good news is, it doesn't matter how BIG the problem seems. We will explore this phenomenon all the way from the personal to the global!You can listen to this podcast or watch the videoversion on youtube. If you want to go in depth in this subject, you can join our online course here: https://onesolutionglobal.org/accelerate/The next recording will give you some real life examples, of what we discussed in this webinar, so we hope you look forward to that!The One Solution Team 

This is the audio recording of a webinar series about Accelerating Change. In the first recording of of this 3-part series, we explored the topic The Human Mind and the World, which is what our first module of Accelerating Change is all about. You can get a sense of it by listening the recording of the webinar, or take a much deeper dive in the full online course, which has 7 separate video lessons that explore: The mind is the source of the state of the world (not a symptom of it), All humans construct their own unique version of reality Beyond our differences, we are all one Resilience is innate to all life, and We can't escape the fact that we all have unique minds, but we can understand it.  Understanding the mind is the key to making change in the world.The link to the online course is:https://onesolutionglobal.org/accelerate/

It's time for another conversation about the power of the mind and built in resilience within all of us. And this time we are co-hosting the podcast with the Spark Initiative, an awesome organization we are partnering with that works with youth and schools. This episode is a 4 way discussion about what it takes to empower youth from the INSIDE.  Here are some of the themes we touch upon in this Podcast. - Nobody is broken- The power of actually caring- Realizing our own inner resources to create change- How to stay solid in the face of adversity- Staying hopeful when working in difficult circumstances- Cultivating the spark within the coming generations- How we already KNOW how to live (hear a bunch of examples from kids)- How some things that looks wrong is actually wise. About the Spark InitiativeThe Spark initiative is a non-profit organization whose mission is to cultivate human potential and resilience through an understanding of the mind. They support their community through education, mentoring and coaching.

Recording this podcast really made an impact on us. It's the story of a teenager that had her life and reality turned upside down, when she met Anna Debenham from Insight Alliance.  She was told she had Biologic Depression and needed to be on a cocktail of medicines, with no hope for any change occurring. But as soon as she sat down and heard about the fact that she is not broken, and that it was just her mind playing tricks on her, everything changed. We're not going to spoil it any further, and just invite you to listen for yourself. About The Insight Alliance:One Solution co-founded a Collective with the Insight Alliance and The Spark Initiative, to join forces in our quest to look at the mind and our innate resilience as the route to change. The Insight Alliance focuses Primarily on work in prisons.The Insight Alliance uncovers the natural resilience and innate mental health all human beings already have inside them. It teaches a simple understanding of how our feelings, experience and state of mind works; an understanding that enables people to thrive in any circumstances.  Prospective outcomes of programs include a decrease in stress and depression; improved relationships, increased feelings of connection and trust, reduced levels of obsessive and judgmental thinking; increased desire to access education/jobs; a decrease in the probability of recidivism and/ or relapse and generally feeling more of their natural wellbeing.  

We are very excited to present to you a keynote that was done earlier this year with Stephanie Fox. It was from the Evolve conference, and the title of the keynote was: The ultimate source of societal, cultural, and environmental change: The human mind.In this recording, Stephanie will talk about:- How the mind creates everything from chairs to wars.- How an animation is trying to show kids where their experience is coming from- What is behind all the different systems we live in now, were they here before? *Hint: No, humans made them up, and we can make something new up.- What is at the crux of trying to create any kind of peace between people in conflict? (Using examples from her work from Middle East)You can read more about the conference itself here:https://www.evolve-se.comEnjoy! 

One Solution was happy to do a talk on this years Life 2.0 conference in London. This was a conference designed to see how understanding how life and our minds work affects all change, from the personal to the global. In this talk you will hear Mara Gleason and Stephanie fox live from London, and a panel from Chicago and Gaza. We felt so hopeful after this interaction, as we can clearly see that if we look beyond what SEEMS different, we are all the same, and we can change together. Hear stories of change from seemingly unchangable conflicts, and hope in situations that seem hopeless.Please enjoy this conversation, and subscribe and leave a review on itunes if you liked it and want more! 

