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Responsive Conference isn’t a typical HR or industry event. It is an immersive experience for individuals and teams. There are an abundance of workshops, fishbowls, and small group discussions to discover new ideas, and how to implement them.

Tickets are limited to only 250 people. Join me this September 18-19 at the Oakland Museum of California and let’s practice working differently together.

💥 POWER.
I published my book a while ago, and since then I haven't stopped researching and learning about the topic of power - it never seizes to amaze and interest me. When listening to my audiobook, I found that the statement below still rings so true to me, and it reminds me of a question that I love to ask and explore together with others:

❓ What is the role and function of power in the interconnected and interdependent web of life ❓

The audiobook is available on Audible, Apple Books, Audiobook.com, Spotify, Google Play, .... all in all via 50+ audiobook providers.
https://www.amazon.com/New-Stories-Love-Power-Purpose/dp/B0CXTRQC3N/ref=sr_1_1?crid=22ZJ1ZFGDA40J&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.nqEeRw37O25QINLDjFUXOfuZef_kitlJ5XlCPDRQks67MEOWM-V0AS1w7-aR13Wd.Vj2-Fmed76UM8ylInCEF6wl1XjT_aqq0PqCP6_3PfFM&dib_tag=se&keywords=christiane+seuhs-schoeller&qid=1713944066&sprefix=%2Caps%2C421&sr=8-1

I am often asked if my book would be different if I began to write it now. Listening to my audiobook, so far I have to say: No, it wouldn't.

Following the quote shown on the picture, I wrote:
"This potential can inspire questions in us:
❓ Why have we grown to see so many things as separate?
❓Why do we divide, label, and categorize things as we do, for better or for worse?
❓Are the lenses through which we view the world helpful or harmful?
❓Why have we lost our sense of connection to the greater whole, the web of life ?
❓Was this loss accidental or purposeful?
❓What is holding us back from feeling the connectedness of everything?

The audiobook is available on Audible, Apple Books, Audiobook.com, Spotify, Apple Play, .... all in all through 50+ audiobook providers.
https://www.amazon.com/New-Stories-Love-Power-Purpose/dp/B0CXTRQC3N/ref=sr_1_1?crid=MNA2Y9CXPSSR&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.j-wNdXDFwONmllP5OfsttduD-luTzJSsCfX0I8LvUHjDH2rRkBMWpZYJfB-Hz5sWI3SqxhU5tzaCpILN-mycqRJ6zf3iHis_uPSgBmYnPylTF1SL8E7KnX3-H_I0rP4ZBqNkRmdaYrLqpH6akryxRBRKHh6g1PNiFwCbMwtNtfrQOzfVIMM7HpIQx8QD0gazk16c2xBh49_UhC7ibzgXPJgN61xiuZCb5jPhM0m6Mms.9BMWkVGTqvAJaop7bw76yHyz1ctmarLp6tezi0abGag&dib_tag=se&keywords=new+stories+of+love%2C+power%2C+and+purpose&qid=1713427860&sprefix=%2Caps%2C599&sr=8-1

❗ What an experience!

Almost two years ago I published my book. Now I am listening to the audiobook that I narrated myself (link in comments).
These questions were relevant for me when I wrote the book, and are still relevant today:

❓ How much wisdom is humanity consciously accessing?
❓How much wisdom have we lost on the way?
❓How much wisdom are we ignoring?
❓How much wisdom are we hiding?
❓What is holding us back from accessing and using the depth and breadth of wisdom that is accessible to us?

Audiobook available on Audible:
https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/B0CXTRQC3N/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&crid=2RI28SF4ZZ0W2&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.j-wNdXDFwONmllP5Ofsttes6Jku4i2IpHegjk1EG532FKsnLRUGMsXy6dbsPS_0YbJygvmiV9Q6kPMOPD9gw9QbkbNMgFhiDGzAysVvVpxh6ajXTkDUSXeKw9WiAjApQnUVpjdj3MA8XsOHH-64ziZ1HcgMXNmiIt3g7uWsp65Zw7YsIyUv65HipI9pUnT_ojmyOj5k1JhbXlmlzN_XTiNNZGuGs8CKbyyPMqzhuA9E.I4AmNwPvLLmSk9Lm1tXW4Taq2MBomXP4x1JeYFX2h5k&dib_tag=se&keywords=New+Stories+of+Love%2C+Power%2C+and+Purpose&qid=1713269127&sprefix=new+stories+of+love%2C+power%2C+and+purpose%2Caps%2C1774&sr=8-1

Also on Apple Books, Audiobooks.com, Google Play, Spotify Audiobooks, ... all in all through 50+ audiobook providers 🤩

FINALLY - THE AUDIOBOOK IS HERE!!!

