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Are you checking out from the news? Feeling depressed and overwhelmed about the American political situation? Want to put your head in the sand? Welcome to the Apocalyptic Supperclub: Nourishment for Dire Times where I plate up stories and ideas to feed the heart and soul and nourish our capacity to meet this very challenging moment of being alive in a drastically changing world.
Tenzin Chogki is a compassion educator, community leader, and a fiercely caring advocate for social justice. She dropped into the Apocalyptic Supperclub to share some of her tasty recipes for delicious change following our three activisms for societal transformation: Inner, Communal, & Strategic.
Learn more about Tenzin’s work here: Unlocking True Happiness.Tenzin Chogkyi (she/her/hers) is a teacher of workshops and programs that bridge the worlds of Buddhist thought, contemplative practice, compassion training, mental and emotional cultivation, and the latest research in the field of positive psychology. She feels strongly that a genuine and meaningful spiritual path includes not only personal transformation, but social and cultural transformation as well, and an emphasis on modern cultural values such as racial and gender justice and environmental awareness.
Mentioned in this show:
Dan Siegel: His work was mentioned related to increasing our window of tolerance for nervous system disruption. Siegel’s most recent work integrates the theories of Interpersonal Neurobiology with the theories of Mindfulness Practice and proposes that mindfulness practice is a highly developed process of both inter and intra personal attunement.
Jaak Panksepp: Neuroscientist and psychobiologist who coined the term “affective neuroscience”–the name for the field that studies the neural mechanisms of emotion. Tenzin mentioned his work related to our 7 emotional circuits.
Paul Gilbert: Gilbert is the founder of compassion focused therapy, compassionate mind training and the author of books such as The Compassionate Mind: A New Approach to Life’s Challenges and Overcoming Depression.
Kazu Haga: A trainer and practitioner of nonviolence and restorative justice and a core member of the Fierce Vulnerability Network. Author of Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm. He works with incarcerated people, youth, and activists from around the country. He has over 20 years of experience in nonviolence and social change work, having played leading roles in various movements and organizations. He now resides in Lisjan Ohlone land, a.k.a Oakland, CA.
Daryl Davis and the KKK: “Why I, as a Black man attend KKK rallies” TED Talk
Ann Atwater and C.P. Ellis: How Ann Atwater Convinced A Ku Klux Klan Leader To Change His Mind On Civil Rights
Ezra Klein interviewed Representative Sarah Mc- McBride: “Why the Left lost on Trans Rights”
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Music:Mountain Summer Motivation by Pixabay.
Warm Fingers; Surly Bonds, Monday Seven and Rodney Skopes from Blue Dot Sessions.
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