The Wonder Dome

The Wonder Dome is back after our summer hiatus! And we're kicking off the fall with Jee Chang - a leadership coach, creative director, designer, and professor who teaches at Parsons School of Design, The New School, and the Pratt Institute. She's also the founder and leadership director of UME, an inside-out brand consultancy that works with radical visionaries and vanguard organizations to build a more regenerative and inclusive future. Our conversation works at the intersection of design and leadership, asking the question: How do we design our spaces, work, and identity to reflect - perhaps even to elevate - our deeply held values?Jee in particular is committed to elevating principles of feminine leadership. She sees this as the work of bringing people together to move hearts and minds to a place where business becomes a vehicle for the greater good, as opposed to competing with a greater good.Jee also carries the wonderful capacity to enter tough conversations and to say what needs to be said, doing so in a way that calls people in rather than simply calling them out. If you're exploring the intersections of art and leadership, of design and identity, then Jee is going to light you up.Connect with Jee:jeechang.comumedesign.coinstagram.com/umexdesignlinkedin.com/in/jee-chang-umeConnect with Us:Subscribe to The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​twitter.com/cahillaguerillainstagram.com/thewonderdomepod​facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coach

Max Gladstone has a “galaxy brain” - he is deeply and widely read, he has thought deeply about many different dimensions of life and existence, and he has a remarkable gift for transmitting his insights in the form of wickedly smart stories that are equal parts devastatingly beautiful and laugh-out-loud funny.His recent novel Last Exit serves as the centerpiece for our conversation today. It asks: What happens when there's no other place to go? When you have come to the end of the road for the life you once imagined for yourself? What lies beyond that threshold? Last Exit is a wild road trip that offers a glimpse of what comes next when your life has fallen to pieces: though it comes with great risk, you might discover beautiful possibilities beyond imagining just past the threshold that marks your current ideas about the world.Connect with Maxmaxgladstone.cominstagram.com/max.gladstonetwitter.com/maxgladstonemaxgladstone.substack.comLast Exit by Max GladstoneDead Country by Max GladstoneHyperobjects and Timothy MortonDemiurgeThe Borders of Infinity by Lois McMaster BujoldConnect with Us:Subscribe to The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​twitter.com/cahillaguerillainstagram.com/thewonderdomepod​facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coach

O.B. Amaechi is a Nigerian-American author, entrepreneur, fashion designer, educator, and coach whose “purpose is soaked in beauty.” Our conversation delves deeply into the themes evoked by that phrase: Why does beauty move us so? And what does it have to do with our soul, our calling, our orientation in life?O.B. has walked the walk in many different contexts: working with young people and teachers, working with organizations who want to make their culture more beautiful by becoming more inclusive and equitable, and working one-on-one with people who are trying to find their own path in the world. All while pursuing his own creative projects as a writer, explorer, and lover of beauty.Connect with O.B.:wakeupthesoul.comfacebook.com/VERGECIRCLEinstagram.com/ob_connectedlinkedin.com/in/obamaechiThe Intentional 5: VERGE - Confessions of a Disciplined Thought by O.B. Amaechi#04 Healing the World through Conscious Leadership (with Dr. Annice Fisher)Connect with Us:Subscribe to The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​twitter.com/cahillaguerillainstagram.com/thewonderdomepod​facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coach

Jeff Lieberman is the co-founder of Sleepawake Camp. A play on the “sleep away camp,” Sleepawake is a boot camp for the body, heart, and mind. The summer program is geared towards people ages 18 to 27 who are ready to learn all of the things that are never taught in school: conflict resolution, emotional regulation, mindful communication, and so much more.Jeff, along with his co-founder (and former Wonder Dome guest) Cat Tweedie have run the camp for a year, and it was amazingly successful in its first season. It is a powerful container for young people who carry a sense that something's missing from our culture, that are maybe looking around going, is this it? Over the past 15 years, Jeff's been training in meditation, personal development, and group dynamics for well-being. He creates spaces where others can tap into their own wisdom and insight, using art to inspire wonder and awe. He also beautifully and authentically speaks to the decade-plus he spent navigating deep depression despite seemingly having it all together from the outside.This year, Sleepawake Camp runs from June 17 to July 16, 2023. If you're between the ages of 18-27 and long for that kind of depth and connection to life, to your sense of purpose and well-being, submit an application online. There are many, many others who are asking the question, “Is this all there is?” and finding the answer to be no. There's so much more. Episode Notes:linkedin.com/in/jeff-lieberman-a00873https://sleepawake.camp/applyEp #98 Camping in the Heartlands (with Cat Tweedie)Learn more about Jeff's art: https://bea.stConnect with Us:Subscribe to The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​twitter.com/cahillaguerillainstagram.com/thewonderdomepod​facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coach

Paul Dunion has been working for decades to help people of all ages - especially men - step more fully into their maturity, their identity, and their potential. And to do so in a way that engages, integrates, and heals the shadow sides of our lives: the parts of ourselves that we don't want people to see. The parts that others may have told us is unacceptable.Paul writes and speaks beautifully about the nature of life and about the ways in which so much of our experience is outside the scope of our control. As Paul says, We're not here to get life “right.” But if we're open and willing to let it, life might get us “right.”That idea sits at the heart of his book, Wisdom, a wonderful exploration of what it truly means to become wise. Paul is not only a wordsmith. He's also a heart- and soul-smith. Our conversation today explores these patterns of maturity, masculinity, shadow work, inviting us to be blessed by life; to be initiated into life's mysteries and humbling wonders; and, perhaps, to live into a world where we are, each of us, a blessing walking.Connect with Paul:pauldunion.comfacebook.com/pauldunionauthorlinkedin.com/pub/paul-dunion/33/ba0/609pauldunion.com/books/my-days-with-emmapauldunion.com/books/wisdomamazon.com/Hazards-Being-Male-Surviving-Masculine/dp/0965762874jameshollis.netConnect with Us:Subscribe to The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​twitter.com/cahillaguerillainstagram.com/thewonderdomepod​facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coach

My guest today is Reggie Mara, author of the new book Healing America's Narratives: The Feminine, The Masculine, and Our Collective National Shadow. It provides a deep look at how we could build a country actually rooted in wisdom, equality, and possibility as imagined in our founding documents.Overall, Reggie's work is about helping people become more fully human. He embodies the recognition that we're no more and no less than the way we treat each other. And he shares the insight that by changing ourselves we become the possibility for changing our society. In our conversation, we tap into what it might take for us to actually talk to our fellow Americans, breaking the downward spiral of zero sum competition, political polarization, burnout, and escapism that defines our current socio-political landscape. So if you're here for an America that actually lives up to it's ideals, then listen in. Reggie's vision for Healing America's Narratives delves into the history that has shaped us and the path we might walk ahead.Connect with Reggie:reggiemarra.comfacebook.com/reggie.marralinkedin.com/in/reggiemarra/healingamericasnarratives.comEnough with the… Talking Points by Reggie MarraKilling America: Our United States of Ignorance, Fear, Bigotry, Violence and Greed by Reggie MarraView all of Reggie's books hereAmerican Nations by Colin WoodardConnect with Us:Subscribe to The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​twitter.com/cahillaguerillainstagram.com/thewonderdomepod​facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coach

Tlotlo Tsamaase is a remarkably talented author of speculative fiction. Her novella The Slience of the Wilting Skin - a provocative, psychedelic, heartwrenching novella that explores the devastating impacts of colonialism - served as the centerpiece of our first conversation. Tragically, something went wrong with that recording and the audio was unlistenable. We had a great time, but we couldn't share it with you. We decided to pick up where that conversation left off, exploring the ineffable nature of creativity. It's hard to put into words, but you might imagine rather than saying “I am writing something,” you say instead, “something is writing me.” It's an elusive and incredibly powerful state, one that infuses Tlotlo's work with visceral and vital energy.So we start there and wind our way into the ways in which the stories that repress us - colonialism, sexism, and systemic racism - have shaped so much of what's written, and all the ways that Tlotlo's working to unpack that, offering stories that might set us free. Stories that challenge us to see truths about our world that we may not be ready or willing to see.Her debut novel Womb City comes out in the Fall of 2023, and I can promise you that it will be a potent one. Tlotlo also offers beautiful insights about how to make a space for your own singular artistic voice when you're repeatedly told by gatekeepers that there is not a seat at the table for you. She's carved her own beautiful path. Perhaps it will inspire you to carve your own.Connect with Tlotlo:tlotlotsamaase.comfacebook.com/tlotlo.tsamaaseinstagram.com/tlotlotsamaasetwitter.com/TlotloTsamaaseThe Silence of the Wilting Skin by Tlotlo TsamaaseWomb City by Tlotlo TsamaaseOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezConnect with Us:Subscribe to The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​twitter.com/cahillaguerillainstagram.com/thewonderdomepod​facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coach

