Podcasts about Gift economy

As Mary anoints Jesus, they embody for us a world based on sharing, reciprocity, and tender mercy.

This week, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Indigenous ecologist and author of “The Serviceberry: An Economy of Gifts and Abundance,” talks about the virtues of the ‘gift economy,” and explains that gifting is instinctive in the natural world and has been the way of life with Indigenous cultures who have found that relying on each other is mutually beneficial. When one group or person shares their resources, they have the shared understanding that there is always reciprocity down the road.

In the first days of the pandemic, farmer and writer Adam Wilson was offered $500k of inherited family money by a local community member to disentangle 113 acres of upstate New York grassland from the real estate market. This would be the first and last time the farm or anything grown on the farm would […] The post Adam Wilson: Farming and feeding in the gift economy appeared first on Hazel Kahan.

Potawatomi botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer discusses the philosophy of a “gift economy” in her latest book The Serviceberry,  expanding on the theme of reciprocity from her 2013 book Braiding Sweetgrass.   At a time of increasing consumerism and declining natural resources, gifting, Kimmerer reminds us, is a truly renewable resource. She draws on the example of the serviceberry and its remarkable ability to give:  “In my Potawatomi language, the word for berry ‘min’ is also the root word for gift and for gift giving. So when you see them hanging there ... They're just meant to attract us, right? And they do! They have what we need in sweetness, flavor, and calories. Every time I pick berries, it just opens that sense of ‘I didn't work for these. I didn't deserve these. I don't own these, and yet here they are in my bowl.’” The serviceberry works as a simple metaphor for Kimmerer to explain why the “gift economy” is so ecologically important. Kimmerer explains that a small dish of berries can multiply with every exchange. Its currency isn’t measured in dollars and cents, but in the sense of community and relationships that gifting and gratitude fosters.  “The goods and services that economics are meant to provide for us, they are material, they are the things that we need in order to live,” Kimmerer continues. “Those are often commodities, but the things that we hold most precious, like pure water, the taste of wild berries, and the regard of our neighbors — the trust of our neighbors — those can never be commodified. For those, we have a ‘gift economy.’”  The Serviceberry is an invitation to think about how we live our lives. Drawing on native beliefs and traditions, Kimmerer explains that the abundant fruits of the humble serviceberry serve as a sweet reminder of our interdependence. It reminds us that all flourishing is mutual, “from bees, to birds, to microbes, to us.”  With the limitations of resources and the finite nature of water and minerals — we should strive for an “economy of balance rather than growth.” Delve deeper into life, philosophy, and what makes us human by joining the Life Examined discussion group on Facebook.

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Bestimmt habt ihr es auch schon einmal gemerkt, wenn es um ihre Unternehmen und Teams geht, haben Leonie und Julia beide den Schreinermeister im Süßholzraspeln. Genau dieses Holz schmeißen sie heute in die Glut einer Diskussion, die sie schon lange brennend interessiert: Wie sehen es eigentlich die Teammitglieder? Als Zunder und Funken der Debatte sind Sophie vom Gypsea und Tabea von Frau Holla zu Gast und erzählen, wie sie ihre Arbeit empfinden: Feuer und Flamme oder eher kalte Asche? Außerdem brandheiß: Leos Story über ein negativ Neugebiet, in dem Holla Geld und Arbeit verbrannt hat, Julias Funkenflug im Leuchtfeuer neuer Gesellschaftsmodelle, auf ihrem Bucketlist Festival, dem Borderland in Schweden und am Schluss eine Verkündung zur Zukunft von NEUGEBIET. Also bleibt dran und viel Spaß!    Erste Viertelstunde:  Wie kannst du in den Spiegel blicken? Von beruflichen Betrugsmaschen und dem Mythos vom schnellen Geld.    Zweite Viertelstunde: Die Asche einer neuen Gesellschaft. Von "Gift Economy" und Julias Bucketlist Erfahrung auf einem Festival, bei dem am Ende alles abfackelt.    Dritte und vierte Viertelstunde und darüber hinaus:  Roast my workplace: Von echten Gefühlen und Erfarhungen bei Gypsea und Holla, den Parallelen und Unterschieden und der Zukunft von Neugbiet.  Folge uns auch auf Instagram:  Neugebiet: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/neugebiet/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠  Julia: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/julia_nomad_of_joy/⁠  Gypsea Beach: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/gypsea.kronau/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Leonie: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/leonie.ungerer/⁠   Frau Holla | Marke & Content: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/frau.holla.official/   

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Coaches bragging on Instagram about the millions they are making and clients who are getting more and more disillusioned about the value they are receiving for the high ticket investments they made. But the 5-figure and 6-figure months don't come without a toll: Endless hours spent making stories, building funnels, writing newsletters, hiring marketing agencies, doing sales calls, etc. And for all coaches just starting out things often look even more dire: they carry the burden of these endless tasks that hopefully someday will bring them to the point where they are able to actually start their real job - working with clients and creating value. The current state of the coaching industry is working for no one. Let's bring it back to order. With two simple measurements that I explored in the newest episode of my Gaia's Custodians Podcast. Enjoy! And yes, I've been in both scenarios. None of them were really fun - compared to how I'm serving my clients now. Apply for CUSTODIA: bit.ly/CUSTODIA-deck Download my book “Gaia's Custodians - The emergence of a novel kind of human”: http://robertgladitz.de/gaiascustodians/ “The more beautiful world our hearts know is possible” - Charles Eisenstein: https://amzn.to/3WaHVCX “Sacred Economics” - Charles Eisenstein: https://amzn.to/3W9pnTG Gaia's Custodians Podcast Episode 02 about the Gift Economy: https://youtu.be/rzi5W0j8Dy0 At One Ventures: https://www.atoneventures.com/ AWESOME PEOPLE Talentschmiede: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw-88I4o7sDIY2WIH7FmaCIy860yYJ8k8 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robertgladitz/message

In this episode, Winter Skyberg shares about the Buy Nothing groups in Newberg. The Buy Nothing project is a way for people to give and receive, share, lend, and express gratitude through the "gift economy", where true wealth is the web of connections formed between people who are real-life neighbors. At first, Buy Nothing may look like another buy, sell, trade group, but it goes much deeper than that. In this episode we'll learn how these groups help us grow together as neighbors, and how they teach us that there's no shame in asking.To learn more about Newberg's Buy Nothing groups, check out the links below:Buy Nothing Newberg (North)Buy Nothing Newberg (South)buynothingproject.orgThis episode is brought to you by The Joyful Roberts Group, a local family-run real estate team led by Daniel Roberts. To learn more about the Living in Newberg YouTube Channel, click the link above.Support the show