This is the 3rd and last of the short interview excerpt we have created for you, and this time Stephanie Fox is being interviewed! Hear her compilation of answers about aid work, inequality, her work in the un, and the mind and how it relates to global change!Enjoy! 

Here is another interview excerpt, a compilation of answers from questions in one of the videoshoots we did for One Solution. In this clip you hear Mara talk about anything for how do we make change, how the mind is the key, and what happens when we truly start looking at the source instead of dealing with symptoms. Enjoy! 

A couple of months ago: Eirik Olsen, Mara Olsen and Stephanie Fox sat down to answer some questions about One Solution and shooting a video. This is a short montage and collection of that conversation with Eirik. in the coming episodes you will hear Mara and Stephanie. This is a short clip that covers ALOT, and digs into the essence of human thought and how it it has created our world, is creating our world and always will create our world. PS: If you like our podcast, please subscribe and share =)Enjoy! 

This is the audio version of the latest One Solution Live! Grab a cup of tea, coffee or poison of change and see if we together can see something new about Equality, inequality and all its forms.(economic,racial,gender,political,religious) In this episode we discuss how all of these things are symptoms of the same process, and how you can solve all of the at once. Enjoy! 

This podcast episode is the audio version of our first Live-episode of «99 Problems, One Solution» - a new series to show how any problem in the world can be solved by looking at the mind. This inaugural episode explains the logic behind One Solution, and how such a bold statement actually makes sense when you look closer. In the coming episodes we will explore how any personal, societal and global problem can be explained an solved in the mind. If you have a problem that seems too big to be solved, or that you don’t see came from the mind, please join us Live on FB, and comment and we will make sure to use it in the coming episodes. Enjoy!

This is the 3rd and last in our interview series, and it's a great one. In this episode you will hear from 2 more people from the Farnum. The first one is one of the clients of the farnum center who got out of rehab but then went back again and is currently in treatment. We love how much understanding he has, how much compassion he has and how much wisdom he has. The second interviewee is a former client who then became a staff at farnum - and you get to hear from his journey through addiction, what he has seen about the mind, and how he now can help others learn what he did. Here you can hear the staff being interviewed:https://onesolutionglobal.podbean.com/e/interview-with-staff-of-farnum-seeing-beyond-addiction/Here is another podcast from clients:https://onesolutionglobal.podbean.com/e/interview-overcoming-addiction-by-realizing-your-mental-health/To learn more about Farnum and their programs, go to:https://farnumcenter.org/

Get ready for another amazing conversation about the mind, resilience, innate health and addiction! This time it's time for the staff of Farnum to share from their perspective! So just sit back and get ready to feel hopeful about the cure for addiction, and a solution to huge societal issues. To hear the podcast from the clients, listen here:https://onesolutionglobal.podbean.com/e/interview-overcoming-addiction-by-realizing-your-mental-health/To hear the introduction to the addiction interview series, listen here: https://onesolutionglobal.podbean.com/e/the-cure-to-addiction-and-all-other-coping-mechanisms/ Enjoy! The One Solution Team 

This is a the first interview we did with participants of the Farnum Center Program in Manchester NH. (To hear more about what this is about, listen to previous episode with Mara and Eirik) In this particular episode you hear from 4 of the clients who have gone through a period of learning about their own mind and their own innate resilience and health - and how that has helped them get sober and stay sober. We were so impressed by the wisdom these guys shared, and what they have learned and how they wanted to pay it forward and help other people struggling with Addiction. Hear them share both their personal stories, aswell as their hope for a better future for the world. We love how they shared that learning about their minds not only helps them with addiction but with a persons whole life. EVERYTHING gets better when we feel better. Enjoy! 

