The New Dimensions Café

Connie Zweig is a psychotherapist and has been initiated into elderhood as a certified Sage-ing leader. She is known as an expert in Shadow Work and uncovering our inner shadow. Although she is retired from clinical practice, she leads online workshops listed on her website which is also populated with many activities, blogs, videos, and audio references. She is the author of several books including: Meeting the Shadow: The Hidden Power of the Dark Side of Human Nature (Tarcher/Perigee 1991 reprint iUniverse 2017), with (Steve Wolf, PhD.) Romancing the Shadow: A Guide to Soul Work for a Vital Authentic Life (Wellspring/Ballantine; Reprint edition 1999), A Moth to the Flame: The Life of the Sufi Poet Rumi (a novel) (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2006) and The Inner Work of Age: Shifting from Role to Soul. (Park Street Press 2021)Interview Date: 2/14/2022   Tags: Connie Zweig, aging, longevity, senior, elder, letting go of control, impermanence, unconscious shadow, need to be right, deep listening, perfectionism, not being enough, having an impact, study circles on aging, Wisdom Circles, Sage-ing, Aging, Personal Transformation, Spirituality

Dan Millman is a lifelong student and longtime teacher of practical wisdom devoting his life to mastery, first in sports and then in everyday life. He is a former World trampoline champion, Stanford gymnastics coach, and Oberlin College professor. He teaches The Peaceful Warrior’s Way and is the author of 18 books published in 29 languages. He and his wife Joy live in Brooklyn, New York. His books include Way Of the Peaceful Warrior (adapted to a 2006 feature film.) (HJ Kramer Revised Edition 2006), The Laws of Spirit: A Tale of Transformation (HJ Kramer book, published jointly, New World Library 1995), The Life You Were Born to Live: A Guide to Finding Your Purpose (HJ Kramer, Anniversary Edition 2018) and Peaceful Heart, Warrior Spirit: The True Story of My Spiritual Quest. (New World Library 2022)Interview Date: 2/4/2022    Tags: Dan Millman, Socrates, perennial philosophy, practical wisdom, Oscar Ichazo, Arica, Franklin Jones, Bubba Free John, Adi Da, mentors, gymnastics, synchronicity, finding teachers, stress, paying attention, humor, beginner’s mind, Philosophy, Personal Transformation, Spirituality

Brooke Williams is an advocate for the preservation of wilderness. He writes about evolution, consciousness, and his own adventures exploring both the inner and outer wilderness. He lives in Utah with his wife and partner, the writer and former New Dimensions guest, Terry Tempest Williams. He is the author of several books including: Half-Lives: Reconciling Work and Wildness (Johnson Books 1999), Escalante: The Best Kind of Nothing (photos by Chris Noble) (University of Arizona Press 2006), Open Midnight: Where Ancestors and Wilderness Meet (Trinity University Press 2017 and Mary Jane Wild: Two Walks & A Rant (Homebound Publications 2021).Interview Date: 1/14/2022    Tags: Brooke Williams, wandering, hunters and gatherers, human species, dawn of agriculture, segregation, desegregation, either or thinking, Bill Kittredge, silos of belief, Paul Shepard, awe, wild places, Dacher Keltner, pro-social behavior, beauty, vast vistas, Ecology/Nature/Environment, Social Change/Politics

Dawna Markova, Ph.D. is the CEO emeritus of Professional Thinking Partners. She’s known Internationally for her research in the fields of learning and perception. She’s a former senior affiliate of the Society for Organizational Learning, originated at MIT’s Sloan School of Management. Angie McArthur is the CEO of Professional Thinking Partners and co-founder of SmartWired and the Smart Parenting Revolution. As an expert in communication and learning styles, she has developed strategies for authors, corporations, CEOs, and the ongoing Executive Champions’ Workshop.Tags: Dawna Markova, Angie McArthur, collaboration, CQ, collaboration intelligence, intelligence, mindset, market share mindset, mind share mindset, Ubur, Air B&B, diversity, thinking, intellectual passport, Smart Spark, teaching children, cooperation, compromise, competition, brain, confusion, Business, Personal Transformation, Work, Livelihood, Social Change, Politics, Education, Parenting

Marie-Rose Phan-Lê was born in Vietnam, emigrated to France, and later came to the United States. She is the founder and president of Healing Planet Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and presentation of healing and spiritual traditions through media. She is an award-winning writer, director, and producer of a documentary film and companion book. Tags: Marie-Rose Phan-Lê, authentic self, indigenous healers, Papa K, Kahuna, Lomi Lomi, Aunty Mary Fargas, ho’oponopono, Ayahuasca ritual, divine feminine, Shamanism, Indigenous wisdom, Travel, Spiritualty, Global Culture