What are the economic forces that underly racist thinking? What are the theological dimensions of racism? How does the “political economic distortion of the divine economy” impacts the contemporary experience of and response to racism?In this episode, Jonathan Tran (Baylor University) joins Matt Croasmun to discuss his book, Asian Americans & the Spirit of Racial Capitalism, focusing on the unique experience of Asian Americans, and Jonathan's own experience growing up as a war refugee in southern California; where race and racialized thinking really comes from and how we can understand its history and its impact today; Christian moral psychology; meritocracy and capitalism; and they discuss a unique Christian community—Redeemer Community Church in San Francisco that offers a unique experiment in bearing witness to the economic and racial realities of life today, but through the theological framing of the Gospel.About Jonathan TranJonathan Tran is a theologian and ethicist, and is Associate Dean for Faculty in the Honors College and Professor of Theology in Great Texts at Baylor University. His research focuses on the human life in language, and what that life reveals about God and God's world. Lately, that research has focused on race and racism, and his book Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism attempts to present racism as a theological problem, a political economic distortion of the divine economy, and a problem given to the usual redress, the church laying claim to God's original revolution.Show NotesThe roots of Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial CapitalismAre we thinking about racism backwards?Race as a self-interpreting categoryIs race just obvious? Is it just about the racialized relationships we have with each other?“Rather than thinking of race as basic, we want to ask the question, when and where and how did race come to capture our imaginations, such that we just now assume it as basic?”What is political economy?Connecting an understanding of economy to God's essence and existence“The structure of creation is in a sense hardwired as gift.”“One of the first ways we talked about the gospel in the early church was as the divine economy, an economy of gratuity and grace over and against the world's privation and predation.”Gift economyPope Francis's “Our Common Home”“What is the material political economy out of which the concept and category of race began?”“Race was utilized in Europe and America to create a kind of ideological justification for relationships of property and labor.”Race and unjust labor practicesIs capitalism coextensive with racism?Marxism vs theological answers to the problem of capitalism and racismUnderstanding Marxism with an example: Waco, TexasBlack Marxism as a corrective to White MarxismChristianity and Moral PsychologyAnti-racism, post-racialism, identitarianismReverse engineering racism to produce Black dignity, Black power, or Black politicsGiving race explanatory power“I'm not essentially Asian, but I've been racialized as an Asian person.”Does racism against Asian Americans count?Double marginalization: first by racism, then by anti-racismFoucault's “history of the present”“[Race] is necessarily binary thinking.”Meritocracy and capitalismCase Study: Redeemer Community Church in San Francisco (https://www.redeemersf.org/)The Joy–Dispossession Elipse: “Joy without dispossession is escapist. Dispossession without joy is sadist.”The Gospel as proclamation instead of resistance“Marxists in our sense are waiting for the revolution to start. Christians are leaning into a revolution that's a few thousand years old.”Production NotesThis podcast featured Jonathan Tran & Matt CroasmunEdited and Produced by Evan RosaHosted by Evan RosaProduction Assistance by Macie Bridge, Alexa Rollow, & Tim BergelandA Production of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture at Yale Divinity School https://faith.yale.edu/aboutSupport For the Life of the World podcast by giving to the Yale Center for Faith & Culture: https://faith.yale.edu/give

Miki is the seed founder and Emma a founding member of the Nonviolent Global Liberation community (NGL), which runs entirely as a gift economy. They and NGL as a whole are knee-deep in visionary experimentation about what it would take to realign humanity with life through online and community living experiments. Even without bosses we can still struggle to embody new ways of being together because of our internalised systems of patriarchal conditioning and capitalist thinking. The capacity lens gives us a way to examine this and make more conscious choices together. As Miki puts it, “Everyone who gets into it falls in love with it, because it moves us from rigidity to flexibility, from predictability to emergence, from coercion to willingness, from judgement to tenderness. Who wouldn't want that?”  An incredibly valuable episode if you are wrestling with topics like fairness, how to distribute tasks and roles, leadership in a bossless environment, how to avoid burnout or how to deal with overwhelm in the face of huge societal challenges. Resources: Nonviolent Global Liberation website Miki and NGL's learning packet called ‘Resource flow systems: from incentive to willingness'  Link to capacity lens course (access to video recordings only) Related Leadermorphosis podcast episodes: Ep. 37 with Miki Kashtan on the three shifts

In this archive episode from 2020, Carolina Allen and Shelli Spotts discuss the origin and roots of the gift economy, and the way maternal feminism rests on an alternative structure, a way of living that does not depend on getting ahead but the responsibility to lift everyone up.  "We are born into a gift economy, one that starts with our own mothers. It is a far more natural way of living that does not depend on the economy of exchange, but on trust and generosity." Genevieve Vaughn Genevieve Vaughan was born in Texas in 1939. She is an independent researcher. After finishing college in Pennsylvania in 1963 she married philosopher and semiotician Ferruccio Rossi-Landi and moved with him to Italy where they had three daughters. The couple participated in the beginnings of the Semiotics movement in Italy as well as in the Italian Left, where Genevieve got her political consciousness raised. After her divorce in 1978 Vaughan became a feminist, participating in the Italian and international feminist movements. She began to see the fact of women's free labor in the home as a gift economy, the unacknowledged free economy of women from which communication and community derive. Her two early essays ‘Communication and exchange' (Semiotica 1980) and ‘Saussure and Vigotsky via Marx'(1981) deal with language and economics, a theme introduced by her husband but which she elaborated in alternative directions, and which she has been working on throughout the rest of her life. In 1983, Vaughan returned to Texas where she started the Foundation for a Compassionate Society, a multicultural all-women activist foundation which initiated many innovative projects for social change based on the political use of ‘women's gifting values'. The Foundation closed its doors in 2005 after two final international conferences: A Radically Different Worldview is Possible: The Gift Economy Inside and Outside Patriarchal Capitalism, 2004 and Societies of Peace: the Second Congress of Matriarchal Studies (under the guidance of Heide Goettner Abendroth), 2005. Several other conferences have been held including one in Toronto in 2011 called A (M)otherworld is Possible in collaboration with Goettner-Abendroth and in conjunction with the Association for Research on Mothering.   Carolina is the founder and leader of Big Ocean Women, the international maternal feminist organization representing perspectives of faith, family, and motherhood throughout civil society. Carolina holds a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Utah with an emphasis in cultural religions and philosophy of science. Her inspirational and philosophical work has been presented at various international U.N. conferences. She is a native of Brazil, and a fluent trilingual. She and her husband Kawika are parents to 7 children. She is an avid soccer fan and had a brief career as a semi-professional player. ShelliRae Spotts is an essayist, advocacy writer, screenwriter, and sometime poet who teaches creative writing and composition at Brigham Young University. She is passionate about exploring the ways we use stories to build bridges within our communities and her essays delve into the connections we discover through languaging our lived experiences. Shelli has attended the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women as an advocacy writer for the last several years, and is dedicated to social justice and environmental causes. She was the co-director and writing mentor for "Words for Water: Dancing the Stories of our Home Waters," a collaborative writing/dance advocacy project focusing attention on the challenges facing our rural river watersheds.  She is the author of a forthcoming essay collection, "Radical Creativity: On a New Economy of Care." When she is not teaching, writing, or reading, Shelli loves to spend time with her husband and four adult children watching great movies, attending live theatre, or dragging everyone outside to “look at the sky.”

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The Critical Need For Both Female & Male-bodied Beings To Step Into A More Empowered State Of being & Honor The Wisdom Of The Cosmic Mother. Welcome to another enriching episode of the Simon Transparently Podcast, where we dive deep into an inquiry with my beautiful friend, Yasmin DiGiorgio. Set against the serene backdrop of a hilltop in Sicily under the majestic Grandmother Tree, we explore the profound theme of the empowerment of women and the female aspect of our being. Our conversation delves into the essence of the divine feminine and the importance of bringing balance and harmony to the polarities of yin and yang, masculine and feminine. We discuss the critical need for both female and male-bodied beings to step into a more empowered state of being and honor the wisdom of the Cosmic Mother. We navigate through the challenges and realizations of our spiritual paths, the significance of our connection to the creative force that birthed all life, and the need for inner harmony reflective in our outer world. Yasmin shares her insights from the book "The Cosmic Mother: Rediscovering the Religion of the Earth," tracing human culture's deep roots in worshipping the Cosmic Mother and living in harmony with nature's cycles. Our dialogue touches on the societal disconnection from these cycles, the undervaluing of the feminine, and the need for collective grief and healing. We explore the role of men in supporting and protecting the feminine, the importance of listening to the wisdom of the menstrual cycle, and the transformative power of circles in maintaining the rhythm of our communities. Join us in this thought-provoking and heartfelt conversation as we seek to reconnect with the Cosmic Mother, honor the cycles of life, and create circles of trust and wisdom. Let's keep this inquiry alive and weave it into our daily lives, fostering a deeper understanding and reverence for the divine feminine within and around us. More from Yasmin and Sanya Malta Living In The Gift All podcasts are given in the spirit of the Gift Economy. This means you get to receive the value this offers you and then feel into your heart and decide what contribution you can gift from your heart to mine. I trust in the circulation of unconditional giving and live by the motto: The more I give, the more I've got to give. Please become a Patreon to support the production of this podcast.

