By Lynn Jericho Issue: Winter 2005, Winter of the Soul; Issue #42 Each of us knows the heavenly highs and the hellish lows of living. At some point in our lives, the swings between the two will cause significant suffering in our soul. A number of us will know the madness of bipolar disorder. Imagine your soul as a pendulum ... Read More ►
By Robert J. Zieve, M.D. Issue: Spring 2006, Spirit & Economics in Health Care; Issue #43 As the United States undergoes rapid changes on many levels in the early twenty-first century, let us look at health care through the prism of original American values. The Declaration of Independence begins: âWe hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are ... Read More ►
Michaela Gloeckler, M.D. on Adolescence interview by Johannes Denger Issue: Fall 2006, The Teenage Years; Issue #45 Why do young people today need help? Everyone needs help â especially if they are unable or at least not sufficiently capable of helping themselves. The answer is directed to the current life situation and also the age of the person in question. ... Read More ►
LILIPOH interviews Marko Pogacnik Issue: Summer 2007, Climate Change; Issue #48 What are your thoughts on climate change? It is all about language. Since 1997 I have perceived deep-reaching changes going on within the pluridimensional body of the Earth. Looking at them through the eyes of the rational mind, one could speak about massive climate changes happening. These changes can ... Read More ►
By Seth Jordan Issue: Fall 2008: Social Health - Issue #53, Vol. 13 The times we live in are especially dark. Many of the social structures, ideas, and traditions weâve relied on have collapsed; those that havenât are teetering wildly. The problem has both inner and outer dimensions. On the one hand, we canât simply annihilate a great enemy âout ... Read More ►
By Paul Hawken Fall 2009: New Society - Issue #57, Vol. 14 The Commencement Address by Paul Hawken to the Class of 2009, University of Portland, May 3, 2009 When I was invited to give this speech, I was asked if I could give a simple short talk that was âdirect, naked, taut, honest, passionate, lean, shivering, startling, and graceful.â ... Read More ►
By Steven McFadden When the UNâs Millennium Project released their State of the Future study last yearâbased on the input of 2,700 researchers, and backed by UNESCO, the World Bank, and the US Armyâit set out an appallingly grim vision of what lies ahead. The study foresaw shortages of food and goods, a harsh reality that would incite widespread violence ... Read More ►
I interviewed C. Otto Scharmer, PhD, Senior Lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of Management in his MIT office in the fall of 2009, and conducted a substantial âcatch-upâ phone interview in March, 2011. He is the founding chair of the Presencing Institute1, the author of Theory U and co-author of Presence (both translated into twelve ... Read More ►
What Are You Grateful For? By Laura Grace Weldon A handmade Gratitude Tree has hung in our hallway for years. We keep the tree lively by writing on leaves made of brightly colored paper, then tape them to the tree. Itâs usually filled with life affirming reminders like hugs from Daddy, going to the library, bike rides, playing cards with ... Read More ►
Pamela Benton Interviews Torin Finser, PhD "The servant-leader is servant first⊠It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. That person is sharply different from one who is leader first, perhaps because of the need to assuage an unusual power drive or to acquire material ... Read More ►