🎉 I'm thrilled to share with you that my book,

"New Stories of Love, Power, and Purpose; A Global Invitation ot Experiment with the Unknown"

has now taken on a new form—it's available as an audiobook, narrated by yours truly.

💖 This journey, blending storytelling, philosophy, psychology, spirituality, and practical exercises, has been one of deep exploration and discovery for me.

✍ Through the JournaLogue practice, I invite you into a world of introspection and growth, offering paths to align more closely with your essence of love, power, and purpose.

🌏 This audiobook is more than just a listening experience; it's an invitation to you, my dear listeners, to join me in experimenting with the unknown, and to dive into the interconnectedness of all of life. Together, let's embark on this journey towards a more loving, powerful and purposeful humanity.

💞 Listen, reflect, and let's grow together in manifesting the most loving and powerful versions of ourselves.

🎧 For now you can find it on Audible, Apple Books, and Audiobooks.com, soon also on Spotify, Google Play, and many, many other channels.

New Stories of Love, Power, and Purpose: A Global Invitation to Experiment with the Unknown New Stories of Love, Power, and Purpose: A Global Invitation to Experiment with the Unknown

Quote from a client 😍:

"IT WAS QUITE A DEEP EXPERIENCE INDEED!
AMAZING HOW ONE SESSION MADE ME SO MUCH MORE CLEAR ABOUT THOSE SPACES.
IT'S CLARITY THAT I AM STILL NOTICING, AND CULTIVATING."

I always say: CLARITY IS LOVE!
Visit the website and let me know if you would like to experience that as well.

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🎥 I'm thrilled to share with you the second episode in my explainer video series on the Language of Spaces Approach. This time, I'm going deep into the heart of the approach - the core reflection process.

💡 Why do so many teams struggle to fully embrace , , and principles and practices? In most cases, the culprit is unprocessed concerns and tensions. This video sheds light on this critical barrier and offers insights into the process that has helped so many over the past 10+ years.

🌟 Discover how the Language of Spaces can empower individuals, teams, and entire organizations to master self-organization, moving beyond these roadblocks and towards self-organization mastery.

Join me on this journey of discovery and transformation. Your feedback and thoughts are invaluable – let’s engage and learn together!

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🎄Christmas is on the way🎄. My seasonal gift to you is a "2 for 1" offer. Book a 1-on-1 Self-Organization Mentorship Session and get a second one for free.✨

Mentor — Christiane's Place WITH MY MENTORSHIP YOU GAIN FULL ACCESS TO THE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE OF 15 YEARS LIVED SELF-ORGANIZATION PRACTICE. Discover my mentorship programs Like so many around the globe, you too are probably tired of the old ways of doing things. Racing for ever more “career success”, riches, materia...

I have been offering Self-Organization Mentorship for so long, and now - finally - my Mentorship Programs can be found on my new website.

Mentor — Christiane's Place WITH MY MENTORSHIP YOU GAIN FULL ACCESS TO THE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE OF 15 YEARS LIVED SELF-ORGANIZATION PRACTICE. Discover my mentorship programs Like so many around the globe, you too are probably tired of the old ways of doing things. Racing for ever more “career success”, riches, materia...

What a week! Tomorrow I am invited by Meridian University to contribute as supporting faculty to their course

"Purposeful Pathways: Professional Practice and the Coach's Journey".

It's not too late to sign up:
https://meridianuniversity.edu/public-programs/online-courses/purposeful-pathways-fa-2023?utm_medium=organicsocial&utm_campaign=FallOpenEnrollmentCourses&utm_term=faculty

Ich freue mich sehr über die Einladung beim Kongress "HERausragend" für Unternehmerinnen über "Next Level Leadership" zu sprechen!

