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Newsletter · By Gibrán X. Rivera · Official site

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  1. Issue · Sep 29, 2026

    A Taste of What Is Possible (opens the original)

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    tl;dr: Transformational spaces matter because they give us more than insight. They give us a lived experience of another way of being together. And once we have touched that possibility, we begin carrying it into our relationships, our work, our communities, and the worlds we want to build.I remember the retreat that changed the course of my life. I had been working at the Interaction Institute for Social Change (IISC) for less than a year, and joining the organization had already marked a profo

  2. Issue · Sep 7, 2026

    Land and Belonging (opens the original)

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    tl;dr: Our relationship with land is something we remember, not invent. This week, Tuesday and I are in Grand Teton National Park exploring nature-based soul work with Black and Brown leaders. Because the truth is that our bodies already know how to belong to the living world.<div class="image2-ins

  3. Issue · Aug 31, 2026

    From Wokeness to Wakefulness (opens the original)

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    tl;dr: We will not make our way From Fragility to Fortitude through psychology or politics alone. We need a revival of the sacred: a larger story capable of locating us within a living world, binding us to something beyond ourselves, and helping us mature into the fortitude, wisdom, and wakefulness our time requires.There is a cosmology in the West, and it is psychology.But psychology is a cosmology that ends in the skull; it doesn’t extend outw

  4. Issue · Aug 19, 2026

    The Elimination of Hurry: An Invitation (opens the original)

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    tl;dr: Hurry is our way of life. It is reinforced by the systems and culture around us. The challenge is learning to live from a different set of values, beliefs, and assumptions. I am convinced that slowing down is the path. I am trying to learn how to actually walk it. And I think we can help each other do it.This newsletter is on the longer side. And it is also one of the most important invitations I can make. I close by asking you what we could do to support each other in making this radical

  5. Issue · Aug 6, 2026

    What do you know about rest? (opens the original)

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    tl;dr: Rest is not only recovery; it is revelation. A week of intentional rest left me restored, but also brought me into contact with what constant motion had been helping me avoid.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1086" src="https://s

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