Last month the world was relieved to say goodbye and good riddance to Donald Trump as President of The United States. While this was a huge advance for humanity, it removed one sea of chaos, yet many others remain. Climate chaos, a global pandemic, racial injustice, authoritarianism, and economic inequality are still very much with us. We may have removed Trump from the most powerful office in the world, but we are now faced with chaos that didn’t begin with him and will not be resolved with new policies.
While it is crucial to strengthen our activism around of these issues, we need to have specific tools for navigating the chaos in our individual lives and in our communities. We need to marry our activism with grounded spirituality and robust practices that support awakeness, discernment, and create islands of sanity in an insane world.
Carolyn Baker, Ph.D., was a psychotherapist in private practice for 17 years and a professor of psychology and history for 10. She is the author of 13 books including Navigating The Coming Chaos: A Handbook For Inner Transition; Sacred Demise: Walking The Spiritual Path of Industrial Civilization’s Collapse; and Love In The Age of Ecological Apocalypse. She has also co-authored 4 books with Andrew Harvey. She manages her website at www.carolynbaker.net and publishes a subscription-based Daily News Digest which is a collection of news stories and inspiration focusing on the global crisis and options for navigating disruptive times. Carolyn offers life coaching and spiritual counseling in Boulder, Colorado and worldwide for people who want help with dealing with the unprecedented challenges of our time.
Recommended Reading:
Who Do We Choose To Be: Who Do We Choose To Be? (Facing Reality, Claiming Leadership, Restoring Sanity), Meg Wheatley
Merchants of Light: The Consciousness That Is Changing The World, Betty Kovacs
The Quantum Revelation: A Radical Synthesis of Science and Spirituality, Paul Levy
Dispelling Wetiko, Paul Levy
Savage Grace, Andrew Harvey & Carolyn Baker
The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal And The Sacred Work of Grief, Francis Weller
Healing Through The Dark Emotions, Miriam Greenspan
Julian of Norwich: Wisdom In A Time of Pandemic, Matthew Fox
Co-Moderators:
Jim Garrison, President, Ubiquity University, with Sabinije von Gaffke, Entrepreneur, Change Leader, Founder, Impactfullness Ventures
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