Matthew Fox, Ph.D. is a priest and was a member of the Dominican Order of the Catholic Church for thirty-four years. He holds a doctorate in History and Theology of Spirituality and is a scholar in residence with the Academy for the Love of Learning in Santa Fe, New Mexico, as well as founder and president of Friends of Creation Spirituality.Tags:  Matthew Fox, Creation Spirituality, Bible, Wisdom Tradition, feminist, mysticism , The fall and redemption, spirituality, Jesus, Stations of the Cosmic Cross, crucifixion, ritual, Burning Man, Meister Eckhart, Buck Ghost Horse, funeral ritual, grief, Wallace Black Elk, Indigenous Wisdom, Religion, Philosophy, Buddhism

Ralph White is cofounder of the New York Open Center, America’s leading urban center of holistic learning. He was the former editor of the award-winning Lapis magazine. Born in Wales, he now resides in New York City. His current activities include the Esoteric Quest series of conferences in Europe that focus on the lost spiritual history of the West. He also presents the Art of Dying conferences. He is the author of the memoir The Jeweled Highway: On the Quest for a Life of Meaning (Divine Arts 2015)Interview Date: 9/22/2015    Tags: MP3, Ralph White, Vision Quest, Peru, holistic retreat centers, Open Center, Esoteric Quest, Tibet, South America, Travel, History, Global Culture, Social Change/Politics

Paul Levy is a pioneer in the field of spiritual emergence and is also a certified art teacher teaching both painting and drawing for a handful of years to people of all ages. He considers himself a wounded healer and is in private practice, assisting others who are also awakening to the dreamlike nature of reality. He has been a Tibetan Buddhist practitioner for more than 35 years and is the founder of the “Awakening in the Dream” Community; in Portland, Oregon. Along with these activities he is deeply steeped in the work of C. G. Jung. He is the author of several books including Dispelling Wetiko: Breaking the Curse of Evil (North Atlantic Books 2013), The Quantum Revelation: A Radical Synthesis of Science and Spirituality (Select Books 2018) and Wetiko: Healing the Mind-Virus That Plagues Our World (Inner Traditions 2021)Interview Date: 12/15/2021     Tags: Paul Levy, Wetiko, C.G. Jung, shadow, psycho-spiritual disease, totalitarian psychosis, totalitarian psychosis, thirst for power, underworld, Hades, Kabbalah, Michael Mead, art of seeing, awakening, Corona virus, collective psychosis, collective madness, counterfeiting spirit, Paper and Glue documentary, creative spirit, Social Change/Politics, Philosophy, Health & Healing, Indigenous Wisdom, Intuition/Psychic, Mythology

Cerridwen Fallingstar refers to herself as a Shamanic Witch and has taught classes in magic and ritual for over 40 years. She gives lectures tying together psychology, spirituality, history, contemporary issues, and politics. She is the author of three historical novels based on her past lives. Her books include White As Bone, Red As Blood: The Fox Sorceress (Cauldron Publications 2009), White As Bone, Red As Blood: The Storm God (Cauldron Publications 2011), The Heart of The Fire (Cauldron Publications 2021) and Broth from the Cauldron: A Wisdom Journey Through Everyday Magic (She Writes Press 2021)Interview Date: 12/7/2021      Tags: Cerridwen Fallingstar, Wicca, Zsuzsanna Budapest, Wiccan, witchcraft, magic, teachers, witch, evil, powerlessness, Spirituality, Ecology/Nature/Environmental

Peter Coyote is an award-winning actor, author, director, screenwriter, and narrator who has worked with some of the world’s most distinguished filmmakers. He’s won several Emmys for his narrations and was ordained as a Zen Buddhist priest in 2011. In 2015 he received “transmission” from his teacher, making him an independent Zen teacher. He’s conceived mask training experiments and workshops as tools to give us a reprieve from the repetitive weight of our normal attachments and habits. His books include The Rainman’s Third Cure: An Irregular Education (Counterpoint 1998/2015), Sleeping Where I Fall: A Chronicle (Counterpoint 2015), Tongue of a Crow: A Book of Poetry (Four Way Books 2021) and The Lone Ranger and Tonto Meet Buddha: Masks, Meditation & Improvised Play to Induce Liberated States (Inner Traditions 2021)Interview Date: 12/30/2021   Tags: Peter Coyote, intention, compassion, mask, enlightenment, waves in ocean, emptiness, dependent origination, Buddha, Zen, Four Noble Truths, Eightfold Path, engaged Buddhism, Buddhism, Meditation