Hier gehts zur Veranstaltungsinfo und Anmeldung auf LinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/evVjQYQB

Calling out a big THANK YOU to Meridian University for inviting me as supporting faculty to this awesome course. What a joy and honor and very much looking forward to collaborating with Meggan Hartman, who is the convening faculty.
You can find the details here:
https://meridianuniversity.edu/public-programs/online-courses/purposeful-pathways-fa-2023?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=multievent_promotional_email&utm_term=public_program&utm_campaign=multievent_promotional_email_1&utm_source=sfmc&utm_term=&utm_content=127468&utm_id=53f4223e-15d3-4744-8d1b-710508431c53&sfmc_activityid=4674419a-ec09-4148-9852-339c3ce212be&utm_medium=email

Last Friday was a very special day for me! My wonderful friends and colleagues at NexTreams合同会社 hosted the presentation of my book, which will be published in Japanese shortly. I can not say how grateful I am that you made this possible.

💖 Thank you to Kanae Kuwahara, Hiroaki Ishii, Nozomi Yamada, and Kenichi Yasuda for the incredible work you did with the translation and publication❣

💖 Thank you, Ryo Nakadoi and Hiroaki Hasegawa, for your heartwarming words of appreciation. I am deeply honored by your recognition of my work❣

💖 Thank you to everyone who participated. Your presence filled my heart with joy and gratitude❣

Writing a book is a rewarding learning journey. Watching it making its own journey around the world is an unspeakable gift!

What would happen
if you removed the thought ‘anxious’
and just paid attention
to these flickering sensations in the belly?

What would happen
if you took away the word ‘lonely’
and simply became fascinated
with this heavy feeling in the heart area?

What would happen
if you deleted the concept ‘sick’
or ‘broken’ or ‘wrong’
and just got curious about
the tightness in the throat
the pressure in the head
the ache in the shoulders?

What would happen
if you stopped looking for solutions
and checked to see
if there was actually a problem here?

Come out of the exhausting storyline, friend.
Come closer to yourself.
Commit sacred awareness to a single living moment.
Bring warmth to the tender place inside.

Infuse sensation
with the light of attention.
Maybe
it’s not as bad
as you
think.
– Jeff Foster

Photo: Art by Nina Zielienska-Krudysz

Archaeology for the Woman's Soul

While social media tends to distract and use energy that might find better use elsewhere, it also repeatedly gifts me with various gems - lately I very often find them in the posts of Daniel Christian Wahl. Thank you!

AUDIOBOOK almost done! It's so exciting to listen to myself narrating my book and it's COMING SOON. Let me know in the comments or send me a DM if you want to be among the first to know when it's published.

In the JournaLogue practice that I offer (https://lovepowerandpurpose.com/journalogue-programs/) we befriend our inner “Saboteur”, which gives us access to the light side of this pattern: the Guardian of Choice (based on Carolyn Mays’s Work). This moment between stimulus and response that Viktor Frankl described is where we can turn to this light - and with that are free to make a choice. It is the space that invites our present moment awareness.

Calling out a huge THANK YOU to Mickael Drouard for inviting me to his Pyramid to circles podcast. Thanks to Mickael's wonderful hosting, we covered practically everything important on self-organization, and to talk a lot about Holacracy.

Self-Organisation for advanced learners, w/ Christiane Seuhs-Schoeller by Pyramid to Circles Christiane is a self-organization specialist, TED speaker, coach and an entrepreneur. She has been among the first to teach and implement Holacracy since 2009. Her journey has led her to address in a very deep way the People dimension of self-organization. In her new book called “New Stories of Lo...

More food for thought...

Vandana Shiva On the Real Cause of World Hunger “…food production must once again be an issue of sustainability, taking care of the earth and the human right to food must be an inalienable right.” - Dr. Va...

Food for lots of thought!

Can Decentralization Save Humanity? - Why Smaller is Better in Politics Access our Premium Content ► http://academyofideas.com/members/Read the transcript:https://academyofideas.com/2023/03/can-decentralization-save-humanity-why-...

