By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 22 Aug 23
In this series of sessions, our main focus will be to explore human values development, using Spiral Dynamics—a stage theory that is both admired and often misunderstood and criticized. We will ethically and responsibly examine each stage, considering its dignities and disasters, the gains and losses. More importantly, we will reflect on how the stages express the intricacies within ourselves.Spiral Dynamics, Stage-By-Stage: An Ethical & Responsible Exploration – Integral Lifeintegrallife.comIn this series of sessions, our main focus will be to explore human values development, using Spiral Dynamics—a stage theory that is both admired and often misunderstood and criticized. We will
In this series of sessions, our main focus will be to explore human values development, using Spiral Dynamics—a stage theory that is both admired and often misunderstood and criticized. We will ethically and responsibly examine each stage, considering its dignities and disasters, the gains and losses. More importantly, we will reflect on how the stages express the intricacies within ourselves.Spiral
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 22 Aug 23
This article introduces the reader to the profession of social work and its evolution over time. By simultaneously attending to both the person and the environment, social work has been a more comprehensive profession. Although social work has been inherently striving for a more integrative approach from the beginning, it has lacked a meta-theory that could address people, their environments, and integrate previously competing theories. Integral Theory is that meta-theory. Social workers are invited to consider this meta-theoretical approach to the service they provide.Social Work as an Integral Profession – Integral Lifeintegrallife.comThis article introduces the reader to the profession of
This article introduces the reader to the profession of social work and its evolution over time. By simultaneously attending to both the person and the environment, social work has been a more comprehensive profession. Although social work has been inherently striving for a more integrative approach from the beginning, it has lacked a meta-theory that could address people, their environments,
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 21 Aug 23
This article seeks to explore Integral Social Work — its meaning and applications. This goal is achieved by exploring the nature of social service in the context of Integral Theory’s AQAL (all- quadrant, all-level) approach. The essence of Integral Social Work is to serve the whole person and the whole of society with the whole of one’s being. This requires that social workers develop themselves, while simultaneously helping others, and society, to develop in as full, complex, and healthy a way as possible.A Brief Overview of Integral Social Work – Integral Lifeintegrallife.comThis article seeks to explore Integral Social Work —
This article seeks to explore Integral Social Work — its meaning and applications. This goal is achieved by exploring the nature of social service in the context of Integral Theory’s AQAL (all- quadrant, all-level) approach. The essence of Integral Social Work is to serve the whole person and the whole of society with the whole of one’s being. This requires
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 20 Aug 23
Watch as we take a look at several different kinds of trauma — micro-traumas, big traumas, “pre-verbal” traumas, generational traumas, etc. — and explore how we can shift into a “post-traumatic growth” mindset which, like the kintsugi vase in the image above, allows us to remake ourself into a more resilient, unique, and elegant vessel.Transforming Trauma Into Resilience – Integral Lifeintegrallife.comWatch as we take a look at several different kinds of trauma — micro-traumas, big traumas, “pre-verbal” traumas, generational traumas, etc. — and explore how we can shift into a “post-traumatic growth” mindset which, like the kintsugi vase in the
Watch as we take a look at several different kinds of trauma — micro-traumas, big traumas, “pre-verbal” traumas, generational traumas, etc. — and explore how we can shift into a “post-traumatic growth” mindset which, like the kintsugi vase in the image above, allows us to remake ourself into a more resilient, unique, and elegant vessel.Transforming Trauma Into Resilience – Integral
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 19 Aug 23
Uncertainment Lounge is not a relativistic refuge from truth-seeking or certainty, nor a panacea, or a therapy, but rather a practice space for embodied participatory knowing. Practicing together in/as the polarity of knowing and not-knowing builds capacity to turn toward the unknowable, the uncontrollable, and the mysterious as they emerge within and between us in real time.Uncertainment Lounge – Integral Lifeintegrallife.comUncertainment Lounge is not a relativistic refuge from truth-seeking or certainty, nor a panacea, or a therapy, but rather a practice space for embodied participatory knowing. Practicing together in/as the polarity of knowing and not-knowing builds capacity to turn toward
