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Adelante LeadershipS4 Episode 13: "There is Gold Everywhere"Tania and Peter talk to Gibrán.Our species stands at a choice point—will this be our evolutionary crash or our evolutionary leap? In this episode, internationally renowned master facilitator Gibrán Rivera joins the conversation to explore what it takes to move forward together.Gibrán helps leaders, networks, and organizations navigate complexity while centering power, equity, and inclusion. He invites us into a forward-facing remembering, a call to reclaim trust and embrace the currency of love as we shape the future. His work is dedicated to defining better ways of being together in th...2025-03-1938 min
Rooted In Light1.04: Reclaiming The Divine MasculineIn this episode of the Rooted In Light podcast, Tuesday welcomes back her husband and master facilitator, Gibrán Rivera. Together, they dive deep into the sacred dance of the Divine Masculine and Divine Feminine - and the importance of understanding these two energies in service to each other. They also open up about their own relationship, and Gibrán shares his experience learning from and coaching men to reclaim a whole and healthy masculinity. Along the way, they chat about how honoring both the masculine and feminine within us can lead to deeper self-expression — and even a whole lot o...2025-03-1145 min
Find The Outside"Rooted in Light" with Tuesday RiveraThe Outside is excited to announce Tuesday's new work and podcast, "Rooted in Light!!"In this very first episode of the Rooted in Light podcast, host Tuesday Rivera shares her vision for the show, emphasizing the importance of self-discovery, the divine feminine, and intuitive practices. She’s joined by her husband Gibrán Rivera, as they open up about their experiences of coming out of the spiritual closet and the duality of joy and healing. The conversation highlights the demand for spiritual growth, the importance of community, and the transformative power of facing one's wounds. To clo...2025-01-3034 min
Rooted In Light1.01: Coming out of the Spiritual ClosetIn this very first episode of the Rooted in Light podcast, host Tuesday Rivera shares her vision for the show, emphasizing the importance of self-discovery, the divine feminine, and intuitive practices. She’s joined by her husband Gibrán Rivera, as they open up about their experiences of coming out of the spiritual closet and the duality of joy and healing. The conversation highlights the demand for spiritual growth, the importance of community, and the transformative power of facing one's wounds. To close out the episode, Tuesday invites you to explore practices for rooting into your own light. ...2025-01-3034 min
Gibrán's PodcastGibrán's Podcast: Episode 36 - Luminosity with Tuesday Rivera“Happiness Lies Within”
This is the most important truth that my spiritual master bestowed upon me.
Years later, Elizabeth Gilbert (stop! I can hear some of your eyerolls!) expounded on the same teaching by reminding us that we tend to treat happiness like the weather. Like something that comes and goes. Not like something we get to nurture and cultivate.
Like a luminescent truth that radiates out from our core.
If you’ve been with me long enough you know that I am a very positive guy who does not believe in toxic positivity. We are here to live life on lif...2024-02-161h 04
we are what we practiceEpisode 1: Gibran RiveraThis episode of We Are What We Practice features the incredible Gibran RiveraMy name is Lawrence Barriner II, and I’ve been obsessed with practice for what seems like decades at this point. People have called me the practice wizard. And I love being in my own practices and learning from other people about theirs. So if that sounds exciting or even curiosity-inducing, keep your ears peeled (or open).Transcript Justin Jiménez (aka Savio) on Spotify Show notes -Gibrán interviews me: Lawrence Barriner II: Men Need to Be...2023-12-2156 min
Gibrán's PodcastGibran's Podcast: Episode 35 - Being Free Together with Sól GonzalezHow do we build the world we are longing for in the here and now?
This is the question that orients the work of my friend, Sól Gonzalez. Sol is an intuitive coach who understands their work with others as the act of holding and mirroring. Their bio is included here at the end.
But right now I want to tell you that I have learned and grown a lot through my relationship with Sól. While our friendship is fun, loving and personal. They also hold an archetypal energy. A way of being and sensing in the world th...2023-11-221h 22
Gibrán's PodcastGibran's Podcast: Episode 34 - Get Free with Nicole CartyWhat can we do to surface the origins of our inequality?
What can we do to dismantle the narratives and the policies that keep us divided?
Is there a way for us to push for reparations so that we can actually heal our relationships and our democracy?
These are important questions. And many of us have been grappling and experimenting to find an answer. It is not hard to see that we are headed in the opposite direction. Democracy is shaking. Separation and supremacist thought are on the rise.
