Weaving the Future
This podcast is a how to guide for transforming ourselves, our communities and society. Many of us have acknowledged the pressing need for change in the world - we notice the fear, the conflict, the waste, the gross inequity, the impending effects of climate change. And many of us also ask...What can we do? Where do we start? We reflect on these questions at a deep level and identify practical next steps to help all of us be part of the change we want to see in the world. Listen in for insight into global social movements, systems change, and how to create a more sustainable and regenerative future.
Weaving the Future
Mindsets and Paradigms
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I discuss some of the deep-seated mindsets that are at the root of our culture, along with what mindsets we might tune into in order to transform ourselves, our communities and our societies. Other terms that could be used here are assumptions, deep seated habits or paradigms.
I focus first on moving from the assumption that we are separate from the natural world and need to dominate it, toward the mindset that we are a part of the natural world, able to live in harmony and be regenerative.
Next, I talk about moving from a scarcity mindset based on fear to a mindset of abundance based on compassion, gratitude, and being “materially simple and relationally rich”.
Thirdly, I talk about moving from a place of favouring aspects of our being that are more traditionally masculine or yang and tuning into aspects of femininity or yin that we have been rejecting. This includes honouring and learning from emotion and observing and receiving rather than jumping to action.
Finally, I discuss moving from a more linear and causation-based mindset, toward one that embraces complexity and emergence.
Resources I refer to in this episode include the Water of Systems change from fsg.org, Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, Sacred Economics by Charles Eistentein, This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein, Dancing with Systems by Donella Meadows, and https://www.kristenappenrodt.com/herstory.