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We Are The Great Turning

By: Joanna Macy & Jessica Serrante
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  • Welcome to an intimate dialogue between legendary environmental advocate Joanna Macy and her friend, student, and fellow traveler Jessica Serrante. In these conversations, they explore how each of us can cope with the heartbreak of this crisis point for all life on Earth–while remaining joyful, energized, and connected as we work toward a better future for our planet.
    © 2024 Joanna Macy & Jessica Serrante. All rights reserved.
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Episodes
  • Ep 3 Bonus: Lovingkindness Meditation

    Ep 3 Bonus: Lovingkindness Meditation
    May 2 2024
    This bonus episode will support you to take the main insights from Episode 3, “We Begin with Gratitude,” deeper into your life. In Episode 3, we talked about how in the Work That Reconnects we always start with gratitude, because it gives us the strength to speak the truth and act in service of life. Lovingkindness meditation is a simple and powerful way to feel and express our gratitude and love for our world. All you need to do this bonus exercise is a quiet place where you can meditate. We hope you’ll do this exercise with someone else, so that you can talk together about your experience after you finish. We recommend starting a podcast club with friends or family to do these practices together. Links and assets to help prompt reflection and build community can be found with every episode on WeAreTheGreatTurning.com.
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    12 mins
  • Ep 3: We Begin with Gratitude

    Ep 3: We Begin with Gratitude
    May 2 2024
    When things are at their darkest, what is it that “allows you to see promise and allows you to see beauty?” Joanna begins her exploration of some of the most difficult emotions and circumstances we face in a surprising place: with gratitude. This episode introduces the concept of the spiral, the basic structure of the Work That Reconnects. In this episode: Why it’s necessary to speak our darkest thoughts out loud How to follow our fear and pain into a state of profound gratitude The spiral of the Work That Reconnects: gratitude, honoring our pain, seeing with new eyes, and going forth Bonus Exercise: “Gratitude Meditation”—the first stage on the spiral We recommend starting a podcast club with friends or family to do these practices together. Links and assets to help prompt reflection and build community can be found with every episode on WeAreTheGreatTurning.com.
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    26 mins
  • Ep 2 Bonus: Envisioning the Great Turning

    Ep 2 Bonus: Envisioning the Great Turning
    Apr 25 2024
    This bonus episode will support you to take the main insights from Episode 2, “The Three Stories of Our Time,” deeper into your life. In Episode 2, we talked about the three stories of our time: Business as Usual, the Great Unraveling, and the Great Turning. All three stories are true, and we can choose to give ourselves to the Great Turning—to building a more just and life-sustaining society. We need inspiring visions for the kind of world we want to live in that can motivate us, move us to action, and so that we know what it looks like to succeed. So, in this bonus episode, we’re going to envision, in detail, what the world might be like if the Great Turning really were the predominant story of our time. All you need is a quiet place where you can sit and close your eyes. We hope you’ll do this exercise with someone else, so that you can talk together about your experience after you finish. It might also help to have something to write with and on. We recommend starting a podcast club with friends or family to do these practices together. Links and assets to help prompt reflection and build community can be found with every episode on WeAreTheGreatTurning.com.
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    14 mins
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