https://www.awakin.org/calls Awakin Calls are weekly conversations that share insights and inspiration from various corners of the ServiceSpace ecosystem. en Sun, 26 Jul 2026 04:55:31 -0700 Conversations with Social Change Makers ServiceSpace Awakin Calls are weekly conversations that share insights and inspiration from various corners of the ServiceSpace ecosystem. ServiceSpace cf-helpers@servicespace.org https://www.servicespace.org/images/logo/apple2.jpg https://www.awakin.org/calls no cf-helpers@servicespace.org (ServiceSpace) https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/751/amardeep-singh/ In 2014, Amardeep Singh, a Singapore-based financial executive, stood underneath a bridge in Muzaffarabad, a city cradled by the lower Himalayas in the disputed region of Kashmir, in the Indian subcontinent. His forefathers had lived there until a tr... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/751/amardeep-singh/ Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0700 In 2014, Amardeep Singh, a Singapore-based financial executive, stood underneath a bridge in Muzaffarabad, a city cradled by the lower Himalayas in the disputed region of Kashmir, in the Indian subcontinent. His forefathers had lived there until a tr... Amardeep Singh https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/745/cynthia-li/ The yoga class for new mothers had dissolved into full cacophony -- every baby crying at once, every mother off her mat, nursing, bouncing. Then: "All mamas, Tree Pose." Put the babies on the mat. Go still. How cold, she thought. How insensitive. B... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/745/cynthia-li/ Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0700 The yoga class for new mothers had dissolved into full cacophony -- every baby crying at once, every mother off her mat, nursing, bouncing. Then: "All mamas, Tree Pose." Put the babies on the mat. Go still. How cold, she thought. How insensitive. B... Cynthia Li https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/747/lam-nguyen-phuong/ "In my youth, I was a rebel who challenged the status quo and wrote three volumes of poetry dedicated to love and humanity. I have always been a seeker for meaning and purpose. Yet, somewhere between Saigon and Wall Street, the poet within me went in... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/747/lam-nguyen-phuong/ Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0700 "In my youth, I was a rebel who challenged the status quo and wrote three volumes of poetry dedicated to love and humanity. I have always been a seeker for meaning and purpose. Yet, somewhere between Saigon and Wall Street, the poet within me went in... Lam Nguyen-Phuong https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/746/bhante-buddharakkhita/ When he was a boy in Kampala, his mother had a saying: "If you have nothing to say, keep quiet. If you have nothing to do, go to sleep." On the long, hot afternoons when she sent him to nap, the restless child could not sleep — so he lay awake ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/746/bhante-buddharakkhita/ Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0700 When he was a boy in Kampala, his mother had a saying: "If you have nothing to say, keep quiet. If you have nothing to do, go to sleep." On the long, hot afternoons when she sent him to nap, the restless child could not sleep — so he lay awake ... Bhante Buddharakkhita https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/766/lobsang-phuntsok/ "Everyone is an invited guest of the universe," Lobsang Phuntsok tells the 125 children of his community in the Himalayas every day. He means it — because he spent most of his childhood being told the opposite. Born in secret in 1971 in Arunach... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/766/lobsang-phuntsok/ Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 -0700 "Everyone is an invited guest of the universe," Lobsang Phuntsok tells the 125 children of his community in the Himalayas every day. He means it — because he spent most of his childhood being told the opposite. Born in secret in 1971 in Arunach... Lobsang Phuntsok https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/744/veena-howard/ “Gandhi showed that the law of nonviolence was for all times -- truth-force and soul-force are the most potent forces for change ever discovered,” says Dr. Veena Howard, a distinguished scholar, author, and speaker specializing in nonviol... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/744/veena-howard/ Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 -0700 “Gandhi showed that the law of nonviolence was for all times -- truth-force and soul-force are the most potent forces for change ever discovered,” says Dr. Veena Howard, a distinguished scholar, author, and speaker specializing in nonviol... Veena Howard https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/743/margaretta-mcilvaine/ Two decades ago, in her early days as a healer, Margaretta "Maggie" McIlvaine had supported patients through invasive surgeries, monitoring energy fields and chakra systems. But while standing beside a client's exposed heart at a hospital in Charlott... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/743/margaretta-mcilvaine/ Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0700 Two decades ago, in her early days as a healer, Margaretta "Maggie" McIlvaine had supported patients through invasive surgeries, monitoring energy fields and chakra systems. But while standing beside a client's exposed heart at a hospital in Charlott... Margaretta Mcilvaine https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/742/cortland-dahl/ As a teenager, Cortland Dahl once fainted on stage from the sheer force of his social anxiety. That debilitating phobia would become the unlikely doorway to a life spent in Himalayan retreat caves, neuroscience laboratories, and meditation halls on s... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/742/cortland-dahl/ Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0700 As a teenager, Cortland Dahl once fainted on stage from the sheer force of his social anxiety. That debilitating phobia would become the unlikely doorway to a life spent in Himalayan retreat caves, neuroscience laboratories, and meditation halls on s... Cortland Dahl https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/741/melinda-edwards/ "Each of us is on a journey back to the Love that we already are — whether we recognize it or not. The gift and challenge of being human is that suffering, in all its forms, can become a doorway Home." – Melinda Edwards, MD Melinda Edwar... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/741/melinda-edwards/ Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0700 "Each of us is on a journey back to the Love that we already are — whether we recognize it or not. The gift and challenge of being human is that suffering, in all its forms, can become a doorway Home." – Melinda Edwards, MD Melinda Edwar... Melinda Edwards https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/740/sushma-soma/ "But in the end, the mountain has the last say." That was a phrase Shrinivas Sainis Dattatraya lived by — data analyst, mountaineer, dog rescuer, and the quiet, unwavering anchor in his wife Sushma Soma's life. On May 19, 2023, Shri summited Mo... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/740/sushma-soma/ Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0700 "But in the end, the mountain has the last say." That was a phrase Shrinivas Sainis Dattatraya lived by — data analyst, mountaineer, dog rescuer, and the quiet, unwavering anchor in his wife Sushma Soma's life. On May 19, 2023, Shri summited Mo... Sushma Soma https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/738/rudy-karsan/ Rudy Karsan walks onto the stage looking the part of a successful entrepreneur: charcoal suit, wired microphone, confident stride. What catches your attention is the smile—wide, unguarded, unmistakably joyful. At this point in his life, he call... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/738/rudy-karsan/ Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0800 Rudy Karsan walks onto the stage looking the part of a successful entrepreneur: charcoal suit, wired microphone, confident stride. What catches your attention is the smile—wide, unguarded, unmistakably joyful. At this point in his life, he call... Rudy Karsan https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/753/michael-nagler/ [Please note this call is on Sunday, unlike our usual Saturday slot. Also, it marks the launch of a deeper collective inquiry with the"Gandhi Today" Pod. Learn more & join here.] "I'm going to take you out of politics," the Indian spiritual... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/753/michael-nagler/ Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0800 [Please note this call is on Sunday, unlike our usual Saturday slot. Also, it marks the launch of a deeper collective inquiry with the"Gandhi Today" Pod. Learn more & join here.] "I'm going to take you out of politics," the Indian spiritual... Michael Nagler https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/736/mark-moore/ "Picture yourself sitting at a table," Mark Moore, founder of MANA Nutrition, says. "Take your phone and slide it right to the edge. Now if something bumps the table, your phone will fall and crack." For children born in South Sudan or the Democrati... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/736/mark-moore/ Sat, 24 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0800 "Picture yourself sitting at a table," Mark Moore, founder of MANA Nutrition, says. "Take your phone and slide it right to the edge. Now if something bumps the table, your phone will fall and crack." For children born in South Sudan or the Democrati... Mark Moore https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/752/rollin-mccraty/ [This is the 4th conversation of Awakin AI Series. Following this call, you are welcome to join 1-week peer-learning "Pod"  for a deeper dive.]   What happens when an engineer who built a multimillion-dollar company discovers the worl... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/752/rollin-mccraty/ Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0800 [This is the 4th conversation of Awakin AI Series. Following this call, you are welcome to join 1-week peer-learning "Pod"  for a deeper dive.]   What happens when an engineer who built a multimillion-dollar company discovers the worl... Rollin McCraty https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/731/shinzen-young/ “I was, according to my mother, a difficult baby—miserable, impatient, unable to handle any kind of physical discomfort.” Born Steve Young in 1944 in Los Angeles, he failed algebra and geometry, disappointing his parents—until... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/731/shinzen-young/ Sat, 27 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0800 “I was, according to my mother, a difficult baby—miserable, impatient, unable to handle any kind of physical discomfort.” Born Steve Young in 1944 in Los Angeles, he failed algebra and geometry, disappointing his parents—until... Shinzen Young https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/732/danusha-lameris/ This call explores poetry not as performance or consolation, but as a lived practice of presence — a way of staying with what is tender, unfinished, and real. Together, we’ll listen for how language arises from the body, how loss and love... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/732/danusha-lameris/ Sat, 20 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0800 This call explores poetry not as performance or consolation, but as a lived practice of presence — a way of staying with what is tender, unfinished, and real. Together, we’ll listen for how language arises from the body, how loss and love... Danusha Lameris https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/749/vanessa-andreotti/ [This is the 2nd of a 3-part Awakin Call Series. Watch the first call here, and for more info, visit awakin.ai/murmur.] Born in Brazil to a mixed heritage family, Vanessa Machado de Oliveira Andreotti arrived in this world with a colonial paradox: h... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/749/vanessa-andreotti/ Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0800 [This is the 2nd of a 3-part Awakin Call Series. Watch the first call here, and for more info, visit awakin.ai/murmur.] Born in Brazil to a mixed heritage family, Vanessa Machado de Oliveira Andreotti arrived in this world with a colonial paradox: h... Vanessa Andreotti https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/730/can-ai-help-us-be-more-human-/ [This is the first of a 3-part Awakin Call Series. For more info, visit awakin.ai/murmur] Dr. Richard Davidson - Dr. Richard Davidson—Richie—is the Founder & Director of the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsi... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/730/can-ai-help-us-be-more-human-/ Sat, 29 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0800 [This is the first of a 3-part Awakin Call Series. For more info, visit awakin.ai/murmur] Dr. Richard Davidson - Dr. Richard Davidson—Richie—is the Founder & Director of the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsi... Can AI Help Us Be More Human? https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/737/amy-leach/ What kind of church forbids pickles? The Seventh-day Adventist Church of Amy Leach's childhood, for one—along with coffee, dancing, and any theology that didn't perpetually brace for the apocalypse. For years, Leach sat through sermon after ser... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/737/amy-leach/ Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0800 What kind of church forbids pickles? The Seventh-day Adventist Church of Amy Leach's childhood, for one—along with coffee, dancing, and any theology that didn't perpetually brace for the apocalypse. For years, Leach sat through sermon after ser... Amy Leach https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/729/gangaji/ [Please note this call is at 11AM Pacific, 3 hours later than our usual slot.] "This is an invitation to shift your allegiance from the activities of your mind to the eternal presence of your being." — Gangaji Born Merle Antoinette Roberson i... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/729/gangaji/ Sat, 08 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0800 [Please note this call is at 11AM Pacific, 3 hours later than our usual slot.] "This is an invitation to shift your allegiance from the activities of your mind to the eternal presence of your being." — Gangaji Born Merle Antoinette Roberson i... Gangaji https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/728/kimerer-lamothe/ [Note: This call blends both conversation and movement practice.] Many of us spend our days thinking, planning, willing our bodies to obey — as if life happens only from the neck up. For dancer-philosopher Kimerer LaMothe, that disconnection ma... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/728/kimerer-lamothe/ Sat, 25 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0700 [Note: This call blends both conversation and movement practice.] Many of us spend our days thinking, planning, willing our bodies to obey — as if life happens only from the neck up. For dancer-philosopher Kimerer LaMothe, that disconnection ma... Kimerer LaMothe https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/727/ekiwah-adler-belendez/ As all real poetry is, his poems exist beyond the empirical, the rational, the obedient, the quiet or, even worse, the quieted. He brims with exuberance…To speak of him, his spirit and his work, is a gift in itself. - Mary Oliver from the Pref... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/727/ekiwah-adler-belendez/ Sat, 11 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0700 As all real poetry is, his poems exist beyond the empirical, the rational, the obedient, the quiet or, even worse, the quieted. He brims with exuberance…To speak of him, his spirit and his work, is a gift in itself. - Mary Oliver from the Pref... Ekiwah Adler-Belendez https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/691/zoe-weil/ “Education is the root system underlying all other systems.” Zoe Weil’s life traces that conviction from a teenage fascination with Star Trek’s just and peaceful future to discovering humane education in 1987, co-founding... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/691/zoe-weil/ Sat, 27 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0700 “Education is the root system underlying all other systems.” Zoe Weil’s life traces that conviction from a teenage fascination with Star Trek’s just and peaceful future to discovering humane education in 1987, co-founding... Zoe Weil https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/725/peter-wayne/ Six minutes into a presentation on the science of healthy aging, Peter Wayne, a researcher and professor at Harvard Medical School, takes a pause from his slides. As if performing a martial arts maneuver, Peter flows from dense objective data to subj... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/725/peter-wayne/ Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0700 Six minutes into a presentation on the science of healthy aging, Peter Wayne, a researcher and professor at Harvard Medical School, takes a pause from his slides. As if performing a martial arts maneuver, Peter flows from dense objective data to subj... Peter Wayne https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/724/bart-weetjens/ In a black Japanese robe, with a friendly rat nestled upon his shoulder, Bart Weetjens smiles for the camera. The unexpected seems to be one of his trademarks, and his work in the world evokes a similar sense of surprise, integrating two roles not of... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/724/bart-weetjens/ Sat, 30 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0700 In a black Japanese robe, with a friendly rat nestled upon his shoulder, Bart Weetjens smiles for the camera. The unexpected seems to be one of his trademarks, and his work in the world evokes a similar sense of surprise, integrating two roles not of... Bart Weetjens https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/726/grace-dammann/ "Just get up one morning and ask your heart." — Advice that changed everything At 35, self-described "party girl" Grace Dammann asked her heart what she was meant to do and heard: "Go to medical school." Despite having no love for science, she... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/726/grace-dammann/ Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0700 "Just get up one morning and ask your heart." — Advice that changed everything At 35, self-described "party girl" Grace Dammann asked her heart what she was meant to do and heard: "Go to medical school." Despite having no love for science, she... Grace Dammann https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/723/richard-lang/ Richard Lang was just a teenager searching for truth when he found himself in a quiet room with Douglas Harding in 1970. Harding, author of On Having No Head, didn’t hand him a philosophy. He offered experiments and direct experiences in self-i... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/723/richard-lang/ Sat, 02 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0700 Richard Lang was just a teenager searching for truth when he found himself in a quiet room with Douglas Harding in 1970. Harding, author of On Having No Head, didn’t hand him a philosophy. He offered experiments and direct experiences in self-i... Richard Lang https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/706/jac-o-keeffe/ [*Please note the call time, different from usual Awakin Calls] Long before spiritual integrity became a rallying cry, Jac O’Keeffe was drawn to life’s deeper questions. Born and raised in Ireland, she studied theology and adult education... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/706/jac-o-keeffe/ Sat, 19 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0700 [*Please note the call time, different from usual Awakin Calls] Long before spiritual integrity became a rallying cry, Jac O’Keeffe was drawn to life’s deeper questions. Born and raised in Ireland, she studied theology and adult education... Jac O' Keeffe https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/721/paul-livingstone/ For Paul Livingstone, a sitarist and composer deeply rooted in the traditions of Indian classical music, jazz, and world music, such a fire wasn’t just a physical one. In 2023, when the Eaton Fire ravaged his Altadena neighborhood outside of Lo... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/721/paul-livingstone/ Sat, 05 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0700 For Paul Livingstone, a sitarist and composer deeply rooted in the traditions of Indian classical music, jazz, and world music, such a fire wasn’t just a physical one. In 2023, when the Eaton Fire ravaged his Altadena neighborhood outside of Lo... Paul Livingstone https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/720/ameeta-kaul/ Ameeta Kaul’s life unfolded along familiar lines: a bright upbringing in Mumbai, where devotion and intellectual rigor braided together in her family’s values; a steady pursuit of conventional success that carried her through the first th... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/720/ameeta-kaul/ Sat, 21 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0700 Ameeta Kaul’s life unfolded along familiar lines: a bright upbringing in Mumbai, where devotion and intellectual rigor braided together in her family’s values; a steady pursuit of conventional success that carried her through the first th... Ameeta Kaul https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/719/bill-milliken/ It’s relationships, not programs, that change children. – Bill Milliken  From street corners in Harlem to the halls of national policy, Bill Milliken’s lifetime of service has been guided by one simple belief: every child dese... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/719/bill-milliken/ Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0700 It’s relationships, not programs, that change children. – Bill Milliken  From street corners in Harlem to the halls of national policy, Bill Milliken’s lifetime of service has been guided by one simple belief: every child dese... Bill Milliken https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/712/susan-bauer-wu/ Susan Bauer-Wu, the former President of Mind & Life Institute, is a teacher of contemplative modalities and a meditation practitioner. Having served for decades as a Registered Nurse (RN) in oncology care, a clinical scientist, and an academic, h... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/712/susan-bauer-wu/ Sat, 24 May 2025 00:00:00 -0700 Susan Bauer-Wu, the former President of Mind & Life Institute, is a teacher of contemplative modalities and a meditation practitioner. Having served for decades as a Registered Nurse (RN) in oncology care, a clinical scientist, and an academic, h... Susan Bauer-Wu https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/718/zaya-and-maurizio-benazzo/ Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo are the visionary co-founders of Science and Nonduality (SAND), a global community and leading nonprofit in the space dedicated to exploring the convergence of science, spirituality, and healing. Their work seeks to dissolve... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/718/zaya-and-maurizio-benazzo/ Sat, 10 May 2025 00:00:00 -0700 Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo are the visionary co-founders of Science and Nonduality (SAND), a global community and leading nonprofit in the space dedicated to exploring the convergence of science, spirituality, and healing. Their work seeks to dissolve... Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/717/michelle-culver/ [*Please note this call is on Sunday, not on our usual day Saturday] As conversations about artificial intelligence have begun to eclipse questions of connection, Michelle Culver, a long-time leader in the education space, last year launched The Rith... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/717/michelle-culver/ Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0700 [*Please note this call is on Sunday, not on our usual day Saturday] As conversations about artificial intelligence have begun to eclipse questions of connection, Michelle Culver, a long-time leader in the education space, last year launched The Rith... Michelle Culver https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/716/ray-kauffmann/ “I cried the first night, convinced I would fail.  Today I can’t imagine doing anything else,” Ray Kauffmann said about his first day in his new career, as a teacher. Teaching was not on his radar during a corporate ladder cli... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/716/ray-kauffmann/ Sat, 12 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0700 “I cried the first night, convinced I would fail.  Today I can’t imagine doing anything else,” Ray Kauffmann said about his first day in his new career, as a teacher. Teaching was not on his radar during a corporate ladder cli... Ray Kauffmann https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/714/ezra-sullivan/ Ezra Sullivan has dedicated much of his young life to studying, living, experimenting with, and teaching spiritual science in the Rudolf Steiner tradition of Anthroposophy. In his short span of thirty-two years, he has held many roles across three co... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/714/ezra-sullivan/ Sat, 29 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0700 Ezra Sullivan has dedicated much of his young life to studying, living, experimenting with, and teaching spiritual science in the Rudolf Steiner tradition of Anthroposophy. In his short span of thirty-two years, he has held many roles across three co... Ezra Sullivan https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/708/sister-gayatri-naraine/ Gayatri Naraine’s spiritual curiosity about “soul consciousness” first awakened after a visit by a Hindu nun early in the morning, followed a few hours later by a cousin’s sudden death in a road accident. It was 1975; she was ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/708/sister-gayatri-naraine/ Sat, 15 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0700 Gayatri Naraine’s spiritual curiosity about “soul consciousness” first awakened after a visit by a Hindu nun early in the morning, followed a few hours later by a cousin’s sudden death in a road accident. It was 1975; she was ... Sister Gayatri Naraine https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/710/c-dric-villani/ “Hidden truths permeate our world; they're inaccessible to our senses, but math allows us to go beyond our intuition to uncover their mysteries.”  - Cédric Villani Cédric Villani is a celebrated French mathematici... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/710/c-dric-villani/ Sat, 01 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0800 “Hidden truths permeate our world; they're inaccessible to our senses, but math allows us to go beyond our intuition to uncover their mysteries.”  - Cédric Villani Cédric Villani is a celebrated French mathematici... Cédric Villani https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/709/kelly-turner/ "When Radical Remission survivors talk to me about trying to feel more love, joy, and happiness in order to help their bodies heal, they talk about it as they would talk about flossing their teeth or working out: they see happiness as a habit you hav... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/709/kelly-turner/ Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0800 "When Radical Remission survivors talk to me about trying to feel more love, joy, and happiness in order to help their bodies heal, they talk about it as they would talk about flossing their teeth or working out: they see happiness as a habit you hav... Kelly Turner https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/711/shoukei-matsumoto/ We sweep dust to remove our worldly desires. We scrub dirt to free ourselves of attachments. Can sweeping the floor or scrubbing a sink unlock the secrets to a peaceful mind? For Shoukei Matsumoto, a Buddhist monk and author rooted in the Japanese Z... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/711/shoukei-matsumoto/ Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0800 We sweep dust to remove our worldly desires. We scrub dirt to free ourselves of attachments. Can sweeping the floor or scrubbing a sink unlock the secrets to a peaceful mind? For Shoukei Matsumoto, a Buddhist monk and author rooted in the Japanese Z... Shoukei Matsumoto https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/697/jagdish-dave/ [Special Note: Dr. Jagdish Dave is a regular volunteer of Servicespace – week upon week, one can find his insightful comments on the Awakin readings. On May 15, 2025 he turns 100 and on the brink of the milestone, we are honored to gather for t... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/697/jagdish-dave/ Sat, 25 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0800 [Special Note: Dr. Jagdish Dave is a regular volunteer of Servicespace – week upon week, one can find his insightful comments on the Awakin readings. On May 15, 2025 he turns 100 and on the brink of the milestone, we are honored to gather for t... Jagdish Dave https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/705/zulma-reyo/ I chose to teach not because I wanted to teach per se, but because I longed to share and play with others. I started what is in truth calling a person from within, seeking to remind the willing soul of the beauty that lies therein.— Zulma Reyo ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/705/zulma-reyo/ Sat, 21 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0800 I chose to teach not because I wanted to teach per se, but because I longed to share and play with others. I started what is in truth calling a person from within, seeking to remind the willing soul of the beauty that lies therein.— Zulma Reyo ... Zulma Reyo https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/704/roberta-calarese/ The desire to know your own soul will end all other desires - Rumi. Italian by origin, Roberta Calarese is one of the leading legal professionals in the Middle East. As Chief Legal Officer of Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), she develope... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/704/roberta-calarese/ Sat, 07 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0800 The desire to know your own soul will end all other desires - Rumi. Italian by origin, Roberta Calarese is one of the leading legal professionals in the Middle East. As Chief Legal Officer of Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), she develope... Roberta Calarese https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/715/james-o-dea/ Join us for an impromptu dialogue between James O'dea and Nipun Mehta. Battling advanced stages of Parkinson's disease,  he felt moved to share two particularly intense and spiritually relevant events that have ignited insight and deeply stirred... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/715/james-o-dea/ Tue, 26 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0800 Join us for an impromptu dialogue between James O'dea and Nipun Mehta. Battling advanced stages of Parkinson's disease,  he felt moved to share two particularly intense and spiritually relevant events that have ignited insight and deeply stirred... James O'Dea https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/703/jemma-foster/ “Plants are our kin and ancestors,” says Jemma Foster, an artist, writer, and researcher-advocate of plants, “and these masters of adaptation and survival can be our greatest teachers, if only we learn to listen.” Through her ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/703/jemma-foster/ Sat, 23 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0800 “Plants are our kin and ancestors,” says Jemma Foster, an artist, writer, and researcher-advocate of plants, “and these masters of adaptation and survival can be our greatest teachers, if only we learn to listen.” Through her ... Jemma Foster https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/702/libby-hoffman/ “We’re all writing the stories of our lives … and we can choose to write stories of the restoration of relationships, and of the rebirth of communities, and of individual dignity being restored.”  For more than two deca... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/702/libby-hoffman/ Sat, 09 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0800 “We’re all writing the stories of our lives … and we can choose to write stories of the restoration of relationships, and of the rebirth of communities, and of individual dignity being restored.”  For more than two deca... Libby Hoffman https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/701/nico-de-klerk/ In 2018, Nico De Klerk, a social entrepreneur, public speaker, and academic, embarked on an extraordinary journey. He walked 1,700 miles on foot from Pretoria to Cape Town, aiming to engage with and support current and aspiring grassroots social entr... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/701/nico-de-klerk/ Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700 In 2018, Nico De Klerk, a social entrepreneur, public speaker, and academic, embarked on an extraordinary journey. He walked 1,700 miles on foot from Pretoria to Cape Town, aiming to engage with and support current and aspiring grassroots social entr... Nico De Klerk https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/700/ping-ho/ [Please Note: Part-conversation part-experiential event. Scroll to the end for more details.] Life is about rhythm. We vibrate, our hearts are pumping blood, we are a rhythm machine, that's what we are. – Mickey Hart “Music…is th... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/700/ping-ho/ Sat, 12 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700 [Please Note: Part-conversation part-experiential event. Scroll to the end for more details.] Life is about rhythm. We vibrate, our hearts are pumping blood, we are a rhythm machine, that's what we are. – Mickey Hart “Music…is th... Ping Ho https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/699/rachelle-jeanty/ “When I learned that the kundalini energy awakens in others, like a candle lights up another candle, I deeply understood my life purpose.” After a two-year world tour as a back-up vocalist for Celine Dion, Rachelle Jeanty chose to leave ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/699/rachelle-jeanty/ Sat, 28 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0700 “When I learned that the kundalini energy awakens in others, like a candle lights up another candle, I deeply understood my life purpose.” After a two-year world tour as a back-up vocalist for Celine Dion, Rachelle Jeanty chose to leave ... Rachelle Jeanty https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/698/josh-balk/ “As early as I can remember, I cared about animals. I had dogs at home, and I loved them very much, but I still had a feeling that animals outside my circle mattered. My dad and I often went fishing, but once I got the fish, I felt bad about th... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/698/josh-balk/ Sat, 14 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0700 “As early as I can remember, I cared about animals. I had dogs at home, and I loved them very much, but I still had a feeling that animals outside my circle mattered. My dad and I often went fishing, but once I got the fish, I felt bad about th... Josh Balk https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/696/john-marks/ Coming of age during the height of the Cold War, John Marks eschewed his father’s wish that he take over the family insurance business, and instead joined the U.S. Foreign Service. In his own words: “I wanted to go out into the world&mdas... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/696/john-marks/ Sat, 31 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0700 Coming of age during the height of the Cold War, John Marks eschewed his father’s wish that he take over the family insurance business, and instead joined the U.S. Foreign Service. In his own words: “I wanted to go out into the world&mdas... John Marks https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/693/shantum-seth/ Shantum Seth received the “lamp transmission” from Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, who ordained him as a Dharmacharya (Teacher of the Dharma) in 2001. Since then, he has been teaching mindfulness meditation in India and across the world. Cons... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/693/shantum-seth/ Sat, 17 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0700 Shantum Seth received the “lamp transmission” from Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, who ordained him as a Dharmacharya (Teacher of the Dharma) in 2001. Since then, he has been teaching mindfulness meditation in India and across the world. Cons... Shantum Seth https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/695/tracy-cochran/ "For brief periods, when life breaks our way, it can feel as if we are finally getting somewhere. We may feel that we are finally becoming someone who understands this crazy life. With this self-image securely in place, we may decide that we are good... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/695/tracy-cochran/ Sat, 06 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0700 "For brief periods, when life breaks our way, it can feel as if we are finally getting somewhere. We may feel that we are finally becoming someone who understands this crazy life. With this self-image securely in place, we may decide that we are good... Tracy Cochran https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/694/victor-koo/ Victor Koo is a familiar face in China's tech industry. In the 90s, he was president of Sohu, China's second-largest search engine. Subsequently, he founded YouKu, China's largest online video platform with 500 million monthly users (commonly called ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/694/victor-koo/ Sat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0700 Victor Koo is a familiar face in China's tech industry. In the 90s, he was president of Sohu, China's second-largest search engine. Subsequently, he founded YouKu, China's largest online video platform with 500 million monthly users (commonly called ... Victor Koo https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/692/stacey-lawson/ I believe humanity is undergoing a profound transformation in consciousness. What the world needs most is for each of us to shine our light, love and genius into the realms we inhabit...and to share stories, examples, discovery and practices that wil... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/692/stacey-lawson/ Sat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0700 I believe humanity is undergoing a profound transformation in consciousness. What the world needs most is for each of us to shine our light, love and genius into the realms we inhabit...and to share stories, examples, discovery and practices that wil... Stacey Lawson https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/690/christian-mcewen/ Traversing through time and space, and through humanness to the beyond, listening is a powerful and underrated practice. So says author, educator, and cultural activist Christian McEwen. She prefers to use the word "listening" not simply for the work... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/690/christian-mcewen/ Sat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 -0700 Traversing through time and space, and through humanness to the beyond, listening is a powerful and underrated practice. So says author, educator, and cultural activist Christian McEwen. She prefers to use the word "listening" not simply for the work... Christian McEwen https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/707/reinaldo-pamponet-and-madhu-anziani/ After an inspiring Awakin Call with Madhu Anziani last month, Reinaldo, Madhu and a few more heartful artists are coming back for a unique experiment -- A musical immersion into the three worlds of shamanic journey, through singing, chanting and drum... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/707/reinaldo-pamponet-and-madhu-anziani/ Wed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 -0700 After an inspiring Awakin Call with Madhu Anziani last month, Reinaldo, Madhu and a few more heartful artists are coming back for a unique experiment -- A musical immersion into the three worlds of shamanic journey, through singing, chanting and drum... Reinaldo Pamponet and Madhu Anziani https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/682/richard-flyer/ "As a Westerner, my heart was lifted in the 1980s when I heard about Sarvodaya. It answered my longing for a way to transform our very individualistic and materialistic culture. Thus began my own 40-year journey to translate Dr. Ari's principles into... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/682/richard-flyer/ Sat, 11 May 2024 00:00:00 -0700 "As a Westerner, my heart was lifted in the 1980s when I heard about Sarvodaya. It answered my longing for a way to transform our very individualistic and materialistic culture. Thus began my own 40-year journey to translate Dr. Ari's principles into... Richard Flyer https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/673/lucy-grace/ Lucy Grace never intended to embark upon a formal spiritual path. Yet again and again, she felt called deeper into it. Raised by a young, single mother in an impoverished neighborhood in New Zealand, Lucy experienced significant trauma throughout ch... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/673/lucy-grace/ Sat, 27 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0700 Lucy Grace never intended to embark upon a formal spiritual path. Yet again and again, she felt called deeper into it. Raised by a young, single mother in an impoverished neighborhood in New Zealand, Lucy experienced significant trauma throughout ch... Lucy Grace https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/689/madhu-anziani/ **Please note this call is on Friday, rather than our usual Saturdays. "Losing all of the basic functions of being a human being was the greatest teacher," says musician and composer Madhu Anziani. "It was an opportunity to go fully into the teachin... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/689/madhu-anziani/ Fri, 19 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0700 **Please note this call is on Friday, rather than our usual Saturdays. "Losing all of the basic functions of being a human being was the greatest teacher," says musician and composer Madhu Anziani. "It was an opportunity to go fully into the teachin... Madhu Anziani https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/686/ajaan-geoff/ **Please note special time for this call. "Each of us lives in many different worlds. There's the world of work, the world of our family, and our inner worlds. These worlds inside are the ones we're most responsible for, because no one else can take... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/686/ajaan-geoff/ Sat, 13 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0700 **Please note special time for this call. "Each of us lives in many different worlds. There's the world of work, the world of our family, and our inner worlds. These worlds inside are the ones we're most responsible for, because no one else can take... Ajaan Geoff https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/685/parag-agarwal/ **Please note special time for this call.As Parag Agarwal started moving up in his 35-year global career with Fortune 500 corporations, he began to notice a lot of suffering around him.  “I used to sit in a car with my son next to me playi... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/685/parag-agarwal/ Sat, 30 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0700 **Please note special time for this call.As Parag Agarwal started moving up in his 35-year global career with Fortune 500 corporations, he began to notice a lot of suffering around him.  “I used to sit in a car with my son next to me playi... Parag Agarwal https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/684/mary-ann-brussat/ Mary Ann Brussat learned as a young teenager how to see the sacred in the everyday, and in every culture and context. When her South Dakota-based family moved to Karachi, Pakistan, in the early 1960s so her father, a physician, could work with a USAI... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/684/mary-ann-brussat/ Sat, 16 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0700 Mary Ann Brussat learned as a young teenager how to see the sacred in the everyday, and in every culture and context. When her South Dakota-based family moved to Karachi, Pakistan, in the early 1960s so her father, a physician, could work with a USAI... Mary Ann Brussat https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/683/matthew-lee/ Life's one non-negotiable is to be loved and to see our love make a difference. - Matthew T. Lee "Are we becoming more fully alive through Education?" After a decade of conventionally successful research and university teaching as a sociologist, Mat... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/683/matthew-lee/ Sat, 02 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0800 Life's one non-negotiable is to be loved and to see our love make a difference. - Matthew T. Lee "Are we becoming more fully alive through Education?" After a decade of conventionally successful research and university teaching as a sociologist, Mat... Matthew Lee https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/679/moshe-gersht/ **Please note special day for this call to accomodate for our guest Moshe's weekly Shabbat practice. "When you're open to meaningful coincidences, opportunities will present themselves to you all the time." Rabbi Moshe Gersht Rabbi Moshe Gersht foun... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/679/moshe-gersht/ Sun, 18 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0800 **Please note special day for this call to accomodate for our guest Moshe's weekly Shabbat practice. "When you're open to meaningful coincidences, opportunities will present themselves to you all the time." Rabbi Moshe Gersht Rabbi Moshe Gersht foun... Moshe Gersht https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/663/richard-davidson/ "Why is it that certain people are vulnerable to life's slings and arrows and why are other people more resilient?" Dr. Richard Davidson, Ph.D, felt guided by this question, and dedicated himself to developing insight into how our brains regulate our... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/663/richard-davidson/ Sat, 03 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0800 "Why is it that certain people are vulnerable to life's slings and arrows and why are other people more resilient?" Dr. Richard Davidson, Ph.D, felt guided by this question, and dedicated himself to developing insight into how our brains regulate our... Richard Davidson https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/670/roshi-joan-halifax/ **Please note special day and time for this call. "Creation is moving toward us; life is moving toward us all the time. We back away, but it keeps pushing toward us. Why not step forward and greet it?" -Rev. Roshi Joan Halifax In a catastrophe-turn... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/670/roshi-joan-halifax/ Fri, 15 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0800 **Please note special day and time for this call. "Creation is moving toward us; life is moving toward us all the time. We back away, but it keeps pushing toward us. Why not step forward and greet it?" -Rev. Roshi Joan Halifax In a catastrophe-turn... Roshi Joan Halifax https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/672/margaret-jacobs/ Margaret Jacobs grew up in the American West but, like many others, never considered the history of the place she grew up in as particularly interesting or worthy of study. "There was, and still is, so much mythology around" the West, she said. "I ha... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/672/margaret-jacobs/ Sat, 02 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0800 Margaret Jacobs grew up in the American West but, like many others, never considered the history of the place she grew up in as particularly interesting or worthy of study. "There was, and still is, so much mythology around" the West, she said. "I ha... Margaret Jacobs https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/671/sarah-tulivu/ "Make the world your Temple." In 2019, Sarah Tulivu had been given this clear instruction by two Taoist masters, including her direct teacher, Master Waysun Liao. At the time, Sarah, ordained as Fong Yi, was living and training full-time as a monk in... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/671/sarah-tulivu/ Sat, 18 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0800 "Make the world your Temple." In 2019, Sarah Tulivu had been given this clear instruction by two Taoist masters, including her direct teacher, Master Waysun Liao. At the time, Sarah, ordained as Fong Yi, was living and training full-time as a monk in... Sarah Tulivu https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/677/shaylyn-romney-garrett/ The thread binding together Shaylyn Romney Garrett's perhaps unorthodox career path - spanning diverse fields of research, writing, activism and social entrepreneurship - is community. "I've studied it, experimented with it, been fascinated by it, an... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/677/shaylyn-romney-garrett/ Sat, 11 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0800 The thread binding together Shaylyn Romney Garrett's perhaps unorthodox career path - spanning diverse fields of research, writing, activism and social entrepreneurship - is community. "I've studied it, experimented with it, been fascinated by it, an... Shaylyn Romney Garrett https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/676/cornelius-pietzner/ Cornelius Pieztner, currently a high-impact financial professional, spent the first 45 years of his life at Camphill - a network of intentional communities co-founded by his father Carlos Pietzner. The communities were designed for children and youth... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/676/cornelius-pietzner/ Sat, 28 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0700 Cornelius Pieztner, currently a high-impact financial professional, spent the first 45 years of his life at Camphill - a network of intentional communities co-founded by his father Carlos Pietzner. The communities were designed for children and youth... Cornelius Pietzner https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/669/haben-girma/ "Disability is not the characteristic that defines you; it's the characteristic that others project onto you, and it's up to us to change those perceptions." - Haben Girma As the first deafblind graduate from Harvard Law School, Haben Girma ai... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/669/haben-girma/ Sat, 21 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0700 "Disability is not the characteristic that defines you; it's the characteristic that others project onto you, and it's up to us to change those perceptions." - Haben Girma As the first deafblind graduate from Harvard Law School, Haben Girma ai... Haben Girma https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/668/rayna-dineen/ "For a child who has been struggling to read, discovering how to crack the code of reading is like learning to do a magic spell that suddenly opens the whole world to you. You are getting a passport to an entirely different future in which you can tr... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/668/rayna-dineen/ Sat, 23 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0700 "For a child who has been struggling to read, discovering how to crack the code of reading is like learning to do a magic spell that suddenly opens the whole world to you. You are getting a passport to an entirely different future in which you can tr... Rayna Dineen https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/664/akil-palanisamy/ When Dr. Akil Palanisamy recounts his recovery from a debilitating illness during medical school, he says it began with two words: "bone broth." In hindsight, this may not sound so surprising, because Akil (or "Dr. Akil," as his patients know him) ha... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/664/akil-palanisamy/ Sat, 16 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0700 When Dr. Akil Palanisamy recounts his recovery from a debilitating illness during medical school, he says it began with two words: "bone broth." In hindsight, this may not sound so surprising, because Akil (or "Dr. Akil," as his patients know him) ha... Akil Palanisamy https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/667/thomas-legrand/ No individual can truly thrive without looking inward. The same is true for societies. - Thomas LegrandAuthor and sustainable development leader Dr. Thomas LeGrand invites us to co-create a new development paradigm focused on "being" and human flouri... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/667/thomas-legrand/ Sat, 09 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0700 No individual can truly thrive without looking inward. The same is true for societies. - Thomas LegrandAuthor and sustainable development leader Dr. Thomas LeGrand invites us to co-create a new development paradigm focused on "being" and human flouri... Thomas LeGrand https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/675/danny-almagor-and-berry-liberman/ Danny Almagor and Berry Liberman are pioneers of impact investing in Australia. In 2007, the married couple founded "Small Giants", a rare 100% impact family office that invests in businesses driving positive impact for people and planet. Sounds lik... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/675/danny-almagor-and-berry-liberman/ Sat, 26 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0700 Danny Almagor and Berry Liberman are pioneers of impact investing in Australia. In 2007, the married couple founded "Small Giants", a rare 100% impact family office that invests in businesses driving positive impact for people and planet. Sounds lik... Danny Almagor and Berry Liberman https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/674/ali-mahlodji/ How does it feel to see yourself as an "error" in the system? When you try out over 40 jobs and you fit into none? From system error to futurist, Ali Mahlodji discovered his sense of purpose in the midst of his life's difficulties. Having zigzagged ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/674/ali-mahlodji/ Sat, 12 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0700 How does it feel to see yourself as an "error" in the system? When you try out over 40 jobs and you fit into none? From system error to futurist, Ali Mahlodji discovered his sense of purpose in the midst of his life's difficulties. Having zigzagged ... Ali Mahlodji https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/665/michael-nye/ "Every person - every place is a map to somewhere else." - Michael Nye Alejandro went hungry as a child and describes hunger as a "lion in your stomach that wants to be fed." Christine became a mother at 15 and expresses her hopes to "build a hom... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/665/michael-nye/ Sat, 22 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0700 "Every person - every place is a map to somewhere else." - Michael Nye Alejandro went hungry as a child and describes hunger as a "lion in your stomach that wants to be fed." Christine became a mother at 15 and expresses her hopes to "build a hom... Michael Nye https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/662/stephen-lewis/ Stephen Lewis, a social catalyst of community transformation and healing, was shaped by the classroom and medicine making activities that existed within his grandparents' kitchen. Without a college education, Stephen's grandparents held degrees in th... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/662/stephen-lewis/ Sat, 08 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0700 Stephen Lewis, a social catalyst of community transformation and healing, was shaped by the classroom and medicine making activities that existed within his grandparents' kitchen. Without a college education, Stephen's grandparents held degrees in th... Stephen Lewis https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/657/amy-leach/ "All bodies are radiant but not all radiance is visible: stars radiate visible light; planets and donkeys and couches radiate infrared waves. (If your couch is emitting visible light GET UP IMMEDIATELY!)" -- Amy Leach Everything is visibly illumin... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/657/amy-leach/ Sat, 24 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0700 "All bodies are radiant but not all radiance is visible: stars radiate visible light; planets and donkeys and couches radiate infrared waves. (If your couch is emitting visible light GET UP IMMEDIATELY!)" -- Amy Leach Everything is visibly illumin... Amy Leach https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/656/christopher-titmuss/ "We must remember we are exhaustible. We need renewal. Silence, quietude, time alone, naturally gives that. Then we can come back in to serve others in small ways. That we do. Then we take time for renewal. Jesus, the Buddha, Mahatma Gandhi and all t... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/656/christopher-titmuss/ Sat, 10 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0700 "We must remember we are exhaustible. We need renewal. Silence, quietude, time alone, naturally gives that. Then we can come back in to serve others in small ways. That we do. Then we take time for renewal. Jesus, the Buddha, Mahatma Gandhi and all t... Christopher Titmuss https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/655/angela-porter-and-alexandra-johnson/ **Note: This is a special experiential and participatory workshop. The movements will entail sitting or working on the floor. Please wear comfortable clothing and find a quiet, carpeted or lightly padded area. What allows painful events to continu... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/655/angela-porter-and-alexandra-johnson/ Sat, 20 May 2023 00:00:00 -0700 **Note: This is a special experiential and participatory workshop. The movements will entail sitting or working on the floor. Please wear comfortable clothing and find a quiet, carpeted or lightly padded area. What allows painful events to continu... Angela Porter & Alexandra Johnson https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/654/mayuka-yamazaki/ *** This will be an interactive workshop that is two hours, not the customary 90 minutes. See the description below for more details. To Mayuka Yamazaki, a high-level business executive who sits on the boards of three Japanese public companies, ik... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/654/mayuka-yamazaki/ Sat, 06 May 2023 00:00:00 -0700 *** This will be an interactive workshop that is two hours, not the customary 90 minutes. See the description below for more details. To Mayuka Yamazaki, a high-level business executive who sits on the boards of three Japanese public companies, ik... Mayuka Yamazaki https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/652/ari-honarvar/ As a seven-year-old living in Shiraz, Iran, Ari Honarvar stood on the rooftop of her home with her family one night, a "simmering terror brewing in her belly." Beholding the sky, she was aware that their electricity was just shut off, warning of an i... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/652/ari-honarvar/ Sat, 22 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0700 As a seven-year-old living in Shiraz, Iran, Ari Honarvar stood on the rooftop of her home with her family one night, a "simmering terror brewing in her belly." Beholding the sky, she was aware that their electricity was just shut off, warning of an i... Ari Honarvar https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/651/chris-hoffman/ Chris Hoffman, a lifelong humanitarian serving in crisis situations in dozens of countries around the world, realized after nearly two decades of intense work in the field that humanitarians often do more harm than good - largely because they themsel... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/651/chris-hoffman/ Sat, 08 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0700 Chris Hoffman, a lifelong humanitarian serving in crisis situations in dozens of countries around the world, realized after nearly two decades of intense work in the field that humanitarians often do more harm than good - largely because they themsel... Chris Hoffman https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/646/neil-douglas-klotz/ In July 2021, Neil Douglas-Klotz gave an inspiring Awakin Call: Breathing life into words, prayers, and scriptures. A renowned teacher, scholar, author, and musician who specializes in the native traditions and ancient Semitic languages of the Middle... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/646/neil-douglas-klotz/ Sat, 25 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0700 In July 2021, Neil Douglas-Klotz gave an inspiring Awakin Call: Breathing life into words, prayers, and scriptures. A renowned teacher, scholar, author, and musician who specializes in the native traditions and ancient Semitic languages of the Middle... Neil Douglas-Klotz https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/649/amishi-jha/ "Pay attention to your attention." Amishi P. Jha came to her pathbreaking work studying the neuroscience of mindfulness and attention when, as a young professor of cognitive neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania, she lost feelin... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/649/amishi-jha/ Sat, 11 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0800 "Pay attention to your attention." Amishi P. Jha came to her pathbreaking work studying the neuroscience of mindfulness and attention when, as a young professor of cognitive neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania, she lost feelin... Amishi Jha https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/658/mark-hyman/ **Please note the special day for this event — the call falls on Monday, instead of our usual Saturday time. “The key to creating health,” says Dr. Mark Hyman, “is figuring out the cause of the problem and then providing t... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/658/mark-hyman/ Mon, 06 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0800 **Please note the special day for this event — the call falls on Monday, instead of our usual Saturday time. “The key to creating health,” says Dr. Mark Hyman, “is figuring out the cause of the problem and then providing t... Mark Hyman https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/647/david-rothenberg/ David Rothenberg is a writer, philosopher, ecologist, and musician, speaking out for nature in all aspects of his diverse work. He investigates the musicality of animals and the role of nature in philosophy, with a particular interest in underst... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/647/david-rothenberg/ Sat, 25 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0800 David Rothenberg is a writer, philosopher, ecologist, and musician, speaking out for nature in all aspects of his diverse work. He investigates the musicality of animals and the role of nature in philosophy, with a particular interest in underst... David Rothenberg https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/650/zach-shore/ *** Please note the special day for this event -- the call falls on Sunday, instead of our usual Saturday time.  When Zachary Shore was a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania, he called his parents to tell them he was droppin... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/650/zach-shore/ Sun, 12 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0800 *** Please note the special day for this event -- the call falls on Sunday, instead of our usual Saturday time.  When Zachary Shore was a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania, he called his parents to tell them he was droppin... Zach Shore https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/645/vivek-maru/ We are living with a global epidemic of injustice, but we've been choosing to ignore it.  More than 25 years ago, Vivek Maru told his grandmother that he wanted to go to law school. “Grandma didn't pause,” he rec... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/645/vivek-maru/ Sat, 28 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0800 We are living with a global epidemic of injustice, but we've been choosing to ignore it.  More than 25 years ago, Vivek Maru told his grandmother that he wanted to go to law school. “Grandma didn't pause,” he rec... Vivek Maru https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/641/mayuka-yamazaki/ ***Please note the special time for this event, to accommodate the time zone of our guest and other Asia-based participants. “In order to let flowers live, we need to calm ourselves and empty our mind — otherwise, we cannot listen to w... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/641/mayuka-yamazaki/ Sat, 14 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0800 ***Please note the special time for this event, to accommodate the time zone of our guest and other Asia-based participants. “In order to let flowers live, we need to calm ourselves and empty our mind — otherwise, we cannot listen to w... Mayuka Yamazaki https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/643/balakrishnan-raghavan/ When he was ten years old, Balakrishnan Raghavan was moved to tears listening to a centuries-old Tamil hymn about Lord Shiva, sung by musician M S Subbulakshmi.  “I was wailing. Subbulakshmi’s voice soaring high and low, calling out ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/643/balakrishnan-raghavan/ Sat, 17 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0800 When he was ten years old, Balakrishnan Raghavan was moved to tears listening to a centuries-old Tamil hymn about Lord Shiva, sung by musician M S Subbulakshmi.  “I was wailing. Subbulakshmi’s voice soaring high and low, calling out ... Balakrishnan Raghavan https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/642/danusha-lam-ris/ "What's gone / is not quite gone, but lingers./ Not the language, but the bones / of the language.  Not the beloved, / but the dark bed the beloved makes / inside our bodies."  -- Danusha Laméris Danusha Laméris’s poems... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/642/danusha-lam-ris/ Sat, 03 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0800 "What's gone / is not quite gone, but lingers./ Not the language, but the bones / of the language.  Not the beloved, / but the dark bed the beloved makes / inside our bodies."  -- Danusha Laméris Danusha Laméris’s poems... Danusha Laméris https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/644/fletcher-harper/ “There’s no spiritual life that does not involve, does not start, intimately and inescapably, with the Earth.” The Rev. Fletcher Harper believes that he felt God while mourning his father’s death on a solo camping trip in M... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/644/fletcher-harper/ Sat, 19 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0800 “There’s no spiritual life that does not involve, does not start, intimately and inescapably, with the Earth.” The Rev. Fletcher Harper believes that he felt God while mourning his father’s death on a solo camping trip in M... Fletcher Harper https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/640/iya-affo/ “You are the cumulative expression of all your ancestors.” When Iya Affo meets someone, she instinctively looks for the best in that person, a seed in them that can be nurtured. To nurture others is a high calling for Iya, whose deepes... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/640/iya-affo/ Sat, 05 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0700 “You are the cumulative expression of all your ancestors.” When Iya Affo meets someone, she instinctively looks for the best in that person, a seed in them that can be nurtured. To nurture others is a high calling for Iya, whose deepes... Iya Affo https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/638/nikos-patedakis/ “Wisdom is dangerous. Love and beauty are too. Our culture has kept us away from them, and must do so to perpetuate the insanity we see all around us.” Mankind has lost its way, which is why we now have plastic in our blood, lead in ou... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/638/nikos-patedakis/ Sat, 22 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0700 “Wisdom is dangerous. Love and beauty are too. Our culture has kept us away from them, and must do so to perpetuate the insanity we see all around us.” Mankind has lost its way, which is why we now have plastic in our blood, lead in ou... Nikos Patedakis https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/639/leigh-marz-and-justin-zorn/ Silence isn’t just the absence of noise. It’s a presence that brings us energy, clarity, and deeper connection. A few years ago, Leigh Marz, a leadership coach, dance teacher, and confessed naturalist, met Justin Talbot Zorn, a policy... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/639/leigh-marz-and-justin-zorn/ Sat, 08 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0700 Silence isn’t just the absence of noise. It’s a presence that brings us energy, clarity, and deeper connection. A few years ago, Leigh Marz, a leadership coach, dance teacher, and confessed naturalist, met Justin Talbot Zorn, a policy... Leigh Marz & Justin Zorn https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/629/alnoor-ladha-and-lynn-murphy/ “Post capitalist philanthropy is a paradox in terms. A paradox is the appropriate starting place for the complex, entangled, messy context we find ourselves in as a species.” This is how long-time activists, political strategists, and &ld... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/629/alnoor-ladha-and-lynn-murphy/ Sat, 24 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0700 “Post capitalist philanthropy is a paradox in terms. A paradox is the appropriate starting place for the complex, entangled, messy context we find ourselves in as a species.” This is how long-time activists, political strategists, and &ld... Alnoor Ladha & Lynn Murphy https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/628/christine-stevens/ “It is not what music does,” writes Christine Stevens, “it is what music undoes.” In July 2022, as a crimson supermoon lit up the sky in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, Christine Stevens sat afloat in a kayak, beholding... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/628/christine-stevens/ Sat, 10 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0700 “It is not what music does,” writes Christine Stevens, “it is what music undoes.” In July 2022, as a crimson supermoon lit up the sky in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, Christine Stevens sat afloat in a kayak, beholding... Christine Stevens https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/627/jack-healey/ “Music generates energy. If we attach music to our message, it will help create the interest and excitement that is necessary to move people out of inertia and into activism.” How does an individual, moved by spirit and conscience, beg... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/627/jack-healey/ Sat, 27 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0700 “Music generates energy. If we attach music to our message, it will help create the interest and excitement that is necessary to move people out of inertia and into activism.” How does an individual, moved by spirit and conscience, beg... Jack Healey https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/626/haleh-liza-gafori/ “Haleh Liza Gafori’s ecstatic and piercing translation has lifted a veil, bringing Rumi closer into the quick of our present. Each poem is a divine invitation. Free your mind. Drown in love.” —V (formerly Eve Ensler) Wi... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/626/haleh-liza-gafori/ Sat, 13 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0700 “Haleh Liza Gafori’s ecstatic and piercing translation has lifted a veil, bringing Rumi closer into the quick of our present. Each poem is a divine invitation. Free your mind. Drown in love.” —V (formerly Eve Ensler) Wi... Haleh Liza Gafori https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/618/sarika-jain/ “If your heart is broken, I urge you not to waste it.” – Sarika Jain In 2012, Sarika Jain was living a life similar to that of her clients today: she was a “smart, professional, go-getter” woman on Wall Street se... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/618/sarika-jain/ Sat, 23 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0700 “If your heart is broken, I urge you not to waste it.” – Sarika Jain In 2012, Sarika Jain was living a life similar to that of her clients today: she was a “smart, professional, go-getter” woman on Wall Street se... Sarika Jain https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/621/lissa-rankin/ Lissa Rankin, MD, describes herself as a skeptic. She is a Western-trained ob-gyn, linear thinker, and evidence-informed scientist. In the same breath, however, she also describes herself as a mystic — an open-hearted, spiritually alive, empath... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/621/lissa-rankin/ Sat, 09 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0700 Lissa Rankin, MD, describes herself as a skeptic. She is a Western-trained ob-gyn, linear thinker, and evidence-informed scientist. In the same breath, however, she also describes herself as a mystic — an open-hearted, spiritually alive, empath... Lissa Rankin https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/620/chloe-zelkha/ “The wound is the place where light enters you.” – Rumi   At 25, Chloe Zelkha, a community organizer, chaplain and educator for young adults, suddenly found herself in the role of a first-time caregiver. Her husband sus... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/620/chloe-zelkha/ Sat, 25 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0700 “The wound is the place where light enters you.” – Rumi   At 25, Chloe Zelkha, a community organizer, chaplain and educator for young adults, suddenly found herself in the role of a first-time caregiver. Her husband sus... Chloe Zelkha https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/616/sami-awad/ "Peacemaking is not about making a political commitment, it’s a commitment to a deep healing of deep traumas. Until we do that we can never do peacemaking.” When Sami was just 16, his uncle Mubarak Awad was permanently exiled ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/616/sami-awad/ Sat, 11 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0700 "Peacemaking is not about making a political commitment, it’s a commitment to a deep healing of deep traumas. Until we do that we can never do peacemaking.” When Sami was just 16, his uncle Mubarak Awad was permanently exiled ... Sami Awad https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/614/anna-zo-herr/ “Surrendering reminds me that my way is always inferior to the way of life.” – Anna-Zoë Herr University was about to start and Anna-Zoë Herr had exhausted her last option for arranging living quarters. Where to turn? Fo... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/614/anna-zo-herr/ Sat, 28 May 2022 00:00:00 -0700 “Surrendering reminds me that my way is always inferior to the way of life.” – Anna-Zoë Herr University was about to start and Anna-Zoë Herr had exhausted her last option for arranging living quarters. Where to turn? Fo... Anna-Zoë Herr https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/615/robi-damelin/ On March 3, 2002, Robi Damelin’s world shattered. A Palestinian sniper shot and killed ten Israelis, including several soldiers, at a checkpoint near the Palestinian occupied territories. Among those killed was her 28-year-old son, David, ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/615/robi-damelin/ Sat, 14 May 2022 00:00:00 -0700 On March 3, 2002, Robi Damelin’s world shattered. A Palestinian sniper shot and killed ten Israelis, including several soldiers, at a checkpoint near the Palestinian occupied territories. Among those killed was her 28-year-old son, David, ... Robi Damelin https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/617/ethan-hughes/ Many years ago, Ethan Hughes and his wife, Sarah, launched a wild experiment in radical simplicity that continues to this day: no electricity, no computers, no use of anything they don’t make by hand. They use an outhouse, grow their own food, ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/617/ethan-hughes/ Sat, 23 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0700 Many years ago, Ethan Hughes and his wife, Sarah, launched a wild experiment in radical simplicity that continues to this day: no electricity, no computers, no use of anything they don’t make by hand. They use an outhouse, grow their own food, ... Ethan Hughes https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/634/rajeev-peshawaria/ Rajeev is the CEO of Stewardship Asia Centre in Singapore, and Founder President of the Leadership Energy Consulting (LEC) Company in Seattle, WA.  Author of the Wall Street Journal and Amazon best seller Open Source Leade... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/634/rajeev-peshawaria/ Sat, 16 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0700 Rajeev is the CEO of Stewardship Asia Centre in Singapore, and Founder President of the Leadership Energy Consulting (LEC) Company in Seattle, WA.  Author of the Wall Street Journal and Amazon best seller Open Source Leade... Rajeev Peshawaria https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/613/chelan-harkin/ At the age of 21, on a pilgrimage to Israel, Chelan (Shuh-LANNE) Harkin found herself sitting alone in the same cell that some 140 years earlier had confined Baha'u'llah, the founder of the Baha'i faith. The quietude of the barred room wa... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/613/chelan-harkin/ Sat, 09 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0700 At the age of 21, on a pilgrimage to Israel, Chelan (Shuh-LANNE) Harkin found herself sitting alone in the same cell that some 140 years earlier had confined Baha'u'llah, the founder of the Baha'i faith. The quietude of the barred room wa... Chelan Harkin https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/609/anthony-siracusa/ Anthony Siracusa arrived at First Congregational UCC in Memphis in 2002 as a tattooed, legally emancipated 17-year-old high-school dropout, seeking to establish a free community bike repair shop at the church. He could hardly have imagined then that ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/609/anthony-siracusa/ Sat, 26 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0700 Anthony Siracusa arrived at First Congregational UCC in Memphis in 2002 as a tattooed, legally emancipated 17-year-old high-school dropout, seeking to establish a free community bike repair shop at the church. He could hardly have imagined then that ... Anthony Siracusa https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/619/wei-qifeng/ *Please note the special time for this call, to accommodate Teacher Wei in China in honor of the vernal equinox.  “Through pure consciousness practice — Mingjue — we can reach a harmonious and stable mind state, balance ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/619/wei-qifeng/ Sun, 20 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0700 *Please note the special time for this call, to accommodate Teacher Wei in China in honor of the vernal equinox.  “Through pure consciousness practice — Mingjue — we can reach a harmonious and stable mind state, balance ... Wei Qifeng https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/612/kay-lindahl/ “There is a lot of talking going on in the world right now. There is not a whole lot of listening. If we switched it around – more listening and less talking – we would see miracles.” – Kay Lindahl In a social zei... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/612/kay-lindahl/ Sat, 12 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0800 “There is a lot of talking going on in the world right now. There is not a whole lot of listening. If we switched it around – more listening and less talking – we would see miracles.” – Kay Lindahl In a social zei... Kay Lindahl https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/611/mauricio-lim-miller/ In the year 2000, Mauricio Lim Miller – now a leading social entrepreneur, public speaker and author focusing on peer-driven social change and economic empowerment – received a phone call from Jerry Brown, the then-mayor of Oakland, Calif... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/611/mauricio-lim-miller/ Sat, 26 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0800 In the year 2000, Mauricio Lim Miller – now a leading social entrepreneur, public speaker and author focusing on peer-driven social change and economic empowerment – received a phone call from Jerry Brown, the then-mayor of Oakland, Calif... Mauricio Lim Miller https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/610/alicia-doyle/ Alicia Doyle once thought of boxing as a male-dominated, violent sport representing “the dark side” – that is, until “boxing found her” as a tool to conquer some of her own dark shadows. In her late twenties, while a ris... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/610/alicia-doyle/ Sat, 12 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0800 Alicia Doyle once thought of boxing as a male-dominated, violent sport representing “the dark side” – that is, until “boxing found her” as a tool to conquer some of her own dark shadows. In her late twenties, while a ris... Alicia Doyle https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/608/nipun-mehta/ Nipun Mehta is the founder of ServiceSpace, an incubator of projects that works at the intersection of volunteerism, technology and gift-economy. What started as an experiment with four friends in the Silicon Valley has now grown to a global eco... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/608/nipun-mehta/ Sat, 12 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0800 Nipun Mehta is the founder of ServiceSpace, an incubator of projects that works at the intersection of volunteerism, technology and gift-economy. What started as an experiment with four friends in the Silicon Valley has now grown to a global eco... Nipun Mehta https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/600/alexie-torres/ As a young girl, Alexie Torres climbed atop the radiator underneath her ninth floor window in the Bronx River Public Housing Projects, watching fires burn through her borough. Torres didn’t understand that these fires were a result of “pl... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/600/alexie-torres/ Sat, 22 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0800 As a young girl, Alexie Torres climbed atop the radiator underneath her ninth floor window in the Bronx River Public Housing Projects, watching fires burn through her borough. Torres didn’t understand that these fires were a result of “pl... Alexie Torres https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/603/sarah-peyton/ Note special duration time of 2.5 hours Watch Sarah’s prior Awakin Call: Audio Recording (or read Call Transcript) “Commitment and contribution are very important and life-serving when they do not cost us everythi... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/603/sarah-peyton/ Sat, 08 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0800 Note special duration time of 2.5 hours Watch Sarah’s prior Awakin Call: Audio Recording (or read Call Transcript) “Commitment and contribution are very important and life-serving when they do not cost us everythi... Sarah Peyton https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/604/mina-lee/ In a retreat center in Suzhou, China, Mina Lee can be found sitting in the center of a dozen executives, a shawl draped over her shoulders and a metal drum at her lap, immersing the room in a “sound bath.” On another day, she's comman... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/604/mina-lee/ Sat, 18 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0800 In a retreat center in Suzhou, China, Mina Lee can be found sitting in the center of a dozen executives, a shawl draped over her shoulders and a metal drum at her lap, immersing the room in a “sound bath.” On another day, she's comman... Mina Lee https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/601/chuck-collins/ Chuck Collins’ first job out of college was to work with mobile homeowners in New England to help them organize and buy their parks as resident-owned cooperatives, to escape the cycle of ever-rising rents. While working in Western Massachusetts... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/601/chuck-collins/ Sat, 11 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0800 Chuck Collins’ first job out of college was to work with mobile homeowners in New England to help them organize and buy their parks as resident-owned cooperatives, to escape the cycle of ever-rising rents. While working in Western Massachusetts... Chuck Collins https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/602/james-gordon/ Trauma comes to all of us, and its consequences can be terrible. That’s the truth and the bad news. The good news is that all of us can use tools of self-awareness and self-care to heal our trauma and, indeed, to become healthier and more whole... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/602/james-gordon/ Sat, 04 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0800 Trauma comes to all of us, and its consequences can be terrible. That’s the truth and the bad news. The good news is that all of us can use tools of self-awareness and self-care to heal our trauma and, indeed, to become healthier and more whole... James Gordon https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/582/barbara-mcafee/ “Most people live their lives, most people go to their graves, with their music still inside them.” As a master voice coach, author, speaker, singer and songwriter, Barbara McAfee describes her work of more than 25 years as “midw... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/582/barbara-mcafee/ Sat, 20 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0800 “Most people live their lives, most people go to their graves, with their music still inside them.” As a master voice coach, author, speaker, singer and songwriter, Barbara McAfee describes her work of more than 25 years as “midw... Barbara McAfee https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/592/gunther-weil/ “A ‘Portal to Presence’ is exactly what it says,” writes Gunther Weil, “a simple doorway that points to the realm of Consciousness or Presence. It would be stretching the meaning of the word 'technique'... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/592/gunther-weil/ Sat, 13 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0800 “A ‘Portal to Presence’ is exactly what it says,” writes Gunther Weil, “a simple doorway that points to the realm of Consciousness or Presence. It would be stretching the meaning of the word 'technique'... Gunther Weil https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/591/nic-askew/ “When you change the way you see people, your experience of people changes.” Nic Askew’s life took an unexpected turn in 2005 when a lucid daydream to pick up a film camera and use it in a profound fashion consumed him and di... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/591/nic-askew/ Sat, 23 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0700 “When you change the way you see people, your experience of people changes.” Nic Askew’s life took an unexpected turn in 2005 when a lucid daydream to pick up a film camera and use it in a profound fashion consumed him and di... Nic Askew https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/599/rupa-marya-and-raj-patel/ When academic, best-selling author, and filmmaker Raj Patel and physician, musician, and activist Rupa Marya joined to write a book together, the result was a deep dive into how our economic, political, and social structures fan disease, often invisi... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/599/rupa-marya-and-raj-patel/ Sat, 16 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0700 When academic, best-selling author, and filmmaker Raj Patel and physician, musician, and activist Rupa Marya joined to write a book together, the result was a deep dive into how our economic, political, and social structures fan disease, often invisi... Rupa Marya & Raj Patel https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/590/kate-munger/ There's no time Kate Munger can remember that her mother wasn't singing. Every night, Kate and her four siblings would be graced with lullabies at their bedsides. The physical proximity of the vibrations of her mother’s body would activ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/590/kate-munger/ Sat, 09 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0700 There's no time Kate Munger can remember that her mother wasn't singing. Every night, Kate and her four siblings would be graced with lullabies at their bedsides. The physical proximity of the vibrations of her mother’s body would activ... Kate Munger https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/605/jayanti-ravi/ Jayanti Ravi is a scientist, civil servant, writer, speaker, teacher, and thinker. Formally, she holds a Master’s degree in nuclear physics from Madras University, MPA from Harvard University, a Ph.D. in e-governance and is an IAS officer.&nbsp... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/605/jayanti-ravi/ Sun, 03 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0700 Jayanti Ravi is a scientist, civil servant, writer, speaker, teacher, and thinker. Formally, she holds a Master’s degree in nuclear physics from Madras University, MPA from Harvard University, a Ph.D. in e-governance and is an IAS officer.&nbsp... Jayanti Ravi https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/597/vallabh-bhanshali/ Vallabh Bhanshali is a visionary, a businessman, a devoted Vipassana meditator and a philanthropist. He co-founded ENAM securities, a highly reputed investment banking and investment group. ENAM has played a critical role in the growth story of multi... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/597/vallabh-bhanshali/ Tue, 28 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0700 Vallabh Bhanshali is a visionary, a businessman, a devoted Vipassana meditator and a philanthropist. He co-founded ENAM securities, a highly reputed investment banking and investment group. ENAM has played a critical role in the growth story of multi... Vallabh Bhanshali https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/589/huda-abuarquob/ “Hope is a luxury we cannot afford losing.  Especially women, if we lose hope, we lose the future of our children.” – Huda Abu Arquob Born in Jerusalem to respected Palestinian scholars and educators, Huda Abu Arquob&rsq... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/589/huda-abuarquob/ Sat, 25 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0700 “Hope is a luxury we cannot afford losing.  Especially women, if we lose hope, we lose the future of our children.” – Huda Abu Arquob Born in Jerusalem to respected Palestinian scholars and educators, Huda Abu Arquob&rsq... Huda Abuarquob https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/596/preethi-srinivasan/ "Just because I take everything in my stride, smile through everything, doesn’t mean I don’t feel pain, loss or get hurt, it just means that every day I make a choice to transcend the negative and use every moment there is breath in this ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/596/preethi-srinivasan/ Sat, 18 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0700 "Just because I take everything in my stride, smile through everything, doesn’t mean I don’t feel pain, loss or get hurt, it just means that every day I make a choice to transcend the negative and use every moment there is breath in this ... Preethi Srinivasan https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/586/shanta-premawardhana/ “The seeds of peace come from the ground.” “You don’t begin by going to library. Theology begins on the street. Go to understand what Scripture and tradition have to say about those questions [on the street], and new quest... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/586/shanta-premawardhana/ Sat, 18 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0700 “The seeds of peace come from the ground.” “You don’t begin by going to library. Theology begins on the street. Go to understand what Scripture and tradition have to say about those questions [on the street], and new quest... Shanta Premawardhana https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/588/deborah-cohan/ On a chilly morning in November, 2013, Deborah Cohan, MD, a clinical professor and program director at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, walked into an operating suite, her curly hair tucked under a cap, not to perform su... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/588/deborah-cohan/ Sat, 11 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0700 On a chilly morning in November, 2013, Deborah Cohan, MD, a clinical professor and program director at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, walked into an operating suite, her curly hair tucked under a cap, not to perform su... Deborah Cohan https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/595/prof-anil-gupta/ [Note from Curators -- Call just closed. To continue the dialogue post-call with the speakers and other listeners, join here.]   In 1985, when Prof. Anil Gupta was invited by the Bangladeshi government to help restructure their agricul... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/595/prof-anil-gupta/ Sat, 04 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0700 [Note from Curators -- Call just closed. To continue the dialogue post-call with the speakers and other listeners, join here.]   In 1985, when Prof. Anil Gupta was invited by the Bangladeshi government to help restructure their agricul... Prof. Anil Gupta https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/584/demetrio-j-aguila-iii/ As a surgeon based in eastern Nebraska, Demetrio Aguila, MD, has drawn patients from 34 states, 6 countries, and 4 continents, not only because of his innovative, life-changing surgeries for people suffering with chronic pain, but because of the comp... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/584/demetrio-j-aguila-iii/ Sat, 28 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0700 As a surgeon based in eastern Nebraska, Demetrio Aguila, MD, has drawn patients from 34 states, 6 countries, and 4 continents, not only because of his innovative, life-changing surgeries for people suffering with chronic pain, but because of the comp... Demetrio J. Aguila, III https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/594/bindhumalini-narayanswamy/ Born in Chennai to Mrs. Visalakshi and Mr. Narayanaswamy into a musical and dance family, Bindhumalini has at once been embracing tradition and playing with its boundaries. She imbibed Carnatic music from the family, especially her grandmother See... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/594/bindhumalini-narayanswamy/ Sat, 21 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0700 Born in Chennai to Mrs. Visalakshi and Mr. Narayanaswamy into a musical and dance family, Bindhumalini has at once been embracing tradition and playing with its boundaries. She imbibed Carnatic music from the family, especially her grandmother See... Bindhumalini Narayanswamy https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/585/marilyn-turkovich/ As a 12-year-old Croatian-American girl in the anti-Soviet climate of the 1960s, Marilyn Turkovich boldly subscribed to the magazine ‘Soviet Life’ without her parents’ knowledge. Postal deliveries weren’t covered in brown pape... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/585/marilyn-turkovich/ Sat, 21 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0700 As a 12-year-old Croatian-American girl in the anti-Soviet climate of the 1960s, Marilyn Turkovich boldly subscribed to the magazine ‘Soviet Life’ without her parents’ knowledge. Postal deliveries weren’t covered in brown pape... Marilyn Turkovich https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/554/bj-miller/ “We all need a reason to wake up,” says Dr. Miller. “For me, it just took 11,000 volts.” BJ Miller, MD, is a public figure and palliative care physician who has brought a singular presence — often described by his... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/554/bj-miller/ Sat, 14 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0700 “We all need a reason to wake up,” says Dr. Miller. “For me, it just took 11,000 volts.” BJ Miller, MD, is a public figure and palliative care physician who has brought a singular presence — often described by his... BJ Miller https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/578/vinod-sreedhar/ Vinod Sreedhar is a Goa-based social entrepreneur and environmental educator working in the realm of Systems Thinking. In 1996, he decided to walk out of college -- he was studying Commerce in Bombay -- and started composing and producing music fo... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/578/vinod-sreedhar/ Sat, 07 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0700 Vinod Sreedhar is a Goa-based social entrepreneur and environmental educator working in the realm of Systems Thinking. In 1996, he decided to walk out of college -- he was studying Commerce in Bombay -- and started composing and producing music fo... Vinod Sreedhar https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/583/neil-douglas-klotz/ “Unlike Greek, Aramaic presents a fluid and holistic view of the cosmos. The arbitrary borders found in Greek between ‘mind,’ ‘body,’ and ‘spirit’ fall away.” —Neil Douglas-Klotz, Prayers of ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/583/neil-douglas-klotz/ Sat, 31 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0700 “Unlike Greek, Aramaic presents a fluid and holistic view of the cosmos. The arbitrary borders found in Greek between ‘mind,’ ‘body,’ and ‘spirit’ fall away.” —Neil Douglas-Klotz, Prayers of ... Neil Douglas-Klotz https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/577/mekin-maheshwari/ “Where do you see the company 10 years from now?” -- this is a question which perhaps every corporate leader has heard and dedicated much of their time and energies in predicting and shaping.  It was 2016 and Mekin Maheshwari, the... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/577/mekin-maheshwari/ Sat, 24 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0700 “Where do you see the company 10 years from now?” -- this is a question which perhaps every corporate leader has heard and dedicated much of their time and energies in predicting and shaping.  It was 2016 and Mekin Maheshwari, the... Mekin Maheshwari https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/560/sheela-murthy/ When the photographer/artist husband of renowned immigration lawyer Sheela Murthy suggested more than 25 years ago that she should freely give away detailed information about navigating the immigration laws and system on the then-nascent Wo... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/560/sheela-murthy/ Sat, 24 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0700 When the photographer/artist husband of renowned immigration lawyer Sheela Murthy suggested more than 25 years ago that she should freely give away detailed information about navigating the immigration laws and system on the then-nascent Wo... Sheela Murthy https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/581/john-philip-newell/ “In almost every area of life, humanity is being invited to turn its attention to reestablishing our original unity with the earth.” – John Philip Newell "Life’s essential harmony is within each of us. So also is l... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/581/john-philip-newell/ Sat, 17 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0700 “In almost every area of life, humanity is being invited to turn its attention to reestablishing our original unity with the earth.” – John Philip Newell "Life’s essential harmony is within each of us. So also is l... John Philip Newell https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/580/jonathan-gustin/ When Jonathan Gustin was around 12 years of age, he was enthralled by a 1970s’ television show that featured a blind Buddhist priest teaching a boy his age about enlightenment and duty.  “I would live for these scenes where the pries... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/580/jonathan-gustin/ Sat, 10 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0700 When Jonathan Gustin was around 12 years of age, he was enthralled by a 1970s’ television show that featured a blind Buddhist priest teaching a boy his age about enlightenment and duty.  “I would live for these scenes where the pries... Jonathan Gustin https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/576/hang-mai-and-chau-duong/ Hang Mai is a green, social entrepreneur from Vietnam. She runs Xanh Shop, which connects produce of farmers and interested urban citizens. She recently transformed the business to foster gift ecology in the associated communities. She believes that ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/576/hang-mai-and-chau-duong/ Sat, 10 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0700 Hang Mai is a green, social entrepreneur from Vietnam. She runs Xanh Shop, which connects produce of farmers and interested urban citizens. She recently transformed the business to foster gift ecology in the associated communities. She believes that ... Hang Mai & Chau Duong https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/593/steve-elkins/ A blind man runs alone through Death Valley. Journalist Paul Salopek walks 21,000 miles across the world to retrace our ancestor's migration, manifesting “slow journalism”. Scientists try to detect dark matter in an abandone... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/593/steve-elkins/ Wed, 30 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0700 A blind man runs alone through Death Valley. Journalist Paul Salopek walks 21,000 miles across the world to retrace our ancestor's migration, manifesting “slow journalism”. Scientists try to detect dark matter in an abandone... Steve Elkins https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/575/ravi-gulati/ Over the last two decades, Ravi Gulati has built and nurtured a dynamic learning community of across-age learners. As the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Volunteer of Manzil - a not for profit organization in Delhi, Ravi thrives on his ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/575/ravi-gulati/ Sat, 26 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0700 Over the last two decades, Ravi Gulati has built and nurtured a dynamic learning community of across-age learners. As the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Volunteer of Manzil - a not for profit organization in Delhi, Ravi thrives on his ... Ravi Gulati https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/566/ra-avis/ Forgiveness is centered inside of you, just like love. In prison, you see all different versions of unforgivingness. And being a firefighter in prison, you understand the unforgiving nature of nature. Forgiveness occurs in the earth—just the wa... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/566/ra-avis/ Sat, 26 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0700 Forgiveness is centered inside of you, just like love. In prison, you see all different versions of unforgivingness. And being a firefighter in prison, you understand the unforgiving nature of nature. Forgiveness occurs in the earth—just the wa... Ra Avis https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/567/shay-beider/ In 2013, Shay Beider accompanied an anxious little boy into the office of Dr. Fayez Ghishan, the Physician in Chief and a pediatric gastroenterologist at Diamond Children’s Hospital in Tucson, Arizona. The boy was soon to undergo an endoscopy, ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/567/shay-beider/ Sat, 19 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0700 In 2013, Shay Beider accompanied an anxious little boy into the office of Dr. Fayez Ghishan, the Physician in Chief and a pediatric gastroenterologist at Diamond Children’s Hospital in Tucson, Arizona. The boy was soon to undergo an endoscopy, ... Shay Beider https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/573/dr-hansa-ji-yogendra/ What stands out in Hansa ji's life is that her life in the service of Yoga has been lived almost entirely within the confines of suburban Mumbai, and not as some may deem necessary, in the Himalayas. Hansa ji is the Director of The Yoga Institute... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/573/dr-hansa-ji-yogendra/ Sat, 12 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0700 What stands out in Hansa ji's life is that her life in the service of Yoga has been lived almost entirely within the confines of suburban Mumbai, and not as some may deem necessary, in the Himalayas. Hansa ji is the Director of The Yoga Institute... Dr Hansa ji Yogendra https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/561/john-prendergast/ “Whether we realize it or not, the heart is what we most carefully guard and most want to open.” John J. Prendergast, Ph.D., likens the investigation of the heart to “an archaeological dig.” Helping people excavate layers o... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/561/john-prendergast/ Sat, 12 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0700 “Whether we realize it or not, the heart is what we most carefully guard and most want to open.” John J. Prendergast, Ph.D., likens the investigation of the heart to “an archaeological dig.” Helping people excavate layers o... John Prendergast https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/579/wakanyi-hoffman/ Wakanyi Hoffman is an artist of life who paints the shades of each day as a storyteller, author, mother, global citizen, journalist, and keeper of indigenous wisdom. While serving in a refugee camp in Northern Kenya in her early twenties, she ca... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/579/wakanyi-hoffman/ Sat, 05 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0700 Wakanyi Hoffman is an artist of life who paints the shades of each day as a storyteller, author, mother, global citizen, journalist, and keeper of indigenous wisdom. While serving in a refugee camp in Northern Kenya in her early twenties, she ca... Wakanyi Hoffman https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/587/rev-heng-sure/ “Bowing…can be considered a technology for changing one’s consciousness.  How will the world be better if I don’t change myself?” About a year after being ordained a Buddhist monk at the City of Ten Thousand Bud... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/587/rev-heng-sure/ Wed, 02 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0700 “Bowing…can be considered a technology for changing one’s consciousness.  How will the world be better if I don’t change myself?” About a year after being ordained a Buddhist monk at the City of Ten Thousand Bud... Rev. Heng Sure https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/574/navin-amarasuriya/ He has cycled down the East Coast of the US in winter and ridden a motorcycle across East Timor; it’s clear that Navin Amarasuriya isn’t one for staying in his comfort zone. This is probably why, despite being one of the fifth-generation ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/574/navin-amarasuriya/ Sat, 29 May 2021 00:00:00 -0700 He has cycled down the East Coast of the US in winter and ridden a motorcycle across East Timor; it’s clear that Navin Amarasuriya isn’t one for staying in his comfort zone. This is probably why, despite being one of the fifth-generation ... Navin Amarasuriya https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/565/vijaya-nagarajan/ Vijaya Nagarajan is an Associate Professor and former Chair in the Department of Theology/Religious Studies and in the Program of Environmental Studies at the University of San Francisco. She is also a contributor to the American&... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/565/vijaya-nagarajan/ Sat, 22 May 2021 00:00:00 -0700 Vijaya Nagarajan is an Associate Professor and former Chair in the Department of Theology/Religious Studies and in the Program of Environmental Studies at the University of San Francisco. She is also a contributor to the American&... Vijaya Nagarajan https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/572/shaheen-mistri/ “Father, my life is in your hands.” pleaded the young 18 year old girl to the principal of St. Xavier's College Mumbai. She begged him that she be admitted 3 months after all admissions were closed.     She was born... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/572/shaheen-mistri/ Sat, 15 May 2021 00:00:00 -0700 “Father, my life is in your hands.” pleaded the young 18 year old girl to the principal of St. Xavier's College Mumbai. She begged him that she be admitted 3 months after all admissions were closed.     She was born... Shaheen Mistri https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/549/emeran-mayer/ With a unique combination of researcher, doctor, and Buddhist practitioner, Dr. Emeran Mayer has been leading the movement to “bring the brain back into medicine” for the past 40 years. His work at the David Geffen School of Medicine has ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/549/emeran-mayer/ Sat, 15 May 2021 00:00:00 -0700 With a unique combination of researcher, doctor, and Buddhist practitioner, Dr. Emeran Mayer has been leading the movement to “bring the brain back into medicine” for the past 40 years. His work at the David Geffen School of Medicine has ... Emeran Mayer https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/551/jonathan-greenberg/ At 12 years old, Jonathan D. Greenberg was leafing through his family’s Life magazine when, to his horror, he came across images of the My Lai massacre in Vietnam. These evoked other haunting images he’d seen before—the ci... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/551/jonathan-greenberg/ Sat, 24 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0700 At 12 years old, Jonathan D. Greenberg was leafing through his family’s Life magazine when, to his horror, he came across images of the My Lai massacre in Vietnam. These evoked other haunting images he’d seen before—the ci... Jonathan Greenberg https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/571/arun-sharma/ Dr. Arun Sharma, fondly known as “Guruji” by his students, is the Founder Director of the International Institute of Mahayoga & Natural Hygiene (IMANAH), USA.  In his twenties, he wanted to be a successful entrepreneur and use... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/571/arun-sharma/ Sat, 24 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0700 Dr. Arun Sharma, fondly known as “Guruji” by his students, is the Founder Director of the International Institute of Mahayoga & Natural Hygiene (IMANAH), USA.  In his twenties, he wanted to be a successful entrepreneur and use... Arun Sharma https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/528/nandini-murali/ In the spring of 2017, Nandini Murali, a South Indian journalist and author, returned from an out-of-town assignment to an eerily quiet home. Typically, her husband would greet her at the front door, but that morning he hadn’t answered her phon... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/528/nandini-murali/ Sat, 17 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0700 In the spring of 2017, Nandini Murali, a South Indian journalist and author, returned from an out-of-town assignment to an eerily quiet home. Typically, her husband would greet her at the front door, but that morning he hadn’t answered her phon... Nandini Murali https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/570/vipul-shaha/ This Sunday April 11, 2021 at 10 am (IST) in conversation with Vipul Shaha, will be ServiceSpace volunteer Rahul B Mehta on the topic of "Journeying Back to the Roots" :  What promise does a village or rurban life hold for today&#39... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/570/vipul-shaha/ Sat, 10 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0700 This Sunday April 11, 2021 at 10 am (IST) in conversation with Vipul Shaha, will be ServiceSpace volunteer Rahul B Mehta on the topic of "Journeying Back to the Roots" :  What promise does a village or rurban life hold for today&#39... Vipul Shaha https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/546/david-vandermolen/ “A lot of the work that has had the most impact on people’s lives is work that has come from my own journey. Anything I’ve ever done that has any merit occurred because it came out of an experience I had in life.” Nearl... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/546/david-vandermolen/ Sat, 10 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0700 “A lot of the work that has had the most impact on people’s lives is work that has come from my own journey. Anything I’ve ever done that has any merit occurred because it came out of an experience I had in life.” Nearl... David VanderMolen https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/542/susan-collin-marks/ When Susan Collin Marks was growing up in South Africa in the apartheid era, her mother took a stand against the regime. Susan’s mother also took her, starting when she only 5 years old, into Black townships to show apartheid in action. &ldq... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/542/susan-collin-marks/ Sat, 27 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0700 When Susan Collin Marks was growing up in South Africa in the apartheid era, her mother took a stand against the regime. Susan’s mother also took her, starting when she only 5 years old, into Black townships to show apartheid in action. &ldq... Susan Collin Marks https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/569/n-vaghul/ Narayanan Vaghul, former Chairman of ICICI Bank, is widely recognized in India for his role in pioneering the Indian private banking space. At ICICI, N Vaghul was at his institution-building best. His vision resulted in the formation of TDICI, (... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/569/n-vaghul/ Sat, 20 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0700 Narayanan Vaghul, former Chairman of ICICI Bank, is widely recognized in India for his role in pioneering the Indian private banking space. At ICICI, N Vaghul was at his institution-building best. His vision resulted in the formation of TDICI, (... N.Vaghul https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/547/patrick-meier/ “The goal of the social good sector must be to end need, not just meet need. This means, for example, that international organizations … must have a transition plan that is centered around devolving power, money and voice to local organi... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/547/patrick-meier/ Sat, 20 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0700 “The goal of the social good sector must be to end need, not just meet need. This means, for example, that international organizations … must have a transition plan that is centered around devolving power, money and voice to local organi... Patrick Meier https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/538/rev-liz-tichenor/ On Good Friday, 2018, the Reverend Liz Tichenor, at 33 years old, stood tall and poised beside a barren altar, a blood-red stole draped over her neck and shoulders. With a solemn tone, she imagined aloud how Jesus’s mother, Mary, might hav... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/538/rev-liz-tichenor/ Sat, 13 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0800 On Good Friday, 2018, the Reverend Liz Tichenor, at 33 years old, stood tall and poised beside a barren altar, a blood-red stole draped over her neck and shoulders. With a solemn tone, she imagined aloud how Jesus’s mother, Mary, might hav... Rev. Liz Tichenor https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/568/james-o-dea-and-nipun-mehta/ Please join us for a special dialogue between James O'Dea and Nipun Mehta -- both of whom have dedicated their lives to service as conscious activists as well as active agents for the awakening of consciousness. James will open with an in... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/568/james-o-dea-and-nipun-mehta/ Tue, 09 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0800 Please join us for a special dialogue between James O'Dea and Nipun Mehta -- both of whom have dedicated their lives to service as conscious activists as well as active agents for the awakening of consciousness. James will open with an in... James O'Dea & Nipun Mehta https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/564/dakshayani-athalye-and-mandar-karanjkar/ Both Mandar Karanjkar and Dakshayani Athalye were brought up on a steady diet of Indian classical music. Mandar was just six when he began accompanying his mother to harmonium classes and soon showed an interest in Hindustani vocals. In his late ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/564/dakshayani-athalye-and-mandar-karanjkar/ Sat, 06 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0800 Both Mandar Karanjkar and Dakshayani Athalye were brought up on a steady diet of Indian classical music. Mandar was just six when he began accompanying his mother to harmonium classes and soon showed an interest in Hindustani vocals. In his late ... Dakshayani Athalye and Mandar Karanjkar https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/543/oscar-perez-marcos/ "Raising people's consciousness is the way to humanize the world." Several years ago, Óscar Pérez Marcos was not satisfied with the successes and failures he had harvested throughout his life. Born in Santander, Sp... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/543/oscar-perez-marcos/ Sat, 27 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0800 "Raising people's consciousness is the way to humanize the world." Several years ago, Óscar Pérez Marcos was not satisfied with the successes and failures he had harvested throughout his life. Born in Santander, Sp... Oscar Perez Marcos https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/563/parvathy-baul/ The Divine Madmen The Bauls -- a group of mystic minstrels from Bengal -- set in motion a movement so subtle, and yet powerful that territorial boundaries have ceased to matter : geographical (India - Bangladesh), sectarian (Vaishnava Hindus and S... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/563/parvathy-baul/ Sat, 20 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0800 The Divine Madmen The Bauls -- a group of mystic minstrels from Bengal -- set in motion a movement so subtle, and yet powerful that territorial boundaries have ceased to matter : geographical (India - Bangladesh), sectarian (Vaishnava Hindus and S... Parvathy Baul https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/548/aqeela-sherrills/ I believe we now exist in a time where the heart has been prepared for a new movement, where love becomes a practice as opposed to an idea, where vulnerability and humility become strengths as opposed to weaknesses. Growing up the youngest... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/548/aqeela-sherrills/ Sat, 20 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0800 I believe we now exist in a time where the heart has been prepared for a new movement, where love becomes a practice as opposed to an idea, where vulnerability and humility become strengths as opposed to weaknesses. Growing up the youngest... Aqeela Sherrills https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/545/neil-gaught/ “There is hope and change is entirely possible. But the systems and rules we will need to live by to ensure that all stakeholders (human and otherwise), live long and prosper now and into the future cannot be the same ones we abide by today.&rd... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/545/neil-gaught/ Sat, 13 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0800 “There is hope and change is entirely possible. But the systems and rules we will need to live by to ensure that all stakeholders (human and otherwise), live long and prosper now and into the future cannot be the same ones we abide by today.&rd... Neil Gaught https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/562/padma-and-narsanna-koppula/ Narsanna Koppula is a pioneer Indian permaculture designer, an energetic and enthusiastic teacher, passionate nature-lover, and a staunch feminist. Padma Koppula is the other hand of this pioneering permaculture couple, whose quiet, behind-the-s... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/562/padma-and-narsanna-koppula/ Sat, 06 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0800 Narsanna Koppula is a pioneer Indian permaculture designer, an energetic and enthusiastic teacher, passionate nature-lover, and a staunch feminist. Padma Koppula is the other hand of this pioneering permaculture couple, whose quiet, behind-the-s... Padma and Narsanna Koppula https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/537/phyllis-cole-dai/ "This is not a thing I have sought, But it has come across my path and I have seized it. " -- Annie Dilliard Annie Dilliard's words point to the place where Phyllis Cole-Dai's most significant projects begin -- in that el... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/537/phyllis-cole-dai/ Sat, 30 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0800 "This is not a thing I have sought, But it has come across my path and I have seized it. " -- Annie Dilliard Annie Dilliard's words point to the place where Phyllis Cole-Dai's most significant projects begin -- in that el... Phyllis Cole-Dai https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/550/don-berwick/ For the past 30 years, Donald Berwick has been one of the nation's leading authorities and innovators of quality and improvement in the U.S. healthcare system. A pediatrician by training, a professor at both Harvard Medical School ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/550/don-berwick/ Tue, 26 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0800 For the past 30 years, Donald Berwick has been one of the nation's leading authorities and innovators of quality and improvement in the U.S. healthcare system. A pediatrician by training, a professor at both Harvard Medical School ... Don Berwick https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/557/dvr-seshadri/ DVR Seshadri is one of the most respected Professors of business, with a teaching career of 20 years across premier b-schools of India including ISB and various IIMs. His areas of interest among others include: B2B Marketing, Innovation and Entrepren... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/557/dvr-seshadri/ Sat, 23 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0800 DVR Seshadri is one of the most respected Professors of business, with a teaching career of 20 years across premier b-schools of India including ISB and various IIMs. His areas of interest among others include: B2B Marketing, Innovation and Entrepren... DVR Seshadri https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/536/ryland-engelhart/ When entrepreneur and “love activist” Ryland Engelhart was feeling hopeless about the damage human beings were doing to the planet, there was a solution so obvious that it was practically hidden beneath his own two feet: the soil. Upon di... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/536/ryland-engelhart/ Sat, 23 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0800 When entrepreneur and “love activist” Ryland Engelhart was feeling hopeless about the damage human beings were doing to the planet, there was a solution so obvious that it was practically hidden beneath his own two feet: the soil. Upon di... Ryland Engelhart https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/534/peniel-joseph/ When Dr. Peniel Joseph was growing up in New York City during the 1980s and 1990s, a child of a Haitian immigrant single mother, he learned about how the civil rights movement had transformed America, ended legalized segregation, secured black voting... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/534/peniel-joseph/ Sat, 16 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0800 When Dr. Peniel Joseph was growing up in New York City during the 1980s and 1990s, a child of a Haitian immigrant single mother, he learned about how the civil rights movement had transformed America, ended legalized segregation, secured black voting... Peniel Joseph https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/553/matthew-fox/ Last November, Matthew Fox had a riveting (and too brief) Awakin Calls conversation, hosted by Rahul Brown and Aryae Coopersmith, on the topic of "Fidelity vs Faith: Bowing to the Heart Over Authority." Matthew is a spiritual theo... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/553/matthew-fox/ Wed, 13 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0800 Last November, Matthew Fox had a riveting (and too brief) Awakin Calls conversation, hosted by Rahul Brown and Aryae Coopersmith, on the topic of "Fidelity vs Faith: Bowing to the Heart Over Authority." Matthew is a spiritual theo... Matthew Fox https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/556/prahlad-singh-tipanya/ Prahlad Singh Tipanya is a name that needs little introduction as one of the most compelling folk voices of Kabir in India today. He sings in the Malwi folk style from Madhya Pradesh and has an incomparable ability to sing and explain the words of Ka... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/556/prahlad-singh-tipanya/ Sat, 09 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0800 Prahlad Singh Tipanya is a name that needs little introduction as one of the most compelling folk voices of Kabir in India today. He sings in the Malwi folk style from Madhya Pradesh and has an incomparable ability to sing and explain the words of Ka... Prahlad Singh Tipanya https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/535/ruth-pittard/ “Love like life depends on it, be curious and expect miracles.” Ruth Pittard has practiced learning and transforming in love for most of her 74 years. A forward-thinking educator, she spent over 30 years supporting service-lea... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/535/ruth-pittard/ Sat, 09 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0800 “Love like life depends on it, be curious and expect miracles.” Ruth Pittard has practiced learning and transforming in love for most of her 74 years. A forward-thinking educator, she spent over 30 years supporting service-lea... Ruth Pittard https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/531/laura-emiko-soltis/ “We believe that radical, democratic change in education occurs through grassroots mobilization of teachers and students and the empowerment of those most directly impacted by injustice. … [C]onsciousness development is key to our libera... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/531/laura-emiko-soltis/ Sat, 02 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0800 “We believe that radical, democratic change in education occurs through grassroots mobilization of teachers and students and the empowerment of those most directly impacted by injustice. … [C]onsciousness development is key to our libera... Laura Emiko Soltis https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/555/aurelio-c-hammer/ There is this old man with a flute and his wife is going crazy as he plays only one tone. And after months she says, everybody plays such beautiful melodies and you are playing only this one tone. And he says, ‘well, the others are all still lo... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/555/aurelio-c-hammer/ Sat, 26 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0800 There is this old man with a flute and his wife is going crazy as he plays only one tone. And after months she says, everybody plays such beautiful melodies and you are playing only this one tone. And he says, ‘well, the others are all still lo... Aurelio C Hammer https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/529/paul-farmer/ Paul Farmer is a doctor, anthropologist, and “world-class Robin Hood” who has dedicated his life to improving health care for the world’s poorest people. Since 1987, he and Partners in Health, the nonprofit organization he co-founde... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/529/paul-farmer/ Sat, 19 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0800 Paul Farmer is a doctor, anthropologist, and “world-class Robin Hood” who has dedicated his life to improving health care for the world’s poorest people. Since 1987, he and Partners in Health, the nonprofit organization he co-founde... Paul Farmer https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/541/archana-and-amit-chandra/ We are in conversation with Amit and Archana Chandra, a couple who through their life have set an example and inspired many towards greater generosity, purpose, simplicity, joy and more.    Amit Chandra is Managing director and Chairman... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/541/archana-and-amit-chandra/ Sat, 12 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0800 We are in conversation with Amit and Archana Chandra, a couple who through their life have set an example and inspired many towards greater generosity, purpose, simplicity, joy and more.    Amit Chandra is Managing director and Chairman... Archana and Amit Chandra https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/523/john-kinyon/ “Creating the life, relationship, and world we envision one conversation at a time with ourselves and others.”  -- John Kinyon In 1998, John Kinyon had left a graduate program in clinical psychology and was looking around, trying ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/523/john-kinyon/ Sat, 12 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0800 “Creating the life, relationship, and world we envision one conversation at a time with ourselves and others.”  -- John Kinyon In 1998, John Kinyon had left a graduate program in clinical psychology and was looking around, trying ... John Kinyon https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/540/daniel-nahmod-anand-sonecha-ellie-walton-and-nimo-patel/ What does it mean to let your heart guide your artistic process? Who do we need to become for the best art to flow through us? How does the spirit of service influence the creative gifts we offer? Artists who earn to operate from their heart space... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/540/daniel-nahmod-anand-sonecha-ellie-walton-and-nimo-patel/ Sat, 05 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0800 What does it mean to let your heart guide your artistic process? Who do we need to become for the best art to flow through us? How does the spirit of service influence the creative gifts we offer? Artists who earn to operate from their heart space... Daniel Nahmod, Anand Sonecha, Ellie Walton & Nimo Patel https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/520/antoinette-klatzky/ “We are stronger than we realize.  We have the immense capacity for resilience -- to rise up and recreate the world we know is possible.” When Antoinette Klatzky took a part-time job as a recent college graduate in a retail cl... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/520/antoinette-klatzky/ Sat, 05 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0800 “We are stronger than we realize.  We have the immense capacity for resilience -- to rise up and recreate the world we know is possible.” When Antoinette Klatzky took a part-time job as a recent college graduate in a retail cl... Antoinette Klatzky https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/519/eddie-rodriguez/ Five years away from a pension, Rev. Eddie Rodriguez walked away from a long career and security with Bellsouth, and stepped onto the path that would lead him to the “meaning and purpose” he had been looking for.  