I recently reconnected with Nicole Carty. It was in the context...2023-09-281h 14
The Art of GroupsThe Transformational Power of the We Space with Gibran RiveraIntroduction to the Episode In this episode, Carrie Haynes engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Gibrán Rivera about the “We Space” – a concept that highlights the transformational potential of group dynamics and collective consciousness. Gibrán, an experienced facilitator, coach, and guide, shares his insights on how group interactions can bring about personal growth, healing, ... Read more
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Gibrán's PodcastGibran's Podcast: Episode 33 - Love & Facilitation with Alia LahlouOne of the drawbacks of my work is that my mom doesn’t know how to talk about it. She doesn’t get to brag about what her kid does. And she wants to!
That’s because it’s not easy to talk about facilitation. How do you explain what facilitators do? Different facilitators do different things. You have to experience it. And when the stakes are high, you really have to trust someone’s reputation.
This is why I’m so excited to share this beautiful conversation with my friend Alia Lahlou, who is a magnificent, well-respected facilitator. She is also a me...2023-06-141h 15
Gibrán's PodcastGibrán's Podcast: Episode 32 - Somatic Scribe with Kate MoralesI am two years away from 50. I find this to be a great thing. There is nothing quite as beautiful as the process of learning to live.
It also means that I am subject to the same marvel and challenge that every generation must face. The young will come, and they will want something different and new.
A tension arises that demands we stay in it. There is a wisdom that comes with experience, invaluable things that must be preserved, and there is a wisdom in letting go, and allowing what’s new to emerge.
I have not always handled th...2023-06-021h 18
Gibrán's PodcastGibran's Podcast: Episode 31 - Grief and Ritual with Cecily EnglehartEarlier this year, I invited you to join me in a set of dialogue sessions to help deepen my understanding of John Verveake’s work on ritual.
Cecily Engelhart was one of the people that responded to the call. Our spots were already full, but something about Cecily’s email caught my attention. She was talking about grief and the way ritual was an essential part of her own dealings with loss.
I knew I had to talk to her.
The more healing work I do with others, the more clear it is to me that life will break each of o...2023-05-171h 22
Gibrán's PodcastGibrán's Podcast: Episode 30 - Stay Open with Giovanna NegrettiI’ve known Giovanna Negretti for at least two decades. She is one of those Puerto Rican women possessed with passion, focus, commitment, perseverance and a charisma for leadership that makes her unstoppable.
I have witnessed her growth through many leadership roles. And I was thrilled to interview her as she stewards the Online Progressive Engagement Network, a community of organizations wielding digital campaigns for progressive change all over the world. I think of her work as an essential counter-weight to the global rise of authoritarianism.
OPEN is an important container where rich country democracies and the democracies of the po...2023-05-031h 30
Gibrán's PodcastGibrán's Podcast: Episode 29 -Friends, not Allies with Rinku SenWould you rather have an ally or a friend?
I’ve been taken by this paradigm shift of a question from the moment I heard Rinku talking about it.
She says that an “ally” is too low of a bar, like taking something off the shelf and putting it back if you don’t like it.
So what happens when we talk about friendship instead?
What happens when we are in authentic relationships with the people we are building movements with?
In my mind, EVERYTHING changes. We are playing an entirely different game. And it includes being more human, together.
I am ble...2023-04-201h 23
One-Degree Shifts14: The We Space w/Gibrán RiveraWe speak with Gibrán Rivera, a wonderful speaker, social activist, community facilitator, and coach that works with remarkable leaders devoted to creating a new paradigm in the world. In this soulful and vulnerable conversation, we talk about: The traps of seeking healingSocial justice and psychedelicsEcstatic experiences as GodTouching the divine every dayCommunity as an act of resistanceCentering in integration as a communitySpiritual connection and psychedelicsStates vs stages of our livesConnect further:https://www.gibranrivera.comhttps://www.instagram/wearenectarahttps://www.nectara.co2023-04-1759 min
Gibrán's PodcastGibrán's Podcast: Episode 28 - Awake in Mogadishu with Khadra AliYou can find remarkable people in every corner of this planet. Many of these people have something in common. There is a spirituality about them. They seem to be motivated by the call of something greater. They seem to live their lives in the context of a bigger story. A story that precedes them, and will go on after them. They are on a path of awakening to wisdom.