R.S.A. Garcia is a Trinbagonian speculative fiction author who lives in Trinidad and Tobago with her extended family, and as she says, too many cats and dogs :^) Her debut science fiction mystery novel, Lex Talionis, received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, silver medal for best sci-fi fantasy horror ebook from the Independent Publishers award, and became an Amazon Best Seller.She's also published some incredible short fiction, including the novella Philia, Eros, Storge, Agápe, Pragma. If you speak Greek, then you may know the meaning of those words: they are all different kinds of love. The novella explores the question of love in its many different forms.The story's science-fictional world - which includes artificial intelligence, space travel, and interplanetary conflict - is imbued with relationship, family, and respect for tradition, but also a willingness to risk everything for a better future. It draws on both historical realities from our world and richly imagined possibilities from R.S.A.'s incredible imagination. So I'm really excited for you to hear this one, and I hope that you leave here with an urge to read even more of her beautiful writing.Connect with R.S.A.:rsagarcia.comrsagarcia.com/publicationsLex Talionis by R.S.A. Garcia"The Anchorite Wakes" by R.S.A. Garcia"PHILIA, EROS, STORGE, AGÁPE, PRAGMA" by R.S.A. GarciaThe seven kinds of love from Psychology Today "The Sun from both Sides""The Bois" by R.S.A. GarciaPapa Bois"The Guardian" by R.S.A. GarciaTrinidad and TobagoCalypso Music"King" by Florence and the MachineConnect with Us:Subscribe to The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​twitter.com/cahillaguerillainstagram.com/thewonderdomepod​facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coach

Eric Larson, SB Rawz, and I met several years ago. We're all coaches, and we're all on varying parts of our journey into the profession: building our careers, building our businesses, and I immediately felt a deep resonance with both of them.Eric is a return visitor to The Wonder Dome. SB is a new arrival, but feels like an old friend to The Dome. She brings a wonderful depth of insight. And both of them in combination with their expertise and experience are just so god damn fun :^)If you listen in, you'll learn a lot. You'll laugh. You'll sit with some big questions. You might occasionally throw your arms up in irritation - or in joy. I invite you to make sure you listen all the way to the end, where Eric leads us in an experiment about resetting the frame of our lives, and play along with us in a way that feels right for you, wherever you are in this moment.Episode Notes:Connect with Eric on LinkedInConnect with SB on LinkedInEp 45 “You Can Get There from Anywhere” with Eric Larsonrawzcoaching.comThe Golden BuddhaTara BrachThe Bright Side of Shame by Claude-Hélène Mayer and Elisabeth VanderheidenSpare by Prince Harry the Duke of SussexSpalding GrayTaprootBig Fish (film)Tinkers by Paul HardingConnect with Us:Subscribe to The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​twitter.com/cahillaguerillainstagram.com/thewonderdomepod​facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coach

Julie Nováková is an award-winning Czech author of science fiction and detective stories. She tells inspiring stories of possible futures rooted in a really solid understanding of practical science, without sacrificing the heart and humanity of her characters. She's published seven novels, one anthology, one story collection, and over thirty short pieces in Czech. And her work in English has appeared in some of the premier magazines in the world of speculative fiction and imaginative literature.She's also a PhD candidate in evolutionary biology at Charles University and writes wonderful popular science articles about fields ranging from behavioral science to planetary dynamics for Clarkesworld magazine and others.Julie does what is not easy to do: threading together big ideas, and high quality research with strong, character-driven storytelling. It's both really fun stuff and also inspiring stuff to read. Listen in to journey with us into some of these dreams from beyond.Connect with Julie:julienovakova.comfacebook.com/JulieNovakovaAuthortwitter.com/Julianne_SFThe Ship Whisperer, collection of stories by Julie, including:• Second Generation• Ship Whisperer• Becoming• Reset in Peacejulienovakova.com/strangest-of-alljulienovakova.com/life-beyond-us-anthologyclarkesworldmagazine.comeuropeanastrobiology.euView full show notes at bit.ly/3RT9yMXConnect with Us:Subscribe to The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​twitter.com/cahillaguerillainstagram.com/thewonderdomepod​facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coach

Sara Rivera is a Cuban/Peruvian artist, writer, translator, and educator. Her poetry and fiction have been published in a number of literary journals and anthologies. She was awarded a 2017 St. Botolph's Emerging Artist Award and won the 2018 Stephen Dunn Prize in Poetry.Her drawings, sculptures, and community-based installations focus on text-in-space as social intervention, and her public art projects are often developed in collaboration with youth, who bring a really important perspective and voice to the question of who we are and who we're becoming.What is possible for us as a society and the future we are building? Sara and I explore these questions of who we are as a species, the societies we've built, and where we're headed through her own brilliant writing & poetry and through the writings of others.Connect with Sarah:saradanielerivera.cominstagram.com/sdr_artstwitter.com/sdr_artsgrubstreet.orgOctavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements by Adrienne Maree Brown and Walidah ImarishaThe Road by Cormac McCarthyBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererOctavia Butler, sci-fi writerAlejandra Pizarnik, Argentine poetRead Sara's “Bird Sanctuary” in WaxwingConnect with Us:Subscribe to The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerillaFollow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewonderdomepod​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coach

The world is as noisy as ever, and only getting more so. And we're not just talking about the actual sound waves produced by machines, cars, televisions, etc. There's a lot of real noise, but there's also informational noise (news, videos, updates, ‘likes', ‘feeds', etc) and interior noise (anxiety, worry, doubt, anger, fear, rumination, self-judgment, etc).Today's guests, Leigh Marz and Justin Zorn, are taking this issue head-on. They are the co-authors of the timely book Golden: The Power of Silence in a World of Noise. It is a beautifully written and researched exploration of the spiritual, cultural, social, and collective traditions of accessing spaces of silence in the midst of noisy life.Golden is written to help us connect to what silence actually is - not just the absence of noise, but a kind of energizing, inspiring presence. And it outlines how the presence of silence can transform us as individuals, as groups, and even as a society.What might it look like for us to orient towards a society where there is less inner and outer noise? Where we have more access to spaces of silence that allow us to truly listen for what is possible in our lives and in the world? New outcomes emerge that simply are not possible when we're scrambling, hustling, and drowning in all this noise. Tune in to this conversation to experience those questions and explorations for yourself.Connect with Leigh and Justin:Golden: The Power of Silence in a World of Noise by Leigh Marz and Justin Zornastreastrategies.comleighmarz.comjustinzorn.com”A new book considers what silence is and how it can enrich us” by Christina Tucker (via The Boston Globe)”We once had a law to defend human attention. It's time for an update.” by Leigh Marz and Justin Zorn (via The Washington Post)Connect with Leigh on LinkedIn | TwitterConnect with Justin on LinkedIn | TwitterView full show notes at bit.ly/3XH2WU3Connect with Us:Subscribe to The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerillaFollow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewonderdomepod​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coach

Dr. Nerina Ramlakhan has worked 25+ years as a physiologist and sleep and energy expert. At the core of our conversation is her most recent book, Finding Inner Safety, which she describes as a natural extension of and deepening of her expertise and human physiology, the science of sleep, and the behaviors that can help us sleep better. Underneath our ability to sleep is our capacity to feel safe. If you don't feel safe, you can't sleep.So after 25 years of developing an incredible body of work and impacting thousands of people to help them live healthier lives by sleeping better, she's stepping even more fully into this reality that the deeper truth of our society is that many of us, regardless of wealth, income, and location, live in an epidemic of unsafety.Nerina is stepping beautifully into this space to make a case for the collective, individual, and ancestral healing work we need to do. She affirms that each one of us has access to healing and finding our own inner safety - if we're willing to go on the journey. I hope you can begin that journey with us starting with this powerful conversation.Connect with Nerina:drnerina.comfacebook.com/DrNerinainstagram.com/drnerinatwitter.com/drnerinaFinding Inner Safety: The Key to Healing, Thriving, and Overcoming Burnout by Dr. Nerina RamlakhanFor full show notes, please visit bit.ly/3IvRoOzConnect with Us:Subscribe to The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerillaFollow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewonderdomepod​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coach

