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Leading Visionaries PodcastAwakening the Heart of the Earth with Lev Natan - 83In a world teetering between ecological collapse and conscious awakening, few voices speak with the grounded clarity and spiritual depth. In this episode of Leading Visionaries, host Anjel B. Hartwell interviews Lev Natan. Lev shares a breathtaking origin story; his awakening during a shamanic journey in 2006 that revealed a future of global healing, forest regeneration, and communal leadership rooted in indigenous wisdom. Raised in the Jewish mystical tradition and deeply immersed in ceremony, Lev’s story unfolds like a sacred map, one that guides listeners from early inner questioning to the birth of his movement-based organization, Alliance for a Vi...2025-05-2727 min

The Israel ConnectionThe Israel Connection: Elkana CohenSend us a textEsti Zenati is joined by guest, Elkana Cohen, author of the book OCT 7: The War Against Hamas Through the Eyes of an Israeli Commando Officer, which is based on Elkana's diary entries during the war in Gaza. Esti and Elkana talk about his personal experience of what it's like serving in the IDF since October 7, 2023 and being on the battlefield in Northern Gaza for over a year, experiencing major losses of close friends and becoming a father for the first time. Elkana's book mentioned above is available f...2025-03-2036 min

ChaiFM2025.02.21 – How have Israeli students managed with their studies despite the war in the Israel and how has the Institution supported students mentally – Natan Bauer, Marketing Manager at the Jerusalem College of Technology Machon Lev and Tal 2025-02-2113 min

Chai FM2025.02.21 – How have Israeli students managed with their studies despite the war in the Israel and how has the Institution supported students mentally – Natan Bauer, Marketing Manager at the Jerusalem College of Technology Machon Lev and Tal 2025-02-2113 min

93.9 The RiverThe Alliance for a Viable FutureMonte talks with Lev Natan from the Alliance for a Viable Future about and ambitious plan and an incredible concert.2022-08-0110 min

Alliance for a Viable Future58. Wellbeing Economy Alliance: Partnerships for Systems Change w/Scotland Director Jimmy PaulThe Wellbeing Economy Alliance believes that humanity should determine economics, not the other way around. In this episode, Jimmy Paul, Director at the Wellbeing Economy Alliance in Scotland - speaks of their work with partners to drive change by co-creating, testing & lobbying for alternative policies, practices & models, and will look to identify the cross-sectoral opportunities for fundamental systems change. Jimmy has worked in a range of leadership roles across health & social care for nearly ten years. He is particularly passionate about a ‘nothing about us without us’ approach to participation and the creative, meaningful involvement of communities who would benefit most...2022-06-0346 min

Alliance for a Viable Future57. Climate Leadership: How We Can Create a Viable FutureDo you feel an urgency to step up and face the climate crisis? At no other time in human history has our human species needed to wake up to the harrowing fact that our planet’s natural systems may not be able to support human life— within the coming generation—by 2050. Climate Leadership is a pathway forward that integrates personal & professional development work, for emerging and established leaders who feel compelled to face the reality and take a stand for the future of all life on our planet.2022-04-141h 08

Alliance for a Viable Future56. Be Prepared: Homesteading Skills, Storing Supplies, Homescale Gardening & More - Jon Lee Rucker“It’s better to have it and not need it, then to need it and not have it,'' says Jon Lee Rucker, founder of Wild Beauty Farm (wildbeautyfarm.com), PermaJam (permajam.com), and a dear friend of mine. This empowering conversation will bring awareness to the uneasy feeling about the instability all around us - conflict in the Ukraine, market and supply chain issues, and the environmental turbulence. We discuss our personal experience of how taking action generates a sense of confidence and courage. By facing it, you can turn the anxiety into positive action, instead of ignoring it. It’s...2022-03-241h 12

Light of InfiniteSpiritualize Reality (leviticus: vayikra)This week’s I wrote about my fam from Ethiopia & Yemen, and the Korbanot (sacrifices), see how it all ties into the Parashah! - 𝕊𝕡𝕚𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕦𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕫𝕖 ℝ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕪 - We read: “When one among you offers a sacrifice to G-d…”. Immediately, we ask, what sort of sacrifice? Why? and how? King David, whose son built the first Temple, writes in Psalms, “For You [G-d] do not desire sacrifices; else I would give it: You do not delight in burnt offering. The sacrifice of God is a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.”Animal sacrifices were a way for ancient Jews to elevate themselves s...2022-03-1106 min