Uncertainment Lounge is not a relativistic refuge from truth-seeking or certainty, nor a panacea, or a therapy, but rather a practice space for embodied participatory knowing. Practicing together in/as the polarity of knowing and not-knowing builds capacity to turn toward the unknowable, the uncontrollable, and the mysterious as they emerge within and between us in real time.Uncertainment Lounge – Integral
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 19 Aug 23
This is a two-part paper that offers an overview of Integral Sustainable Development, explaining the rudiments of a practical framework that integrates the crowded conceptual and operational landscape of sustainable development and enables practitioners to 1) identify the full-range of needs and capabilities of individuals and groups, and 2) tailor the specific developmental response that fits each unique situation.Integral Sustainable Development – Integral Lifeintegrallife.comThis is a two-part paper that offers an overview of Integral Sustainable Development, explaining the rudiments of a practical framework that integrates the crowded conceptual and operational landscape of sustainable development and enables practitioners to 1) identify
This is a two-part paper that offers an overview of Integral Sustainable Development, explaining the rudiments of a practical framework that integrates the crowded conceptual and operational landscape of sustainable development and enables practitioners to 1) identify the full-range of needs and capabilities of individuals and groups, and 2) tailor the specific developmental response that fits each unique situation.Integral Sustainable
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 18 Aug 23
Imagine a therapy where everything is interconnected, where every moment is a golden opportunity, and where the journey is as transformative as the destination. Whether you’re a therapist, a seeker, or just curious about the intricacies of the human psyche, this episode promises a journey of discovery, connection, and evolution.Toward an Integral Meta-Psychotherapy – Integral Lifeintegrallife.comImagine a therapy where everything is interconnected, where every moment is a golden opportunity, and where the journey is as transformative as the destination. Whether you’re a therapist, a seeker, or just curious about the intricacies of the human psyche, this episode promises a journey
Imagine a therapy where everything is interconnected, where every moment is a golden opportunity, and where the journey is as transformative as the destination. Whether you’re a therapist, a seeker, or just curious about the intricacies of the human psyche, this episode promises a journey of discovery, connection, and evolution.Toward an Integral Meta-Psychotherapy – Integral Lifeintegrallife.comImagine a therapy where everything
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 17 Aug 23
Free session. Starting soon. Spiral Dynamics, Stage-By-Stage: An Ethical & Responsible Exploration – Integral Lifeintegrallife.comIn this series of sessions, our main focus will be to explore human values development, using Spiral Dynamics—a stage theory that is both admired and often misunderstood and criticized. We will ethically and responsibly examine each stage, considering its dignities and disasters, the gains and los…
Free session. Starting soon. Spiral Dynamics, Stage-By-Stage: An Ethical & Responsible Exploration – Integral Lifeintegrallife.comIn this series of sessions, our main focus will be to explore human values development, using Spiral Dynamics—a stage theory that is both admired and often misunderstood and criticized. We will ethically and responsibly examine each stage, considering its dignities and disasters, the gains and los…
Ken Wilber and Bert Parlee explore the many faults and fractures of political progressivism today, …
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 17 Aug 23
Ken Wilber and Bert Parlee explore the many faults and fractures of political progressivism today, as they simultaneously call for more integral forms of progressive thought that are actually capable of meeting the increasingly complex life conditions we are all facing today.What is the Problem with Progressivism? – Integral Lifeintegrallife.com
Ken Wilber and Bert Parlee explore the many faults and fractures of political progressivism today, as they simultaneously call for more integral forms of progressive thought that are actually capable of meeting the increasingly complex life conditions we are all facing today.What is the Problem with Progressivism? – Integral Lifeintegrallife.com
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 16 Aug 23
Ken and Corey take an in-depth look at the multiple kinds of power we find in all four quadrants — interior and exterior power, individual and collective power — as they are expressed up and down the spiral of development.Integrating Power – Integral Lifeintegrallife.com
Ken and Corey take an in-depth look at the multiple kinds of power we find in all four quadrants — interior and exterior power, individual and collective power — as they are expressed up and down the spiral of development.Integrating Power – Integral Lifeintegrallife.com