From the moment I first encountered Kate Elliott's short story, ”I am a handsome man, said Apollo Crow,” I knew I was in the hands of a master storyteller. Kate is an incredibly talented and prolific author who has written so many cool, fun, enriching books - and they serve as the spine of our conversation today.One of her most recent books, Unconquerable Sun, is a gender-swapped story of Alexander the Great set on an interstellar scale. It's operatic. It's beautiful. It's also deeply researched - essentially everything you're reading in the book is pulled from the various tellings of the story of Alexander the Great. You'll get an inside look into Kate's mind to understand what it takes to write a book of this scope that's just brimming with insight, historical nuance, and texture.This conversation was a powerful exploration of craft, history, identity, of what it is to step into our calling despite resistance, despite even risk of loss of life - which is true for so many of the characters that Kate writes about.Connect with Kate:Visit kateelliott.comtwitter.com/KateElliottSFFyoutube.com/@SFWASubscribe to Kate's NewlsetterSupport Kate on PatreonCheck out The Sun Chronicles Series“We know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns—the ones we don't know we don't know.” - Donald RumsfieldDmitri ShostakovichAlexander the GreatPtolemaic DynastyThe Crossroads Trilogy (Spirit Gate, Shadow Gate, and Traitors Gate by Kate Elliott)The Cold Magic Trilogy (Cold Magic, Cold Fire, and Cold Steel by Kate Elliott)Widukind of Corvey, 10th Century ChroniclerConnect with Us:Subscribe to The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerillaFollow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewonderdomepod​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coach

I've had the pleasure of bringing Yotam Schachter into The Wonder Dome several times now. This particular conversation is a bonus mini-episode where Yotam walks us through his method of Self-Coaching, a simple and powerful practice for engaging with life's many growth opportunities. Self-coaching teaches us how to dialog with ourselves, acting as both client and coach. Just like a professional coach, you will listen, ask questions, and empathize with yourself. As a result, you can grow your own capacity to navigate life's challenges and opportunities with more skill, grace, and self-compassion. If you're interested in learning more about self-coaching, Yotam is hosting both a “taster” workshop and a full, seven-session program. I've worked with Yotam in a variety of ways, and he is truly a gifted practitioner. If you're interested in cultivating your own learning and growth - and may not have the means or desire to invest in private 1:1 coaching - then I highly recommend checking out his Self-Coaching program. Connect with Yotam:linkedin.com/in/yotam-schachter-07b78018Presence Tree LeadershipEp 18 “The Strength Beyond Our Fear” with Yotam SchachterEp 106 "Facing the Violence Within" with Lawrence Barriner and Yotam SchachterConscious Becoming: Foundations of Self-Coaching (Taster Workshop)Conscious Becoming: Self-Coaching Practices for Efficacy, Harmony, and Growth (Full Program)Connect with Us:Subscribe to The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerillaFollow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewonderdomepod​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coach

Rebecca F. Kuang is a multi-award winning Best Selling Author and an accomplished scholar and academic. Her epic fantasy trilogy, The Poppy War, is a beautiful, brutal, story that combines the history of 20th-century China with a universe of monsters, magic, and gods. It is a heartbreaking and powerful piece of art, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in things like Game of Thrones and other fantasy works.Her latest book, Babel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution, is a number one New York Times best seller. I think it's safe to say the book is a masterpiece. It explores an alternative history of academia centered at Oxford University in a magical version of London where literary translation is magical. The book's central character, Robin Swift, is orphaned by cholera in Canton and is brought from China to London by a mysterious professor. We come to discover the truth of the Royal Institution of Translation alongside Robin, and in the process, we are given an unflinching look at the oppressive, colonial, racist ideology that allowed this institution to come into being.What the best science fiction and fantasy do so well is make us look long and hard at our own world. Babel does so without sacrificing the story, which is filled with moments of sweetness and love and tenderness, and also moments of violence and loss and brutality. In our conversation, Rebecca and I explore what it is to translate, what it is to speak, what it is to have an identity and a sense of place or home, and what it is to lose that. Rebecca, ever the scholar and storyteller, leads us into that territory in a beautiful way. Connect with Rebecca:instagram.com/kuangrftwitter.com/kuangrfrfkuang.comBabel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R.F. KuangThe Poppy War Trilogy by R.F. KuangEbony and Ivory: Race Slavery and the Troubled History of America's Universities by Craig Steven WilderThe Phaedo by PlatoConnect with Us:Subscribe to The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerillaFollow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewonderdomepod​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coach

Nina Simons is the co-founder of Bioneers, an organization focused on helping the human species reach a place of true racial and gender justice for all, while also rekindling our sacred relationship with the planet Earth - and in the process, supporting a just transition to a future that's regenerative, sustainable, and allows every living being on this planet to flourish.The mission of Bioneers and their extensive body of work also serve as a powerful example of what I aspire to build with The Wonder Dome: a place where people who care about our collective future can be nourished and inspired as they connect to hope, possibility, mystery, and beauty.In our conversation today, we use Nina's award-winning book, Nature, Culture, & the Sacred: A Women Listens for Leadership, as the departure point for a wide-ranging conversation about the essentiality of bringing more feminine energy into leadership.Nina has spent decades cultivating the leadership of women around the world. She embodies the wisdom she teaches. There's so much more I could say about her career and journey, but suffice it to say it was an incredible honor to host Nina in The Wonder Dome.Connect with Nina:facebook.com/nina.simonsinstagram.com/1ninasimonslinkedin.com/in/nina-simons-47a1355twitter.com/ninabioneersninasimons.combioneers.orgNature, Culture & the Sacred: A Woman Listens for LeadershipMoonrise: The Power of Women Leading from the HeartConnect with Us:Subscribe to The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerillaFollow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewonderdomepod​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coach

This episode officially marks the end of 10 episodes celebrating 100 conversations in The Dome! The opportunity to bring together past guests in new constellations has been a deeply meaningful gift. Hopefully, if you've been listening to these incredibly rich, deep, robust gatherings in The Dome, something has expanded or opened for you. Perhaps helping you see and feel in new ways, and, perhaps, access parts of yourself that have been harmed, lost, or numbed. That's certainly the space that I play in with past Dome guests Rada Yovovich, Kade Friedman, and Wesley Morris. We recorded this conversation on October 11, 2022; National Coming Out Day. Both Kade and Rada explicitly do work to help people stand fully in their gender and sexual identities. And Wesley, whose work is focused on the intersections of race, privilege, and oppression, is very much a convener of beloved communities that welcomes all identities to the table.My hope is that this conversation sparks something in you that has been longing to come out and come alive, even if other parts of you are scared to admit it. Because when you step more fully into who you are - in ways that feel safe and empowering and meaningful - you are giving the gift of that possibility to others. You will be doing great service to everyone in your life, starting with yourself. ***NOTE: The title for this episode was adapted from Naomi Shibab Nye's incredible poem So Much Happiness. Rada does a beautiful reading of this poem near the top of our conversationConnect with Us:Subscribe to The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerillaFollow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewonderdomepod​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coach

My guests today for this continued celebration of 100 episodes of the Wonder Dome are Dr. Jeff Hull and Ben Preston. Jeff was on episode #55 of the Dome, "Meta Leadership," and Ben was on Episode #81, "The Space Where Worlds Meet."In this return conversation, we explore one of the key constraints of our dominant capitalist culture: we often only know each other through the roles that we play in society. For example, the role of "consumer," the role of "provider," the role of "maker," of "inventor," of “employee", of "entrepreneur."As a result, we don't actually know each other. We start to think that we are our roles. This can lead us to confuse socially "normal" behaviors - even highly destructive behaviors towards each other and the biosphere - as simply a fact of reality. That we are inherently greedy. That we are inherently designed for survival of the fittest. That it truly is a game of winner takes all.These beliefs and the behaviors that follow from them are killing us. But they are far from the whole picture. We exist in a much more complex, beautiful, and diverse tapestry of possibility. Ben, Jeff, and I explore a few threads in that tapestry, discussing themes of leadership, culture-making, history, and ancestry. In the end, we center on this question: what might it look like to create alternative cultural spaces - right here and now - where we can have first-hand experiences of what a future culture could be?It's time to totally reimagine who we are, what we're capable of, and what kind of world we want to build. It's time to stand for the highest and greatest good for our species and the whole planet. It's time to embody a new cultural imagination. ***And remember, as a way of saying thanks to everyone who's supported this journey, I'm gifting my listeners with all sorts of cool artifacts that represent the best of the show: Books, music, art, coaching sessions, guided meditations, developmental practices, and even the chance to join me for a special live Wonder Dome gathering where we can meet in real-time and have a shared experience in The Dome. Learn more and enter here: https://mailchi.mp/58e29b41e03a/twd100

