ABOUT THE CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER SERIES
Meet amazing People who are involved and concerned with practices which can make the world a better place. They are sharing with you their story and their insights about how to grow ourselves, discover our life’s purpose and to become an agent for positive change. Our guests come from many fields. What ties them together is their broader view on reality, their ability to see problems from multiple perspectives and to search for solutions which are integrated and able to catalyse the necessary changes we need to survive and even thrive in the future.
LIFE IN THIS WORLD
In this section of CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER we present conversations about different locations of this world and how life is going on there as opposed to the countries we personally know and have lived in. We also discuss ideas and experiments to improve our connections as human beings in this world and to create peace among the contrasting cultures and nations.
Gernot Danowski ist ein Moderator des Internet Radiosenders KONTRAFUNKm der den Untertitel trägt: “Die Stimme der Vernunft”
Ich, Heidi, wurde von ihm in der Sendung “Fernruf” interviewed zu meinem Leben außerhalb Deutschlands. Nun wollte ich ihn auch einmal interviewen und ihn fragen, wie er zu diesem Beruf bei eben diesem Sender gekommen ist.
Dies ist ein Erfahrungsbericht der 6-monatigen Fußreise durch die Gebirge im Westen der USA. Die Erfahrungen “hautnah” könnt Ihr auf Gregors Blog lesen, der er auf den Zwischenstationen seiner Fußreise geschrieben hat. www.goingnewplaces.com
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Women and GirlS’ empowerment
Why is it so important that girls grow up with confidence in their abilities? Why are women more capable to handle life than men are, especially in countries like Kenia? The future there and that of the whole world depends on women stepping up and change the way how we are organised today – following masculine principles and power structures.
Women Empowerment in Africa
An interesting conversation with a man in Rwanda, dedicated to empowering Women and young people in pursue of the reconstruction of their society after the total breakdown in the 90ies.
Women and Feminism
An interesting conversation with a young women who is trying to figure out how to use her knowledge of Integral Theory and other wisdom paths to lead her life as a woman in this world. Feminism who fights men doesn’t seem a way to gain a happy family life. How can men and women come together in a peaceful and constructive way?
Heidi shares her experience from her life in “serial monogamy”.
Jon Freeman and Dr. Loraine Laubscher talk about the racist events in the US and the response to them, as well as to Corona. The recording is from the live event at the Integral European conference.
Dr. Loraine Lauscher assisted Don Beck, the co-founder of “Spiral Dynamics, to end Apartheid peacefully in South Africa.
She is an expert in the levels of development by lived experience.
Jon Freeman is a scholar and writer whose work is based on Spiral Dynamics.
In the conversation they exchange their views on the pandemic in preparation for the discussion at the Integral European Conference 2020.
Exploring Life in Africa and in the World
Hannelie Venucia was born and grew up in South Africa. She talks about her upbringing and how she gained awareness of the need for change.
Professionally she works all over the world in leadership development.
Who are we in times of Corona?
Ubuntu and Integral perspectives with Dr. Magadlela Dr. Pampallis, South African Wisdom and the need for Leeadership development-
Anders Leben nach Corona
Joy Foley hat andere Lebensformen erprobt, von denen sie glaubt, sie würden höchst relevant für das Leben der Menschheit auf diesem Planeten nach der Corona Krise.
Zurück aufs Land?
Was können wir lernen, wenn wir temporär oder dauerhaft auf dem Land leben?
mit Monia Frühwirth und Rainer v. Leoprechting
Ubuntu and Integral
Dr Dumisani Magadlela is an Executive Coach, Coach Trainer, Leadership Facilitator and Organisational Development Strategist based in Midrand, South Africa. He uses the Ubuntu philosophy and its approaches in his coaching and leadership development work. He spoke on the connection of Ubuntu and Integral Theory on the first Integral African Conference in June 2019
Why are they so good? – Opera singers in South Africa
Richard answers questions on the opera life in South Africa
I NEED TO KNOW YOU with Kymberli Speight
THEY WERE LEFT BEHIND with John Taylor
John Taylor is a veteran from the Iraq war. He is now trying to raise consciousness about the fate of thousands of Iraqi (and Afghanistan) interptreters who have served the US army by taking huge risks for their lives and their families, and after the US soldiers left the country were left behind without any protetion or recognition of what they had done for the US. Only very few could enter into safety and come to the US so far. What can we do about that?
PEACE VALLEY – A PROJECT FOR RE-CONNECTING with Joy Foley
Joy Foley is creating a bush retreat in Queensland/ Australia. Listen and watch her story and get inspired by the possibilities which her work offers to people for reconnecting with themselves, to each other and to nature.
THEY WERE LEFT BEHIND with John Taylor
John Taylor is a veteran from the Iraq war. He is now trying to raise consciousness about the fate of thousands of Iraqi (and Afghanistan) interptreters who have served the US army by taking huge risks for their lives and their families, and after the US soldiers left the country were left behind without any protetion or recognition of what they had done for the US. Only very few could enter into safety and come to the US so far. What can we do about that?
PEACE VALLEY – A PROJECT FOR RE-CONNECTING with Joy Foley
Joy Foley is creating a bush retreat in Queensland/ Australia. Listen and watch her story and get inspired by the possibilities which her work offers to people for reconnecting with themselves, to each other and to nature.
CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER VLOG
Human Connection: das soziale Netzwerk der Zukunft mit Hardy Groeneveldmit Hardy Groeneveld
VIDEOPOST, veröffentlicht für den 7.9.2019
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Co-Creating Europe
mit Annette Kaiser und Sonja Student
VIDEOPOST, veröffentlicht für den 31.8.2019
CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER – THE AFRICAN DIALOGUES
René de Beer, a close friend and collaborator of Rica Viljoen of Mandala Consulting loves her country, South Africa. Her dream is to keep the beauty of purple alive, the qualities which people naturally have when they live in a close family bonding with a sense of belonging. She needs to move into the UK and will continue to work for the goal to hold dear and cherish the purple qualities in humans.
VIDEOPOST, published for October 23rd 2019
CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER – THE AFRICAN DIALOGUES
Loraine Laubscher – the crucial force behind Don Beck in the peaceful ending of Apartheid in South Africa
VIDEOPOST, published for October 9th 2019
CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER – THE AFRICAN DIALOGUES
Why I organised the Integral African Conference
with Paddy Pampallia
VIDEOPOST, published for September 25th 2019
CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER VLOG
Purple is living on in the US
with Heather McDowell
VIDEOPOST, published for August 28th 2019
CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER VLOG
How I survived the genocide in Rwanda
with Caritas Uwizera
VIDEOPOST, published for August 24th 2019
CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER VLOG
The American Dream in Africa? Africa
with Frank Magwegwe
VIDEOPOST, published for August 17th
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Integral and Spiral Dynamics in South Africa
with Dr.Rica Viljoen
VIDEOPOST, published for July 31st 2019
CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER BLOG
What I learned in South Africa with Heidi Hornlein
VIDEOPOST, PUBLISHED ON JULY 3rd
CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER BLOG
What I learned in South Africa with Heidi Hornlein
VIDEOPOST, PUBLISHED ON JULY 3rd
IN SECOND GENERATION – CLEANING OUR COLLECTIVE HISTORY
April 16th, 2019 at 9AM PT/ 6PM CEST
This month’s episode of WOMEN MATTERS gathers women from both sides, the perpetrators and the victims. Monis, Gertraud, Heidi, Hanna and Viktoria belong to the German heritage whose parents have survived the war in their own country, while Dorothy, Diane and Ruth were born in USA where their parents found shelter from the Holocaust
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CONSCIOUS AGEING, CONSCIOUS LIVING, CONSCIOUS DYING
March 13th at 7pm UTC+1
CREATIVE AGEING
Getting older in creative ways: a conversation with the social worker and therapist Dorothy Stern Kucha
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CONSCIOUS AGEING
February 20th, 2019 at 7pm UTC+1
STORIES FROM PAST LIVES
VIktoria is a social anthropologist, hypnotherapist and writer. She began her career as lawyer, but a series of awakening experiences prompted her to rethink everything she knew about the nature of consciousness and study again.
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WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN USA AND AUSTRALIA?
CHRISTINE DOAN – Recorded in October 2018
Christine is an integralist based in Australia for many years and originally from America. Here we talk about her experience in Australia and at the European Integral Conference 2018 in Hungary where she gave a workshop to the same topic. What did Hungary teach her?
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THE MYSTERY OF GROUP CO-CREATION
CHRISTINE DOAN
Christine is an integralist based in Australia for many years and originally from America.In this post we talk about how to change the world – by creating small groups of co-creation which work with different parameters than usual, inspired by integral practices
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COMMUNITY CLIMATE CHANGE CULTURES
JUNE 19th, 2018
Mike Bell tells us about his passion to spread information about climate change and what people can do about it. He uses his religious – spiritual background to create communities able to take part in the climate change discourse
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CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER
May 1st, 2019
A COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH LIFE
With Michael Hoffman
Michael talks about his 2 books and emphasises the necessity of aligning our lives with our purpose and let the life come through us.
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NEW CIVILISATIONS, CONVERSATIONAL EXPERIMENTS AND COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE
JANUARY 11th, 2018
Flemming has been pioneering new ways of communication for decades. His goal is to help to create a new civilisation where we can speak intelligently and from our hearts by tapping into the field of collective intelligence. In our conversation we explore his approach and discuss the results of his experiments.
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WHY I LOVE BUT LEFT SOUTH AFRICA
JANUARY 4th, 2018
Keryn was born in Rhodesia and lived long periods of her life in Southern Africa, as well as i America and in UK. Nelson Mandela was the hope for a better life in South Africa, but after his death things went worse, not only for the population of white skin color, but for everybody, as the following administrations were not able to maintain what was achieved before.
Keryn tells us about the country she is so in love with, but which doesn’t offer her a way to support herself, as opposed to the UK, where she is based at the moment.
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GETTING OLDER IN DENMARK with Bettina Hartman
MARCH 24th, 2017:
This conversation is part of our first season of CONSCIOUS AGEING. Bettina has grown up and lives in Denmark, one of these Northern Europe countries which have entered fully into postmodernism where caring for the marginalised is a central topic. She talks about her life and how it has developed and what the future might look like.
AFTER SHOW CHAT – BETTINA HARTMANN: LIFE IN DENMARK
MARCH 24th, 2017
In the after show chat we were joined by Gregory Stankov from Bulgaria, who was interested in the question how life differs for older people in his country and others. He has to take care for his aging parents and has to face the connected challenges.
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GETTING OLD IN INDIA
APRIL 10th, 2018
Winnie Singh describes the situation in India which, for Western ears, is often still incredibly brutal, especially for women. She is active helping widows to stay alive and have a decent life when they get abandoned from their families as soon as their husbands die.
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RISING CONSCIOUSNESS THROUGH NATURE
DECEMBER 14TH, 2017
PAULA AND Karuna talk about their projects in the world, especially “INTO THE WILD PORTUGAL”
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