"So stop trying to fix me, and please, love me instead, be present with me as I heal…"
This text is so beautiful - once again, thanks you Archaeology for the Woman's Soul❣️

WHEN YOU TRY TO FIX ME

“When you try to fix me, when you play the infallible ‘expert’ or ‘guru’, you unconsciously send a signal to me, to my nervous system, that there’s something wrong with me, that I’m broken and do not have the inner resources I need. That I can’t hold what I’m holding, can’t bear what I am bearing. That I am smaller than you, weaker, needier. That I know less. You play the expert to my beginner, the guru to my disciple.

Even if you have the best of intentions, which I know you often do, when you try to fix me, and give me your answers, you treat me like a child. You don’t listen. You don’t trust. And that’s scary. I feel more alone than ever when you try to fix me. You split us in two.

Yes, when you try to fix me, you don’t trust me. But I am stronger than you know. I can bear more than you realise. I am more capable, more wise, more courageous than you give me credit for. I am shocked by my own courage!

When you stop trying to fix me you give me the space to grow. You give me the space to feel, to hurt, to tolerate and to process that hurt, to move through my pain into a deeper healing.

When you simply hold space for me, I can relax to fill that warm space. I can breathe more freely, held in your safe and loving arms. I can touch into my deepest trauma, find my courage, push myself a little bit into the scary places, start to tolerate the seemingly intolerable, bear the seemingly unbearable, and survive the intensity of the moment. I can start to prove to myself how strong I actually am.

When you simply stay present with me, I can move through my healing crisis, I can fall and be caught, break and be held, and I can learn to hold myself too.

When you simply listen, I can better hear myself. I can learn to trust my deepest intuition, my authentic feelings, my own body - and fill even the scary places within me with loving awareness.

My words are not drowned out by yours. My feelings are not replaced by yours. My dreams become clearer. My gut learns to speak up for itself. When you drop all your clever concepts, philosophies, answers, advice, fixes, and you just love me, I can learn to love myself, and trust myself, and hold myself as you hold me.

When you stop trying to fix me, I actually start to feel less broken! Here is the paradox of love, and the paradox of healing - two sides of the very same mystery.

So stop trying to fix me, and please, love me instead, be present with me as I heal…”
- Jeff Foster -

Archaeology for the Woman's Soul

"Health is a dynamic process of learning!" - just choosing one of the many important quotes of this conversation.
I am so excited - this conversation represents everything I have been trying to express in my understanding of self-organization. Thank you so much, Daniel Christian Wahl for this important conversation with the amazing Fritjof Kapra!

"Regeneration is the essence of life's self-organisation" Fritjof Capra & Daniel Wahl in dialogue Well, this was another one of those 'special moments' when I get to have a chat with someone who is in good part responsible for me embarking on a different ...

Beautiful ❤️‍🔥

ANGER

is the deepest form of care, for another, for the world, for the self, for a life, for the body, for a family and for all our ideals, all vulnerable and all, possibly about to be hurt.

Stripped of physical imprisonment and violent reaction, anger points toward the purest form of compassion, the internal living flame of anger always illuminates what we belong to, what we wish to protect and what we are willing to hazard ourselves for. What we usually call anger is only what is left of its essence when it reaches the lost surface of our mind or our body’s incapacity to hold it, or the limits of our understanding. What we name as anger is actually only the incoherent physical incapacity to sustain this deep form of care in our outer daily life; the unwillingness to be large enough and generous enough to hold what we love helplessly in our bodies or our mind with the clarity and breadth of our whole being.

What we have named as anger on the surface is the violent outer response to our own inner powerlessness, a powerlessness connected to such a profound sense of rawness and care that it can find no proper outer body or identity or voice, or way of life to hold it. What we call anger is often simply the unwillingness to live the full measure of our fears or of our not knowing, in the face of our love for a wife, in the depth of our caring for a son, in our wanting the best, in the face of simply being alive and loving those with whom we live.

