Well said all of this, and also specifically this part :"...here also seems to be a broader and more significant recognition that this year was atypical in that some of the changes we have seen in 2020 will have enduring impacts on our sense of self, community, government, economy, and planet. " Manda Scott of the Accidental Gods podcast (and community of practice) is among those who call on us explicitly to refuse to return to any previous patterns ("can we just get back to normal?" is a longing to return to a cultural/climate death spiral).
She asserts that evolution happens when a species is under extreme pressure, with collapse/extinction one possibility, OR emergence into a new way of being. The invitation this time is conscious evolution - we can actively practice the new habits that help us evolve into what we want to become, and what the planet needs and is calling us to become. And per the topic of your previous post, Manda's further assertion is we do all this by addressing the entire causal change from changing our habits to changing who we are. In her framework:
-Attitudes are transient, perhaps throughout a given day, but can add up to a Mood, but not really shift who you are as an underlying person. Attitudes are like a spring shower that quickly comes and goes.
- Moods are like the weather in a given week. They persist for a short while and then can shift.
- Consistent moods begin to shape our temperament, which may still shift over phases of our life. Our temperament is like the seasons changing more slowly over time
-Underneath all these is the global climate, our personality. The consistent patterns in the way a person thinks and feels. Personality sounds constant, but it is not not fixed. Because we can change our attitudes, we can change our moods, etc. thus the whole causal chain. For more on this see Seasons 1 and 2 of her podcast https://accidentalgods.life/our-podcast/
On Wilson, you wrote "Perhaps it is the compassionate coach who not only helps guide coachees to their Ideal Self, but also assists in making climate change concerns less subjectively distant and surrounds a coachee with others wanting to take collective action where even greater possibilities lie for motivating climate action. " This is what the Climate Coaches UK group found -- and I believe also Joanna Macy as she crystalized her Work that Reconnects. Climate conversations go much more successfully in groups, where we can all see we share grief/anger/paralysis etc. and move through those emotions to effective collaborative action.
As always, deep thanks for what you are doing -- always thought provoking, life affirming, and invigorating!
Well said all of this, and also specifically this part :"...here also seems to be a broader and more significant recognition that this year was atypical in that some of the changes we have seen in 2020 will have enduring impacts on our sense of self, community, government, economy, and planet. " Manda Scott of the Accidental Gods podcast (and community of practice) is among those who call on us explicitly to refuse to return to any previous patterns ("can we just get back to normal?" is a longing to return to a cultural/climate death spiral).
She asserts that evolution happens when a species is under extreme pressure, with collapse/extinction one possibility, OR emergence into a new way of being. The invitation this time is conscious evolution - we can actively practice the new habits that help us evolve into what we want to become, and what the planet needs and is calling us to become. And per the topic of your previous post, Manda's further assertion is we do all this by addressing the entire causal change from changing our habits to changing who we are. In her framework:
-Attitudes are transient, perhaps throughout a given day, but can add up to a Mood, but not really shift who you are as an underlying person. Attitudes are like a spring shower that quickly comes and goes.
- Moods are like the weather in a given week. They persist for a short while and then can shift.
- Consistent moods begin to shape our temperament, which may still shift over phases of our life. Our temperament is like the seasons changing more slowly over time
-Underneath all these is the global climate, our personality. The consistent patterns in the way a person thinks and feels. Personality sounds constant, but it is not not fixed. Because we can change our attitudes, we can change our moods, etc. thus the whole causal chain. For more on this see Seasons 1 and 2 of her podcast https://accidentalgods.life/our-podcast/
On Wilson, you wrote "Perhaps it is the compassionate coach who not only helps guide coachees to their Ideal Self, but also assists in making climate change concerns less subjectively distant and surrounds a coachee with others wanting to take collective action where even greater possibilities lie for motivating climate action. " This is what the Climate Coaches UK group found -- and I believe also Joanna Macy as she crystalized her Work that Reconnects. Climate conversations go much more successfully in groups, where we can all see we share grief/anger/paralysis etc. and move through those emotions to effective collaborative action.
As always, deep thanks for what you are doing -- always thought provoking, life affirming, and invigorating!