In this podcast, we(Eirik and Mara) are fresh of the boat at a 3 day visit at the Farnum center in Manchester,NH. Here is what they do:The Farnum Center help people realize their own inner health by coming to an understanding that every human being has a healthy internal core that is fully accessible to them. Everyone has inner resiliency and the ability to bounce back and overcome adversity when we gain perspective of what gets in the way. Their clients learn about your innate capacity for health, insight, and contentment. You will also learn how accessing a healthier perspective about your life will help you leave your past behind. We will guide you through your journey from the day you enter our program until you are ready to leave. Working as a team, you will reclaim your life from addiction to alcohol and other drugs, and become a happier and more positive person. Now, if that doesn't already convey how awesome this center is, we can vouch that it is! In this episode you will hear us dissect some of the insights we gained around addiction, and how that plays into all other "symptoms" we see in the world right now. What we find especially hopeful about their approach to helping people with addiction is:- They look for the health and wisdom in the person, not for what's wrong. - They teach them about how their mind creates their world, and therefore how they can go beyond the situation and circumstance around them. - They teach them how the mind works in such a way that they don't get put off by bad feelings, and therefore don't need to do the drugs or alcohol to help them deal with it. They are able to deal with it internally, by not being afraid of their experience. We feel like this nuggets are HUMAN nuggets, that any human can see more about, and will help everyone in the world. If we all just saw more of those points, we would live in a different world. We hope you enjoy this first introepisode from the two of us - and as we mention the next ones from Farnum Center will be from the staff and clients themselves!!

This podcast is a throwback to the One Solution conference that was held in Oslo in may 2016. This is a short ted-style talk that Linda Pransky did, and we love it! She is a dear friend, collegeague and we love both the simplicity and profoundness she talks about how one person changes is the same way the whole world changes. About the talk:Thought produces the apparent limitations of the mind, which are also the limitations of the world. There are deeper solutions within the mind that allow us to transcend these limitations. In this talk, Linda will discuss how an understanding of the nature of thought and our mind releases these resources into the world. Hear her make the connection between personal limitations, and global limitations, and how they are the same process! If you like, it - please subscribe/Review us on Itunes :) 

Stephanie Fox is in the House! She is One Solutions awesome Middle-East director, aswell as the spearhead for our projects for youth! In this episode you will hear exactly why we the world is so blessed to have her working on how to end conflict, and how to educate a new generation of kids who know how their mind works. In this podcast you hear us talk about:- Stephanies work in the UN in Palestine, and challenges she met while trying to help. - How she went from feeling hopeless about conflict resolution to hopeful. - What she feels is the ONLY thing we need to know to stop conflict at it's source. - How looking it the mind is easier and more sustainable than trying to fix problems. - How ending war might seem crazy, but do-able if you actually go to the source of the issue. - About creating a whole new generation that grow up know about their own innate wellbeing and where their experience is coming from- About A Curious World, an animation dedicated to show kids where their feelings come from. And MUCH MORE! This one is packed with discussion on how to deal with real life global issues from a whole new perspective. About Stephanie: Stephanie Fox has 14 years experience in international development and education with NGOs, the private sector, and the United Nations. In her five years with the UN in Gaza, she supported a humanitarian effort with a $100 million annual budget that provided education, health, social services, and housing to more than one million refugees. She developed and launched the UN’s first satellite channel in the Middle East, which is currently viewed by people from more than 20 countries in the region and is providing emergency education to millions of Syrian refugees. As One Solution’s Middle East Director, Stephanie spearheads One Solution's regional work in sharing a new understanding of the mind with a variety of audiences including young global leaders, refugees and mental health professionals. Here is a recent article by Stephanie:You can read about A curious world here:https://www.acuriousworld.org/

The rebels for peace are back in the studio - and this conversation is REAL. Dajohn and Reakwon share openly about their past, how it was growing up in Chicago, and the challenges that face the city they love so much. We asked them to hold nothing back, and got a great combination of the reality of the street and a hope for a new future. Here are some of the thing you will hear about in the podcast.You will hear how it was growing up Chicago, and how youth deal with that. How the taking guns off the street will NOT solve the problem of violence. What it takes to impact millions of peopleHow totally ending all types of violence might not be possible, but EVERYONE can do something to decrease it. Why looking at the MIND is the true gamechanger in changing communities How the Rebels are inspired to make the change that THEY want to do, without the agenda of schools, organizations or other adults. Hear them talk about a video-exchange the rebels had with incarcerated inmates in Portland that Anna Debenham(previous podcast) was leading - and what impacted them about learning from people who had seen first hand both going to prison, and finding a new path after prison. To check out a clip from the Rebels latest PEACEJAM check it out here:https://www.facebook.com/onesolglobal/videos/591373181205237/A previous interview with Dajohn White https://onesolutionglobal.podbean.com/e/introducing-the-rebels-for-peace/Behind the scenes clip of the Rebels. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnGJywRw8b8&feature=youtu.be

