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My personal Substack "Wider Lens" is about how to think and communicate ecologically.
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A Book Review of Nora Bateson’s “Belly” (opens the original)
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Key pointsNora Bateson’s “Belly” uses her kitchen to illustrate ecological and systemic interdependency.Context shifts are key; recipes aren’t meals—life’s complexity can’t fit inside models or manuals.Mutual learning emerges by “dancing in the kitchen,” not following content or linear cause and effect.“Between us is the genesis of ability to perceive and respond to the complexity of this time” -Nora BatesonIn the mid-’70s, my advisor at Columbia University, Paul Byers, gave me a copy of
Exploring Psychology and Forgiveness in Homeopathic Treatment (opens the original)
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This article originally appeared in Volume 18 of The American Homeopath, republished and updated in Homeopathy for Everyone, September 2026 issueRecently, Leo, in his mid twenties, presented himself with extreme migraine head pain. His head pain has been constant over the past three years, ever since he had a very serious stomach virus. He was wrought with anticipation, which caused him to continue to vomit despite not having any other stomach symptoms before or immediately after eating.His narr
Reflective Listening to Enhance the Value of Relationships (opens the original)
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“Perhaps the sharpest, most recurrent shock of being alive is the realization that no one can give you a ready-made answer — not your parents or your teachers, not scripture or Stoicism, not psychotherapy or psilocybin, not the old dharma teacher or the new pope. Only life itself.”Maria Popova“Imagination: — having many voices in one’s head. The freedom for that”Susan Sontag“How we can improve our perception of the complexity
Ditch Linear Thinking (opens the original)
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How “Certainty” Undermines Intimacy and New Possibilities (opens the original)
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RelationshipsKey pointsCertainty limits intimacy and blocks new possibilities in relationships and creativity.Embracing uncertainty fosters deeper empathy, creativity, and meaningful connections.Accepting ambiguity allows for mutual growth and the emergence of unique human potential.“The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what comes next.” –Ursula K Le Guin“Creative minds exist to disrupt
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