I met Khadra Ali in 2014. I’ve always been struck by the light that radiates from her face. I have also been intrigued by how she keeps traditional, religious, ways of Is...2023-04-031h 08
Gibrán's PodcastGibran's Podcast: Episode 27 - Seven Fires with Stephanie GutierrezWe are among the richest, safest, most privileged humans to have ever walked the earth. We are also the loneliest and the most anxious. We are the most medicated and most depressed.
We are also the only humans managing to steal from our descendants (that means our children, our grandchildren, and their children and grandchildren) at such a scale and such a pace that our species could die away.
Are we doomed, or, is there a way to have an economy of abundance that nurtures well-being?
This is where my friend Stephanie Gutierrez comes in. She is a member of...2023-03-201h 12
Gibrán's PodcastGibrán's Podcast: Episode 26 - Life Giver with Jihan GearonJihan Gearon is an artist who is pouring her spirit into the sort of art that can change your life. She is a friend. We met when I used to facilitate the fellowship that developed the Young Climate Leaders Network. I think of her as a recovering activist. But that’s not exactly true. She can’t stop being an activist. She is just another one among the ranks of us who are looking for a better, kinder, and more sustainable way to make the world whole again.
I titled this episode “Life Giver,” because that is who Jihan is, and what...2023-03-061h 22
Gibrán's PodcastGibran's Podcast: Episode 25 - Sweat your Truth with Maria BaumanIf you grew up in 90’s you probably know what it meant to be “sweatin” somebody. It’s something like liking someone, and doing all sorts of things to make sure they know you like them. You are after them. And you might do a little too much to make sure they notice you.
What if you were just as committed, just as passionate, willing to go just as far, when it comes to sweatin’ your truth?
I imagine your body would move in all sorts of ways. I figure you would get in tune with others around you. I know you w...2023-02-201h 34
Gibrán's PodcastGibrán's Podcast: Episode 24 - Urban Bush Women with Jawole Willa Jo ZollarJawole Willa Jo Zollar is the founder of the legendary ensemble Urban Bush Women. She is also a winner of the MacArthur Genius Award. I met Jawole at a Creative Change Retreat, an intersection of artists and activists that used to be held at the Sundance Resort, in Provo, Utah. One of my favorite gatherings to facilitate.
I was immediately moved by Jawole’s presence, and I could sense how she was tuning into a deeper energy in my facilitation. We started to get to know each other and quickly learned that not only do we share values and aspirations fo...2023-02-051h 12
Gibrán's PodcastGibrán's Podcast: Episode 23 - Decolonized with Kassie HartendorpI was born in Puerto Rico. One of the last “official” colonies on earth. I know something about the taste and smell of empire.
Today all of humanity is still contending with the reverberations of 500 hundreds years of European imperialism.
The indigenous people of the world have a lot to teach us about the genocidal impacts of colonization and about what it will take to decolonize ourselves. Because most of us, indigenous our not, remain colonized by a spell. A spell that tells us that to be human is to stand alone, to extract, consume and accumulate, to be afraid of e...2023-01-231h 16
Gibrán's PodcastGibran’s Podcast: Episode 22 - Fables, Spells and the Prophetic w/ adrienne maree brownLast Fall (in 2022), my friend Jesse Hassinger, who works for The Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley, Massachusetts, reached out to me with an exciting request.
He asked if I would interview adrienne maree brown on the release of her new book, Fables and Spells: Collected and New Short Fiction and Poetry.