The Rev. Dr. Christopher D. Girata – “The Gift Economy”

The Rev. Dr. Christopher D. Girata - "The Gift Economy"

Cultivate The Art Of Not Knowing. Address The Elephant In The Room. What Is The Illness In The West? How Deeply Do We Embody Love, Care, Respect, Generosity, Happiness And Sharing? Have You Lost Your Connection To Divine Spirit?  We are at an end game politically, psychologically, economically, religiously, monetarily, with no exit. What is being called for in the west, is a reclaiming of the original vision which is our birthright. We are in a hall of mirrors and all we are seeing is a lot of overwhelming distorted reflections. Any attempt to work it out with the mind is doomed to failure. Catching up with Dar Pan for a power hour of insights from his epic three month pigrimage across Nepal, Bhutan, India, as he shares his homecoming with his dear friend and mentor Choeze Kuchen Rinpoche. Then onto the harmonic initiation visiting the temples, great pyramid and sacred sites of Egypt and then through to South Africa and Namibia. If you havent listened to the two previous conversations with Dar Pan, I invite you to bookmark them and jump on the awakening train; Dar Pan #6 & Dar Pan #19 & Dar Pan #32 I have been listenting to Dar Pans voice for several years through his audio transmission;  "Metamorphosis, Something deep within life is changing." and his latest one in 2019;  "A New Vision, We live in extraordinary times." both these transmissions have been core anchors for me to navigate through this poignant stage in the evolution of humanity. I thoroughly recommend diving into these and reading the transcripts I have shared on the links. Dar Pan is an inspirational speaker and gifted musician weaving 30 years of experience in music, healing, and the shamanic arts to create a unique transmission that inspires, enlivens and transforms. Bringing people together to create an unambiguous experience of our common Source is the intention, which inspires his work. A skillful blend of ceremony, song, meditation and celebration are the means by which he achieves the goal. He spent several years studying the art of meditation in India with the enlightened mystic Osho, and later lived and worked with various shamans and healers in Brazil, Ecuador and Peru. He is also deeply influenced by Tibetan Bhuddist and Taoist philosophy. More from DarPan; and on Soundcloud   Living In The Gift All podcasts are given in the spirit of the Gift Economy. This means you get to receive the value this offers you and then feel into your heart and decide what contribution you can gift from your heart to mine. I trust in the circulation of unconditional giving and live by the motto: The more I give, the more I've got to give. Please become a Patreon to support this podcast or you can contribute your gifts direct through Simon Transparently  Please share this podcast with friends and leave a comment as this helps to spread the awareness and viewership.

In this podcast episode we focus on the Buy Nothing group on Facebook, where people can give away and ask for items they no longer need. Chris and Kelly Peterson share their experiences with the group, discussing the benefits of participating, such as saving money and building a sense of community. They also mention the importance of clear descriptions and photos when browsing items. Chris touches on the controversy surrounding the Buy Nothing project's association with Facebook and mentions other similar groups like Freecycle. Additionally, Kelly talks about the types of items she has seen people give away in the group. We hope this episode helps you expand your tools for saving a few dollars on things you may need.   Select here to see a full transcript...   Show notes Buy Nothing Resources Main project website: opens to their diversity, accessiblity, and inclusion page, (which has no headings or ALT text.)   Penny Forward pennyforward.com pennyforward@pennyforward.comClubhouse HouseFacebookYoutube Get our app, guest membership is free! IOS/AppleGooglePlay  Post Production help Brynn Lee: Superblink.org   Transcription Anne Verduin   Listen Below...  

In this podcast episode we focus on the Buy Nothing group on Facebook, where people can give away and ask for items they no longer need. Chris and Kelly Peterson share their experiences with the group, discussing the benefits of participating, such as saving money and building a sense of community. They also mention the importance of clear descriptions and photos when browsing items. Chris touches on the controversy surrounding the Buy Nothing project's association with Facebook and mentions other similar groups like Freecycle. Additionally, Kelly talks about the types of items she has seen people give away in the group. We hope this episode helps you expand your tools for saving a few dollars on things you may need.   Select here to see a full transcript...   Show notes Buy Nothing Resources Main project website: opens to their diversity, accessiblity, and inclusion page, (which has no headings or ALT text.)   Penny Forward pennyforward.com pennyforward@pennyforward.comClubhouse HouseFacebookYoutube Get our app, guest membership is free! IOS/AppleGooglePlay  Post Production help Brynn Lee: Superblink.org   Transcription Anne Verduin   Listen Below...  

Charles Eisenstein is a writer, orator, and philosopher behind works such as the short film "Gathering of the Tribe," and book, "The More Beautiful World Our Heart Knows Is Possible." In this interview, we expose the global reset in consciousness, the coronation, the gift economy, interbeing, sacred economics, the fall, and more. Aubrey Marcus calls Charles Eisenstein "one of the great philosophers and writers of our time" as he articulates the idea of a tide of separation generating a convergence of crises that is giving birth to a new age. It traces multiple crises — ecological, medical, educational, political, and more — to a common origin. It was the culmination of his lifelong quest to answer the question, “What is the origin of the wrongness?” by which Charles meant the wrongness that seems to have permeated every institution of modern civilization. As seen on Oprah's Super Soul Sunday, he spent the next four years pouring his heart and soul into a book, "The Ascent of Humanity," that lays out what crystallized that day. In 2017, Charles Eisenstein authored a book titled "Climate: A New Story," a work that extends far beyond the confines of climate change. Contrary to the title, he challenges the environmental movement's approach of collapsing all environmental concerns into the single issue of global warming. Instead, Charles argues for a broader perspective, transcending conventional discourses and embracing the Living Planet view. He delves into the notion that everything is alive, conscious, and sacred, envisioning a deeper and more meaningful relationship between humanity and nature. Recently, Charles released his most recent book, "The Coronation," which originated from a viral essay he published during the early months of the pandemic. PODCAST CHAPTERS 00:00:00 - Charles Eisenstein Intro 00:03:53 - The Global Reset 00:07:38 - Embracing Stillness and Emptiness 00:11:26 - Consciousness in a Misaligned World 00:15:39 - Gathering of the Tribe 00:19:08 - Ascent of Humaity 00:22:46 - The Rising Consciousness of Indigenous Tribes 00:26:30 - Interconnectedness of All Beings 00:33:51 - The Power of Stories and Receiving Gifts 00:37:43 - Remembering Our Purpose on Earth 00:41:51 - The Power of Archetypes 00:45:32 - The Gifts Economy 00:49:08 - The Visionary Leader 00:52:53 - Confirmation of Inner Knowing 00:56:59 - Connecting with the Heart Space 01:00:48 - The Age of Separation 01:04:42 - The Illusion of Control and the Fear of Annihilation 01:08:33 - The Final Trio ______________________ Guest: Charles Eisenstein, Philosopher & Writer Website | https://charleseisenstein.org/ A New & Ancient Story Podcast | https://charleseisenstein.org/podcasts/new-ancient-story-podcast/ Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/CharlesEisensteinOfficial/ Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/charles_eisenstein Books | https://charleseisenstein.org/books/ Order "The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible" | https://charleseisenstein.org/books/the-more-beautiful-world-our-hearts-know-is-possible/ A Gathering of the Tribe (Short Film) | https://youtu.be/XinVOpdcbVc YouTube |  @charleseisenstein  Host: Emilio Ortiz Instagram | https://bit.ly/35fkcJx Subscribe on YouTube |  @EmilioOrtiz  ______________________ Special Offerings to Support the Show: ✦ Receive 15% off any purchase from Ra Optics, the world's best blue-light-blocking glasses. Use our code "justtapin" at checkout for your special discount - https://bit.ly/RaOptics-EmilioOrtiz ✦ Receive 10% off any purchase from Intelligent Change, elegant tools, and simple daily routines to instill positive change, including products such as "Five Minute Journal." Use our code "EMILIO10" at checkout for your special discount - https://bit.ly/IntelligentChange-EmilioOrtiz ✦ Become a Member of GAIA, which offer the largest resource of consciousness-expanding videos. Get your FREE 7-day trial of Gaia here! https://bit.ly/emilio_invite