For the last t... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/519/eddie-rodriguez/ Sat, 28 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0800 Five years away from a pension, Rev. Eddie Rodriguez walked away from a long career and security with Bellsouth, and stepped onto the path that would lead him to the “meaning and purpose” he had been looking for.  For the last t... Eddie Rodriguez https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/527/anil-gupta-vijay-pratap-and-tapan-parikh/ Collectively, we will explore questions like --  : Why is people's knowledge so important and relevant for rural development? : How can we use technology to build systems to support people's knowledge? What are some challenges and&... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/527/anil-gupta-vijay-pratap-and-tapan-parikh/ Sat, 21 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0800 Collectively, we will explore questions like --  : Why is people's knowledge so important and relevant for rural development? : How can we use technology to build systems to support people's knowledge? What are some challenges and&... Anil Gupta, Vijay Pratap and Tapan Parikh https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/522/fabiana-fondevila/ Fabiana Fondevila is an Argentinian writer, speaker, teacher, ritual maker and all-around wonder activist whose discovery of unknown weeds in the garden led her to uncover practices for disentangling weeds of darkness in her heart. She began ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/522/fabiana-fondevila/ Sat, 21 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0800 Fabiana Fondevila is an Argentinian writer, speaker, teacher, ritual maker and all-around wonder activist whose discovery of unknown weeds in the garden led her to uncover practices for disentangling weeds of darkness in her heart. She began ... Fabiana Fondevila https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/514/matthew-fox/ “Our self-expression is meant to be the manifestation of the silence of our hearts.” Matthew Fox is a pioneering spiritual theologian, author, and perhaps the only man alive who has had this theology systematically singled out and deno... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/514/matthew-fox/ Sat, 14 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0800 “Our self-expression is meant to be the manifestation of the silence of our hearts.” Matthew Fox is a pioneering spiritual theologian, author, and perhaps the only man alive who has had this theology systematically singled out and deno... Matthew Fox https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/539/meenakshi-gupta-and-anshu-gupta/ Join us on this heartful conversation with these 2 incredibly inspiring icons as we explore their inner journeys along with some stories and insights from their incredible work at Goonj.     Goonj’s work over last 2 decades h... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/539/meenakshi-gupta-and-anshu-gupta/ Sat, 07 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0800 Join us on this heartful conversation with these 2 incredibly inspiring icons as we explore their inner journeys along with some stories and insights from their incredible work at Goonj.     Goonj’s work over last 2 decades h... Meenakshi Gupta and Anshu Gupta https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/513/joan-blades/ Joan Blades is an “accidental activist” at the forefront of movements that have shaped American culture and politics. A deep believer in the value of grassroots engagement, Blades through her various endeavors has experientially acted upo... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/513/joan-blades/ Sat, 07 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0800 Joan Blades is an “accidental activist” at the forefront of movements that have shaped American culture and politics. A deep believer in the value of grassroots engagement, Blades through her various endeavors has experientially acted upo... Joan Blades https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/505/rebecca-henderson/ It’s not often one finds within the halls of Harvard Business School warnings that capitalism is on the verge of destroying the planet and destabilizing society.  Yet Dr. Rebecca Henderson, one of only 25 University Professors at Harvard U... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/505/rebecca-henderson/ Sat, 31 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0700 It’s not often one finds within the halls of Harvard Business School warnings that capitalism is on the verge of destroying the planet and destabilizing society.  Yet Dr. Rebecca Henderson, one of only 25 University Professors at Harvard U... Rebecca Henderson https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/526/amrita-singh-arun-wakhlu-and-yogesh-parmar/ How can leaders balance outer success with inner development? What might actualization look like in 21st century? How can leaders embody greater empathy and love for personal and collective flow?   We will explore these questions with 3 ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/526/amrita-singh-arun-wakhlu-and-yogesh-parmar/ Sat, 24 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0700 How can leaders balance outer success with inner development? What might actualization look like in 21st century? How can leaders embody greater empathy and love for personal and collective flow?   We will explore these questions with 3 ... Amrita Singh, Arun Wakhlu and Yogesh Parmar https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/502/mohammad-modarres/ Whether he’s founding a biotech business, drawing political cartoons, or strategizing for nonprofits, Mohammad Modarres is bringing people together in common endeavors and enterprises to create a more inclusive and equitable society. One of his... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/502/mohammad-modarres/ Sat, 24 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0700 Whether he’s founding a biotech business, drawing political cartoons, or strategizing for nonprofits, Mohammad Modarres is bringing people together in common endeavors and enterprises to create a more inclusive and equitable society. One of his... Mohammad Modarres https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/501/judith-blackstone/ "We actually can know ourselves beyond the momentary flux of our disparate sensations, feelings, thoughts and perceptions. We can know the knower, or more accurately, the knower can know him or herself." - Judith Blackstone Judith Blacks... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/501/judith-blackstone/ Sat, 17 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0700 "We actually can know ourselves beyond the momentary flux of our disparate sensations, feelings, thoughts and perceptions. We can know the knower, or more accurately, the knower can know him or herself." - Judith Blackstone Judith Blacks... Judith Blackstone https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/532/kern-beare/ Please join us for a special introduction, followed by a gifted workshop the following week, with Kern Beare, founder of the Difficult Conversations Project, on how to hold difficult conversations.  Focusing on the question, &ldqu... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/532/kern-beare/ Wed, 14 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0700 Please join us for a special introduction, followed by a gifted workshop the following week, with Kern Beare, founder of the Difficult Conversations Project, on how to hold difficult conversations.  Focusing on the question, &ldqu... Kern Beare https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/525/vidya-shah-and-amit-bhatia/ How does wealth relate to satisfaction and joy? Can livelihood be an expression of higher purpose? Beyond matching demand and supply, how might we design economics for an equilibrium of head, heart and hands?  Join us for a dialogue with ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/525/vidya-shah-and-amit-bhatia/ Sat, 10 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0700 How does wealth relate to satisfaction and joy? Can livelihood be an expression of higher purpose? Beyond matching demand and supply, how might we design economics for an equilibrium of head, heart and hands?  Join us for a dialogue with ... Vidya Shah and Amit Bhatia https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/496/deo-niyizonkiza/ A young man arrives in the Big City with two hundred dollars in his pocket, no English at all, and memories of horror so fresh that he sometimes confuses past and present. When Deo first told me about his beginnings in New York, I had a simple though... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/496/deo-niyizonkiza/ Sat, 10 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0700 A young man arrives in the Big City with two hundred dollars in his pocket, no English at all, and memories of horror so fresh that he sometimes confuses past and present. When Deo first told me about his beginnings in New York, I had a simple though... Deo Niyizonkiza https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/499/michael-dowd/ Reverend Michael Dowd is a Christian minister, author, and eco-theologian. He is known as a bridge builder, making connections between liberals and conservatives, religious and non-religious people, science and religion, and showing how a sacred view... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/499/michael-dowd/ Sat, 03 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0700 Reverend Michael Dowd is a Christian minister, author, and eco-theologian. He is known as a bridge builder, making connections between liberals and conservatives, religious and non-religious people, science and religion, and showing how a sacred view... Michael Dowd https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/524/kiran-khalap/ Where do business and spirituality meet? How does one use creativity to unite? How might we walk our unique path in solving problems outside and dissolving the ego inside?      A weekday brand-consultant, a weekend rock... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/524/kiran-khalap/ Sat, 26 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0700 Where do business and spirituality meet? How does one use creativity to unite? How might we walk our unique path in solving problems outside and dissolving the ego inside?      A weekday brand-consultant, a weekend rock... Kiran Khalap https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/498/arlie-hochschild/ “Everyone has a deep story,” says Arlie Hochschild. “Our job is to respect and try to understand these stories.”  Hochschild is one of the most distinguished sociologists of our time. Considered the founder of the ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/498/arlie-hochschild/ Sat, 26 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0700 “Everyone has a deep story,” says Arlie Hochschild. “Our job is to respect and try to understand these stories.”  Hochschild is one of the most distinguished sociologists of our time. Considered the founder of the ... Arlie Hochschild https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/497/tuesday-ryan-hart/ Tuesday Ryan-Hart leads large-scale systems change with a deep understanding and practice of how equity, when put at the center of new movements, frees the path to better ideas that work. She is a co-founder and partner of The Outside, an organizatio... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/497/tuesday-ryan-hart/ Sat, 19 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0700 Tuesday Ryan-Hart leads large-scale systems change with a deep understanding and practice of how equity, when put at the center of new movements, frees the path to better ideas that work. She is a co-founder and partner of The Outside, an organizatio... Tuesday Ryan-Hart https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/518/gaus-sayyad-maitreyee-gehlot-and-karan-shah/ How can today’s Youth face the uncertain world while staying true to their values? How can Youth lead by example, by “Being The Change”? What practices or inner cultivation help nurture resilience and conviction to operate from thei... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/518/gaus-sayyad-maitreyee-gehlot-and-karan-shah/ Sat, 12 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0700 How can today’s Youth face the uncertain world while staying true to their values? How can Youth lead by example, by “Being The Change”? What practices or inner cultivation help nurture resilience and conviction to operate from thei... Gaus Sayyad, Maitreyee Gehlot & Karan Shah https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/495/karla-mclaren/ Karla McLaren, M.Ed. is an award-winning author, social science researcher, and empathy pioneer.  She is the author of The Language of Emotions: What Your Feelings are Trying to Tell You (2010), The Art of Empathy (2013),  and the... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/495/karla-mclaren/ Sat, 12 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0700 Karla McLaren, M.Ed. is an award-winning author, social science researcher, and empathy pioneer.  She is the author of The Language of Emotions: What Your Feelings are Trying to Tell You (2010), The Art of Empathy (2013),  and the... Karla McLaren https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/521/jacques-verduin-and-lama-tsomo/ Please join us for a timely conversation exploring insights, tools and practices to support ourselves, our families, our work and our communities during this season of confinement and constant, confusing, uncertain change. For most of us, our ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/521/jacques-verduin-and-lama-tsomo/ Wed, 09 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0700 Please join us for a timely conversation exploring insights, tools and practices to support ourselves, our families, our work and our communities during this season of confinement and constant, confusing, uncertain change. For most of us, our ... Jacques Verduin & Lama Tsomo https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/494/brian-conroy/ Brian Conroy is a gifted storyteller who comes alive when he sees people of diverse faiths, races, and backgrounds working together. Founder of the Buddhist Storytelling Circle, a group of storytellers from the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery who perform... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/494/brian-conroy/ Sat, 05 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0700 Brian Conroy is a gifted storyteller who comes alive when he sees people of diverse faiths, races, and backgrounds working together. Founder of the Buddhist Storytelling Circle, a group of storytellers from the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery who perform... Brian Conroy https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/517/ramesh-bhai-sanghvi/ क्या शिक्षण और अनुशासन में प्रेम को बुनना संभव है? प्रेम के अभाव में पालनेवाले बालक के व्यक्तित्व विकास में क्या कमी रह जाती है ? प्रेमसभर शिक्षण क्या प्रेमसभर शिक्षक के बिना शक्य है?    How is love an essential ingredient in the d... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/517/ramesh-bhai-sanghvi/ Sat, 29 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0700 क्या शिक्षण और अनुशासन में प्रेम को बुनना संभव है? प्रेम के अभाव में पालनेवाले बालक के व्यक्तित्व विकास में क्या कमी रह जाती है ? प्रेमसभर शिक्षण क्या प्रेमसभर शिक्षक के बिना शक्य है?    How is love an essential ingredient in the d... Ramesh Bhai Sanghvi https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/492/adam-hochschild/ With the skill of a journalist, the eye of a historian, and the heart of an activist, Adam Hochschild has been a leading voice on human rights issues for the past 40 years. He is the author of 10 books, including King Leopold’s Ghost ,To End Al... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/492/adam-hochschild/ Sat, 29 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0700 With the skill of a journalist, the eye of a historian, and the heart of an activist, Adam Hochschild has been a leading voice on human rights issues for the past 40 years. He is the author of 10 books, including King Leopold’s Ghost ,To End Al... Adam Hochschild https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/507/deb-ozarko/ Please join us in conversation with author and “soul activist” Deb Ozarko.  Deb is a pioneer in the world of “collapse awareness,” seeking to understand the global predicament of our civilization.  Her path... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/507/deb-ozarko/ Fri, 28 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0700 Please join us in conversation with author and “soul activist” Deb Ozarko.  Deb is a pioneer in the world of “collapse awareness,” seeking to understand the global predicament of our civilization.  Her path... Deb Ozarko https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/493/lindy-and-francis-wilson/ When Francis and Lindy Wilson shared their intention to return to South Africa in 1966 after living for many years in the UK, friends discouraged them from doing so, telling them that by returning, they’d be part of the problem, benefiting from... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/493/lindy-and-francis-wilson/ Sat, 22 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0700 When Francis and Lindy Wilson shared their intention to return to South Africa in 1966 after living for many years in the UK, friends discouraged them from doing so, telling them that by returning, they’d be part of the problem, benefiting from... Lindy & Francis Wilson https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/516/sunchika-pandey-osama-manzar-and-natasha-badhwar/ If stories we tell shape the world, then how might we hold that power responsibly? In the complex interplay of money, power and our own biases, is it possible to design for media’s independence? Could media be an agent of a more inclusive and c... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/516/sunchika-pandey-osama-manzar-and-natasha-badhwar/ Sat, 15 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0700 If stories we tell shape the world, then how might we hold that power responsibly? In the complex interplay of money, power and our own biases, is it possible to design for media’s independence? Could media be an agent of a more inclusive and c... Sunchika Pandey, Osama Manzar and Natasha Badhwar https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/491/laura-riccardi-lyvers/ “The link that is rapidly disappearing and has largely disappeared already, is the opportunity for the human being to work with the Earth . . . not just farming, but to work with the Earth in any way that is not mere extraction.” -- Laura... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/491/laura-riccardi-lyvers/ Sat, 15 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0700 “The link that is rapidly disappearing and has largely disappeared already, is the opportunity for the human being to work with the Earth . . . not just farming, but to work with the Earth in any way that is not mere extraction.” -- Laura... Laura Riccardi Lyvers https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/482/paulette-pipe/ “It’s time. It’s time to let it go,” said Rev. Paulette Pipe on trusting your deepest intuitions. And Paulette does just that. Her life embodies trust and faith, as well as surrender to the deeper forces around and within u... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/482/paulette-pipe/ Sat, 08 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0700 “It’s time. It’s time to let it go,” said Rev. Paulette Pipe on trusting your deepest intuitions. And Paulette does just that. Her life embodies trust and faith, as well as surrender to the deeper forces around and within u... Paulette Pipe https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/504/mingtong-gu/ Please join us for a special conversation and demonstration workshop with Mingtong Gu, an international master teacher of Zhineng (Wisdom Healing) Qigong, author, and healer, as he shares his own journey through trauma, and guides us in practices for... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/504/mingtong-gu/ Wed, 05 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0700 Please join us for a special conversation and demonstration workshop with Mingtong Gu, an international master teacher of Zhineng (Wisdom Healing) Qigong, author, and healer, as he shares his own journey through trauma, and guides us in practices for... Mingtong Gu https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/508/venkat-krishnan-with-nipun-mehta/ Is serving different from helping or fixing? Can we design for impact and at the same time cultivate a field for transformation? How does one navigate the various intervention points for enduring systemic change? How might we nurture a culture of giv... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/508/venkat-krishnan-with-nipun-mehta/ Sat, 01 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0700 Is serving different from helping or fixing? Can we design for impact and at the same time cultivate a field for transformation? How does one navigate the various intervention points for enduring systemic change? How might we nurture a culture of giv... Venkat Krishnan with Nipun Mehta https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/481/bill-drayton/ “Once young people see themselves as changemakers, the world will be on a very different path—a path that is limitlessly hopeful.” -- Bill Drayton Considered one of America’s leading pioneers in the field of citizen-led ser... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/481/bill-drayton/ Sat, 01 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0700 “Once young people see themselves as changemakers, the world will be on a very different path—a path that is limitlessly hopeful.” -- Bill Drayton Considered one of America’s leading pioneers in the field of citizen-led ser... Bill Drayton https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/480/shelly-francis/ Shelly Francis, author of The Courage Way: Leading and Living with Integrity (2018). is the founder of Creative Courage Press, an independent publishing company based in Palisade, Colorado that is dedicated to bringing forth “refreshing ideas f... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/480/shelly-francis/ Sat, 25 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0700 Shelly Francis, author of The Courage Way: Leading and Living with Integrity (2018). is the founder of Creative Courage Press, an independent publishing company based in Palisade, Colorado that is dedicated to bringing forth “refreshing ideas f... Shelly Francis https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/506/linkee-arora-rupali-bhuva-mita-ketan-zaveri-and-pranita-walavalkar/ Indian homemakers hold a unique position in the fabric of family, community and the society at large. They may not be contributing to the Gross Domestic Product but in small and large, often invisible ways are incessantly contributing to Gentle Domes... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/506/linkee-arora-rupali-bhuva-mita-ketan-zaveri-and-pranita-walavalkar/ Sat, 18 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0700 Indian homemakers hold a unique position in the fabric of family, community and the society at large. They may not be contributing to the Gross Domestic Product but in small and large, often invisible ways are incessantly contributing to Gentle Domes... Linkee Arora, Rupali Bhuva, Mita Ketan Zaveri and Pranita Walavalkar https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/476/danish-kurani/ Can architecture be life-changing? Architect Danish Kurani has demonstrated to the world that, yes, absolutely, it can. In fact, he has identified the proverbial elephant in the classroom. While the past several decades have seen enormous advances... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/476/danish-kurani/ Sat, 18 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0700 Can architecture be life-changing? Architect Danish Kurani has demonstrated to the world that, yes, absolutely, it can. In fact, he has identified the proverbial elephant in the classroom. While the past several decades have seen enormous advances... Danish Kurani https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/473/stephen-loyd/ “I’m Steve Loyd, and I’m hurting,” Stephen Loyd, M.D., introduced himself in one of his first 12-step group meetings. His addiction to pain pills had escalated to about 100 a day by 2004 when his father intervened. &ldquo... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/473/stephen-loyd/ Sat, 11 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0700 “I’m Steve Loyd, and I’m hurting,” Stephen Loyd, M.D., introduced himself in one of his first 12-step group meetings. His addiction to pain pills had escalated to about 100 a day by 2004 when his father intervened. &ldquo... Stephen Loyd https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/500/rajiv-khandelwal/ लॉक डाउन की घोषणा के बाद, हमें एहसास हुआ कि प्रवासी मज़दूर जो हमारी रोज़मर्रा की ज़िंदगी का अभिन्न हिस्सा हैं, हम उन्हें उपेक्षा दृष्टि से देखतें हैं | पहली बार हमने इन ‘ऋतुकालीन शरणार्थियों’ के दर्द को महसूस किया | इनका हमारी श... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/500/rajiv-khandelwal/ Sat, 04 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0700 लॉक डाउन की घोषणा के बाद, हमें एहसास हुआ कि प्रवासी मज़दूर जो हमारी रोज़मर्रा की ज़िंदगी का अभिन्न हिस्सा हैं, हम उन्हें उपेक्षा दृष्टि से देखतें हैं | पहली बार हमने इन ‘ऋतुकालीन शरणार्थियों’ के दर्द को महसूस किया | इनका हमारी श... Rajiv Khandelwal https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/472/rob-hopkins/ Rob Hopkins is a cofounder of Transition Town Totnes and Transition Network. The Transition Town movement is an international network of grassroots projects that aim to foster local ecological resilience and self-sufficiency. A movement that has been... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/472/rob-hopkins/ Sat, 04 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0700 Rob Hopkins is a cofounder of Transition Town Totnes and Transition Network. The Transition Town movement is an international network of grassroots projects that aim to foster local ecological resilience and self-sufficiency. A movement that has been... Rob Hopkins https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/475/jolanda-van-den-berg/ Jolanda van den Berg defies the conventional labels our world has to offer. Over the last quarter of a century her work has touched and transformed the lives of thousands of put-at-risk children in Peru. She has created a series of boutique... