Episode 30: In times of fear and uncertainty, we need spaces where people can connect and offer peer support. In this episode, Beth Tener talks with Andrea Martin, also a facilitator, about an in-person space they’re creating called the Peer Power Hour, that allows people to help each other with our ideas, projects, and challenges. Andrea also shares about an initiative she started called Give and Gather, which creates local gatherings for mutual support and community connections. You’ll get practical ideas how you can host these kind of peer-support gatherings and hear about the benefits.

How can you create experiences of belonging and collective vitality, that support people’s creativity and thriving? Join Beth with her guest Bruce Nayowith as explore stories of how people have created environments of belonging in different contexts, as featured in podcast episodes 6-8 of Season 3. We explore how Minneapolis creatively engaged a diverse range of citizens to transform policies related to housing and hear from a local housing advocate about creating ways to engage residents in policy decisions. We unpack what it takes to ‘design’ inclusive spaces that facilitate authentic social connection and trust, with the story of the SeaCHANGE Conference. Finally, we discuss how people can strengthen a sense of their belonging and interconnectedness with all living things, learning from Four Arrows about moving beyond Western culture's assumptions to discover the kinship worldview.

Resources and links:

Home: Living Love Playlist Season 3: My gift to you - a Spotify playlist of favorite songs of the guests on the Living Love podcast Season 3.

Kinship: A Hub to Amplify the Power of Community: Check out this web site to learn about Beth Tener’s work, focused on designing for connection in groups and communities of all kinds. You can join the newsletter here.

Interconnected, by Daniel Siegel: Bookshop.org

Fire, poem by Judy Brown:

Green Acre Baha’i Learning Center:

Enough: Staying Human in an Engineered Age, by Bill McKibben: Bookshop.org

Great March for Climate Action (2014): http://climatemarch.org/

For a transcript of this episode see: Kinship website

Audio editing by: Podcasting for Creatives

How can we restore a sense of feeling at home with nature? In this podcast, we explore the sense of disconnection between humans and nature in modern Western cultures and contrast that to indigenous worldview that values interconnectedness. Four Arrows, a.k.a, Donald Trent Jacobs, shares stories from indigenous cultures, and his new book "Restoring the Kinship Worldview" which offers 28 precepts for rebalancing life on Earth. You’ll appreciate the richness of how a kinship worldview can help us restore biodiversity and balance with the earth, and personally to find courage in the face of fear and discover a deeper sense of belonging.

Resources and links:

Kinship: A Hub to Amplify the Power of Community: Check out this web site to learn about Beth Tener’s work, focused on designing for connection in groups and communities of all kinds. You can join the newsletter here.

Restoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voies Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth, Book by Four Arrows and Darcia Narvaez

2019 UN Biodiversity Report Article

Worldview Chart by Four Arrows and Darcia Narvaez

The Evolved Nest, Darcia Narvaez’s Website

Wild Geese, poem by Mary Oliver

The Media Have Missed a Crucial Message of the UN’s Biodiversity Report, in The Nation by Four Arrows

Differing Worldviews in Higher Education: Two Scholars Argue Cooperatively About Justice Education, Walter Block and Four Arrows

A Time Before Deception: Truth in Communication, Culture, and Ethics, Thomas W. Cooper

You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times, Howard Zinn

For a transcript of this episode see: Kinship website

Audio editing by: Podcasting for Creatives