[RECORDING:] “Exploring a New Republic of the Heart Together: The Power of Mutual Awakening in Action
I invite you to watch this video or listen to this audio of a major live event I held on December 13, 2018, announcing a radical social experiment for 2019. You can download the audio here. Or you are welcome to watch the video from the webinar: https://app.box.com/shared/static/5gfb21c4jg027odk2k7t0bmzr019vjbd.mp4 Consider this: We know that humanity’s highest […]
Dispatches from A New Republic of the Heart Podcast Kickstarter Campaign
In today’s media landscape – with every celebrity, news outlet, and blogger competing for our attention and distracting us from more important matters – launching a new podcast may actually seem like part of the problem. However, it is now, in this “attention economy,” when it is most important for conscious individuals to awaken from […]
The Demands of Future Generations
All that’s happening in our crazy world continues to test us and even push us to our edges. You might be feeling the madness and intensity of our collective moment and grappling with your capacity to respond. I’m reminded of when Greta Thunberg recently spoke to the UN and demanded that we not fail her […]
Spiritual Activism on “Lateral Conversations”
In this wide-ranging conversation, I talked with Tom Amarque about spiritual activism, the daimon, global responsibility, We-Spaces, problems of left and right, and much more on his podcast series, “Lateral Conversations.” Enjoy! Tom is a German author, philosopher and podcaster. He lives and works in Mallorca, Spain. You can go to Tom’s site: http://www.tom-amarque.de/lateralconversations/2019/7/15/terry-patten-spiritual-activism-daimon-we-spaces-engl Or […]
From Helplessness to a “No-Matter-What” Commitment
Amiel Handelsman is a thoughtful executive coach who serves a community of other thoughtful coaches with his excellent podcast “The Amiel Show”. He interviewed me several years ago, and he asked me to appear again. We had another deeper, probing conversation last month. This time we dived deep into the “elephant in the room” — […]
Google Talk – Confronting the Meta-Crisis: Criteria for Turning the Titanic
In this talk given to Google employees, I explored the ways our meta-crisis is both an opportunity and a challenge. The complex problems facing the world today require critical systems change. Individual and collective change can expose our most basic vulnerabilities and ask us to respond with wisdom, clarity, compassion and collaboration. If we are […]
[RECORDING] Q&A about Living in a New Republic of the Heart
Consider joining us in the yearlong experiment: Living in a New Republic of the Heart: A Radical Experiment in Being the Change. Listen to answers to questions you may have here: You’ll be joining a community of activist-practitioners in mutual recognition of our unity. We will help each other integrate the ‘inner work’ and the […]
[Your Recording] My live event – A Call for Yin Leadership
I invite you to listen to the audio or watch the video from my January 9th webinar teaching – A Call for Yin Leadership – Growing Love that’s Stronger Than Anger and Fear. You’ll hear me speak frankly about the nature of love and leadership in a world gone mad — And how that is […]
Embracing Radical Change
In this conversation, I speak with Jocelyn Mercado during the Embracing Radical Change online event. We discuss the current state of the world and how we can allow ourselves to be present as we experience the full range of emotions from horror to hope. Jocelyn and I explore how we have a choice to turn […]
Life is a School
I’d like to share a brief video clip I recorded recently where I explore the concept that Life is a School. Dramatic political, social, cultural and economic problems, international conflicts, ecological challenges and world-changing technological advancements are intensifying at the same time our humanity is maturing and blossoming like never before. Our personal healing, spiritual […]