Coming January 2023 in response to a recent article, along with a resource Tool for “Building Healthy Organisations”.
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… Early on I became more & more curious about the purpose of “life”, wondering if our “one wild and beautiful life” is truly and simply “nasty, brutish, and short”, or if there was more joy and connection to experience, together. Where’s the fun, the playfulness of life, when so many are suffering? …
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… invisible infrastructures require our attention, just as much as the visible structures … A healthy culture functions best when it is in a reciprocal and harmonious relationship with these more formal group visible structures, as well as the informal, invisible infrastructures, allowing them to be rooted, vital and expansive as an ecosystem …
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… We’re here to hold conversations that help us to unearth any histories and judgments, to appreciate some of the possibilities or qualities opened to us, and to come more into choice about how we relate with or embody these energies. We are, in today’s world, looking for ways to re-define gender in a more satisfying way …
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… I am so susceptible to unconscious patterns. I know that I’m not the only one: humans learn foundational things – like our mother tongue, or social cues – through observation and repetition … We are what we eat. We become what we think. Humans are creatures of habit, and our habits create culture …
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… We chose the name "Culture Garden" to describe the practice of creating a supportive environment for groups in which a diversity of healthy cultural forms can grow — as our Mother Tree metaphor supplying extra nutrients, sending messages about changes, and enculturating seedlings to thrive in their particular soil, through their extensive root systems …
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… When organisations bring awareness to strengthening interpersonal skills, like clean communication and feedback channels, information can better flow among team members … This promotes a dynamically egalitarian environment where authority is distributed among empowered team members, and ‘emergent wisdom’ can truly arise … enabling the organisation to achieve its mission more effectively …
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… Toxic Masculinity — although imperative to name, as history has shown us that women often suffer the most — often ended up making men “wrong”, so this was never my focus, as we all played a part in our collective healing …
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… Are you present to your personal inspirational moments that guided you towards your gifts for this planet? Have you completed a “River of Life” exercise to get present with the important and meaningful aspects of your life, and see where it has taken you to today? …
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… For many reasons, I left that kind of government work. The financial stability it afforded me came at too high a cost to my mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. And this week, while resting quietly, I had a scary revelation. I now have no choice. I cannot go back to a career based on disconnection …
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… In January, I declared 2018 the year of Awakening the Healthy Masculine. I paused, I watched. I had many conversations with my communities, as the Immature Masculine rears, all day, everyday in the news. … It is precisely because the Immature Masculine is rearing so loudly, that it is becoming obvious to many of our communities…
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... we can ill afford not to continue the conversation while the political divisions in the US and around the world brings us ever growing awareness that now is the time to act. Our opportunity to practice your Healthy Masculine, and to co-mentor each other is upon us …
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… communities are seeking connection, while ensuring effective planning, and financial well-being … Joanna Macy has called our changing times "The Great Turning”, and we are seeing more and more wonderful examples of communities readying themselves for the future through connective cultural practices …
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I love to compete. It drives my inner passions. It fuels me to become a better person … But I started to see that some people think of competition as an end game. To destroy the other, in order to win for yourself.
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I have witnessed plenty of destructive immature masculine energy in my life … I have seen too much hurt, misunderstanding, and mistrust, when what I was seeking (and actively working towards) was human kindness, compassion, and untethered support for each other … I felt it was time for me to actively start calling “in” (not calling “out” ! ) what the Healthy Masculine provides in our society
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My early broken family experiences directed me (unconsciously) towards my path in search of community health & wellness … my traumatic challenges as a child growing up, became my gift in my ability to empathise and support others in their challenges. I was guided by 2 pivotal moments that changed my life course where I committed to ensure that my whiteness & my privilege would act as a force for good …
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… Culture Garden actively walks alongside groups that are in a change process, to help them identify the spaces where they begin to falter, to learn ongoingly, and to re-engage with the interpersonal practices & social technologies that support their particular healthy ways of being and doing together. We call this Culture Gardening …
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