“If we’re going to really be present in this predicament, we’re going to have to befriend all of our emotions. So we teach some tools for how to do that. Being present with your body. How does the body fit in with all of this? Then, we teach some tools for how do we really … [Read more...]
Connecting with Ourselves, Each Other, and Earth — Personal Tools for These Times, part 2 (332)
July 14, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Connecting with Ourselves, Each Other, and Earth — Personal Tools for These Times, part 1 (331)
July 9, 2017 By Leave a Comment
“Every single metric [of abrupt climate change] has been accelerating since I took on writing the book [The Impossible Conversation] in 2014,” says Dean Spillane-Walker. “But … the calling of our times, is: who will be together in the face of these predicaments?” Dean and … [Read more...]
Knowing and Using Our Gifts (316)
October 10, 2016 By Leave a Comment
“Each of us was born to do something unique on this planet, and to give our gifts. That all comes from heart and soul and spirit. Without those in [our] work, we cannot really feel satisfied or fulfilled or truly rewarded…” Ellen Hayakawa, author of The Inspired … [Read more...]
Finding Emotional Resilience in Troubled Times (300)
January 17, 2016 By Leave a Comment
How do you grapple with bigger, deeper issues like catastrophic climate change? Author Carolyn Baker and video producer Ivey Cone join Janaia in a wide-ranging conversation about keeping our hearts open while witnessing the crumbling of industrial civilization. We discuss … [Read more...]
Living Each Moment in the Face of Abrupt Climate Change (291)
July 6, 2015 By 1 Comment
"It's pretty clear by now the methane gun has been fired in the Arctic ocean, so we're headed for very abrupt warming. What does that mean in terms of how we live? I think it means we live with urgency. We live with love. We live passionately." More people are paying … [Read more...]
Climate Change and Human Extinction — A Personal Perspective (262)
March 24, 2014 By 21 Comments
"Just one source, methane from the arctic…leads us [by 2030] to…a temperature beyond which humans have never existed on the planet." Guy McPherson, professor emeritus of University of Arizona in Environmental Studies, shares highlights from his compilation of recent reports … [Read more...]
How Shall We Live, With the Earth in Crisis? (250)
November 19, 2013 By 3 Comments
When we actually face what's happening on the planet, the picture isn't pretty. Author Carolyn Baker (Speaking Truth To Power) is concerned by rapidly-unfolding climate change, and the fragile Fukushima reactor situation. Systems thinker Dave Pollard (How To Save the World) … [Read more...]
Living with the Predicament (235)
May 20, 2013 By 4 Comments
Janaia's the guest this time! She tells host Ivey Cone: "This is not a problem. A problem can be solved. This is a predicament. We can’t solve our way out of this one, with technology or any other mythic fix. It's something we have to live with." She sees multiple … [Read more...]
Seeking the Happy Story, part 2 – Reality Ain’t What You Believe (234)
May 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment
"If you really grasp the idea that this is not suddenly going to turn around, in six months or a year, you begin to look at your life very differently," says Dr. Kathy McMahon, clinical psychologist and self-named "Peak Shrink." Despite government silence, she declares, the … [Read more...]
Seeking the Happy Story, part 1 – But What Do You Feel? (233)
May 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment
We live in a culture that wants only the upbeat response, the story with the happy ending. We marginalize people who express anger or grief about the impossible predicament we're in — societal and ecological collapse. Clinical psychologist Kathy "Peak Shrink" McMahon, uses … [Read more...]
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