I've been bringing back different constellations of past guests to celebrate 100 episodes of The Wonder Dome. For this one, I decided to do something a little different. My returning guest is the amazing human being, Rayshauna Gray. She's a historian, essayist, creator, teacher, and facilitator. She originally joined me for episode #21 "With Clear Eyes and a Full Heart."And instead of having someone else join us, we decided to have something else. Specifically, Rayshauna's beautiful deck of cards entitled Modus Operandi. Each card in the deck has a single, powerful question on it, printed in an elegant serif font against a white background. We decided that this deck of cards would make the perfect 'host' to our conversation.So in a way, Rayshauna and I are the guests for this episode, and I use my voice as an avatar for the cards and the questions they hold. This gives Rayshauna the chance to answer the questions that she's inviting other people to ask of themselves. And I get to play too, even as I'm the one asking them. This led to a rich, unpredictable, and evocative conversation. We touch on the impact of the past on our present, the ways our beliefs shape us and are shaped by us, and the conscious choices we can make to live a more self-aware life in the face of pain, loss, suffering, and heartache.The questions in the Modus Operandi deck lead toward intimate conversations that often get passed over for fear of discomfort or awkwardness. But it's this very intimacy and depth that serves as one of the most powerful sources of transformation. That's why I keep these cards right on my desktop, so I always have them at hand. You can visit her website to purchase a physical copy of the deck.

Continuing my celebration with past guests are Joel Monk (founder of Coaches Rising) and Ishita Sharma (founder of Come to Center). Coaches Rising is an amazing resource for practitioners who are working to evolve the field of coaching, exploring how to show up for our clients with deep questions, presence, openness. And Ishita is a faculty member for one of their more recent programs, The Power of Presence.Our conversation centers around the questions: What is presence, and why does it matter? Why did Joel decide to build a whole program around presence? Why is presence the difference that makes the difference? The three of us play in that space in an attempt to be present with each other, to let go of a particular agenda for this conversation, and laugh, share, and learn from each other.NOTE: In the last 15 minutes or so, Ishita invites you as the listener to get in touch with a moment where you really felt in flow or felt most like yourself. When that moment comes, prepare yourself to pause and really get into your mind and body and evoke that experience. And when you press play again, listen to the way we use that invitation to bring our conversation to its conclusion. ALSO, NOTE: Toward the end, we also got interrupted by a VERY loud lawnmower. We decided to let that be part of our dance with presence and distraction. Hopefully, I've edited it enough that it isn't too jarring as you listen in, and you can join us in the perfect humor of that moment :-)Connect with Us:The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerillaFollow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewonderdomepod​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coachConnect with Joel and Ishita:#17 Waking Down and Spiraling Up (with Joel Monk)coachesrising.com#19 Embracing Your Wholeness (with Ishita Sharma)cometocenter.comListen to Ishita's free, guided call to explore inner coherence: bit.ly/3KvIqjcJoin Murmurations, a 6 month program to help usher you into the next stage of evolution and alignment with your Higher Purpose: cometocenter.com/groupintensive

Both Lawrence Barriner and Yotam Schachter have built their careers and callings around helping others grow and evolve. A big part of that for both of them is facilitating experiences where men can work together to reckon with masculinity, violence, healing, and repair. In this conversation, we play at this intersection of what it is to be a man in relationship to the violence in our culture and in our histories. As men, we have a unique spectrum of qualities and attributes that anchor our physicality, our sexuality, or sensuality. These are a part of who we are, and these are also aspects that are often channeled in violent and unhealthy ways. How can we embrace those aspects of our masculine selves without being reduced, ashamed, or diminished by them? This conversation was recorded in the wake of the Uvalde, Texas shooting. I was feeling in tune to the ways in which so much of the violence committed in our society is committed by men. There is, of course, more to be said about the contexts and histories that allow for the violence to happen. But the presence of men is a persistent factor when we look at shootings like this.I've also recently finished reading Different by the primatologist Frans de Waal, who studies chimpanzees and bonobos - our two primate relatives that are genetically equally close to us humans - to challenge widely held beliefs about masculinity and femininity.So personally, I'm in this space of making meaning around who we are as men and how we could evolve or show up in ways that allow us to fully express all of our potentials - not just the stereotypical “masculine” ones - but the full range of potentials in service of a more robust, healthy, healed, and joyful world.Connect with Us:The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerillaFollow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewonderdomepod​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coachConnect with Lawrence and Yotam:#18 The Strength Beyond Our Fear (with Yotam Schachter)Visit presencetree.comConnect with Yotam on LinkedIn#75 Making New Worlds Possible (with Lawrence Barriner II)Visit lqb2.coSubscribe to Lawrence's NewsletterListen to Lawrence's podcast, Life RadioConnect with Lawrence on Instagram | TwitterDifferent: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist by Frans de Waal

For episode 105, I am joined from across the pond by Lee Chambers and Robert Stephenson. Lee and Robert each bring a distinct essence to the question:what becomes possible when we discover that our singular point of view on reality is just a small part of a bigger, more complex, more diverse human story? Together, the three of us tap into the insight that we all need places to meet, nourish, and sustain ourselves and we also need opportunities to travel, adventure, and discover out beyond ourselves. We can't limit ourselves to one or the other. We need to find ways to integrate both. “The Tavern at the Beginning of the World” is a place to do just that :-)In the end, this conversation is about what becomes possible if you are willing to shatter your current understanding of reality to find something bigger. Come join us for a drink at the Tavern and see where it takes you…Connect with Us:The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerillaFollow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewonderdomepod​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coachConnect with Lee and Robert:#39 From Your Inner Well (with Lee Chambers)leechambers.orgessentialise.co.uk#72 The Theater of Our Lives (with Robert Stephenson)Listen to Fan the Flames with Robert Stephenson and check out his YouTube“The Journey of a Podcast” by Robert Stephenson “Mameen” by David WhyteConnect with Robert on Instagram | LinkedInConnect with Lee on Instagram | LinkedIn

Returning to The Wonder Dome this week are long-time collaborators Parker Palmer and Carrie Newcomer. Parker is the author of many books and a celebrated teacher and educator. Carrie is the writer of many songs and creator of many albums and she too is a celebrated educator and teacher in her own right. Together they have produced a number of stage productions centered around collective healing and reimagining and healing our democracy. They have co-written songs, turned poetry into music, and host The Growing Edge podcast - which is a beautiful venue for discovery and growth and a must-listen.This conversation explores the many voices and cultures we'll need to weave together if we're going to repair and restore the sacred lands we cohabitate, lands that have been desecrated by centuries of violence, theft, extraction, and forced displacement. Through music, poetry, and discussion, we tap into the spirit of possibility that can come if we're willing to show up in our lives and risk ourselves in our status, standing, and safety.Connect with Us:The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerillaFollow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewonderdomepod​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coachConnect with Parker and Carrie:mindfulcreative.coach/the-wonder-dome/2021/9/15/70-parker-palmermindfulcreative.coach/the-wonder-dome/2021/12/9/80-carrie-newcomerVisit carrienewcomer.comCheck out The Growing Edge Podcast: newcomerpalmer.com/home

Today's guests already know each other quite well. Chelsea Simpson and Michael Stern are co-founders of The Emerging Leaders Project. This beautiful offering to the world stands for the recognition that our societies are in transition. The systems that we've relied upon for centuries are breaking down. And they're doing so at an accelerating rate, which can be pretty damn scary.But Chelsea and Michael recognize that as this breakdown accelerates it also creates the space for inspiring new possibilities. If we open our eyes and really look there are people, communities, organizations, and even entire nations who are rallying to meet this moment.The Emerging Leaders Project is an incubator for this conscious social change, working to empower leaders all over the world by giving them the tools and frameworks necessary to discover and create a thriving future for our species.Connect with Us:The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerillaFollow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewonderdomepod​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coachConnect with Chelsea and Michael:https://emergingleaders.usEp #03 Truth in the Silence (with Chelsea Simpson)https://integralalignment.comEp #22 Emergent Leadership (with Michael Stern)