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Money Is My Medicine. Are You Ready To Look At Your Relationship To Money? My Concept Of Money Completely Changed When I Made Millions. Money Didnt Make Me Happy Because I Had No Purpose. "Having money without purpose is not wealth. Wealth is money in alignment with purpose. Doesn't matter how much it is. Wealth comes from the soil from the soul. And purpose without money is also not wealth." Enjoy this vital conversation with my friend Craig as we dive into the great taboo of money, the complexities and shadows that play out in this field and listen to Craigs story with money and his new passion and vision to support soulpreneurs in shifting their relationship to money while supporting them to be catalysts of global change as he builds a community of conscious sovereign leaders of the new paradigms forming. "The Wheel Of Money is a framework that aims to support you to understand deeper your relationship to money, different ways of relating to money, different energetics that exist, different polarities, and also to look at the consensual healthy relationships that we can have to money as well as the shadow elements" ~ The Wheel Of Money "Evolution Of Us vision is to build a community of conscious leaders, and empower them to grow potent businesses, to accelerate the alignment of humanity's purpose & progress. We believe that entrepreneurs are shaping the future of humanity as leaders and the agents of change in the world. We have a deep understanding that ushering in a new paradigm takes deep and potent work with each individual - to step up and into heart-led leadership to become sovereign beings of impact." ~ Evolution Of Us  The Pyramid and the Pool: Why things are better than they seem ~ Martha Beck. Living In The Gift All of my podcasts are given in the spirit of the Gift Economy. This means you get to receive the value this offers you and then feel into your heart and decide what contribution you can gift from your heart to mine. I trust in the circulation of the unconditional giving chain of reciprocity and live by the motto: The more that I give, the more I have to give. You can contribute your gifts through Simon Transparently or Patreon.  

Its All Being Held Together With LOVE. Get Out Of Your Own Way. Do You Want Depth or Illusion? This podcast was an epic opportunity to be held in love by Tiger. By being in Tigers presence I was able to drink from the depths of trust and feel and heal aspects of myself which were holding on through fear. "All adventure is a Journey into the unknown. We have a craving for safety that avoids the adventure. We try so hard to find the safety. Are you willing to stop chasing the illusions of an insane world, and come back to the heart of Life, the heart of what you really are?" As humans, we all have a tendency to view ourselves and the world through a lens of fear and emotional distortion. This lens creates imaginary monsters that tell us it's not safe to be ourselves, enjoy life, or love. "I help people connect with a deeper reality beyond the mind and rooted in their heart, so they can experience a more grounded, peaceful, and playful life." More from Tiger TigMonk Inlight Connect is an online platform created to help individuals understand and transcend the misunderstandings around suffering. Living In The Gift All of my podcasts are given in the spirit of the Gift Economy. This means you get to receive the value this offers you and then feel into your heart and decide what contribution you can gift from your heart to mine. I trust in the circulation of the unconditional giving chain of reciprocity and live by the motto: The more that I give, the more I have to give. You can contribute your gifts through Simon Transparently or Patreon.

I Realised I Need To Do The Inner Work. I Have Way More Authentic Connections Being Off Social Media. Self Love Leads To Sovereignty. If you use social media, but don't have a healthy liberated relationship with it, then you haven't “escaped the matrix”, you're deep in it. "Social media is becoming a digital ghetto, full of content addicts, validation seekers, dopamine junkies, attention whores, doom merchants and false idols. A toxic microcosm, with a culture of “free”, and the ability to manipulate, overwhelm and distract you. A digital slave system where your energy and attention is the product." "What you focus your energy on, literally shapes your experience. Social media is not the only way to create things in the world. We have just been conditioned to think it's abnormal to not be on it. I'm not here to fight the things I don't like in this world, I'm here to show a new way." Social media is not wrong or bad. It's like anything in the world we may be addicted to, what extent is it controlling us? What is it holding us back from? * Social Media Liberation: A FREE 40 minute masterclass for anyone who's in a toxic relationship with social media, and wants to learn how to liberate themselves from the grips of digital slavery. Laura helps awakening men and women connect to their deeper self and become their greatest self, so they can live a life they love and make a difference in the world. More from Laura Living In The Gift All of my podcasts are given in the spirit of the Gift Economy. This means you get to receive the value this offers you and then feel into your heart and decide what contribution you can gift from your heart to mine. I trust in the circulation of the unconditional giving chain of reciprocity and live by the motto: The more that I give, the more I have to give. You can contribute your gifts through Simon Transparently or Patreon.

You Reap What You Sow. Accepting What Is Can Welcome The Infinite Potentials. What We Think Is What We Are Creating. My Life Is A Conundrum. Enjoy this conversation and life story from addiction, inner transformation, to the evolution of Ai. We are the conscious creators of what is. We are faced with another opportunity to set the records straight. Don't take decisions from an emotional perpsective. "There is no war in Ukraine, there is a war inside my brain, there is a war in me" I have met Nivek in many aspects of his radical life journey. I see him as a courageous being who lives on the edge of reality. An outcast who has tried to fit in the boxes that just couldn't be fit into. When I asked him what we could name this podcast, he replied, disruption. "Explore the limitless possibilities within the dark abyss, where dreams take flight and bloom! Master Nivek is exploring the ever-evolving landscape where human ingenuity and artificial intelligence harmoniously coexist, pushing the boundaries of artistic expression and redefining what it means to be an artist in the digital age." More from Master Nivek Living In The Gift All of my podcasts are given in the spirit of the Gift Economy. This means you get to receive the value this offers you and then feel into your heart and decide what contribution you can gift from your heart to mine. I trust in the circulation of the unconditional giving chain of reciprocity and live by the motto: The more that I give, the more I have to give. You can contribute your gifts through Simon Transparently or Patreon.

Ecstasy And Bliss Are Our Birthright. Become Sexually And Emotionally Alive By Taking Radical Responsibility For Your Own Pleasure. "Laugh too loud. Shed the shame. Define your “yes” and your “no.” Open your mind and body to new opportunities and multiple orgasms. It's time to explore all there is to your body, your relationships and your potential for a truly, madly, deeply fulfilling life." Chloe de Sousa has over 20 years of intimate space holding. She is a 5rhythms ecstatic dance teacher, dance movement psychotherapist and Love, Sex and Relationship coach. She is passionate about empowering people to live their ecstatic sexuality and self leadership. Her approach is trauma-informed backed by both modern science and ancient tantric wisdom. She has been called “the motherfucker of space holders,” "a queen of the rhythms dance teacher”.  She offers 1-1 coaching and courses and talks internationally on this topic. Chloe is also published author. More From Chloe Living In The Gift All of my podcasts are given in the spirit of the Gift Economy. This means you get to receive the value this offers you and then feel into your heart and decide what contribution you can gift from your heart to mine. I trust in the circulation of the unconditional giving chain of reciprocity and live by the motto: The more that I give, the more I have to give. You can contribute your gifts through Simon Transparently or Patreon.