Of course, I said yes! adrienne describes herself as someone who grows healing ideas in public through her writing, her music, and her podcasts. I think of her as one of those prophetic voices that are able to speak in an ancient mythopoetic language. The tongue that helps our...2023-01-0435 min
Financial Wellness with CarrieThe Art of Accountability with Gibrán RiveraWhat is accountability? Where can we find it and do we even need it? Do you orient towards an internal locus of control or an external locus of control?Today’s episode is all about challenging the notion that you’re on your own, that it’s up to you alone to create change for yourself. Exploring accountability through community can have a significant impact on your financial wellness and overall well-being throughout your life. Today, I welcome Gibrán Rivera: a friend, a client...2022-11-1157 min
Medicine for These Times with Beth WeinsteinPsychedelics, Sacred Medicines, Soul’s Purpose & BusinessThe “Psychedelic Revolution” is here. We are living in an unprecedented time in history. At this very moment, we are in the midst of massive change. You carry your own unique medicine…and Your Medicine is what we need for these times.At this free online event starting September 27th, you’ll get access to over 33 of the foremost experts in the psychedelic space — including: Charles Eisenstein,Tricia Eastman, Alex & Allyson Grey, Xochitl Ashe, Sandra Ingerman, Robin Rose Bennett, Wade Davis, Atria Tan, Kyle Buller of Psychedelics Today, East Forest, Kat Courtney of Plant Medicine...2022-09-1324 min
The Querida Marí Podcast6. How to have better boundaries with your childrenIn today's episode I talk aboutHow not to raise a codependent childWhat is Triangulation?Age appropriate expectationBook mentioned: The Prophet by Kanil GibranThe Querida Mari podcast is made with the Latina Mujer in mind. It is a place for your inner child to learn/unlearn life lessons that are no longer serving your adult Self. Come as you are, take space, make yourself a cafecito and let's get started!Follow me and let's be friends:...2022-05-1346 min
Radio Evolve Global - EnglishA World between Putin and WokenessThomas Steininger in dialogue with Gibrán Rivera
How can we grow in our mutual understanding in a world that is so badly fragmented? How can we meet when so much resentment is held within all fundamentalist identities, whether the Russian imperial identity of Vladimir Putin or the fundamentalist views of some extreme parts of woke culture? Mainstream culture also puts forth the fundamentalism of scientism and markets. Where can the impulse to want to understand come from? For Gibrán Rivera, the answer lies in the potential both of dialogue and a renewed recognition of the sa...2022-04-0847 min
Radio EvolveA World between Putin and Wokeness
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Thomas Steininger in dialogue with Gibrán Rivera
How can we grow in our mutual understanding in a world that is so badly fragmented? How can we meet when so much resentment is held within all fundamentalist identitie...2022-04-0800 minMedicine for These Times with Beth WeinsteinGibrán Rivera: Evolutionary Leadership & Radical ResponsibilityGibrán Rivera is a teacher, coach, guide and master facilitator. He is devoted to the development of leaders and leadership networks.Gibrán is helping us meet this unprecedented moment. He works to help us figure out how to thrive in times of VUCA. Volatility. Uncertainty. Complexity. Ambiguity.He is the originator of the Evolutionary Leadership Workshop, host of the Better Men Project, and one of the teachers of What Should White People Do? His work brings close attention to the dynamics of power, equity, and inclusion. He has designed and facilitated the coming to...2022-01-0455 min
Becoming CourageousHow to Keep Going, Even When It's HardWhat do we have to do in our bodies, minds & hearts to stay present and to not give up, even when it's hard? Zina & Jess welcome the amazing Dr. Krista Robinson-Lyles of Hope Education Group for a beautiful, personal conversation about practical ways to listen to our bodies, ask ourselves questions, and find our "joy, anyhow" as we surf the waves of building more just and inclusive communities.Suggested Resources:Practicing Mindfulness by Dr. Krista Robinson-Lyles Holding Change by adrienne maree brownThe B...2021-09-291h 05
Psychedelics TodayPT264 – Gibrán Rivera – Group Process, Self-sovereignty, and Rethinking MasculinityIn this episode, Joe interviews teacher, coach, facilitator, and podcaster, Gibrán Rivera. They talk about the importance and benefits of group process, the spectrum of healing, and the poles of masculinity and femininity. www.psychedelicstoday.com2021-09-281h 34
Gibrán's PodcastGibran's Podcast: Episode 21 - Redefining Wealth with Pamela StandingOn this podcast I interview my dear friend Pamela Standing. Pamela is a fountain of wisdom. She is a source of that sort of heartfelt joy and laughter that is embodied by people who hold a deep understanding of what it means to walk well upon this earth.
Pamela is a citizen of Cherokee Nation. I met her when I was facilitating a Rural Economy Fellowship of what was then called the “Business Alliance for Local Living Economies.” She is a grassroots organizer who has immersed herself in rural tribal community wealth building.