For episode 102, I'm bringing together two past Wonder Dome guests who know each other quite well: Kim Loh and Gabe Wilson. They've worked together as facilitators, trainers, and coaches, and they co-authored Compassionate Conversations alongside master practitioner Diane Hamilton. As the three of us come together again in The Wonder Dome, we deepen into one of the core themes from our prior conversations: the healing, learning, and growth that are possible when at the heart of conflict. It's easy to look at our dwindling public commons and despair. It has become driven by 24-hour news media cycles and social media bubbles of highly polarized and insular content. This content points to deep conflicts at the heart of our social structures and institutions.What we don't always see is that there are countless folks who are sitting with the question of how can we live together more peacefully and more beautifully?The paradox is that we might only be able to find the answer to that question if we're willing to walk into the fire of conflict and feel its heat. If we do it unskillfully, we'll get burned. But if we can find our way in - if we can somehow dance in that fire - we also discover the warmth and light that can serve as the source for new life. Connect with Us:The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerillaFollow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewonderdomepod​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coachConnect with Kim and Gabe:compassionateconversations.comVisit kimberlyloh.com#25 Finding Intimacy at the Heart of Conflict (with Kim Loh)Visit freedomandfairness.co#47 Freedom and Fairness (with Gabe Wilson)

Back for our second episode of the Summer Celebration Series are Ken Liu, Tochi Onyebuchi, and Ray Nayler. All three of these writers add so much depth and richness to the tapestry of our lives. When you leave this conversation today, I encourage you to listen to my other interviews with them and to read their work. Their writing has the potential to change your relationship to what's possible for the future of our species.Ursula K. Le Guin said that “Change begins in art.” The divine rights of kings seemed to be a permanent fact of reality until artists, philosophers, and activists imagined something else. Imagination was the precursor to social change. In the same way, we will not end the suffering, inequities, and impoverishment of our global society until we can imagine something else. Ken, Tochi, and Ray are doing that imaginative work, each in their own beautiful way. Their work confronts the brutality of our societies while also amplifying and deepening the beauty of existence. Our conversation is a rich, deep, and joyful exploration of these themes.And remember to enter our summer giveaway for the chance to win some cool artifacts that represent the best of the show: mailchi.mp/58e29b41e03a/twd100Connect with Us:The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerillaFollow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewonderdomepod​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coachConnect with Ken, Tochi, and Ray:https://kenliu.name Purchase Ken's Speaking Bones: https://kenliu.name/blog/book/speaking-bones https://tochionyebuchi.com Purchase Tochi's latest novel Goliath: us.macmillan.com/books/9781250782953https://raynayler.netPre-order Ray's first novel The Mountain in the Sea: bookshop.org/books/the-mountain-in-the-sea-9780374605957/9780374605957

Welcome to the 100th episode of The Wonder Dome! I've spent the past two years showing up as fully as I can for each one of these conversations. In the process, I've been repeatedly humbled and inspired by the amazing humans I've had the privilege to meet here in The Dome. Thank you for being here with me. In a sense, every person who listens to these recordings is in the room with me and my guests. Getting in touch with your presence as we talk deepens the quality and the energy of the conversations in amazing ways. To celebrate this milestone, I'm hosting a series of ten conversations with past guests. In today's episode, I'm joined once again by the amazing Todd Marston. He was my very first guest in The Wonder Dome (and the composer of our theme song!). He was the person I went to and said, “I'm going to do this thing. I'm a little scared. It could be weird. It could be a hot mess. But if it's terrible, then at least we get to hang out for an hour.” And here we are 100 episodes later, and more than 10,000 people have tuned in.In a really lovely and generous gesture, Todd reached out to me and said he'd like to interview me for my 100th episode. Todd turns the tables on me to help me unpack what I've learned through the journey of having 100 conversations in The Dome. He's such a talented and beautiful artist who brings his full self to the power of art to enliven us and make new worlds possible. He brings that playfulness and artistic spirit to his interview with me today. It was a delightful way to kick off the next 100 conversations in The Wonder Dome.Finally, as a way of saying thanks to everyone who's supported this journey, I'm gifting my listeners with all sorts of cool artifacts that represent the best of the show: Books, music, art, coaching sessions, guided meditations, developmental practices, and even the chance to join me for a special live Wonder Dome gathering where we can meet in real-time and have a shared experience in The Dome. Learn more here, and enter for a chance to win one of these meaningful gifts.Connect with Us:The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerillaFollow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewonderdomepod​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coachConnect with Toddinstagram.com/integermusicyoutube.com/user/ToddMarstonListen to Todd's music toddmarston.bandcamp.comSupport him on Patreon patreon.com/toddmarstonTig Brich's Pub westkerrybrewery.ie

Angella Okawa is a certified Integral coach and a licensed marriage and family therapist and the founder of Mindful Diversity. She brings together a wide range of modalities to help people navigate questions of identity, belonging, community, diversity, and equity. These questions permeate our social fabric, pushing us to explore who we are and who we might become.This is a deeply experiential episode. We begin by exploring work that I did with Angella in a private coaching session, where she took me through a process to connect to my own inner imagination to navigate a question of my future and purpose. From there, our conversation delves into group, social, and organizational contexts where there's conflict or disagreement about what's right or true. At the end of the conversation, Angella leads a guided visualization to weave together the elements we explored.Throughout it all, she models what becomes possible if we're willing to listen deeply to each other in those moments where we feel most afraid, angry, upset, or defensive. You will leave this conversation with a deeper sense of how to navigate spaces that are riven by conflict and uncertainty, and how to emerge from those conflicts with more possibility, creativity, and true human connectionConnect with Us:The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerillaFollow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewonderdomepod​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coachConnect with Angella:linkedin.com/in/angellatwitter.com/angellamindfuldiversity.comFocusing Therapy - focusingtherapy.orgHakomi Therapy -hakomiinstitute.comCarl Jung - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_JungActive Imagination (Carl Jung) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_imagination Dr. Thomas Singer - linkedin.com/in/thomas-singer-a687518bMaria Lugones - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_LugonesDiane Musho Hamilton - dianemushohamilton.comArny Mindell - aamindell.net

Cat Tweedie is the CEO and co-founder of Sleepawake Camp, a four-week residential intensive for 18 to 24-year-olds to explore how to live life with authenticity and awareness.Up through graduating high school, the average young person has spent 18,000 hours studying science, math, language, arts, and social studies. But there's a really good chance that those same students have spent zero hours studying how to negotiate conflict, focus their attention, work skillfully with their emotions, or even how to allow themselves to have emotions and express them fully and wholeheartedly.Sleepawake Camp is about giving space for young people to step into the parts of life that are essential to our humanity but are absent from much of the social, organizational, and educational contexts that those of us who are privileged to have access to education to still don't get exposure to. What I loved most about this conversation with Cat was her clear and potent invitation to all of us, regardless of how old we are, to step more fully into the emotional realities of life. This conversation explores how we might be able to find pathways back to our authentic, wholehearted selves.Get Connected:The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerillaFollow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewonderdomepod​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coachConnect with Cat:Visit sleepawake.campLearn more about Cat's artwork here cattweedieball.comlinkedin.com/in/catherine-tweedie-a877945

Rev. Dr. Nóirín Ní Riain is a theologian, philosopher, and teacher of music and music history. She is a Reverend minister, a master of ritual, and uses sound to help people mark the most important milestones in their lives: birth, marriage, death, and many others along the way.She also originated the concept of Theosony which is the sound of God or the sound of the Divine, a way of engaging with reality through listening that can bring us in touch with the mystery and the wonder of existence and of the universe.Nóirín has collaborated with hundreds of other singers and artists, perhaps most relevant to this audience, her sons Owen and Mícheál. In 2004, she collaborated with Sinead O'Connor who described Nóirín as her biggest influence and heroine in music.Nóirín has helped thousands of people through her music and gentle encouragement, as you'll hear in our conversation today - which traverses Irish poetry, prayer, and sacred song; a distillation of the incredibly rich and full life that Nóirín has lived and an embodiment of her calling to share her gifts with the world.Get Connected:The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerillaFollow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewonderdomepod​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coachConnect with Nóirín:https://noirin.loveturasdanam.comfacebook.com/RevNoirininstagram.com/noirininterfaithListen to my conversation with Nóirín's son, Owen - mindfulcreative.coach/the-wonder-dome/2022/3/1/86-owen-osuilleabhainVoice at the Edge Documentary - hilaryfennell.com/portfolio/noirin-ni-riain-voice-at-the-edgebookshop.org/books/listen-with-the-ear-of-the-heart-an-autobiography/9781847301727 Sean-nós singing - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean-n%C3%B3s_singingTheosony: the Sound of God from BBC - bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/music/theosony.shtml