Our anger breaks to the surface most often through our feeling there is something profoundly wrong with this powerlessness and vulnerability; anger too often finds its voice strangely, through our incoherence and through our inability to speak, but anger in its pure state is the measure of the way we are implicated in the world and made vulnerable through love in all its specifics: a daughter, a house, a family, an enterprise, a land or a colleague.

Anger turns to violence and violent speech when the mind refuses to countenance the vulnerability of the body in its love for all these outer things - we are often abused or have been abused by those who love us but have no vehicle to carry its understanding, who have no outer emblems of their inner care or even their own wanting to be wanted. Lacking any outer vehicle for the expression of this inner rawness they are simply overwhelmed by the elemental nature of love’s vulnerability. In their helplessness they turn their violence on the very people who are the outer representation of this inner lack of control.

But anger truly felt at its center is the essential living flame of being fully alive and fully here, it is a quality to be followed to its source, to be prized, to be understood fully at the very spring of its bring, it is an invitation to find a way to bring that source fully into the world through making the mind clearer and more generous, the heart more compassionate and the body larger and strong enough to hold it. What we call anger on the surface only serves to define its true underlying quality by being a complete and absolute mirror-opposite of its true internal essence.

…

‘ANGER’
From CONSOLATIONS:
The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning
of Everyday Words
Revised Edition © David Whyte
and Many Rivers Press 2022

…

Woman Walking
Yorkshire Dales
Photo © David Whyte
December 2015

ON SOUL LEADERSHIP
As an entrepreneur with a transformational business, you are a soul leader. You hold a vision for your business that is integrated with your values, with your dreams and desires for your community and your world. You understand that your business is part of a larger, more complex ecology, which both shapes it and is shaped by it. You are conscious of the impact of your choices and decisions, not just on yourself but on everyone who participates in the ecology of your business.
You create a business culture that honors the sovereignty of everyone in the world of your business — yourself, the members of your team, your suppliers and contractors, your customers and clients, and your larger community.
You foster a work environment that nurtures creativity, openness, vulnerability, courage, collaborative leadership, responsibility, and the willingness to risk failure to reach for a collective vision of a better world.
Collaborative leadership can be infinitely more challenging, more complex than a simple hierarchical structure in which everyone knows their place and takes responsibility only for those tasks assigned to them. It can be chaotic, slow to cohere and act, unruly and disorganized. Since such cultures are largely self-governing, they may lack the clarity of rules that prescribe behaviour and drive decision-making in more traditional leadership structures. It may take longer to accomplish goals and build momentum because collaborative leadership takes the time to hash out differences and arrive at consensus before moving towards desired outcomes.
But the rewards of these, more fluid forms of leadership, are great.
When you lead with soul, you experience more freedom and joy, greater ease and flow. You co-create a community of strong, trustworthy, sovereign leaders, who are generative, innovative, share responsibility and power, and define success, not just as profit or net worth, but as well-being and contribution to the whole.
Soul leadership always has wholeness, service and communion at its heart.
If you want to lead with soul, if you aim to be a champion for wholeness in your life and business, your first responsibility is to the health and integrity of your own being. We can only give what is within us, so to create a business whose central organizing principle is wholeness, you prioritize inner wholeness.
This is easier said than done. Our culture is anchored in values and practices that promote separation – from our bodies, our souls, our desires, our loves, our families and communities, and our environment, to name just a few.
It’s challenging to slow down to the rhythms of your body when the society in which we live and work is geared to the pace of technology, not humanity. It can be downright scary to choose to work less, play more, consume less, create more, to honor organic rhythms of activity and rest. It can seem crazy or lazy or unambitious to let go of the addiction to ever-increasing growth at any cost and, instead, to choose wholeness and peace, love and community, creative artistry and genuine contentment.
To lead with soul requires that you know what you deeply value, and you shape your life and business around your truest desires. It calls you to practice the art of presence, and to choose, daily, a way of living, leading, and working that contributes to wholeness and renewal.
When you become the face of wholeness, when you become the sweet spring of daily renewal, you become a source of these qualities in the world.
To be a soul leader is to be a source, rather than simply a consumer, of the world in which you want to live.
~Hiro Boga~

Thank you to of the Woman's Soul for posting this text!

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