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Published in: TransformationDanger: there’s a centrifuge in the White House
While centrifugal forces tear things apart, centripetal forces bring things together again.
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Published in: TransformationLove and reason: how should we raise our children?
The ways in which we’re brought up go on to influence the systems we choose to build.
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Published in: TransformationFindhorn: inner listening, outer action
When we turn within, we find life far kinder than it seemed before, and the possibilities far more open.
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Published in: TransformationThey rode on horseback to deliver babies: a century later, midwives are still crucial
“I grew up with mares foaling and cows calving. I knew critters could do better than that; kinda figured women could...
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Published in: TransformationWe need to talk about stigma within the mental health system
‘There’s nothing wrong with you; stop playing games; no one believes you.’
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Published in: TransformationDoes kindness matter?
Like spraying water on a spider’s web, research reveals the taken for granted infrastructure of human relationships.
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Published in: TransformationWhy are religious conservatives embracing transgender rights?
Iran has the second highest number of sexual reassignment surgeries in the world. What’s going on?
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Published in: TransformationThe real clash of civilisations
The presence or absence of conscience is perhaps the deepest human division.
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Published in: TransformationCould Facebook provide an antidote to political polarization?
Is it so hard to listen and speak respectfully to people you disagree with?
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Published in: TransformationSustaining peace
Half of all peace deals fail within five years. This is how you make them work.
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Published in: TransformationFire in neo-liberal London
The burnt-out shell of Grenfell Tower is a visible reminder that public responsibilities should never be watered down.
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Published in: TransformationHow an ancient singing tradition helps people cope with trauma in the modern world
In Finland, lament singing is experiencing a revival, one sad song at a time.
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Published in: Transformation‘Trumping’ Let Girls Learn
Getting more girls into school is vital, but it isn’t an answer to poverty and inequality.
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Published in: TransformationThrough the dark night
Inside ourselves and in the world at large, more darkness brings more light rising in response.
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Published in: TransformationEmotional politics: suffer the little children?
Outrage over child abuse is no substitute for effective social policy.
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Published in: TransformationThe town that adopted trauma-informed care—and saw a decrease in crime and suspension
Empathy and redemption are far more effective than punishment and incarceration.
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Published in: TransformationVisualising mental illness
Could mapping our anxieties generate more understanding and support?
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Published in: TransformationPassive patience is oppressive, but active patience can help us all
Does your commitment to justice override your desire for comfort?
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Published in: TransformationWhy stories matter
Stories cultivate the frequently forgotten yet uniquely human traits that build solidarity. Listen to a recorded...
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Published in: TransformationFacing up to our shadow side with compassion
Restorative justice makes real the fact that conflict, pain, suffering and crime are part of all our lives.