Creativity Often Happens When You Put Things Together That Do Not Belong With Each Other. Empowering Communication. Spirituality. Artificial Intelligence. In this captivating podcast, Simon and Pawel delve into the realms of NVC, spirituality, and the intriguing intersection of artificial intelligence. Join them as they explore how these elements intertwine, inviting listeners on a journey of self-discovery and enhanced communication. Discover the power of nonviolent communication and the potential for growth and understanding in the digital age. Tune in and experience the wisdom and warmth that Pawel and Simon bring to this podcast, as they illuminate the path towards meaningful connections and authentic communication. Their quiet demeanor belies a profound mission to support individuals and contribute to a more peaceful world. Pawel Kuklik; a kind and knowledgeable coach and trainer in nonviolent communication (NVC). Offering individual coaching sessions both in person and online, Pawel creates a safe space for personal growth and improved communication. Pawel's creative spirit is nourished by the beauty of nature and an avid interest in spirituality, psychology and technology. More from Pawel here Living In The Gift All of my podcasts are given in the spirit of the Gift Economy. This means you get to receive the value this offers you and then feel into your heart and decide what contribution you can gift from your heart to mine. I trust in the circulation of the unconditional giving chain of reciprocity and live by the motto: The more that I give, the more I have to give. You can contribute your gifts through Simon Transparently or Patreon.

I'm All About Pleasure. The Depth Of This Intelligence Of Life Opens Up. How Can We Support The Life Expressing Itself Through This Body. We Are Lovers Of Life. Im A Burping Queen. Tap into your raw authenticity, explore your orgasmic potential, and express your authentic self through the body. "Agni means «the fire» and Chandra «the moon». I am a Lover of Life, finding deepest pleasure in connection with my body. I am Priestess of Eros, reclaiming the innocence of sexuality through breath and tantric bodywork. I am a humble disciple of Green Tara - Tibetan Deity representing the wisdom of compassion which is my highest aspiration. I am deeply devoted to my daily tantric and yogic practices. This devotion as well as profound Kundalini awakening gave birth to OrganiCurrent tantric embodiment. This modality teaches how to channel Kundalini Shakti energy towards liberation. For past three years I show up every morning live to guide tantric breath work and meditation as my heart offering. Nothing brings me more joy than to show up for others to experience their freedom through the body. To see how the breath opens and the sigh comes out shamelessly. Nothing brings me more joy than to see people thriving again, after reconnecting with themselves." * Connect to Agni here: Organicurrent & Agni Way Living In The Gift All of my podcasts are given in the spirit of the Gift Economy. This means you get to receive the value this offers you and then feel into your heart and decide what contribution you can gift from your heart to mine. I trust in the circulation of the unconditional giving chain of reciprocity and live by the motto: The more that I give, the more I have to give. You can contribute your gifts through Simon Transparently or Patreon.

Laugh In The Face Of Your Own Absurdity. When The Words Are Gone Whats Left? The More Pain That We release, The More Joy That Replaces It. Confronting Resistance Is The Process. Joy Is Our Power. Tears are our healing balm, pouring away to reveal our natural state, which is joy. Let the pain wash away in the river of our tears. I'm not going to be serious. When I am serious, I am part of the problem. I hope you can receive the depth of wisdom in this wonderFULL podcast with my friend Marc Itzlar. Enjoy the story of how we met and how Marcs invitation into my laughter, tears and silence was to become a great gift I was unaware of. Join us on this joyful reclamation. Marc began working with laughter in 2011 as part of a twenty-one-day meditative therapy process known as The Mystic Rose. It was devised by the Indian mystic Osho who asked Marc's Mother Leela, shortly before leaving his body in 1989, to create and develop the process and facilitator training. She has run it around the world for thirty—four years and Marc has co-facilitated the groups with Leela since training in 2011. He is now one of six senior trainers around the world qualified to run the group and also train new facilitators.
 The Mystic Rose comprises three stages of seven days each. The first seven days is laughter for no reason for three hours each day. The second stage is inviting tears and crying for three hours, and the final week is silent sitting also for three hours. A pure energy process that bypasses any cognitive logic and allows access to deeply buried trauma and hurt in a very safe and permissive environment. 

 Laughter brings us face to face with our innocence and our pure joy. It also gives us the trust and courage to move into the pain that lives inside us. Together, we will get a taste of the effect of a prolonged invitation to connect with our laughter. Living In The Gift All of my podcasts are given in the spirit of the Gift Economy. This means you get to receive the value this offers you and then feel into your heart and decide what contribution you can gift from your heart to mine. I trust in the circulation of the unconditional giving chain of reciprocity and live by the motto: The more that I give, the more I have to give. You can contribute your gifts through Simon Transparently or Patreon.

Reflections From Lineke & Simon After Completing The 'Living In The Gift Course By Charles Eisenstein. Personal And Collective Transition From An Age Of Scarcity And Separation, To An Age Of Abundance, Community, And Gift. We hope you can benefit from this reflective and inspiring conversation as we both share our keynotes and what landed within our hearts. I have been practicing and experimenting with the Gift Economy since 2011. This mode of exchange is not just about our relationship to money, it's a call into the trust of life itself. I often remark how walking this path has been the ultimate test of trust. Working my trust muscles in every way. The Gift is not some new age mode of exchange, it's actually ancient and for us is the very natural way to exchange our gifts. We are the gift and life itself is giving to us constantly. When we reframe and shift our perspective into the eternal giving chain, then there is enough for everyone's need but not for everyone's greed. The more we give, the more we have to give. What we appreciate, appreciates. We literally enter into the realm of magic, the abundant realm prosperity. We begin to receive from absolutely everywhere, because that is the simple truth of the matter. All is sacred and all is for us. This mode of exchange creates a deeper intimacy and trust in life. It creates community and supports us into a new money story beyond fear based often difficult to value transactions formed from lack and scarcity mentality, into the ever flowing current-sea of wealth and prosperity. This is not to say anything bad about money, money is a neutral energy and a beautiful form to gift with. We both love money and how it can be used to create in this current society AND it is not the definitive way to exchange. When we value each other's skills, talents, resources, and existence itself as unique gifts, we are invited into greater value exchange beyond the number price tags that our current commerce system uses as our way to measure value. I find this to be extremely limiting and often creates exclusivity, whereas LOVE has no price tag and is fully inclusive. You can enjoy ‘Living In The Gift' course from Charles on his website. it is offered as a gift, (of course) so you decide the value you want to give, what feels warm in your heart. Living In The Gift All of my podcasts are given in the spirit of the Gift Economy. This means you get to receive the value this offers you and then feel into your heart and decide what contribution you can gift from your heart to mine. I trust in the circulation of the unconditional giving chain of reciprocity and live by the motto: The more that I give, the more I have to give. You can contribute your gifts through Simon Transparently or Patreon.

We Tend To See What's Convenient To See, What Preserves Our Worldview. Civilisational Collapse Is Not Going To Deliver Us Into A Better World. How Beautiful Of A World Are We Ready To Choose?  Enjoy this empowering conversation and the fourth with Charles Eisenstein in this podcast series. I think many of you know already how much I appreciate Charles's insights and perspectives on reality. His worldview and ways in which we can midwife the more beautiful world into existence have for over a decade now, been anchors to keep me aligned to my own contribution and how to trust in the process. It is indeed a conscious choice that I have to regulary review. 
 Time stamp: 0:00 - 8:00; 
They thought they were free.
 Speaking up during the pandemic. What Forces were at work these past years? 

