Show Notes
Season 2 Episode 10 ‘Transpersonal Psychology for Global Flourishing’
Today my guest is Jessica Bockler, PhD. Jessica is an applied artist, transpersonal psychologist and Co-founding Director of the Alef Trust. She serves as Deputy CEO and works across Alef Trust’s academic and applied portfolios. Trained in applied and physical theatre, Jessica has extensive experience of expressive arts facilitation, as well as experimental movement and voice work. She specializes in embodied approaches to accessing creativity and imagination, and she is the founder of Creative Alternatives, an arts-based mental wellbeing service in the UK, which provides creative interventions to adults experiencing depression, stress and/or anxiety. The service is one of the longest established social prescribing projects in the UK and has won several awards for innovation in public service delivery.
We begin with a look at how creativity, imagination and play can enhance your mental health. We explore the connections between embodiment, transpersonal psychology and mystical experience. Jessica describes some of her work with the Conscious Community Initiative, which explores the intersections between inner transpersonal practice and social change. We discuss the Inner Development Goals of the UN. And we finish with an important dialogue on how to acknowledge and respond constructively to the current moment of political, cultural and ecological turmoil.
Resources
The Conscious Community Initiative
Topics discussed
The Global Consciousness Project
Entangled Activist:
Lawson, A. (2023). The Entangled Activist: Learning to recognise the master's tools. Perspectiva Press.
Burnout:
Wright, S. (2021). Burnout: a spiritual crisis: from stress to transformation. Sacred Space Publications.
Negative emotions:
Goleman, D. (2004). Destructive Emotions and How We Can Overcome Them. Bloomsbury Publishing.
Chodron, P. (2002). The Places that Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times. Shambhala.
Patten, T. (2018). A New Republic of the Heart: Awakening into Evolutionary Activism. A Guide to Inner Work for Holistic Change (Sacred Activism). North Atlantic Books.
Inner Development Goals:
https://innerdevelopmentgoals.org
There are many ways of organising societies:
Graeber, D. & Wengrow, D. (2021). The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity. Allen Lane.
Title Music: ‘Stranger things’ by Music Unlimited on Pixabey.
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