Monique Schubert is a dear friend who I've had the privilege of studying with, learning from, and teaching alongside. She is a beautiful soul who sees life as an extended project to make the world more beautiful, more kind, and more inclusive. She uses the tools of art, yoga, and music to educate, inspire, and connect.Monique is also a Kripalu certified teacher and helps design their teacher trainings and facilitates transformational experiences, including their 200-hour meditation teacher certification, which she is co-teaching alongside another dear friend, colleague, and past Wonder Dome guest, Sam Chase.For over 20 years she's been teaching yoga and mindfulness in the New York City area, and she brings together a wonderful background in visual arts that weaves into her mindfulness teaching and practices. She's also a member of the Resistance Revival Chorus, a powerhouse group of 60+ women and femmes who unite to sing songs from various protest traditions, such as the civil rights movement, the labor movement, and the women's movement.Infusing all of Monique's work as a teacher, an educator, an artist, a musician, and an activist, is her deep commitment to collective joy and thriving.Get Connected:The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerillaFollow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewonderdomepod​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coachConnect with Monique:omsociety.yogalinkedin.com/in/monique-schubert-mfa-4a57ba45resistancerevivalchorus.com'For All Beings' by Zenju Earthlyn Manuel - zenju.org/for-all-beings-2/Valerie June 'Astral Plane' - youtube.com/watch?v=rN35g4eLQgg Ronald McNair - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_McNairResistance Revival Chorus 'Reason I Sing' featuring Valerie June - resistancerevivalchorus.bandcamp.com/track/reason-i-singAni DiFranco 'Joyful Girl' feat the Resistance Revival Chorus - youtube.com/watch?v=qS_b_ExBfWIUbuntu Philosophy - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_philosophy

My conversation with Sessei Meg Levie works with the possibility that sitting in stillness, attending to what is without judging yourself or the world, and simply noticing, can open whole new doorways of possibility in your life and the lives of those around you. Sessei Meg Levie is the head priest of the Stone Creek Zen Center in Sonoma County, CA, and she has been practicing Soto Zen for 30+ years. Over the past decade, she has pioneered the development of awareness practices in organizations around the world.As a senior teacher for Search Inside Yourself, the mindfulness-based emotional intelligence and leadership program created at Google, she has trained hundreds of other meditation and mindfulness teachers and impacted thousands more participants. She's also a professional coach who works with executives to bring meditation and mindfulness to their leadership.I invite you to start with the advice Meg offers at the end: simply pay attention. If you are feeling that sense of exhaustion, fatigue, or overwhelm, or even a hint that things could be different, then start by paying attention. Who knows what doorways might open?Get Connected:The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerillaFollow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewonderdomepod​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coachConnect with Meg:meglevie.comlinkedin.com/in/megleviestonecreekzencenter.orgsfzc.orgsiyli.orgSunryu Suzuki Roshiwordsfortheyear.com/2015/09/04/the-breeze-at-dawn-by-rumiynharari.com/book/sapiens-2Find Meg's essay 'Home-leaving and Home-making' here: wisdomexperience.org/product/buddhas-apprentices

Dominic Longo is the founder of Flourishing Gays, a coaching and consulting firm that works especially with gay, bi, queer, and trans men to support their leadership, personal development, growth, and flourishing. He is a remarkable scholar, teacher, coach, thinker, theologian, bringing together a number of different streams of understanding about how we humans are made, and who we can become if we give ourselves the gift of a life of transformation and growth.Our conversation explores human development through the lens of what it is to be Queer - in particular a Queer man - in our culture. We land on the beautiful possibility that by creating a world where Queer humans flourish, we are creating a world where every human can flourish.  Because, in a sense, “queerness” is a part of all of us. Regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, all of us have parts of ourselves that are deemed to be too different, strange, threatening, or confusing by our dominant culture. The natural protective response is to hide or repress those parts. But this comes with massive emotional, psychological, and energetic costs. When we find ways to set down our protections and our defenses, we have the opportunity to welcome and amplify the latent gifts and potentials living inside us. Get Connected:The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerillaFollow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewonderdomepod​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coachConnect with Dominic:flourishinggays.comfacebook.com/flourishinggaysinstagram.com/flourishinggayslinkedin.com/in/fdominiclongo

Cynthia Scott has carried a lifelong curiosity about how people thrive, regenerate, and transform. She's done extensive research on burnout prevention, personal and organizational resilience, and the development of true agility and adaptability. She asks how do we grow, evolve, and stay resilient, especially as the world around us becomes so much more uncertain and things we once took for granted disappear?She is the founder of ChangeWorks Lab, and she has 40+ years of experience as a consultant, author, social entrepreneur, educator, and coach. Over the decades, she's served as a leadership professor, an organizational psychologist, a nonprofit board member, an executive, and a change catalyst. In all those contexts, she's worked to help people connect to the light that fills their life with purpose and grieve the losses that make life hard so that we can find a way forward.Get Connected:The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerillaFollow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewonderdomepod​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coachConnect with Cynthia:changeworkslab.comlinkedin.com/in/scottcynthiatwitter.com/cynthiascottsf

One of the coolest things about hosting The Wonder Dome is that I get to dive deep into conversations with some of the most dynamic human beings on the planet. Aidan McCullen is one of those people.He is the author of Undisruptable: A Mindset of Permanent Reinvention for Individuals, Organisations, and Life. He also hosts the fantastic podcast, The Innovation Show, which served as an exemplar for me of what's possible for the Wonder Dome. And he publishes a weekly blog centering around what it means to reinvent ourselves and our organizations. As you'll see and hear, he has a remarkable gift for storytelling and metaphor, and his body of work speaks to the importance of having full access to all of our inner resources. So that we can do the hard work necessary to weather tough times. And so that we can adapt and innovate when the situation demands it.We could stop there, and that would be material enough. But before Aidan built this body of work, he made a successful career as a professional rugby player with over 100 caps for Leinster, Toulouse, and London Irish. And in our conversation, he shares how even becoming a rugby player was in itself a personal reinvention.In short, Aidan is someone who has walked the walk in terms of growth, adaption, and evolution. If you care at all about how to live life more fully, more creatively, with more resilience and adaptability, then this conversation is for you.Get Connected:The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerillaFollow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewonderdomepod​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coachConnect with Aidan:Listen to theinnovationshow.ioKeep up with Aidan's blog aidanmccullen.com/thursday-thought-blogRead Aidan's latest book theinnovationshow.io/undisruptable-bookVisit AidanMcCullen.cominstagram.com/the_innovation_showlinkedin.com/in/aidanmccullentwitter.com/aidanmccullen

Nathan Blair is the founder and lead trainer at the Somatic School, a school for coaches and other practitioners who want to understand how our bodies serve as the vessel for deep connection and understanding between each other, with the entire planet, and with the universe.During his teens, Nathan was diagnosed with ADHD and took medication to manage his “symptoms.” But over time, through mindfulness and nature-based practices, he realized his sensitivity was not a problem to be medicated. It was, instead, an incredible superpower to be amplified. Over the years, he's trained in a number of different practices rooted in a deep understanding of our neurophysiology, our neurobiology, and our empathic connectivity. Our conversation today is an absolutely delightful exploration into this work that ultimately extends beyond and beneath all words, transporting us into the realm of pure sensing.Connect with Nathan:thesomaticschool.comfacebook.com/thesomaticschoollinkedin.com/in/nathanjblair

Gayle Karen Young is a catalyst for human and organizational development. She is a mentor, a teacher, an empath, a systems thinker, and a healer. For many years, she worked as the chief culture and talent officer at the Wikimedia Foundation, the foundation responsible for Wikipedia and all of its sister projects devoted to free knowledge and free information. Now Gayle is in private practice, working with leaders from a variety of sectors, many at the frontlines of our collective future, living the question of where are we going and how might we get there together.Our conversation begins with the question, What is it to belong somewhere? To belong to a group? To a people? What does it take for us to find our way back to the places that feel like home? To remember that, in fact, this entire planet is our one and only home?From there, we work with what we call the imaginal gap - that infinite possibility space that speculative authors, futurists, poets, and creators of many stripes have leapt across. The imaginal gap invites us to explore what becomes possible in the future if we resolve, repair, and restore our connections to universal truths right here, right now.This is not clean or easy work, but it is beautiful and essential. It requires our willingness and capacity to enter the sensitive, nuanced, highly-charged spaces of learning, discovery, and growth so that we can “be able for” all that life has in store for us.Get Connected:The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerillaFollow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewonderdomepod​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coachConnect with Gayle:gaylekarenyoung.comlinkedin.com/in/missgayle twitter.com/MissGayle

