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The Tension of Emergence: Thriving in a world that remakes, not breaks

The Fierce Energetics of Renewal (Part 1) - with Lisa Gibson and Brooke McNamara

May 24, 2022
54:46

In the never-ending tide of grief and loss, what is your path to renewal?

In this episode coach, facilitator, and systems change consultant Lisa Gibson and poet, dancer and Zen monk Brooke McNamara explore a wholehearted approach to renewal during times of intense rupture. They offer a dynamic path to recalibrate our energy while strengthening our presence and responsiveness to what life throws at us. In Part 1 of this conversation, they unpack conventional approaches to renewal by sharing the—

  • limits of rest and relaxation and the importance of rigor and confrontation
  • surprising antidote to our individual and collective exhaustion
  • role of shadow and death in life-affirming renewal

Tune in for an invigorating conversation on how to renew yourself when exhausted and overwhelmed in difficult times. Lisa and Brooke remind us that this path helps dissolve the limits of what we thought we could do or be.   

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Gratitude for this show’s theme song Inside the House, composed by the talented Yukon musician, multi-instrumentalist and sound artist Jordy Walker. Artwork by the imaginative writer, filmmaker and artist Jon Marro.

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