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/475/jolanda-van-den-berg/ Sat, 27 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0700 Jolanda van den Berg defies the conventional labels our world has to offer. Over the last quarter of a century her work has touched and transformed the lives of thousands of put-at-risk children in Peru. She has created a series of boutique... Jolanda van den Berg https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/489/vr-ferose-janessa-gans-vineet-saraiwala/ How do we design for deeper inclusion? Typical pleas for inclusion are either a call for sympathy, or a call for efficiency, or a call for boosting market oriented goals. But we want to hold space for deeper questions that are pertinent, not just in ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/489/vr-ferose-janessa-gans-vineet-saraiwala/ Sat, 20 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0700 How do we design for deeper inclusion? Typical pleas for inclusion are either a call for sympathy, or a call for efficiency, or a call for boosting market oriented goals. But we want to hold space for deeper questions that are pertinent, not just in ... VR Ferose, Janessa Gans, Vineet Saraiwala https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/466/carol-sanford/ Carol Sanford is a thought leader working with business and new economy executives in designing and leading systemic business change. A Senior Fellow for Social Innovation at Babson College, she works with leaders who see the possibility to tran... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/466/carol-sanford/ Sat, 20 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0700 Carol Sanford is a thought leader working with business and new economy executives in designing and leading systemic business change. A Senior Fellow for Social Innovation at Babson College, she works with leaders who see the possibility to tran... Carol Sanford https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/490/meg-wheatley-john-powell-and-friends/ Margaret Wheatley began caring about the world's peoples in 1966, as a Peace Corps volunteer in post-war Korea. In many different roles-- speaker, teacher, consultant, advisor, formal leader--her work has deepened into an unshakable conviction th... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/490/meg-wheatley-john-powell-and-friends/ Thu, 18 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0700 Margaret Wheatley began caring about the world's peoples in 1966, as a Peace Corps volunteer in post-war Korea. In many different roles-- speaker, teacher, consultant, advisor, formal leader--her work has deepened into an unshakable conviction th... Meg Wheatley, John Powell & Friends https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/469/leslie-booker/ “Caring for myself is not self indulgence.  It is self-preservation and that is an act of political warfare” -- Audre Lorde These words open Leslie Booker‘s website. Known as “Booker”, she brings her heart, w... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/469/leslie-booker/ Sat, 13 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0700 “Caring for myself is not self indulgence.  It is self-preservation and that is an act of political warfare” -- Audre Lorde These words open Leslie Booker‘s website. Known as “Booker”, she brings her heart, w... Leslie Booker https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/488/ariel-burger-and-cleary-vaughan-lee/ We are excited to invite you to participate in a unique conversation with Rabbi Ariel Burger and Cleary Vaughan-Lee about the power of being a witness in these tumultuous times. Some questions we will be collectively holding include: How do s... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/488/ariel-burger-and-cleary-vaughan-lee/ Wed, 10 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0700 We are excited to invite you to participate in a unique conversation with Rabbi Ariel Burger and Cleary Vaughan-Lee about the power of being a witness in these tumultuous times. Some questions we will be collectively holding include: How do s... Ariel Burger & Cleary Vaughan-Lee https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/487/gopal-arti-nine-year-old-ojasvi-/ What is this centuries-old tradition to circumambulate a river, that pulls people to undertake this 3,400 km yatra on foot? What moves the people living at Narmada banks to support the journey of the yatris so selflessly? Why would an ordinary couple... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/487/gopal-arti-nine-year-old-ojasvi-/ Sat, 06 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0700 What is this centuries-old tradition to circumambulate a river, that pulls people to undertake this 3,400 km yatra on foot? What moves the people living at Narmada banks to support the journey of the yatris so selflessly? Why would an ordinary couple... Gopal, Arti, Nine-Year-Old Ojasvi! https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/447/ghiora-aharoni/ Ghiora Aharoni is an artist and designer whose work is centrally premised on humankind’s interconnected existence, as well as a nonlinear concept of time. Descriptively, his work is at the “intersection of art, design and architectur... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/447/ghiora-aharoni/ Sat, 06 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0700 Ghiora Aharoni is an artist and designer whose work is centrally premised on humankind’s interconnected existence, as well as a nonlinear concept of time. Descriptively, his work is at the “intersection of art, design and architectur... Ghiora Aharoni https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/433/graham-betchart/ Graham Betchart is on a mission to normalize and popularize mental skills training.  A leader in the mental performance field, he is co-founder of Train the Mind, the first ever online mental training gym which serves as an elite Mental Performa... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/433/graham-betchart/ Sat, 30 May 2020 00:00:00 -0700 Graham Betchart is on a mission to normalize and popularize mental skills training.  A leader in the mental performance field, he is co-founder of Train the Mind, the first ever online mental training gym which serves as an elite Mental Performa... Graham Betchart https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/486/otto-scharmer-sanjay-sarma-and-dacher-keltner/ Please join us for a conversation with some of the most innovative voices in American higher education. How might we use this crisis and disruption in university life as an opportunity to re-imagine and transform our systems of higher education and k... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/486/otto-scharmer-sanjay-sarma-and-dacher-keltner/ Tue, 26 May 2020 00:00:00 -0700 Please join us for a conversation with some of the most innovative voices in American higher education. How might we use this crisis and disruption in university life as an opportunity to re-imagine and transform our systems of higher education and k... Otto Scharmer, Sanjay Sarma & Dacher Keltner https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/485/rohini-nilekani-ravi-venkatesan-and-friends/ Coronavirus has uprooted the fabric of our lives. The global pandemic has unveiled gaping holes in our economic and social systems, unleashed humanity's capacity for goodwill, and propelled us into an uncertain futur... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/485/rohini-nilekani-ravi-venkatesan-and-friends/ Sat, 23 May 2020 00:00:00 -0700 Coronavirus has uprooted the fabric of our lives. The global pandemic has unveiled gaping holes in our economic and social systems, unleashed humanity's capacity for goodwill, and propelled us into an uncertain futur... Rohini Nilekani, Ravi Venkatesan and Friends https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/471/mukta-panda/ Physician burnout, depression, and suicide are tearing at the fabric of our health care system, which Dr. Mukta Panda has witnessed firsthand, written about, and sought to address for years. Mukta Panda, MD, MACP, FRCP-London, is a physician, speaker... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/471/mukta-panda/ Sat, 23 May 2020 00:00:00 -0700 Physician burnout, depression, and suicide are tearing at the fabric of our health care system, which Dr. Mukta Panda has witnessed firsthand, written about, and sought to address for years. Mukta Panda, MD, MACP, FRCP-London, is a physician, speaker... Mukta Panda https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/484/sister-lucy-abhay-bang-and-friends/ Coronavirus has uprooted the fabric of our lives. The global pandemic has unveiled gaping holes in our economic and social systems, unleashed humanity's capacity for goodwill, and propelled us into an uncertain future. How do we embrace not-knowi... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/484/sister-lucy-abhay-bang-and-friends/ Sat, 16 May 2020 00:00:00 -0700 Coronavirus has uprooted the fabric of our lives. The global pandemic has unveiled gaping holes in our economic and social systems, unleashed humanity's capacity for goodwill, and propelled us into an uncertain future. How do we embrace not-knowi... Sister Lucy, Abhay Bang & Friends https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/455/ramachandra-guha/ Ramachandra (Ram) Guha is a world-class historian, biographer, journalist, and public intellectual who writes and comments on culture, history, politics, current affairs, and social movements. Among his most well-known works is a comprehensive (and m... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/455/ramachandra-guha/ Sat, 16 May 2020 00:00:00 -0700 Ramachandra (Ram) Guha is a world-class historian, biographer, journalist, and public intellectual who writes and comments on culture, history, politics, current affairs, and social movements. Among his most well-known works is a comprehensive (and m... Ramachandra Guha https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/483/michael-nagler-rajni-bakshi-and-friends/ Coronavirus has uprooted the fabric of our lives. The global pandemic has unveiled gaping holes in our economic and social systems, unleashed humanity's capacity for goodwill, and propelled us into an uncertain future. How do we embrace not-knowi... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/483/michael-nagler-rajni-bakshi-and-friends/ Sat, 09 May 2020 00:00:00 -0700 Coronavirus has uprooted the fabric of our lives. The global pandemic has unveiled gaping holes in our economic and social systems, unleashed humanity's capacity for goodwill, and propelled us into an uncertain future. How do we embrace not-knowi... Michael Nagler, Rajni Bakshi & Friends https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/468/leila-naderi/ Dr. Leila Naderi is an award-winning entrepreneur, educator, researcher and consultant, who is passionate about leadership development, partnership development, and social impact. She is the founder of Global Leadership Academy, an entirely volunteer... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/468/leila-naderi/ Sat, 09 May 2020 00:00:00 -0700 Dr. Leila Naderi is an award-winning entrepreneur, educator, researcher and consultant, who is passionate about leadership development, partnership development, and social impact. She is the founder of Global Leadership Academy, an entirely volunteer... Leila Naderi https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/479/noirin-ni-riain-and-sons/ Close on the heels of a marvelous Awakin Call with Nóirín Ní Riain, comes an irresistible offering of triple the inspiration!  Nóirín, together with her beloved sons and collaborators, Owen and Michael ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/479/noirin-ni-riain-and-sons/ Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 -0700 Close on the heels of a marvelous Awakin Call with Nóirín Ní Riain, comes an irresistible offering of triple the inspiration!  Nóirín, together with her beloved sons and collaborators, Owen and Michael ... Noirin Ni Riain & Sons https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/463/patty-wipfler/ Patty Wipfler is the founder and Program Director of Hand in Hand Parenting, a non-profit, parent-led organization that helps parents when parenting gets hard.  Her work focuses on building parents’ emotional understanding and on helping p... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/463/patty-wipfler/ Sat, 02 May 2020 00:00:00 -0700 Patty Wipfler is the founder and Program Director of Hand in Hand Parenting, a non-profit, parent-led organization that helps parents when parenting gets hard.  Her work focuses on building parents’ emotional understanding and on helping p... Patty Wipfler https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/453/n-ir-n-n-riain/ Nóirín Ní Riain (pronounced Noreen Nee Reeun) is an Irish spiritual singer, theologian, teacher, author and Interfaith minister. Known as the High Priestess of Gregorian Chant (plainchant, plainsong), she is also known as a singe... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/453/n-ir-n-n-riain/ Sat, 25 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0700 Nóirín Ní Riain (pronounced Noreen Nee Reeun) is an Irish spiritual singer, theologian, teacher, author and Interfaith minister. Known as the High Priestess of Gregorian Chant (plainchant, plainsong), she is also known as a singe... Nóirín Ní Riain https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/465/stephanie-nash/ Stephanie Nash is a dynamic Mindfulness Coach, Integrative Counselor and speaker specializing in the comprehensive and uniquely structured Unified Mindfulness System, developed by Shinzen Young, with whom she has worked closely since 1998. An accompl... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/465/stephanie-nash/ Sat, 18 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0700 Stephanie Nash is a dynamic Mindfulness Coach, Integrative Counselor and speaker specializing in the comprehensive and uniquely structured Unified Mindfulness System, developed by Shinzen Young, with whom she has worked closely since 1998. An accompl... Stephanie Nash https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/470/parker-palmer-with-mary-pipher-and-michael-penn/ Please join us for a rare opportunity to be in conversation with Parker J. Palmer, a celebrated author, educator, wise elder, and unique national treasure, as he shares his wisdom about living with both vulnerability and grace as an elder in the age ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/470/parker-palmer-with-mary-pipher-and-michael-penn/ Thu, 16 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0700 Please join us for a rare opportunity to be in conversation with Parker J. Palmer, a celebrated author, educator, wise elder, and unique national treasure, as he shares his wisdom about living with both vulnerability and grace as an elder in the age ... Parker Palmer -- with Mary Pipher and Michael Penn https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/462/jim-ritchie-dunham/ James L. Ritchie-Dunham is a student of human agreements, exploring how we make them, why we don’t see most of them, and how to change them. His work blends esoteric wisdom traditions, rigorous science, organizational and management frameworks,... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/462/jim-ritchie-dunham/ Sat, 11 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0700 James L. Ritchie-Dunham is a student of human agreements, exploring how we make them, why we don’t see most of them, and how to change them. His work blends esoteric wisdom traditions, rigorous science, organizational and management frameworks,... Jim Ritchie-Dunham https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/464/cynthia-li/ Cynthia Li, MD, is a physician, author, and speaker. Currently, she has a private practice in integrative and functional medicine, and serves as faculty for the Healer’s Art program at the University of California San Francisco Medical School.&... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/464/cynthia-li/ Sat, 04 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0700 Cynthia Li, MD, is a physician, author, and speaker. Currently, she has a private practice in integrative and functional medicine, and serves as faculty for the Healer’s Art program at the University of California San Francisco Medical School.&... Cynthia Li https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/456/amir-hussain/ Dr. Amir Hussain is Professor of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where he teaches courses on world religions. With a specialty in Islam, he focuses on contemporary Muslim societies in North America. In both 2008 and... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/456/amir-hussain/ Sat, 28 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0700 Dr. Amir Hussain is Professor of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where he teaches courses on world religions. With a specialty in Islam, he focuses on contemporary Muslim societies in North America. In both 2008 and... Amir Hussain https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/459/carrie-newcomer/ Carrie Newcomer is an American performer, singer, songwriter, recording artist, author and educator. The Boston Globe described her as a “prairie mystic” and Rolling Stone wrote that she is one who “asks all the right questions.&rdq... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/459/carrie-newcomer/ Sat, 21 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0700 Carrie Newcomer is an American performer, singer, songwriter, recording artist, author and educator. The Boston Globe described her as a “prairie mystic” and Rolling Stone wrote that she is one who “asks all the right questions.&rdq... Carrie Newcomer https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/474/rabbi-ariel-burger/ Rabbi Ariel Burger is the founding director and senior scholar of The Witness Institute, a new project to empower emerging leaders, inspired by the life and legacy of Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel, to become morally empowered people who will i... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/474/rabbi-ariel-burger/ Mon, 16 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0700 Rabbi Ariel Burger is the founding director and senior scholar of The Witness Institute, a new project to empower emerging leaders, inspired by the life and legacy of Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel, to become morally empowered people who will i... Rabbi Ariel Burger https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/460/rob-lippincott/ Rob Lippincott is birthright member of the Religious Society of Friends, striving to bring Quaker values to the world of business and the process of learning. He is a lifelong learner and entrepreneur in digital, spiritual and actual worlds. He ha... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/460/rob-lippincott/ Sat, 14 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0700 Rob Lippincott is birthright member of the Religious Society of Friends, striving to bring Quaker values to the world of business and the process of learning. He is a lifelong learner and entrepreneur in digital, spiritual and actual worlds. He ha... Rob Lippincott https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/461/ben-mcbride/ Pastor Ben McBride is a national leader with expertise in police-community trust building, gun violence prevention, faith based community organizing, and training in equity, diversity and inclusion. A native of San Francisco, he is a spiritual leader... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/461/ben-mcbride/ Sat, 07 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0800 Pastor Ben McBride is a national leader with expertise in police-community trust building, gun violence prevention, faith based community organizing, and training in equity, diversity and inclusion. A native of San Francisco, he is a spiritual leader... Ben McBride https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/467/chip-conley/ Chip Conley is an iconic boutique hotelier and entrepreneur who helped Airbnb's founders turn their fast-growing tech start-up into a global hospitality brand.  After selling the hospitality company he had started at age 26 as a rebel entrep... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/467/chip-conley/ Sat, 29 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0800 Chip Conley is an iconic boutique hotelier and entrepreneur who helped Airbnb's founders turn their fast-growing tech start-up into a global hospitality brand.  After selling the hospitality company he had started at age 26 as a rebel entrep... Chip Conley https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/458/gert-van-leeuwen/ Silence is the answer. And silence arises when we are willing to let go of everything we have built up so far, and continue from there. Not to want to perform to become what we pursue-- but to become who we are. – Gert van Leeuwen As a young... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/458/gert-van-leeuwen/ Sat, 22 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0800 Silence is the answer. And silence arises when we are willing to let go of everything we have built up so far, and continue from there. Not to want to perform to become what we pursue-- but to become who we are. – Gert van Leeuwen As a young... Gert van Leeuwen https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/457/paul-r-fleischman/ “Everything we see and touch consists of matter rearranged by information and energy. Everything is in connections and bonds. Life, mind, and love, our human nature, have been created in partnership with the rules that run the world.” ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/457/paul-r-fleischman/ Sat, 15 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0800 “Everything we see and touch consists of matter rearranged by information and energy. Everything is in connections and bonds. Life, mind, and love, our human nature, have been created in partnership with the rules that run the world.” ... Paul R. Fleischman https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/448/carl-safina/ “Every one of those animals in every painting of Noah’s ark, deemed worthy of salvation, is in mortal danger now and their flood is us.” - Carl Safina Dr. Carl Safina is an ecologist, one of the world’s leading conservation... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/448/carl-safina/ Sat, 08 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0800 “Every one of those animals in every painting of Noah’s ark, deemed worthy of salvation, is in mortal danger now and their flood is us.” - Carl Safina Dr. Carl Safina is an ecologist, one of the world’s leading conservation... Carl Safina https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/434/bruce-friedrich/ Bruce Friedrich is co-founder and Executive Director of The Good Food Institute (GFI), an international nonprofit that is fostering a sustainable, healthy, and just agricultural system through food innovation. With branches in the United States,... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/434/bruce-friedrich/ Sat, 25 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0800 Bruce Friedrich is co-founder and Executive Director of The Good Food Institute (GFI), an international nonprofit that is fostering a sustainable, healthy, and just agricultural system through food innovation. With branches in the United States,... Bruce Friedrich https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/451/home-nguyen/ Dr. Home Nguyen is a professor of leadership, and an advisor and coach to leaders, entrepreneurs, and educators. He has over 20 years' experience in personal leadership, mind-body practices, and executive coaching. His mission is to develop mindf... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/451/home-nguyen/ Sat, 18 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0800 Dr. Home Nguyen is a professor of leadership, and an advisor and coach to leaders, entrepreneurs, and educators. He has over 20 years' experience in personal leadership, mind-body practices, and executive coaching. His mission is to develop mindf... Home Nguyen https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/450/casey-lake/ “Attain a greater balance of Love, Wisdom, and Power through a method of practice and internal development in awakening your true potential and innate power. Align with your higher self and reinforce the energy states of being you truly prefer.... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/450/casey-lake/ Sat, 11 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0800 “Attain a greater balance of Love, Wisdom, and Power through a method of practice and internal development in awakening your true potential and innate power. Align with your higher self and reinforce the energy states of being you truly prefer.... Casey Lake https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/452/lama-tsomo/ Lama Tsomo, born Linda Pritzker, is an American teacher in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, an author, and a philanthropist living in western Montana. Her path of spiritual inquiry and study led to her ordination as one of the few female American lama... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/452/lama-tsomo/ Sat, 04 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0800 Lama Tsomo, born Linda Pritzker, is an American teacher in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, an author, and a philanthropist living in western Montana. Her path of spiritual inquiry and study led to her ordination as one of the few female American lama... Lama Tsomo https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/449/sue-cochrane/ Sue Cochrane served as a judge on the Family Court Bench in Minneapolis, Minnesota for 18 years since her appointment in 1994.  She pioneered a new model on her family court cases which transformed the structure and practice of Family Court into... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/449/sue-cochrane/ Sat, 28 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0800 Sue Cochrane served as a judge on the Family Court Bench in Minneapolis, Minnesota for 18 years since her appointment in 1994.  