She endeavors to close the disparity gap thro...2021-06-281h 12
Looking Up with Dr. Deepika ChopraLOOKING UP SPECIAL EDITION EPISODE ON COVID FACTS with Jessica Malaty Rivera MSThis season’s recap features Dr. Deepika Chopra talking to infectious disease epidemiologist and science communicator lead at the COVID Tracking Project, Jessica Malaty Rivera MS. Jessica has dedicated the last 15 years of her career to infectious disease research, public health policy, and vaccine advocacy. Her speciality is in translating complex scientific concepts into impactful, accessible, and judgement free information for anyone to understand. On this special current events episode, Jessica answers the questions that many listeners have had regarding COVID and the pandemic. She explains the importance of vaccines, flattening the curve, the misguidance of some when it co...2021-05-031h 17
Gibrán's PodcastGibran's Podcast: Episode 20 - Art for Our Time with Favianna RodriguezHow do you make art for our time?
How do you engage your creative life force to meet this moment? A time in which systems are collapsing and a new world wants to be born.
The life of Favianna Rodriguez is an answer to these questions. She is a renowned interdisciplinary artist, a cultural organizer and a social justice activist. But most importantly, she is one of my dearest friends.
It is hard to wrap your head around the breadth and depth of her work. She leads the Center for Cultural Power. And she describes her art as a visual...2021-04-291h 14
Gibrán's PodcastGibran's Podcast: Episode 19 - Designing Justice with Deanna Van BurenWe live in a punitive culture. The United States incarcerates more of its people than any country in the world.
Turn to twitter at any point of the day and you see cancel culture in full display.
What makes us think we can throw people away?
We are wired for connection. We need structures of belonging. This is how we signal a culture of safety and well being. Punitive culture makes us anxious. It makes us afraid. It makes us feel alone.
What happens when you take a stand for restorative justice?
What if we take back our architecture, our...2021-03-3158 minRadio EvolveWhite Supremacy and Woke Culture
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Thomas Steininger in dialogue with Gibrán Rivera
The norms and values of our world are changing rapidly. The murder of George Floyd by a white police officer, after many similar incidents over many years, sparked a movement, first in...2021-03-2656 minRadio Evolve Global - EnglishWhite Supremacy and Woke CultureThomas Steininger in dialogue with Gibrán Rivera
The norms and values of our world are changing rapidly. The murder of George Floyd by a white police officer, after many similar incidents over many years, sparked a movement, first in the US and then around the globe. That we live in a world that was created by brutal European colonialism and supremacy is becoming a simple fact, rather than something utterly ignored. These are signs of a new waking up, “wokeness,” that is being disparaged by conservatives as a new form of thought policing.
Gibrán Rive...2021-03-2652 min
Gibrán's PodcastGibran's Podcast: Episode 18 - New Roots with Rev. Mariama White HammondThere is so much exciting talk about emergence these days! How do you apply this thinking to something like the Church? How can you make room for the new when a tradition is 2000 years old?
Rev. Mariama White-Hammond is finding out. She is a founder of New Roots AME Church, an Emergent Church in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood. Where I live! Reverend Mariama says that Emergent Churches believe God is doing something new in this moment. And that it is our job to move with spirit and make ourselves available for God to emerge.
In this podcast episode we dive in...2021-01-121h 17
VoxologyRethinking Sexual Ethics and Purity Culture: A Gospel-Centered Conversation - w/ Bridget Eileen Rivera & Tyler CherneskyA powerful and candid conversation exploring the intersection of sexuality, faith, purity culture, and theological growth in the modern church. Mike Erre and Tim Stafford are joined by Tyler Cherneski, a Cincinnati-based church planter, and Bridget Eileen Rivera, author, researcher, and LGBTQ+ Christian advocate, to unpack the lingering harm of purity culture and how the church can move toward a more grace-filled, Gospel-centered sexual ethic. This episode dives deep into what it means to extend authentic grace to all, the damaging legacy of purity culture, and how to create space for LGBTQ+ Christians to belong, wrestle with...2020-12-1450 min
Gibrán's PodcastGibran's Podcast: Episode 17 - Beautiful Ventures with Melinda Weekes-LaidlowHow do you influence popular culture in ways that elevate Black humanity? How do you build the skill, power and wealth of Black creatives?
The podcast is baaack!!!! And here I’m introducing you to my friend and colleague Melinda Weekes, founder and CEO of Beautiful Ventures. She is a minister, facilitator, consultant and visionary social change architect.
This is a joyful conversation ranging from theology to the business of culture. You will be moved by Melinda’s heart and brilliance.
