All That We Are

How does white supremacy show up in our lives and what is our work to do? "I really believe our primary work is to do the work of healing and self-reclamation, because it has taken so much away from us in ways we cannot even fathom. This is why I do this inner work right alongside the outer work. Before we go out and change the world we deserve to get the healing, to reconnect with that source inside of ourselves that feels worthy and is good. That is very revolutionary because it's remaking the world." ~ Layla Saad In this episode entitled Being A Good Ancestor, Amisha shares a moment with author, speaker and teacher, Layla Saad. After her open letter "I need to talk to spiritual white women about white supremacy" went viral on the internet, Layla has gone on to write and publish a book called 'Me and White Supremacy'. In this interview Layla speaks about her own journey of awakening into the full expression of herself as a black woman, and unravelling the ways in which external and internal white supremacy and conditioning has kept her light low until now. She talks about the pivotal moments that catalysed her own awakening, and how she began to change the way that she showed up and reconstruct her internal universe. Together, Amisha and Layla speak about their experiences as women of colour, of working and living in predominantly white spaces, encountering deeply ingrained white supremacy in spaces that they had expected to be free of it, and of the ways they have had to adapt to survive under these conditions. Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2019/11/28/e76-layla-saad-on-race-identity-and-self-reclamation-being-a-good-ancestor-me-and-white-supremacy/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link, https://love.allthatweare.org/membership To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/

How can we be the change that we want to see in the world? In this episode entitled A New Republic of the Heart: Awakening to the Mystery and the Miracle, Amisha sits down with philosopher, author, activist and coach Terry Patten. Terry speaks about how to become present to each other in the moment with kindness, compassion, generosity and community. He shares his perspective on inner work as a form of activism, and a prerequisite for holistic change. Together Amisha and Terry examine the multiple meta-narratives playing out alongside each other - the great global movements of our time such as Extinction Rebellion and the techno-utopians - and speak about how we might usefully show up within and create a bridge between them. Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2019/11/21/e75-terry-patten-on-sacred-activism-transformation-and-meta-narratives-a-new-republic-of-the-heart-awakening-to-the-mystery-and-the-miracle/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link, https://love.allthatweare.org/membership To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/

How can we design for a regenerative future? "I like to think of the moment we are in like the Millenium Falcon in Star Wars; we need to go sideways to get through the window of opportunity before it closes." ~ Amanda Joy Ravenhill In this episode entitled The Awkward Era: Slowing Down to Act Fast, Amisha meets Amanda Joy Ravenhill, Executive Director of the Buckminster Fuller Institute. Amanda shares her approach to navigating what she calls 'the awkward era' that we find ourselves in now. She talks about taking the long view towards a regenerative future, and introduces us to a dazzling array of projects - from agroforestry to kelp farming - that offer win/win solutions to the intertwined issues of climate crisis, biodiversity loss, food security and economic security. Amanda shares with us the remarkable story of Buckminster Fuller's early years and his rise to prominence as a whole systems design thinker as early as five years of age. She also shares her personal story - how growing up as a "third culture kid" and living in many different parts of the world during her childhood has shaped her work at the systems level, and how living in community nurtures and supports her in that work. Together, Amisha and Amanda speak about the importance of metabolising the anger, grief and anxiety that is provoked by the crises we currently face on a global scale. Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2019/11/14/e74-amanda-joy-ravenhill-on-systems-thinking-buckminster-fuller-and-regenerative-design-the-awkward-era-slowing-down-to-act-fast/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link, https://love.allthatweare.org/membership To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/

How can we reconnect deeply to ourselves, our community and our planet? In this episode entitled Weaving Earth: Ecological, Social and Personal Systems Change, Amisha sits down with facilitator and educator Will Scott. At the time of this interview, Will was evacuated from his home and community in Sonoma County, California due to the wildfires that are raging there. He speaks about his personal reactions and responses to the crisis, as well as those of his community and others around them. Will explains how many of the crises and imbalances we are facing have their roots in a lack of connection or relationship - to ourselves, to others and to the natural world we are a part of - and how marking and honoring life transitions with the support of the natural world can help us to reconnect. Together Amisha and Will discuss privilege and inclusion, how community can hold, facilitate and help us to integrate transformative experiences into our daily lives, and how to better meet the wildness and vulnerability within ourselves and others. Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2019/11/07/e73-will-scott-on-wildfires-relational-education-and-nature-connection-weaving-earth-ecological-social-and-personal-systems-change/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link, https://love.allthatweare.org/membership To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/

How can we help each other to become the sovereign leaders our times are calling for? In this episode entitled Deep Listening: Evoking Unprecedented Leadership, Amisha connects with neuropsychologist, author and educator Stephanie Mines. Stephanie is the vision holder for the recent Climate Change & Consciousness Conference held at Findhorn, and is a champion and mentor for 'Unprecedented Leaders' working on the frontlines of climate crisis. Stephanie shares with us her personal story, from an early life impacted by trauma, a career as a trauma therapist and neuroscientist, to her present work of supporting and empowering activist leaders to address the pressing challenges we face. She explains why we must cultivate the art of deep listening - to ourselves and others- and how by doing so we can invoke the kinds of unprecedented leadership the times are calling for. Together Amisha and Stephanie share their experiences of initiation, inner alchemy, neuroplasticity and neural evolution. They discuss the difference between intuition and spiritual guidance and how we can recognise both. Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2019/10/31/e72-stephanie-mines-on-climate-change-consciousness-and-sovereignty-deep-listening-evoking-unprecedented-leadership/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link, https://love.allthatweare.org/membership To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/