12:00 - 17:00; 
What guarantee is there that something like this is not going to happen again? 


Millions of beings starved due to lockdowns. 

Our compassion extends as far as you can see.  

 17:00 - 22:00; Lets extend our Compassion to include all. We tend to see what's convenient to see, what preserves our worldview. 

Inhumane policies. 

 23:00 - 28:00; 

Civilisational collapse is not going to deliver us into a better world. 
Crisis gives us an opportunity to choose something else. 
 29:00 - 33:00; We can see where we are headed. 
Matrix cyborg. If our horror was going to stop us, it would have already. 
We have to choose something else. 
Initiation.
 Facing death. 
 33:00 - 37:00; 
What is bottom for our civilisation? 
Devote ourselves to life and beauty. 
 
Investing in my future makes less and less sense. 
Service to something greater. 
It's not about me. 

 37:00 - 42:00; 
Helpful to have others around us who are devoted. 
The frequency that gets transmitted. 
What raise bottom? 
The importance of a mentor. 
Whats on the menu? 
Picking strawberries. 

 42:00 - 47:00; 
Alternative options to a trans-humanist metaverse. 
What can we do about it? 
Appeal of Polly Higgins and Zach Bush. 
Direct connection to a more beautiful world.
  47:00 - 51:00; When we fully receive the gifts.
 Gratitude. 
Resonance. 
If in the old story it seems hopeless. 
There is hope. 

Desperation to get out, they attract like prayers of supplication. 
It's not hopeless. 
New data points. 
I trust the sacred. 

 51:00 - End; 
Synchronicity. 
Devoted solutions. 
Structures of control are dissolving. 
Deepening choices. 
How beautiful of a world are we ready to choose? 
Conversations orient us to this choice. 
Trust the alignment. 
Attuning to opportunities we didn't know we had before. 

Beacons of Love. 
It's about Being. 
 ------------------------------------------------- * Charles Eisenstein is one of the most important voices in the world today. A teacher, speaker, philosopher and author focusing on themes of civilization, consciousness, money, and human cultural evolution. He is the author of Sacred Economics & The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible. More from Charles eisenstein & his recent writings are on his Substack Living In The Gift All of my podcasts are given in the spirit of the Gift Economy. This means you get to receive the value this offers you and then feel into your heart and decide what contribution you can gift from your heart to mine. I trust in the circulation of the unconditional giving chain of reciprocity and live by the motto: The more I give, the more i've got to give. You can contribute your gifts through Simon Transparently or Patreon.

It wasn't until Amanda Cassiday (she/her) lived in a rural village in Burkina Faso that she experienced the resilient power of community, and learned that positive, abundant outcomes are not possible without cultivating the conditions that allow individuals, teams, and communities to thrive. For 15 years, this approach has been a driving force in Amanda's personal and professional life, from facilitating a woman-led microfinance group in Takaledougou that continues to operate since 2009, to leading design teams responsible for some of the most successful launches in Johnson & Johnson's history, bringing purpose and consumer needs to the heart of strategy & innovation. She is a maker, a student of permaculture, an advisor, coach, and facilitator to businesses, and most recently the co-founder of Engather which seeks to cultivate prosperous, resilient communities by activating local gift economies.Our conversation weaves through her experiences and the wisdom that she's gleaned through them including thoughts about how capitalism and our current economy is not taking care of the needs of the majority, the codependency inherent in capitalism and the patriarchy, how she was able to step away from the toxicity of capitalism and build community in Kingston, and how community interdependence and belonging is essential for our survival. Along those lines, she recommends the book Community by Peter Block as providing some answers to big questions on how to get community back on track.You can find Amanda and her work in these places:Engather: https://engather.co/# (sign up for local Kingston beta test by clicking the 'Register Now" button at the bottom Personal Professional website: https://www.amandacassiday.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insta.quoi/Happy Lunar New Year!Today's show was engineered by Ian Seda from Radiokingston.org.Our show music is from Shana Falana!Feel free to email me, say hello: she@iwantwhatshehas.org** Please: SUBSCRIBE to the pod and leave a REVIEW wherever you are listening, it helps other users FIND IThttp://iwantwhatshehas.org/podcastITUNES | SPOTIFY | STITCHERITUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/i-want-what-she-has/id1451648361?mt=2SPOTIFY:https://open.spotify.com/show/77pmJwS2q9vTywz7Uhiyff?si=G2eYCjLjT3KltgdfA6XXCASTITCHER: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/she-wants/i-want-what-she-has?refid=stpr'Follow:INSTAGRAM * https://www.instagram.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcast/FACEBOOK * https://www.facebook.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcastTWITTER * https://twitter.com/wantwhatshehas 

What is the gift economy and why does it matter? In what ways is our current economy flawed? I recorded this episode about a year ago and my ideas have changed so much since I recorded them. A lot of ideas in the initial rant were inspired by Charles Eisenstein, and a lot of my ideas have changed since then. This commentary is on the topic of what a more generative economy could look like the supports the gifts of each individual. Enjoy :) Get full access to Becoming Conscious at becomeconscious.substack.com/subscribe

In this last episode in the "Giving Season" Katie shares the science behind "Paying it Forward" and what life would look like in a Gift Economy.  From bats, bees and Bonobos, it seems that generosity is engrained in our DNA and aids in our species survival.  In fact giving leads to what scientists call a "Helpers High" which can in-fact be the good-deed-doers very downfall.  Listen in as we discuss amazing acts of Paying it Forward and why a permanence being this movement would be impossible to maintain.Hint: 2 reasons.#1. People Suck#2.  See #1Support the show

My conversation today with Adam was both timely and inspiring. Adam wants us to see how the logic of the gift affords a more holistic, long-term, and collaborative perspective where the focus can be on the quality of relationships rather than making comparisons of one's contribution to another. Adam explained how he has produced programming at Jewish Studio Project that, rather than using the traditional fee-for-service approach, relies on the gift economy. He explained that everyone contributes what they can and recognizes that they are there to give just as much as they are there to receive. With this logic in mind, Adam shared how it has informed their approach to Giving Tuesday. Rather than just ensuring that as many gifts as possible flow in their direction, they have sought out opportunities to model gratitude and extend generosity to other organizations. For this year's Giving Tuesday campaign, the Jewish Studio Project is encouraging their community to give to Queer Asterisk, a Colorado-based organization that is providing counseling services to those who have been effected by the Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs. As always, we are especially grateful to our friends at CueBack for sponsoring The Fundraising Talent Podcast.

Gift Economy vs Barter - Has Barter really been used anywhere at any scale?Scott and Perpend have a lively debate on whether barter has been used as the main economy in any culture.The gift economy applies to the Tribal model, family, or clan.We also discuss intentional community.Are we a community? As he states in this episode, Perpend is seeking an intentional community that is willing to sell everything and move closer together.Perpend also shares his spiritual journey.Episode website: https://thrivingthefuture.com/barterSponsors:- The Homestead Journal - Find us at www.thehomesteadjournal.net and follow us @thjdotnet on Twitter.