Find out more about Melinda and our other podcasts on the website
www.gibranrivera.com2020-12-011h 02
Design for DisruptionRadical Responsibility with Gibrán RiveraIn this episode we talk with Gibrán Rivera about radical responsibility. Gibrán is a master facilitator and an extraordinary thinker. He helps guide the transformation of leaders, networks and organizations. He pays particular attention to the dynamics of power, equity and inclusion. His work focuses on getting people and organizations in touch with themselves, their passions and their purpose so they can develop the capacity needed to navigate complexity.
Learn more about Gibrán and his work here:
gibranrivera.com
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Whiteness at WorkWhiteness at Work 007: Conscious Masculinity & the Emergence of a "New We" with Gibrán RiveraOur fall season's first guest is Gibrán Rivera. I've known Gibrán over 15 years now. It was he and a group of his colleagues at an organization called the Interaction Institute for Social Change (IISC) that initially inspired my work in the field of education and group facilitation. Just as he has done for so many others, his facilitation helped my colleagues and I shape a collective vision for how to become more effective educators who could truly lead with love.I have never seen a person who was so skilled at elevating the abilities and th...2020-09-1555 min
State of Emergence038 Gibrán Rivera – White Supremacy, Woke Fundamentalism, and Evolutionary AllyshipInspiring master facilitator and social impact consultant Gibrán Rivera joins Terry to explore how our very way of being together might be our most meaningful response to this choice point in human history. They discuss how our social justice work might evolve to serve the flourishing of life in ourselves and one another, and how we can move beyond relating as individuals, and instead cultivate a new “we”, in the aliveness between us. Gibrán Rivera is an internationally renowned master facilitator and consultant committed to transforming organizations into more “networks of collaborative leadership” by shifting dynamics o...2020-07-181h 30
Find The Outside2.12: Invitation: On Inviting People Into The Work, And Seeing Invitations As Challenge and Positive Shake-Up For Ourselves As LeadersFor episode twelve of season two, Tim and Tuesday speak directly to the invitations they are receiving in the work of getting big change done. At this particular time in the world, what new dimensions and new experiences might we say ‘yes’ to in order to stay awake, see clearly and take action?Together, Tim Merry and Tuesday Ryan-Hart are THE OUTSIDE—systems change and equity facilitators who bring the fresh air necessary to organize movements, organizations, and collaborators forward for progress, surfacing new mindsets for greater participation and shared impact.2.12 —— SHOW NOTES...2020-03-1741 min
Gibrán's PodcastGibrán's Podcast Episode 16 - Art for the Temple with J-Wo WootyHow do you make art for the temple?
How do you make art for a temple that is itself a work of art, in a city that is defined by the awe that is its art?
A temple that will hold hope and will hold grief.
A temple at the heart of a place where people seek to wake up and get free.
A place of pilgrimage. That you know is doomed to burn.
I met JWo about 5 years ago. We worked together during my long partnership with BALLE (the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies), now Common Future. Our...2020-02-151h 08
Gibrán's PodcastGibrán's Podcast: Episode 15 - Joy & Liberation with Jamila ReddyI am coming into contact with people who hold light, wisdom and hope. Powerful humans who embody the possibility of something new.
Jamila Reddy is one such human. She is a Brooklyn-based, North-Carolina raised, Black queer, Buddhist writer, healer, thinker, doer, and dreamer.
I am quite intentional about having conversations across generations. And I am learning so much from this millennial person who is obsessed with teaching others how to get out of their own way so they can see a path forward towards the life of their dreams.
In this wide ranging conversation we talk about being black and...2020-02-031h 05
Gibrán's PodcastGibrán's Podcast: Episode 14 - How to be an Alchemist with Gibrán RiveraLawrence and Austin high-jacked the podcast this month! They wanted you to hear more about my vision. And how I think about my work. We talked about my life-shaping moments. About what it means to be an Alchemist (and NOT a Guru). Along with everything that’s been on my mind these days, from Tony Robbins to the evolution of consciousness to burning man and movement fundamentalism.
Take a listen. Let me know what you think.2020-01-241h 16
Clear This MechanismConversation w/Gibrán Rivera on Meditation, Spiritual Awakening, Kundalini, Plant Medicine and more!I had an amazing conversation with Gibrán on the Clear This Mechanism Podcast about Meditation, Spiritual Awakening, Kundalini Awakening, Plant Medicine, Psychedelics, Community, Support and so much more!!!2019-12-211h 12
Gibrán's PodcastGibrán's Podcast: Episode 13 - How to Work with Complexity? with Sage CrumpSage Crump is the New Chief Architect of Emergent Strategy at the Emergent Strategy Ideation Institute. The adoption of the Emergent Strategy Framework articulated by adrienne maree brown, the rapid spread of Emergent Strategy Trainings and the birth of the Ideation Institute are among the most exciting things happening in movement space right now. It is the adoption of a whole new way of thinking about how we do the work of changing everything.