Janet Allison's work asks and helps us answer the question, how do we raise boys to become good men? She is the founder of Boys Alive, an organization that provides coaching and education to parents of boys of all ages. She's also the host of the ON BOYS podcast, which is now four years running with hundreds of thousands of downloads, featuring experts in the worlds of child psychology, development, and parenting. Even if you are not a parent or don't ever plan to become one, this conversation will deeply impact you. It points to tragic cultural feedback loops that keep making it harder for children of all genders to become healthy, thriving adults.As a result, we keep reproducing the very social-cultural problems we want to avoid - men abusing power, unable to communicate effectively, unable to express their emotions, confusing strength with force, confusing confidence with arrogance. All of these problems have roots in our culture's approach to raising boys.Janet has done amazing work as an educator and coach to help people of all backgrounds unpack this. In the process, she helps us think deeply and clearly about who we want our children to become. How do we help our children unlock their full potential without forcing them into rigid gender identities that limit that potential? Get Connected:The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerillaFollow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewonderdomepod​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coachConnect with Janet:Visit boysalive.comListen to on-boys-podcast.comfacebook.com/boysaliveinstagram.com/boys.alivelinkedin.com/in/janetallisontwitter.com/ParentAdvisor

Kyrah Altman is the Chill Executive Officer and co-founder of LEAD an organization devoted to cultivating mental health and wellbeing in organizations and communities around the world.  She is one of those rare, wholehearted leaders pushing back against the dominant narrative that constantly drives us to produce, to perform, to be perfect without ever revealing our full humanity.Kyrah co-founded LEAD (Let's Empower, Advocate, and Do) 10 years ago as a 15-year-old high school student. Today, the fast-growing organization provides teaching, training, coaching, and a huge library of resources dedicated to what she calls "no fluff" mental health education. She travels the world speaking about the impact of social entrepreneurship on trauma survivors, the importance of addressing mental health and wellbeing, and of destigmatizing mental illness, particularly in vulnerable communities.Ultimately, Kyrah is a champion for the idea that while not everyone has a mental illness, everyone can improve mental health. All of us live in contexts that are producing pain and suffering, but we can all contribute to the reduction of that pain in how we treat each other, how we treat ourselves, and how we build thriving cultures by inviting everyone to show up as full human beings.Get Connected:The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerillaFollow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewonderdomepod​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coachConnect with Kyrah:Visit leadnow.orgfacebook.com/leadinc.nowinstagram.com/leadinc.nowlinkedin.com/in/kyrahaltmantwitter.com/LEADInc_now

Since he was a kid, Howard Prager has been living the question, “how can I make someone else's day?”  Howard is the Founder and Executive Director of the Advanced Learning Group. He is a generous, kind-hearted human who is taking a stand for bringing “memorable, cherished moments” into leadership. His recent book, Make Someone's Day: Becoming a Memorable Leader in Work and Life, explores what it takes to do that. In our conversation today, Howard and I play with the possibility that part of our collective work ahead is developing the capacity to show up for each other in a way that suspends judgment so we can meet the real, live human being across from us. Every interaction we have with someone else is an opportunity to show up with kindness and generosity. These seemingly small or inconsequential acts can often have a profound impact on our well-being and our relationship to the world.Get Connected:The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerillaFollow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewonderdomepod​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coachConnect with Howard:HowardHPrager.comhowardhprager.com/make-someones-dayadvancelearninggroup.comfacebook.com/howardhpragerinstagram.com/howardhpragerlinkedin.com/in/howardhpragertwitter.com/howardhprager

Owen Ó Súilleabháin lives the belief that art has the power to awaken the most dynamic and creative aspects of ourselves in the world, regardless of whether or not we identify as “artists.” He's a singer, composer, and a teacher who has collaborated with world-class artists including Steven Spielberg, Russell Crowe, Nigel Kennedy, the Chieftains, and David Whyte.He's usually found working alongside his brother, Mícheál, and his mother, Nóirín. Together the trio co-founded the Dámh Imeall — translation: the (h)Edge School — rooted in an ancient tradition of hedge schooling that emerged under the brutal repression of British rule in Ireland.Owen invites us to make contact with ourselves, our origins, and our unassailable place in the world when we feel isolated, lonely, or alienated. To recognize that there is always a home for us to come back to.Get Connected:The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerillaFollow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewonderdomepod​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coachConnect with Owen:owenandmoley.comturasdanam.comfacebook.com/owenandmichealtwitter.com/owenmoleyinstagram.com/irishbrothersyoutube.com/user/size2shoesofficial

Do you ever ask yourself, “What can I do in the face of these deep, pervasive social, cultural, and spiritual dilemmas that our species has faced and will continue to face in the decades and centuries to come?”Stephen Cope's latest work The Dharma in Difficult Times dives deep into this question. He weaves ancient wisdom from the Bhagavad Gita together with an exploration of the lives of eight different people over the course of the past ~240 years. People who - in the face of colonialism, enslavement, subjugation, oppression, and racism - found a way to listen to their own inner wisdom and take action that rippled throughout their communities and through the world.The book taught me that at every level of our lives there is an opportunity to abide by the quiet inner voice inside of us. If we're willing to slow down enough to hear it, we can find our way towards a deep sense of purpose that will carry us through our lifetime and weave its way into the lives of many generations to follow.Stephen is the author of a number of books that have had a profound impact on how I relate to my sense of purpose and calling in the world, such as Yoga and the Quest for the True Self, Soul Friends: The Deep Power of Human Connection, and The Great Work of Your Life. He is also a personal mentor and friend, and it's safe to say The Wonder Dome wouldn't exist if not for the invitations he's given me to listen to my own quiet inner voice and find my calling.So I hope this conversation helps you find your way to your own calling in these difficult times; to the beautiful possibility that you are participating in something that has existed long before you and will carry on long after you.Get Connected:The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerillaFollow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewonderdomepod​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coachCheck out all of Stephen's writing: stephencope.com/shop/#booksLearn more about Kripalu: kripalu.orgConnect with Stephen on StephenCope.com

My guest today is Ariel Burger: scholar, artist, poet, musician, rabbi, professor, nonprofit leader, and former student of Nobel Peace Prize winner and Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel.Ariel is an incredibly playful, creative, and devoted servant of the public good. He is the author of Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel's Classroom. Elie Wiesel was perhaps one of the most important voices for the power of memory and witness to nourish and protect the parts of our lives that are most important for who we are as a species. His work stands as a warning about who we become if we are unwilling to face the fears and underlying forces that shape us, and also a celebration of who we can become if we're willing to stand in witness.Through The Witness Institute, Ariel carries on that lineage of helping people remember where we come from and what we've been through. His work awakens us to generations of suffering and also invites us to receive the generations of gifts and heirlooms we've inherited. It's from this stance that we can enter true boundary-crossing dialogue with the capacity to learn, collaborate and grow as opposed to the impulse to defeat, dominate, and destroy.I for one want to live in the kind of world that Ariel and his colleagues, mentors, students, and community members are helping to imagine for us. Dig in and enjoy!Get Connected:The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerillaFollow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewonderdomepod​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coachConnect with Ariel:ArielBurger.comwitnessinstitute.orgRead Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel's Classroomfacebook.com/Ariel-Burger-361142947963007instagram.com/arielisdrawinglinkedin.com/in/ariel-burger-a5a4597twitter.com/arielburger

I'm excited to have Sam Chase on the show today. Sam is one of the most gifted mindfulness & meditation practitioners I have ever met. He is the author of a wonderfully rich book called Yoga and the Pursuit of Happiness. It is a deep, dense, and humorous exploration of ancient wisdom from the Bhagavad Gita and the Yoga Sutras, paired with the latest research in neurobiology and mindfulness. I had the good fortune of working with him as part of Kripalu's RISE program. He played a key role in designing the program's rigorous curriculum, weaving together the ancient mystical wisdom embodied in Kripalu's lineage with the modern Western medical research that demonstrates the massive impact that mindfulness practices can have on our physical and mental well being.Mindfulness practices help us meet reality as it is, giving us way more capacity to respond to the moment with creativity and possibility - while also being deeply compassionate for all of the ways in which we suffer and struggle in the face of both personal and systemic forces that harm us. Our conversation is a deep, thoughtful, and heartfelt exploration of what it means to show up for life at the places where we have the agency to take action and the awareness necessary to act with wisdom. Get Connected:The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerillaFollow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewonderdomepod​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coachConnect with SamSamChaseYoga.comRead Yoga and the Pursuit of Happiness by Sam Chasefacebook.com/SamChaseYoga linkedin.com/in/sam-chase-wellness