This podcast we have Anna Debenham, founder of the Insight Alliance with us - and this conversation will totally inspire you and give you hope for humanity and peoples potential to change!Anna works with the incarcerated or previously incarcerated to help them with their current situation and find a new better future. She does that in a new and sustainable way: By looking at the mind. In a very human, common sense way she helps facilitate  the unlocking of peoples minds and point towards the resilience within them. The result is they increase their wellbeing, mental health, and make different choices either while still in prison or when they get out. She explains that the only thing that truly can make somebody change is an internal shift - and that is what all her work is about. To check out more from what she is talking about, check out this video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv7lMMdBCYE In this podcast you will hear stories about her own journey of doing this work, aswell as examples from her students in prison. This is the solution to truly rehabilitating and preventing, and looks for peoples mental health. About Insight Alliance The Insight Alliance uncovers the natural resilience and innate mental health all human beings already have inside them. It teaches a simple understanding of how our feelings, experience and state of mind works; an understanding that enables people to thrive in any circumstances. Prospective outcomes of programs include a decrease in stress and depression; improved relationships, increased feelings of connection and trust, reduced levels of obsessive and judgmental thinking; increased desire to access education/jobs; a decrease in the probability of recidivism and/ or relapse and generally feeling more of their natural wellbeing.About Anna Debenham: My passion for nurturing health, wellbeing and resilience in myself and my clients reflects my own expanding grasp of the infinite possibilities of life that supports a peaceful and balanced state of mind. The depth and breadth of my experience ranges from being part of a multi-disciplinary healing and support team for at-risk boys at the London organization, StreetWise Youth; establishing an outpatient program for a drug and alcohol recovery centre in Melbourne, Australia; to working as a coach and facilitator for Westminster council in London. My career shifted when I came across this groundbreaking way of helping people understand the principles behind our state of mind. My experience working in a UK prison with Beyond Recovery ignited a love of helping those incarcerated and those transitioning to their freedom. Now I bring all my experience together as Director of The Insight Alliance. The Insight Alliance is partnered with the YWCA as we expand to Coffee Creek woman’s prison and SCI in Salem. The programs continue to grow by word of mouth and by post-release individuals that stay connected to and work with the Alliance. The organic evolution of The Insight Alliance demonstrates the boundless potential and creative possibility of inspired people, and the wonderful power of fresh thought.  

We are REALLY excited about this one!(I know, we always say that, but seriously, we are!!)We have our dear friend and colleague Michael Neill as our guest and the theme for the interview is: How do we make the invisible visible, and the impossible possible. It’s filled with insights and reflections about how the process of creating something happens(or as the tagline of Michaels book says: taking stuff out of your head and putting it into the world) and how something that seems impossible can switch into something do-able. We experience this process all the time, and constantly learn to see beyond our imagined limitations and through the walls of what is «possible» for us personally, as One Solution, and as the world. The good news for us all, however, is what Michael shared in the conversation: «You don’t need special skills to go through an imaginary wall» That means that we are literally a blink away from new opportunity. Because although we know that the mind creates imaginary LIMITS, we also have first hand experience in the magic, or dare we say miracles, that can happen when those limits evaporate. Here are some highlights of what we talk about: - How to create something when we don’t see how. (Hint: it turns out looking for HOW is not where «it’s at» when it comes to STARTING.) - How do we move forward when we do see what  we want to do and how, but we’re still stuck even before we start. - How progress looks WAY different than the way we think it will look. - Maneuvering failure, plateaus, doubt, fear, obstacles. - How global solutions is not going to come from doing MORE or working harder, it’s going to come from something NEW. - And much much more!If you enjoyed this, we would REALLY appreciate it if you rate and review our podcast, it really helps us fool the Itunes algorithm and get infront of more people! :)