We are lucky to have her in this role. Sage is a wisdom holder, she is a facilitator, an artists with the Complex Movements Artist Collective...2019-11-201h 04
Gibrán's PodcastGibrán's Podcast: Episode 12 - How Do You Build Powerful Movements? with Keya ChatterjeeMeet Keya Chatterjee, executive director of US Climate Action Network. I met Keya when I facilitated the Young Climate Leaders Network. A beautiful fellowship program. Here we talk about the power of networks and the importance of taking time to cultivate relationship in our movement spaces. Keya knows that we must relinquish the idea of powerlessness. It is our only hope to end the climate crisis. This is no easy task, but her work with USCAN seeks to do just that.2019-10-251h 12
Gibrán's PodcastGibrán's Podcast: Episode 11 - Solidarity Is This with Deepa IyerI have been blessed to work with Deepa at Solidarity Summit for the past five years. She is a gifted facilitator, writer, activist and lawyer. In this podcast she speaks of the building blocks for real solidarity work. And how important it is to be grounded in your truth while understanding that there are many different perspectives. This is not an easy task. It takes a lot of self-reflection that we fail to build into our organizations or movements.2019-09-281h 07
Gibrán's PodcastGibrán's Podcast: Episode 10 - Initiation with Anasa TroutmanEveryone wants to feel like they belong. We can’t “other” people and then ask them to join us. We need spaces of belonging.
Meet my friend Anasa Troutman. CEO of Culture Shift Creative. A strategist and storyteller who is wise beyond her years. She radiates a deeply cultivated love. And she wields creativity as a path of transformation.
For more information, check out her website:
http://www.anasatroutman.com/2019-08-301h 11
Gibrán's PodcastGibrán's Podcast: Episode 9 - Initiation with Quanita RobersonMeet Quanita Robertson, master facilitator, circle holder, author and all around wise woman.
She brings a refreshing perspective on race, reconciliation and stages of human development. Quanita looks at the world with an eye to initiation. She concerns herself with the archetypal realms.
Quanita and Tenneson Woolf are about to launch the Fire & Water Leadership Rites of Passage Cohort.
Additional Links:
Coaching and Organizational Development (www.nzuzu.com)
Fire & Water Leadership/Rites of Passage Cohort(www.fireandwaterleadership.weebly.com)
Fire & Water Podcast(www.fireandwater.podbean.com)
Quanita’s Books:Soul Growing: Wisdom for 13 year old boys from men around the worl...2019-07-301h 05
Gibrán's PodcastGibrán's Podcast: Episode 8 - Soul Matters with Isoke FemiMeet Isoke Femi. Imaginal practitioner, master facilitator and founder of Soul Matters. An elder of the movement with more than 30 years of experience in the work of transformation. She is co-founder of the Todos Alliance Building Institute and co-author of No Boundaries: A Manual for Unlearning Oppression and Building Multicultural Alliances. Isoke is a fountain of wisdom. She has devoted her life to the work of unlearning oppression. Illuminating power at the intersection of spirit and culture.
https://www.soulmatters.center/intro2019-06-251h 06
Gibrán's PodcastGibrán's Podcast: Episode 7 - Music, Freedom, Dreams with Jay-Marie HillMeet Jay-Marie Hill. Evolutionary Leadership Cohort of 2018. Activist, musician, and educator who lives a life designed to help our world ascend beyond gendered and racialized norms. Tune in. Experience the way Jay-Marie brings us into the fullness of their heart while moving us with their piercing intellect. Listen, learn and feel. And please support the Black Trans & GNC Bike Ride. Let’s honor the truth held in these bodies.
Jay-Marie Hill is a musician and Founder of Music Freedom Dreams. They are currently organizing and fundraising for The Black Trans Bike Experience, which is a 5 day 160 mile bike ride for bl...2019-06-031h 12
Gibrán's PodcastGibrán's Podcast:Episode 6 - Rising with Colette Pichon BattleMeet Colette Pichon-Battle, culture holder, bayou woman, community healer, fierce advocate. Listen to this voice of moral clarity coming from the front lines of climate change. Colette’s sense of urgency is matched by a deep wisdom of the heart. By her trust in the power of community, and by her belief that we can heal and rise together.