How can we radically shift our approach to working with complex challenges? In this episode entitled 10-in-10 : Tackling Ten Global Challenges in Ten Years, Amisha sits down with Zaid Hassan. Zaid has twenty years of experience working with complex challenges. He's co-founder of 10-in-10 - an initiative to tackle ten global challenges in ten years. Zaid speaks about his work with 10-in-10 and their approach to tackling ten global challenges in ten years - working beyond silos and outside of what we already know. He explains why we must put power into the hands of the people who are being impacted by the complex challenges we face so that they can help design responses to them - turning their adverse experiences into a valuable resource. Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2019/10/24/e71-zaid-hassan-on-complexity-inclusion-and-innovation-10-in-10-tackling-ten-global-challenges-in-ten-years/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link, https://love.allthatweare.org/membership To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/

How will we heal the disconnect between humanity and Mother Earth? In this episode entitled The Water Inside Us, Amisha meets Maori elder and shaman Erena Rangimarie Rereomaki Rhöse. Erena shares with us her cultural concept of the earth as Mother and the cosmology and creation stories of her Maori heritage, speaking of the lived experience of connection to nature at the deepest levels of being. She speaks of the pressing need to acknowledge, love and honour our mother the earth and why we must even learn to love plastic. Erena speaks about the situation in New Zealand where people are turning back to the land, human rights being awarded to the River Whanganui, and the healing happening within Maori communities and with non-Maori New Zealanders. Finally, Erena explains what happens when indigenous elders from around the globe gather in one room, why these elders are gathering now and how the earth is working with us and through us all to heal herself. Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2019/10/17/e70-erena-rangimarie-rereomaki-rhose-on-maori-wisdom-nature-connection-and-ancestors-the-water-inside-us-2/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link, https://love.allthatweare.org/membership To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/

How can we be truly present to ourselves, to each other and to earth in these times? "The first spiritual practise for me is to listen – to really listen. To listen to ourselves, listen to our pain – not ignore it. To listen to each other, each others pain, joy, fear – to listen to the earth. The moment that we open ourselves up to that it's clear that the earth is in pain and she is calling for us to listen. The cries of agony are getting louder every day." ~ Phap Linh In this episode entitled Drink a Glass of Clouds: Finding Joy in Every Moment, Amisha meets Phap Linh a Zen Buddhist monk from Plum Village. Phap Linh shares the story of his journey from the corridors of Cambridge University, via his ancestral French village, to being ordained as a monk at Plum Village, a meditation centre founded in France by the Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hahn after he was exiled from his homeland. He speaks about life in monastic community, the nature of commitment, finding joy in service and joining the Extinction Rebellion. Together, Amisha and Phap Linh speak about how we can bring the experience of our interconnection into the activities of our daily lives. Phap Linh reveals to us how we can learn to see the sun in a carrot, and how much cloud is in a glass of water. Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2019/10/10/e69-phap-linh-on-monastic-life-mindfulness-and-engaged-buddhism-drink-a-glass-of-clouds-finding-joy-in-every-moment/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link, https://love.allthatweare.org/membership To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/

How can the wisdom held by indigenous communities help humanity evolve and heal? In this episode entitled Through the Keyhole: Walking with the Divine Mother, Amisha sits down with internationally renowned spiritual leader Jyoti, who speaks about her early life as a woman waking up in the Southern United States, and how a series of calls, visions and sacred synchronicities led her to assemble a council of 13 indigenous grandmothers to wake up the world. Together Amisha and Jyoti speak about the ways that we can respond to the overwhelming crises that we face on a global scale, the indigenous prophecies of what is to come in the next decades and how to listen within to find our path to healing and to service in the world. "Our work right now is to move around the planet and try to hold these pieces of people's hearts while they are opening. Our indigenous original cultures know how to walk through this – they have the prophecies that give us the instructions on how to walk through this." ~ Jyoti Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2019/10/03/e68-jyoti-on-indigenous-grandmothers-sacred-economics-and-inner-work-through-the-keyhole-walking-with-the-divine-mother/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link, https://love.allthatweare.org/membership To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/

How can we use our freedom to stand up for the oppressed? In this episode entitled A Voice in the Darkness: Speaking Out for the Silenced, Amisha connects with Raki Ap. Raki shares the story of his life: fleeing West Papua as a child, growing up in the Netherlands and joining the Dutch army, and now living in political exile in The Hague. Raki wants the world to know what has been happening in West Papua to West Papuans and what we as individuals can do to support them and stand up for their freedom. He speaks about the work he is doing in the Netherlands to inspire young people to act, to raise their voices and to feel empowered to speak out for those who are silenced by oppression. Together Raki and Amisha share personal stories of their experiences of West Papua and West Papuans, speak about reclaiming ancestral heritage and the root cause and impact of climate breakdown. "What I try to do is just storytelling, I want people to know what is happening in West Papua, while Indonesia has been banning foreign media for 57 years. It's up to the citizens of other countries, when they know what is happening there, to use your democratic voice and rights to tell political representatives to act in the name of humanity, in the name of international law and peace and justice." ~ Raki Ap Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2019/09/26/e67-raki-ap-on-colonial-racism-climate-crisis-and-empowered-activism-a-voice-in-the-darkness-speaking-out-for-the-silenced/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link, https://love.allthatweare.org/membership To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/