The IDG Revolution Episode 10: Matthew Lee, IDG Senior Scientific Advisor
Mar 6, 2025
Matthew Lee, a Senior Scientific Advisor to the Inner Development Goals Foundation and a Baylor University professor, dives deep into the transformative power of love in this engaging conversation. He discusses the critical need for inner development in education and institutions. Matthew shares insights on teaching 'love in action' through gratitude exercises and effective communication, while emphasizing the importance of creating safe spaces for expressing love. He also explores innovative educational practices and the role of loving relationships in fostering community flourishing.
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Inner Work Enables Outer Goals
- Institutions overemphasize intellectual development and neglect inner capacities like heart and hands.
- Matthew Lee says inner development of individuals and groups is essential to achieve outer goals like the SDGs.
The Soul Wound Of Unseen Love
- Matthew Lee recounts a student who read Lundy Bancroft and shared a recovery quote that transformed his thinking.
- The quote: we get wounded if we can't see our love make a difference, motivated his work to create spaces where love can be shown.
Love Requires Contextual Holding
- Expressions of gratitude can be experienced as love but land poorly without context or mutual readiness.
- Lee learned that love requires understanding the other's readiness and tailoring the approach to avoid retraumatization.