Colette Pichon Battle is the Executive Director of the Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy (GCCLP), working on issues of global migration, community economic development, climate justice and equitable disaster recovery. She has prioritized working with local communities, national funders and el...2019-04-041h 11
Find The Outside1.14: Togetherness: Challenging our thinking as change facilitators to level-up the possibility in the roomWhen we intentionally practice what it means to be together, we increase the possibility of levelling-up. In episode fourteen, Gibrán Rivera joins us for a conversation about how to co-create the space to tackle insurmountable problems.1.14 —— SHOW NOTESTues: Today we’re talking to one of my favourite people in the world, Gibrán Rivera, a facilitator also working in systems change. Gibrán is an internationally renowned master facilitator who has devoted his life to the development of leaders and organizational transformation.Gibrán: My great friend (RIP), Jake...2019-03-1945 min
Gibrán's PodcastGibrán's Podcast: Episode 5-The UrbanLabs with Malia LazuNext on the Evolutionary Leadership Podcast is this interview with Malia Lazu. Principal at the UrbanLabs, culture creator and brilliant strategist. She is also one of my best friends. Here you get a peep into 20 years of co-evolution through friendship. Friendship between people who have devoted our lives to the work of liberation. I find it amazing that we have evolved along such similar trajectories.
You’ll learn about activating the power of cultural competency. We talk about how the work of diversity, equity and inclusion should be joyful. Not painful. Because it should feel great to be different together. Yo...2019-03-061h 23
Gibrán's PodcastGibrán's Podcast: Episode 4-Brave Space with Tuesday Ryan-HartIn this next episode of the Evolutionary Leadership Podcast we take a deep dive into facilitation. We talk about big change, about trauma, about embodiment, radical responsibility and the need for brave spaces. It is an interview with my friend and colleague, Tuesday Ryan-Hart of Find the Outside. This episode comes with an invitation. I’m curious to see who will take us up.
It is not always easy to talk about the work that I do. There is so much of it that just needs to be experienced. I cherish the opportunity to talk with a woman that holds sp...2019-02-031h 00
Gibrán's PodcastGibrán's Podcast: Episode 3 - Reclaiming Birth with Nashira BarilIn our third episode I interview Nashira Baril. Nashira attended the Evolutionary Leadership Workshop in 2015. She came to work on her dream of building Boston’s first birth center. Nearly four years later that dream is seeded and well on it’s way to bloom. Check out the birth center’s website at https://neighborhoodbirthcenter.org/ and listen in to learn more about this project, the meaningful implications of this work and how you can get involved.2018-12-061h 16
Gibrán's PodcastGibrán's Podcast: Episode 2 - The Estuary Projects with Kendra HicksIn our second episode Kendra Hicks teaches us about The Estuary Projects and how the future is birthed by the apocalypse. Remembering is the first part, the second part is experimentation. How can we be as deeply connected to an unseen future?2018-11-071h 00
Gibrán's PodcastGibrán's Podcast: Episode 1 - The Power Manual with Cyndi SuarezWe are thrilled to introduce the first ever Evolutionary Leadership Podcast! I invite you into conversation with remarkable people who have devoted their lives to the evolution of consciousness and culture. (This is our first, your feedback will be helpful!)
In this episode I interview author Cyndi Suarez, who has just released The Power Manual, a book on how to master complex power dynamics. Cyndi is one of my dearest friends. And she has written a book for our time.
The social movements of our day have a conflicted relationship with power, endlessly deconstructing its evils while actively yearning for...2018-07-091h 17
The OneMind Meditation Podcast with Morgan Dix: Meditation | Mindfulness | HealthOM058: 100 Days Of Meditation With Gibran Rivera
Gibran Rivera is an internationally renowned master facilitator who has devoted his life to the development of leaders and organizational transformation.
Recently, he completed an inspired run of 100 days of meditation.
In truth, that’s not all that strange for Gibran. He’s walked a meditation-based spiritual path for more than a decade.
Instead, what’s interesting is how this recent meditation immersion parallels his journey to give up alcohol and marijuana. Something Gibran struggled to moderate for a long time.
But now, thanks to a personal breakthrough supported by medicin...2016-04-041h 00