She pioneered a new model on her family court cases which transformed the structure and practice of Family Court into... Sue Cochrane https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/446/loch-kelly/ "Effortless Mindfulness is letting go of present moments, thoughts, and attention to open to a naturally wise, compassionate awareness that is connected in the Now. " – Loch Kelly Loch Kelly, M.Div., LCSW, is an author, meditation ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/446/loch-kelly/ Sat, 14 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0800 "Effortless Mindfulness is letting go of present moments, thoughts, and attention to open to a naturally wise, compassionate awareness that is connected in the Now. " – Loch Kelly Loch Kelly, M.Div., LCSW, is an author, meditation ... Loch Kelly https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/436/tashi-nyima/ The Venerable Tashi Nyima is a monk in the Jonang lineage of Vajrayana, one of the schools of Tibetan Buddhism, and a longstanding animal rights advocate.  Known for his directness, clarity of expression, and sense of humor, he leads the Univers... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/436/tashi-nyima/ Sat, 07 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0800 The Venerable Tashi Nyima is a monk in the Jonang lineage of Vajrayana, one of the schools of Tibetan Buddhism, and a longstanding animal rights advocate.  Known for his directness, clarity of expression, and sense of humor, he leads the Univers... Tashi Nyima https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/429/joel-solomon/ “Why not have money be more life-giving? Let’s use our money to create conditions for more hope, inspiration, and love, because beneath it all, love is the true nutrient.” – Joel Solomon Joel Solomon is founding partner of ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/429/joel-solomon/ Sat, 30 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0800 “Why not have money be more life-giving? Let’s use our money to create conditions for more hope, inspiration, and love, because beneath it all, love is the true nutrient.” – Joel Solomon Joel Solomon is founding partner of ... Joel Solomon https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/444/jude-currivan/ "Mind is matter and consciousness isn’t something we have – it’s what we and the whole world are." Dr. Jude Currivan is a cosmologist, futurist, healer, author and mystic.  After a corporat... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/444/jude-currivan/ Sat, 23 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0800 "Mind is matter and consciousness isn’t something we have – it’s what we and the whole world are." Dr. Jude Currivan is a cosmologist, futurist, healer, author and mystic.  After a corporat... Jude Currivan https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/443/ocean-robbins/ Ocean Robbins is an impassioned food revolutionary, author, public speaker, facilitator, father, dancer, movement builder and transformational social change leader. Co-founder and CEO of the 500,000+ member Food Revolution Network, one of the largest... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/443/ocean-robbins/ Sat, 16 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0800 Ocean Robbins is an impassioned food revolutionary, author, public speaker, facilitator, father, dancer, movement builder and transformational social change leader. Co-founder and CEO of the 500,000+ member Food Revolution Network, one of the largest... Ocean Robbins https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/442/david-bonbright/ David Bonbright is a systems thinker and passionate systems changer dedicated to social change as a social entrepreneur and professional grantmaker. He is founder and chief executive of an initiative that aims to transform the fields of social invest... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/442/david-bonbright/ Sat, 09 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0800 David Bonbright is a systems thinker and passionate systems changer dedicated to social change as a social entrepreneur and professional grantmaker. He is founder and chief executive of an initiative that aims to transform the fields of social invest... David Bonbright https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/441/shelly-ehler/ Shelly Ehler may be best known for her appearance on Shark Tank, but her lesser-known story of inner transformation that followed its airing is deeply enriching. On the surface, Shelly is an inspiring entrepreneur who took a simple idea, believed it ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/441/shelly-ehler/ Sat, 02 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0700 Shelly Ehler may be best known for her appearance on Shark Tank, but her lesser-known story of inner transformation that followed its airing is deeply enriching. On the surface, Shelly is an inspiring entrepreneur who took a simple idea, believed it ... Shelly Ehler https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/454/victor-kazanjian/ The Rev. Victor Kazanjian is the Executive Director of the United Religions Initiative (URI), a global grassroots interfaith peacebuilding network of more than 1,000 multifaith groups working in over 100 countries to build bridges of cooperation betw... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/454/victor-kazanjian/ Sat, 26 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0700 The Rev. Victor Kazanjian is the Executive Director of the United Religions Initiative (URI), a global grassroots interfaith peacebuilding network of more than 1,000 multifaith groups working in over 100 countries to build bridges of cooperation betw... Victor Kazanjian https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/435/krish-raval/ Krish (Kumar) Raval is the director of Faith in Leadership, a U.K.-based organization founded in 2007 to create an inclusive community of public and private leaders working together on initiatives for the benefit of all people. Faith in Leadership is... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/435/krish-raval/ Sat, 19 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0700 Krish (Kumar) Raval is the director of Faith in Leadership, a U.K.-based organization founded in 2007 to create an inclusive community of public and private leaders working together on initiatives for the benefit of all people. Faith in Leadership is... Krish Raval https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/439/lorenz-knauer/ "Each and every one of us can make a difference every day – working for animals, people and the environment!" Lorenz Knauer is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and founder and board president of the Jane Goodall Institute for... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/439/lorenz-knauer/ Sat, 12 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0700 "Each and every one of us can make a difference every day – working for animals, people and the environment!" Lorenz Knauer is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and founder and board president of the Jane Goodall Institute for... Lorenz Knauer https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/438/narendra-kini/ On the outside, Narendra Kini (Naren) is a successful Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur, executive, and technologist. On the inside, he is an artist, poet, and heartful seeker of spirituality, peace, inner beauty, and truth. Naren has co-foun... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/438/narendra-kini/ Sat, 05 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0700 On the outside, Narendra Kini (Naren) is a successful Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur, executive, and technologist. On the inside, he is an artist, poet, and heartful seeker of spirituality, peace, inner beauty, and truth. Naren has co-foun... Narendra Kini https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/437/diana-beresford-kroeger/ “Climate change is happening. What can we do about it? It will start with a shovel and an acorn, but we might just change the world.” Diana Beresford-Kroeger is a world-recognized botanist, medical biochemist and author (and now filmma... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/437/diana-beresford-kroeger/ Sat, 28 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0700 “Climate change is happening. What can we do about it? It will start with a shovel and an acorn, but we might just change the world.” Diana Beresford-Kroeger is a world-recognized botanist, medical biochemist and author (and now filmma... Diana Beresford-Kroeger https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/432/milo-runkle/ Milo (Nathan) Runkle is an author, activist, investor and non-profit leader.  He is the founder of Mercy for Animals (MFA), the world’s largest farm animal protection and vegan advocacy organization. MFA, which Runkle founded when ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/432/milo-runkle/ Sat, 21 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0700 Milo (Nathan) Runkle is an author, activist, investor and non-profit leader.  He is the founder of Mercy for Animals (MFA), the world’s largest farm animal protection and vegan advocacy organization. MFA, which Runkle founded when ... Milo Runkle https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/440/kim-morrow/ Kim Morrow is a Nebraska-based minister, environmental advocate, and mother of a remarkable transgender son and a talented daughter. She has worked at the intersection of sustainability, climate change and justice for many years. She was honored at t... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/440/kim-morrow/ Sat, 14 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0700 Kim Morrow is a Nebraska-based minister, environmental advocate, and mother of a remarkable transgender son and a talented daughter. She has worked at the intersection of sustainability, climate change and justice for many years. She was honored at t... Kim Morrow https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/445/pavithra-sundareshan/ Pavithra Sundareshan was 22 years old when, together with her husband and business partner, she started Vindhya, a business process outsourcing organization in Bangalore, India, which may be the first and only for-profit enterprise in which the major... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/445/pavithra-sundareshan/ Sat, 07 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0700 Pavithra Sundareshan was 22 years old when, together with her husband and business partner, she started Vindhya, a business process outsourcing organization in Bangalore, India, which may be the first and only for-profit enterprise in which the major... Pavithra Sundareshan https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/431/john-powell/ john a. powell is one of the foremost public intellectuals in the areas of civil rights, racism, ethnicity, housing and poverty.  He is currently Professor of Law, Professor of African American and Ethnic Studies, the Robert D. Haas Chancellor&#... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/431/john-powell/ Sat, 31 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0700 john a. powell is one of the foremost public intellectuals in the areas of civil rights, racism, ethnicity, housing and poverty.  He is currently Professor of Law, Professor of African American and Ethnic Studies, the Robert D. Haas Chancellor&#... john powell https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/426/michelle-kinder/ Dallas-based therapist, activist, writer, community leader and speaker Michelle Kinder examines and teaches conscious leadership “from the inside out.” She offers practical, achievable steps for parents, teachers and others to support chi... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/426/michelle-kinder/ Sat, 24 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0700 Dallas-based therapist, activist, writer, community leader and speaker Michelle Kinder examines and teaches conscious leadership “from the inside out.” She offers practical, achievable steps for parents, teachers and others to support chi... Michelle Kinder https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/428/kern-beare/ Kern Beare is the founder of Pop the Bubble, a personal initiative born in the wake of the 2016 election to help heal our national divide. “Tucked inside my cozy Silicon Valley ‘bubble,’ I'd missed the signs of a radical shift i... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/428/kern-beare/ Sat, 17 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0700 Kern Beare is the founder of Pop the Bubble, a personal initiative born in the wake of the 2016 election to help heal our national divide. “Tucked inside my cozy Silicon Valley ‘bubble,’ I'd missed the signs of a radical shift i... Kern Beare https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/422/sister-marilyn-lacey/ “One way of measuring whether our love is genuine…is to examine how far we've extended the boundaries that determine whom we are willing to be in relationship with. When these borders reach out as far as they can go, there will be no... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/422/sister-marilyn-lacey/ Sat, 10 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0700 “One way of measuring whether our love is genuine…is to examine how far we've extended the boundaries that determine whom we are willing to be in relationship with. When these borders reach out as far as they can go, there will be no... Sister Marilyn Lacey https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/430/mandar-apte/ Mandar Apte is a former corporate leader and chemical engineer who is bringing the tool of meditation to promote nonviolence in the world.  Over the past decade, Mandar has taught meditation to thousands of people including police officers, vict... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/430/mandar-apte/ Sat, 03 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0700 Mandar Apte is a former corporate leader and chemical engineer who is bringing the tool of meditation to promote nonviolence in the world.  Over the past decade, Mandar has taught meditation to thousands of people including police officers, vict... Mandar Apte https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/425/william-dyson/ William Dyson is a technology visionary based in Oakland, California. He is the founder of the Douglass Decentralized Operating System (DDOS or “Douglas Decentralized OS”), named in honor of Frederick Douglass — an African American ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/425/william-dyson/ Sat, 27 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0700 William Dyson is a technology visionary based in Oakland, California. He is the founder of the Douglass Decentralized Operating System (DDOS or “Douglas Decentralized OS”), named in honor of Frederick Douglass — an African American ... William Dyson https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/424/wendy-palmer/ Wendy Palmer is a teacher and leadership coach who shares the wisdom she has gained from her many years of experience in studying both mindfulness and the non-violent Japanese martial art of Aikido. She teaches with compassion and humor about body in... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/424/wendy-palmer/ Sat, 20 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0700 Wendy Palmer is a teacher and leadership coach who shares the wisdom she has gained from her many years of experience in studying both mindfulness and the non-violent Japanese martial art of Aikido. She teaches with compassion and humor about body in... Wendy Palmer https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/423/kevin-adler/ Kevin F. Adler is a social entrepreneur dedicated to a world where everyone is seen as invaluable and interconnected. Adler is the Founder and CEO of Miracle Messages, a nonprofit that is working to end homelessness by rebuilding social support syste... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/423/kevin-adler/ Sat, 13 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0700 Kevin F. Adler is a social entrepreneur dedicated to a world where everyone is seen as invaluable and interconnected. Adler is the Founder and CEO of Miracle Messages, a nonprofit that is working to end homelessness by rebuilding social support syste... Kevin Adler https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/416/srinija-srinivasan/ An accidental tech exec, Srinija Srinivasan joined Yahoo! in 1995 as one of the first five employees, where she served as Vice President, Editor-in-Chief for 15 years before stepping down in 2010. With a background in artificial intelligence, her wor... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/416/srinija-srinivasan/ Sat, 06 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0700 An accidental tech exec, Srinija Srinivasan joined Yahoo! in 1995 as one of the first five employees, where she served as Vice President, Editor-in-Chief for 15 years before stepping down in 2010. With a background in artificial intelligence, her wor... Srinija Srinivasan https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/421/lewis-hyde/ Myth, imagination, art, the public domain, tricksters and the gifts of forgetting are just a few of the topics that interest acclaimed poet, writer and cultural thinker Lewis Hyde.  Hyde has been writing and publishing for more than three decade... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/421/lewis-hyde/ Sat, 29 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0700 Myth, imagination, art, the public domain, tricksters and the gifts of forgetting are just a few of the topics that interest acclaimed poet, writer and cultural thinker Lewis Hyde.  Hyde has been writing and publishing for more than three decade... Lewis Hyde https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/420/rachael-flatt/ Rachael Flatt is an American former competitive figure skater who is devoting her energy to researching mental health.  Currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of North Carolina, she is studying technology-based too... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/420/rachael-flatt/ Sat, 22 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0700 Rachael Flatt is an American former competitive figure skater who is devoting her energy to researching mental health.  Currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of North Carolina, she is studying technology-based too... Rachael Flatt https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/427/sunita-puri/ “I began to believe that a longer life was a better life. A doctor’s job was to manipulate, control, and postpone death, not to accept it as inevitable. We learned to rage against the dying of the light.” – Sunita Puri Suni... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/427/sunita-puri/ Sat, 15 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0700 “I began to believe that a longer life was a better life. A doctor’s job was to manipulate, control, and postpone death, not to accept it as inevitable. We learned to rage against the dying of the light.” – Sunita Puri Suni... Sunita Puri https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/418/angela-oh/ Angela Oh is an attorney, ordained Zen Buddhist priest, and nationally recognized expert on race relations and conflict resolution who has spent a lifetime utilizing a range of internal and external tools to help bridge cultural divides across race a... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/418/angela-oh/ Sat, 08 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0700 Angela Oh is an attorney, ordained Zen Buddhist priest, and nationally recognized expert on race relations and conflict resolution who has spent a lifetime utilizing a range of internal and external tools to help bridge cultural divides across race a... Angela Oh https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/417/lee-mun-wah/ It took two months for Lee Mun Wah’s parents to find his name, but on the day he was born, his parents wrote “Gary.” When people laugh at this, Lee Mun Wah explains that he hates the name, “Gary.” Not because it is not a... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/417/lee-mun-wah/ Sat, 01 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0700 It took two months for Lee Mun Wah’s parents to find his name, but on the day he was born, his parents wrote “Gary.” When people laugh at this, Lee Mun Wah explains that he hates the name, “Gary.” Not because it is not a... Lee Mun Wah https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/419/gregory-ellison/ Reverend Dr. Gregory C. Ellison, II is an artist who creates spaces for fearless dialogues. Rev. Ellison challenges each of us to ask, "who are you and how will you fight for freedom in your most authentic way?" His most authentic way is by... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/419/gregory-ellison/ Sat, 25 May 2019 00:00:00 -0700 Reverend Dr. Gregory C. Ellison, II is an artist who creates spaces for fearless dialogues. Rev. Ellison challenges each of us to ask, "who are you and how will you fight for freedom in your most authentic way?" His most authentic way is by... Gregory Ellison https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/415/jeremy-lent/ "Hope, by contrast, is not a matter of estimating the odds. Hope is an active state of mind, a recognition that change is nonlinear, unpredictable, and arises from intentional engagement."  -- Jeremy Lent As an author and founder of... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/415/jeremy-lent/ Sat, 18 May 2019 00:00:00 -0700 "Hope, by contrast, is not a matter of estimating the odds. Hope is an active state of mind, a recognition that change is nonlinear, unpredictable, and arises from intentional engagement."  -- Jeremy Lent As an author and founder of... Jeremy Lent https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/414/ashima-goyal/ Ashima Goyal is an "ordinary" heroine who channels her talents and wide-ranging training to serve extra-ordinarily in small and large ways. A writer, an editor, a socio-emotional learning educator, an artist, a community-builder (and vis... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/414/ashima-goyal/ Sat, 11 May 2019 00:00:00 -0700 Ashima Goyal is an "ordinary" heroine who channels her talents and wide-ranging training to serve extra-ordinarily in small and large ways. A writer, an editor, a socio-emotional learning educator, an artist, a community-builder (and vis... Ashima Goyal https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/408/jay-coen-gilbert/ Perhaps you’ve seen the “Certified B Corporation” symbol on your Kleen Kanteen water bottle or on a pint of Ben and Jerry’s vegan chocolate caramel cluster ice cream.  Can a capitalist model which has earne... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/408/jay-coen-gilbert/ Sat, 04 May 2019 00:00:00 -0700 Perhaps you’ve seen the “Certified B Corporation” symbol on your Kleen Kanteen water bottle or on a pint of Ben and Jerry’s vegan chocolate caramel cluster ice cream.  Can a capitalist model which has earne... Jay Coen Gilbert https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/413/james-fox/ James Fox M.A. is the founder and director of the Prison Yoga Project, (PYP), an organization dedicated to establishing yoga and mindfulness programs in prisons and rehabilitation centers worldwide. Since 2002, Fox has been teaching yoga and meditati... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/413/james-fox/ Sat, 27 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0700 James Fox M.A. is the founder and director of the Prison Yoga Project, (PYP), an organization dedicated to establishing yoga and mindfulness programs in prisons and rehabilitation centers worldwide. Since 2002, Fox has been teaching yoga and meditati... James Fox https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/411/tim-harrison/ Timothy Harrison of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia joined the university's Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics (formerly the Emory-Tibet Partnership) in 2013 and currently serves as the associate director for Cognit... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/411/tim-harrison/ Sat, 20 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0700 Timothy Harrison of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia joined the university's Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics (formerly the Emory-Tibet Partnership) in 2013 and currently serves as the associate director for Cognit... Tim Harrison https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/412/grayson-sword/ Grayson Sword is a 18-year-old high school senior and open-heart surgery survivor. At 13, she was diagnosed with a rare heart condition. Given almost no chance to survive, she lived, finding strength in compassion and resilience. Now 18, she's on... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/412/grayson-sword/ Sat, 13 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0700 Grayson Sword is a 18-year-old high school senior and open-heart surgery survivor. At 13, she was diagnosed with a rare heart condition. Given almost no chance to survive, she lived, finding strength in compassion and resilience. Now 18, she's on... Grayson Sword https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/409/laura-van-dernoot-lipsky/ Laura van Dernoot Lipsky is the founder and director of the Trauma Stewardship Institute. Widely recognized as a pioneer in the field of trauma exposure, she is author of Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for ... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/409/laura-van-dernoot-lipsky/ Sat, 06 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0700 Laura van Dernoot Lipsky is the founder and director of the Trauma Stewardship Institute. Widely recognized as a pioneer in the field of trauma exposure, she is author of Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for ... Laura van Dernoot Lipsky https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/405/linda-hess/ Dr. Linda Hess is a scholar, a writer, a translator and a lover of devotional/mystical poetry from North India – especially of the 15th-century poet Kabir, who remains a popular and influential figure in India and Pakistan. She taught in variou... https://www.awakin.org/v2/calls/405/linda-hess/ Sat, 30 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0700 Dr. Linda Hess is a scholar, a writer, a translator and a lover of devotional/mystical poetry from North India – especially of the 15th-century poet Kabir, who remains a popular and influential figure in India and Pakistan. She taught in variou... Linda Hess