Ralph Waldo Emerson said that “language is fossil poetry.” If that's true, then Báyò Akómoláfé is one of the most remarkable archaeologists and excavators of language's hidden meanings and of our shared human past. What I love about Báyò is his capacity to reformulate, reimagine, reconfigure, and remember. He works with language in a way that deepens our understandings of what's true and real, and also what is untrue and unreal. He weaves those understandings together to help us move towards the boundaries of conventional life, where we might truly learn, grow, and discover.He's an author, a speaker, a teacher. He's also the executive director of The Emergence Network and the chief host of the wildly popular online/offline course and festival, we will dance with mountains. But another way we might talk about Báyò is that he's a self-styled trans-public intellectual, which is a concept imagined together with and inspired by a much more ancient idea of a shamanic priesthood of the Yoruba healer trickster Eshu, who we talk about in our conversation.It's possible that you'll hear some of Báyò's formulations and be struck with a sense of, "what does that mean?" In fact, I hope that's the case! And I invite you to deepen into that encounter. That when faced with the unknown, you're not immediately and unconsciously repulsed by it. Rather, you stop and ask, "What is the trick here? What is hiding inside these words? What is waiting to break open a belief or way of seeing that I need to let go of? That no longer serves me or the world?"Get Connected:The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerillaFollow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewonderdomepod​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coachConnect with Báyò:BayoAkomolafe.netfacebook.com/bayoakomolafeampersandlinkedin.com/in/bayoakomolafetwitter.com/bayoakomolafe

Ben Preston is an Ulsterman from Northern Ireland who currently lives and works across Australia and New Zealand as a regenerative engineer and designer. Regenerative designers think about what is it to make a space that comes to life and invites people in. One that invites people to name their biggest hopes, dreams, and fears, connect around them, and in the process, take care of and support each other. As a facilitator, I'm often thinking about those things purely in the context of how two people might talk or interact with each other. But Ben is thinking about it through the lens of what is it to build a space that allows for that.I was introduced to Ben through another wonderful guest, Jeff Hull. He said Ben is working with deep ideas about what it is to be in community in ways that allow for our highest and best to come through. That's where our conversation starts: locating ourselves in the world, and the places where we and our ancestors came from. I follow Ben on this journey to embracing his longing for connection in a way that allowed him to be true to himself, but also allowed him to begin to walk with and talk across boundaries of identity, ethnicity, and culture.Ben lives at the heart of this beautiful paradox that we can be uniquely anchored in where we come from and who we are in a way that actually allows us to connect with others who are uniquely where they come from and who they are. Rather than seeing those borders as divisions or sources of conflict, we can see them as the spaces where worlds meet, and where new possibilities emerge.Get Connected:The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerillaFollow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewonderdomepod​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coachConnect with Ben:Ben-Preston.comlinkedin.com/in/ben-preston-he-him-74437952Listen to Episode #55 with Jeff Hull: mindfulcreative.coach/the-wonder-dome/2021/5/19/55-jeff-hull

Those of you who have been listening for a while know that I care deeply about the creative process. About the ways in which insight can come to us from the most unexpected places. One of our opportunities as human beings is to show up for whatever life brings. Carrie Newcomer is someone who embodies that as fully as any of us might hope for.Carrie is a songwriter, a recording artist, a performer, and an educator. She co-hosts the podcast, The Growing Edge, with one of my mentors and heroes Parker Palmer. She makes gorgeous music and poetry, and she has been described as a "prairie mystic" by the Boston Globe. As “someone who asks, in her art and music, all of the right questions” in Rolling Stone magazine.If you care at all about treating the people you love with more grace and respect or navigating complex scenarios with more humility and openness to possibility, then this conversation is for you. Get Connected:The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerillaFollow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewonderdomepod​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coachConnect with Carrie:facebook.com/carrienewcomerinstagram.com/carrienewcomertwitter.com/carrienewcomerCarrieNewcomer.comThe Growing Edge Podcast: newcomerpalmer.com/podcast-archives Listen to Until Now: open.spotify.com/album/5lfY9Roe6ItPcLPcCvcUFi?%20si=lQCj2x1MQNO5C5JW3gFm2w%20IListen to Episode #70 (with Parker Palmer): mindfulcreative.coach/the-wonder-dome/2021/9/15/70-parker-palmer

Allie Middleton is deeply attuned to the future possibilities that might be. She has been meditating and practicing yoga for over 45 years and is the author of Yoga Radicals - a curated set of inspiring stories from 36 pioneers in the field. The book emerged from a conference that brought together a collection of a truly remarkable and diverse set of yoga practitioners from around the world.As a certified yoga teacher myself, I'm aware of the way in which our culture has reduced yoga to a purely physical set of practices to stretch, build strength, and develop resilience and calm. While that is true, it's only one tiny aspect of a much deeper, multifaceted prism of possibility that yoga practitioners are committed to.Allie describes yoga as a way to move from "me consciousness" to "we consciousness," the recognition that all of us are sharing one moment in our one planet's history, and it's possible to embark on a path of social change through personal transformation. The 36 amazing folks that she interviews in her book represent the diverse ways in which we can begin to listen to what's here in our minds and hearts without trying to plan, strategize, fix, or save.If you feel some sense of that there's more to yoga than getting your stretch on and breaking a good sweat - that in fact there are unbreakable threads that connect all of us in the midst of the many stories that divide us and position us as opponents - you've got to check out Yoga Radicals by Allie. And this conversation is a good starting point.Get Connected:The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerillaFollow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewonderdomepod​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coachConnect with Allie:facebook.com/alliemiddleton01instagram.com/embodyingcreativity_allielinkedin.com/in/alliemiddletontwitter.com/alliemiddleton1AllieMiddleton.comRead Allie's book, Yoga Radicals: alliemiddleton.com/books

In all aspects of her work and life, Tiffany Wen beautifully models the capacity to share our stories with authenticity and vulnerability. As a yoga teacher, as an activist, as a podcast host, as a storyteller. In all of those contexts, she's helping people tap into inner wisdom and actually listen instead of repressing it or ignoring it.She hosts the Alt-Normal, a podcast centering on diversity as both a beautiful and absolutely critical force for reimagining our future as we work to build a post-pandemic world that's actually worth fighting for.She's also the co-founder of Resonance, a marketing agency that helps people bring out authentic truths that resonate with others. These inner resonances allow her clients to share their work in a way that truly makes a difference in the lives of the people they serve.And she's also the author of a wonderful article about how she's curing the cancer she never had through epigenetic science. It explores the ways Tiffany reimagined and deepened her own relationship with her body after a genetic test revealed that she carried a gene that has a very high statistical correlation with breast cancer. At the beginning of our conversation, Tiffany shared with me that she was having her period. This inner rhythm was understandably impacting her emotionally and physiologically. Past iterations of herself might not have shared that with me. But instead, she chose to share openly because her healing journey taught her to ask the question: What becomes possible when we listen to our bodies and use that as a way to navigate our lives?One of the tragic taboos of our male-dominated culture is our discomfort with human bodies; women's bodies in particular. If you're listening, particularly if you're male-identifying, and you find yourself uncomfortable talking about things related to women's bodies in a way that isn't about objectifying them or sexualizing them - but simply to just be present to who they are and what they're living with - then I hope you stick with this conversation.Get Connected:The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerilla​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coachConnect with Tiffany:facebook.com/tiffanywen3383instagram.com/tiffanywenlinkedin.com/in/tiffanywenListen to the Alt-Normal podcastLearn more about Resonancebloodandmilk.com/how-im-curing-the-cancer-i-never-had-with-epigenetic-science/

Mattias Olsson is a remarkable independent documentary filmmaker and the creator of Campfire Stories, making films that touch the roots of change. His films invite us into the lives of people who are actively imagining and creating a world of ecological balance and human sanity. Campfire Stories ascribes to something called the gift economy, the understanding that the beauty that any one of us can bring into the world is infinitely valuable. But at the same time, it may be infinitely inaccessible to some, because we live in an economy driven by money. So Mattias decided to offer these films at whatever donation the person watching could afford. It is a remarkable way of thinking about the way people connect with and exchange meaning with each other. Through trading. Through sharing. Through gift. And his films are truly a gift.They serve paths towards a future that is waiting for us if we're willing to let go of what we know. Mattias and the people he documents are standing outside the cultural norms that many of us assume to be reality. They show us that we could build communities where we see each other not as units in a transaction, but rather as full beings with gifts and ideas that will add immeasurable value to our lives.This conversation is a wonderful look into how an artist reckons with and engages with the questions that move him, and also points towards what's possible when we step into something that calls to us, even if we're terrified of leaving behind the story we've been sold as we've grown up.Get Connected:The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerilla​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coachConnect with Mattias:campfire-stories.orgSubscribe to the Campfire Stories Newsletter: mailchi.mp/eac50ea3073f/campfire-storiesfacebook.com/Campfire-Stories-inspiring-change-through-film-266708933739635