Hey ladies and gentlemen and everyone inbetween! We're back! The show is back! Whaaa waaa??OK sooo this week we have a super inspiring dive with Elia De Matteis who is in a living research experiment of living in a gift based world. He has given away his possessions and his agendas in devotion to giving up (at least for now) a transaction based life. He has devoted himself to life and has invited giving and receiving to come through him, rather than from him.What does this look like? Well, listen to the show and youll hear some of his fun, challenging and awe inspiring adventures where we reveal the subtleties of giving from the heart and receiving from the heart in a moment by moment life.is it possible to live in a world where we trust each other and give without conditions?Check out elia on instagram at:@pirate.monkthanks for you exploration Elia. Ive loved our inspiring discussions and i super appreciate both your outlook on life, but also your courageous embodiment of your values.big hug to you and to...well, the whole world while we're at itthanks for listening everyone!Support the show

Want to know whose tribal lands you're residing on? Visit native-land.ca to find out. And then make sure to tell your friends and family members! Righting colonial wrongs begins with awareness and land acknowledgment.Please check out my upcoming book, “Home to Her,” which is available from Womancraft Publishing! You can pre-order it here: www.womancraftpublishing.com.You can learn more about Genevieve and her work at her website, http://gift-economy.com/, where many of her articles and books are available for freeYou can learn more about International Feminists for a Gift Economy here: https://www.internationalfeministsforagifteconomy.org/You can also learn more about the Maternal Gift Economy Salons and view prior salon gatherings here: https://www.maternalgifteconomymovement.org/salons/Sekhmet is an ancient Egyptian Goddess. This article gives a bit of historical information about her: https://www.latimes.com/science/la-xpm-2013-apr-29-la-sci-ritual-drunkenness-sex-ancient-egypt-20130429-story.html. And here's a link to another article, which includes images of some ancient Egyptian statues: https://www.arce.org/resource/statues-sekhmet-mistress-dreadYou can learn more about the Temple of Goddess Spirituality that Genevieve founded in honor of Sekhmet here: https://www.sekhmettemple.org/. If you'd like to schedule a visit, you can contact Gen at Sekhmettemplecactussprings@gmail.com.  This is a great documentary about Genevieve's life, for those who wish to know her and her work better! https://youtu.be/emAjQ8kO0wo

There's more spots to find secondhand items apart from Goodwill or a local antique store. Next time you're in the market for something specific, go online and search if your area has a Buy Nothing group. This week – we highlight the ‘buy nothing' mentality and how the platform works.   Learn more at: https://viewpointsradio.org/gift-economy/

How do performance artists respond to political issues, advocate for social justice, and acknowledge discouraging news? How important is art in the effectiveness of social movements? Sina Basila Hickey reached out to Reverend Billy, a frequenter at the Sanctuary with his Stop Shopping Choir, to talk about his experience in performance art and its advocacy power.

Could matriarchy provide an alternative to the predatory corporatism that defines the global economy? Join us as we bring bring back our third member of the Make Matriarchy Great Again team, Vicki Noble, to discuss the Gift Economy with special guest Genevieve Vaughan.  Genevieve Vaughan is a scholar of semiotics, a peace activist and a feminist who has championed the concept of the "Gift Economy," a means of exchange where goods are given among people rather than bought and sold.  The Gift Economy uses the matriarchal mother-child paradigm as a key basis of its structure.  Given the current painful state of economic affairs in the world, is it finally time for a matriarchal solution?

Darcia Narvaez, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychology Emerita at the University of Notre Dame and a research pioneer integrating work on child flourishing, human moral development, healthy psyche, and Indigenous Peoples' worldview. Professor Narvaez talks about her breakthrough work, the meaning of "The Evolved Nest," and her new book, "Restoring the Kinship Worldview."About DarciaIn addition to being Professor Emerita of Psychology Emerita at Notre Dame, Darcia is a fellow at the American Psychological Association, and at the American Educational Research Association. She has written, co-authored and edited more than 20 books. Her book, Neurobiology and The Development of Human Morality won the William James Book Award. Her newest book, Restoring the Kinship Worldview, is co-authored with Indigenous worldview scholar, Four Arrows.References The Evolved Nest Neurobiology and The Development of Human Morality Restoring the Kinship Worldview Four Arrows (co-author / co-editor, “The Kinship Worldview”) 9 components of the Evolved Nest Alloparents  Iain McGilchrist, The Master and his Emissary Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Honorable Harvest (from Braiding Sweetgrass) Linda Hogan (Chickasaw Nation) Genevieve Vaughan,  Maternal Gift Economy Nature's Gift Economy David Abram, Spell of the Sensuous  Human microbiome  Symbiosis Melvin Konnor James Prescott  Allan Schore, neurobiological attachment Jon Young, Coyote games Tamarack Song, games to develop intuition David Bohm, physicist, “The real intelligence is insight intelligence and it comes in from the outside.” Program0.00 Welcome & IntroI. THE KINSHIP WORLDVIEW 2:50 What is a “worldview”? 4:30 What is a “Kinship” worldview?6:58 Contrast the Indigenous worldview of connection with the Western worldview of disconnectedness II. THE EVOLVED NEST9:35 What are the characteristics of an “evolved nest”? 11:35 Components of the Evolved Nest:>>  11:45 Soothing perinatal experiences>>   13:00 Breast feeding>>   14:25 Lots of affectionate touch, no negative touch>>   15:20 A welcoming social climate>>   16:25 Alloparents who are responsive >>   16:55 Self-directed play with multiple-age playmates>>   17:55 Nature connection >>   19:14 Routine healing experiences 22:20 On being an animal III. RESTORING THE KINSHIP WORLDVIEW24:55 Talking about the book -- What are you trying to convey with the precepts? 30:18 Darcia: To understand our Nature as a Human species is to understand what Thriving looks like>>   happy, calm, quiet minds, gleeful, childlike>>   sense of humor that's not hostile>>   holding hands, sitting together, enjoying being together… >>   try to make the other person laugh and feel safe>>   there's no big ego, it's “us”.32:00 The Honorable Harvest, Darcia shares favorite quotes, including: “Sustain the ones who sustain you and the Earth will live forever.”34:50 What healing medicine feels like; Tom shares a quote37:05 Darcia: We have a lot of unhealed grief and trauma we pass on, instead of taking time to heal37:30 What is the relationship between the Sacred Feminine and The Maternal Gift Economy? 40:25 Communion, holy union, co-creation, and our interconnectedness 41:10 Darcia on Nature connection and her “Ecological Attachment”, experiment42:30 Rooted and connected: “Our roots extend out from our skin and our other body cavities.” 43:20 The microbiome; "We are communities"44:00 Where does your passion for restoring kinship come from? How are you teaching this? IV. RESTORING OUR WORLD48:10 What should we be doing to restore The Nest?>>   Make sure you yourself are centered; Nature connection is one of the best ways to heal. >>   Learn to get back to social joy. >>   Learn to guide the conscious mind into connection; build the communal imagination. 52:12 What is sustaining your spirit right now?>>   I sing to the 6 directions>>   I sing on my land>>   Lying on the Earth, leaning against a tree, huggling with spouse>>   Try to make my husband laugh, sing and dance together.>>   Keep aware: "I am and always will be part of the Earth."V. CONCLUSION54:30 Final thoughts>>   The first precept: the recognition of spiritual energy in Nature; find that guardian spirit... 57:00 Tom reads a final quote, on Community Welfare (Dona Enriqueta Contreras)57:56 End QuotesEverything the baby experiences engraves the brain for life. So you want to make sure you don't distress the baby because then you're shifting the trajectory away from wellness towards illness or ill-being or adversity.(In a) welcoming social climate, the mother feels supported, the baby is wanted, the community is delighted with having the baby around, and the baby feels like they belong, that they can make a difference, make other people smile and laugh as they are made to smile and laugh…The mother is there to be affectively attuned to the baby's emotional systems to keep maintaining them in the best bio-chemistry for growth.You want to let children have that (self-directed play) experience when they're young so they can build self-confidence. . . When you don't provide the nest, in general, you're deflating that individual…We can get caught up in ruminations, because of this left brain, especially if we weren't raised in a nurturing way, we'll have OCD, worry, depression… all this stuff that goes on when you're un-nested… So we need healing practices to get back into centeredness, into relational connection with others and the natural world, back into gratitude and into our bodies…Our sociology relies on good biology.If we're raised in these nested communities, virtue is a byproduct, is the result. You would not survive in a community, dependent on others, if you were vicious. So, virtue is part of our heritage as well.In the primal wisdom, the kinship worldview, life is relationships with everything, with All other relations, animals, plants, spirits, etc.We're trying to get back to connection, to understand that we are all connected, and that part of being connected properly is to be present, to honor the spider, the tree, the Earth, the computer, these are all things that people are relating to…We are embodied creatures, we're bio-social.Another piece is holism. The way to be human isn't just to be in this thinking mind, that left brain eco-consciousness. It's actually quite distressing to be there.The left brain thinks it knows everything.If your survival systems are overdeveloped and you're easily triggered, the authoritarian is going to be easy to pull you in. . . We forgot that we need to nurture, nurture the heart. And, you have to be immersed in relationships to build the empathy, the sensitivity, and the understanding, and the willingness to forgive, and be generous… All that is part of the Indigenous way, you're immersed in that kind of  social, loving community. And this then allows you to grow your human potential. Which is another thing we're not doing…Generosity is part of who you are a human being. But what Capitalism (to the Gift Economy) has done is stop that flow and allowed people to hoard resources, and force others to not have any resources…Writing “Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality” brought me to the realization that Indigenous wisdom, the kinship worldview, is our heritage. It is what comes about when we honor our physicality, our embodiedness, our species wisdom, and it's what will save us…The Western wisdoms tell us, "Clear your heart, clear your fear, clear your ego, and then be open to divine energies.”Thanks for listening. This podcast is 1 of 4 keynotes from our Summer Solstice 2022 collection, "Restoring Connective Tissue." It was produced and edited by Chris Searles. 