We looove Q&A. It let's us rethink what we think we know and even what humanity knows, and try to get closer to something valuable and true. If you ever wondered what the link between capitalism and thongs, this is the podcast for you. We dive into how much of the world really is just thoughts we have made up, and made real over time. And how the only way to have a new world is to dramitically RETHINK the world we have created. We live in an ocean of assumptions, stories, collective imagination and with all the moving parts of the world, it's hard to navigate what's real and what's not, what's helpful and not helpful, whats seems good for us NOW vs whats whats good for the planet for the next 500 years and beyond. And we live in the effect of our thinking wether we like it or not. These are some of the questions we use to fuel the discussion in this podcast   1. How can you say there is ONE solution when there is so many complex problems? 2. Whats the link between the personal problems and global problems3. How do we make people care about the world? It seems people just care about themselves and whats around them and have trouble looking at the big picture and whats best for the planet and the people of the world as a whole.We really get into these questions and hopefully can point to something new for you as a listener. So grab a cup of tea, or put your headphones into your ears on the tube and enjoy!  

In this episode you hear Mara interview Lauren Xie, who we met at our trip to Oxford to speak at the Emerge Conference. After the conference, Lauren approached us, and told us how important and relevant the mind was if we are trying to educate people about Climate Change. In other words:- If we want people behaving in a sustainable way, making sustainable choices, it begins within the mind. - If we want to collaborate in creating those solutions, it begins within the mind. - If we want to decrease and in some cases eradicate excessive consumption and greed, it begins within the mind. - If we want people to go from thinking about themselves to thinking about the globe, it begins within the mind. If climate change was caused by humans, the level our collective thinking was the source. If we want to create new change, we need a new level of thinking. There is no other way. 

This podcast is a recording from a keynote Mara and Eirik did in a One Solution Conference in Cape Town in april of 2017. This talk will illuminate how the chronic global issues of our time are only understood and treated at the source: the human mind. Seeing and treating the source of our global issues is the only hope for creating a new world for future generations.Any system in life is only understood and improved when human beings can see the fundamental source, or starting point of it. Consider the foundation of a building, or the human immune system as examples. Painting over cracks in the walls of a house with a faulty foundation is just going to lead to more work in the future, and eventually larger structural problems. Similarly, continuing to put cortisone cream on a persistent rash is not going to treat the issue at the source. It will only provide temporary relief, but no real understanding of what is the underlying cause of inflammation, and therefore no understanding of how to cure it at the source. Any time humans better understand the most fundamental source of an issue, then and only then is real and lasting progress made. The current state of the world is trapped in an ineffective cycle of dealing with the symptoms of socio-global issues, from war and conflict to inequality, poverty, and mental health issues without understanding and addressing them at the source.

We are soo excited to give you this first episode in partnership with the youth-led organization "The rebels for peace". Dajohn White is our guest, and he is sharing some profound realizations about a shift in his mind, and the effects the same shift can have in his neighborhood. This podcast will hopefully open your mind to the potential for peace in violent circumstances. 

We are always searching for what is the ONE thing that affects everything, and this podcast will be about how important that search is. To visualize this we use the metaphor of an immunesystem - if we increase our global mental immunesystem all of our global issues improve. This is true for your body, for your family, for a community, for a business, and for the world. When humans feel better, we do better - and when we are healthy, we make healthy decisions. It's as simple as that, but why are most of us spending time fixing what went wrong, rather than preventing it from happening in the first place?

In this episode you will hear a recording of a 18 minute talk done by Mara Gleason Olsen, from the One Solution conference in Oslo last year. So lean back and get ready to feel hopeful about global change. In this talk she will point to how one simple misunderstanding is wreaking havoc on the world - and how we can solve it. Enjoy! 

Welcome to the One Solution Podcast! In this introductory episode you will simply hear from the One Solution Founders, and what One Solution is about. It is a great first step for anyone new to what One Solution is up to!