202 - Shanon Harwood is a Shamanic Teacher and Practitioner. She is debuting her new novel Currency, a fast-paced expose of the value system that is driving our world. Topic discussions include: -Understanding shamanism and the misconceptions surrounding it -Shanon's studying of Shamanism at the Piikani Reservation in Alberta, CA -The shamanic teachings of Shanon's new book Currency -Reorienting our own values to create a new system of currency rooted in shamanic principles -Tapping into archetypal energies that can guide us on the path of awakening For more information about the book itself, visit:  currencythebook.comFor more information on Shanon & Marv Harwood and their Kimmapii School of Shamanism, visit:  kimmapii.comFor more information on the archetypal influence in the novel, visit:  itdependsonwhoslooking.comOr to buy the book:  amazon.com. amazon.caConnect with Evan:Subscribe on SubstackInstagramTelegramTwitterYoutubeWork With Me:Donation Based ServicesSupport my work directly:Donations: PayPal | Venmo | CryptoThe Fifth Dimension ShopIf you like the show, please subscribe & leave us a Review :)Theme Music:Highland Song by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.comMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Support the show

In this episode we look at the powerful book The Gift by Lewis Hyde. I share a personal experience of gift economy at work that happened in New Orleans, a city that has offered me many lessons over the years. I know it has been a while so I also share a bit about my thoughts on the podcast and my approach to content creation. Please check out this link for show notes with all the stuff I discuss in this episode, and more....If you wish to connect with me you can find me on instagram @thestarlingcreative or just email me @starlingartstudios@gmail.com

     What is the definition of a working artist?      Nancy is a poet, educator, and community organizer. She has co-founded a handful of arts organizations, including the Long Beach Literary Arts Center and briefly ran a social justice-based literary press. As an organizer, she has produced innumerable arts events, including writing workshops, public readings and arts festivals. She is also the creator of Surprise the Line, a community poetry workshop.Writing from an eco-feminist perspective, her poetry is largely inspired by the magic and power of the natural world. Nancy has received fellowships from PEN America, Arts Council for Long Beach, and Idyllwild Writers Week.       Angels Gate Cultural Center in San Pedro serves as one of the cultural hubs as part of the Artists At Work initiative, as it hosts both Nancy and artist Taylor Griffith for year-long artist residencies.     The ARTISTS AT WORK program is inspired by the Depression-era Works Progress Administration, or WPAIt was designed to give artists resources to continue to produce work during the COVID crisis, but also, to build new structures and partnerships to help sustain the creative sector in a post-pandemic America. The goals of Artists At Work are to give artists a living wage to support their work and to put that work into the public sphere for free, to connect artists and cultural organizations to local initiatives in areas like youth mental health, suicide prevention, food justice, prison reform, youth at risk and other civic engagements to foster healthy communities.      Links:www.nancylyneewoo.comArtists At WorkThe Office Performing Arts and Film www.sbcc.community

Joining Lily for the start of this brand new series of Who Cares Wins is the comedian, author, icon of Feminism and host of the global hit podcast, The Guilty Feminist. It's Deborah Frances White. They talk Feminism, Climate Change and Mother Earth herself.   Credits Producer: Kelsey Bennett  Audio Editor and Designer: Kit Milsom Music by Cosmo Sheldrake Artwork Bethan Sherwood  Links  Robin Wall Kimmerer's article on the Gift Economy: https://humansandnature.org/returning-the-gift-2021/ The Spontaneity Shop : https://www.the-spontaneity-shop.com/  Thank you to ongoing guidance and advice from She Changes Climate in this series. https://www.shechangesclimate.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yeshe Matthews is a Priestess of the Tsogyal Lhamo Drayang Ling, the Mt Shasta Goddess Temple in Dunsmuir, CA. She is a dharma practitioner and a licensed minister, ordained and initiated in several different mystery traditions. The Temple she created serves Mt Shasta spiritual pilgrims and worldwide Goddess enthusiasts with online and in-person divinations, classes, ceremonies, and retreats. Yeshe has dedicated her life to female mysteries, sacred healing practices and the ways of the Goddess, with ongoing study and practice in Tibetan Buddhism, Siberian/Mongolian Shamanism, Ifa, Mayan Cosmology, herbal healing, and Dianic Goddess Spirituality. With a Master's degree in Women's History from Sarah Lawrence College in New York, she has studied women's mysticism, shamanism, and matriarchal communities for over twenty years. Join us for an auditory journey as we explore the matriarchal gift economy of the ancient future!

Rebecca Rockefeller co-founded the "Buy Nothing Project," that has 4 million members in 44 countries. The gift economy initiative gives and receives everything for free, reexamining consumer society. Here's what we talk about in this episode: Entrepreneur, Environmentalism, Alternative, Connection, Meaning, Kindness, Community, Life lessons

"I want to be useful"- So many of us under neath and deep inside feel the desire to simply be useful. We are all born with unique gifts, superpowers that when we align with we are able to express our usefulness into this world. This doesn't mean that we have to make a career or even money out of it, although for some it may. It just means deep down we want express our usefulness out into the world as a service. In this podcast I explore the profound realization these words brought me to as well as how I am bringing some of my service into the gift economy model. Last chance to get in on Free Presence Webinar - Free webinar to explore different aspects of the mind/body/spirit and how to anchor into the presence of soul to drive your human experience. Must register here- https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAlcOCgrDMrEtBaG0jL-0R_nXl6fQxyWYGM To Check out the Reclamation journey head to soulmidwifejulie.com/reclamation 40 Day SoulFULL Journey- 40 Days of Guided meditations and inner experiencing to anchor you deeper in the connect to your inner world. Offered in the gift economy model. soulmidwifejulie.com/40dayjourney Soul Sessions-Guidance to living a life that is Embodied, Connected and Soul Led. soulmidwifejulie.com/one-on-one