Alliance for a Viable Future55. Climate Resilience: The Secret of Healing Trauma in an Era of Crisis - Dr. Stephanie MinesIt is clear that the climate crisis is not going to go away. How can individuals and families best prepare themselves to meet the health challenges that are inevitable? One of the keys is that “we need to harness the power of focus,” says Dr. Stephanie Mines, the author of five books that reflect over three decades of research as a neuroscientist. She has investigated shock and trauma as a survivor, a professional, a clinicalresearcher, and healthcare provider. Her nonprofit The TARA Approach is instrumental in thesystemic change she promotes as a Sustainable Health paradigm. Dr. Mine...2022-02-101h 03

Gedale Fenster - PodcastTomer Deborah the ultimate game changer - Gedale FensterAnonymous for the Rephuah Shlaima of brachah leah bat rut. For the Rephuah Shlaima of Yehoshua Chaim Ben Chana Yehudit. Sponsored in honor of my brother BirthdAy tes zayin shvat . It should be his best year yet , blessed with material and spiritual blessings in abundance he should find his other half .. Shimon ben raizel, Refuah for Raizel BAs Hadas & shiduch For Yosef Yehuda ben raizel Anonymous for Eliezer Ben Sarah Minah. Hashem should shine his countenance on him, ignite the spark of his neshoma and return him, shaleim to his roots and his family so that he may live an a...2022-01-231h 00

Alliance for a Viable Future54. Honoring Our Native Relatives on Thanksgiving - Lev NatanWhat do you say at your Thanksgiving dinner table to honor our Native American relatives? In this episode, host and Executive Director of Alliance for a Viable Future, Lev Natan, shares stories of the Haudenasaunee Confederacy, The PeaceMaker, the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohicans, and The Seven Generations teaching. Lev’s wish is that his words spark your ideas for what to say around the dinner table. Also, Lev gives an update about the Climate Leadership Initiative that AVF is launching in 2022. Happy Thanksgiving to each and every one of you!2021-11-2432 min

Alliance for a Viable Future53. Listening Deeply: INDIGENOUS VOICES PANEL DISCUSSIONWhat’s the purpose of Indigenous People’s Day? Where did it come from? Why does it matter?The purpose of this panel, “Listening Deeply: Indigenous Voices Panel Discussion,” was to educate our community in preparation for Indigenous Peoples’ Day. It happened on Friday, October 1st from 6:00-8:00pm at the Unitarian Universalist Meeting of South Berkshire in Housatonic. Our panelists were Shawn Stevens, Jake Singer, Bonney Hartley, from the Mohican Cultural Affairs Office, and Carol Dana, a Penobscot Language MastWe also heard deep reflections from Lev Natan, founding director of Alliance for a Viable Future, and special ho...2021-11-022h 00

Alliance for a Viable Future52. Changing the World From the Inside Out - Rabbi David JaffeHow can you integrate spiritual wisdom, social justice, reconciliation and deep personal growth? Rabbi David Jaffe’s teaching, organizing, writing and consulting explore the intersection of moral-spiritual development and ethical action in the world. In our interview, he draws from his book, Changing the World from the Inside Out, where he speaks to the needs of change makers and spiritual leaders throughout the country.2021-07-2341 min

Alliance for a Viable Future51. From Native Roots, Sprout New Melodies - Janel Munoa“Indian girl use all your heart, or they’ll eat it raw, while singing la la la la”” Janel Munoa is a Native American Musician, who grew up on her Luiseño tribe’s reservation in Southern California. She moved to the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts, where she has cultivated her professional musical career, while becoming active in in community organizing efforts for social and environmental issues. In our interview, she speaks eloquently about striking the balance between “leading and following” in both group dynamics, creative expression, racial justice, solidarity and land reparations for native communities. You can learn more about her work...2021-07-0957 min $Tending Fire Men\'s Groups$ Tending Fire Men's Groups14. Levi Gerkshowitz: Case Study - Organizational Leadership & Men's Coaching 2021-06-2834 min $Tending Fire Men\'s Groups$ Tending Fire Men's Groups13. Scott & Ryan: Case Study for Tending Fire 2021-06-2809 min $Tending Fire Men\'s Groups$ Tending Fire Men's Groups12. Zach Bruce on Tending Fire Men's Groups'2021-06-2807 min $Tending Fire Men\'s Groups$ Tending Fire Men's Groups11. Eric Limon: Men's Group Case Study 2021-06-2816 min

Alliance for a Viable Future50. Women’s Leadership that Sustains Life - Catherine AyotteWomen are designed to sustain life. When supported to grow from healing into leadership, they naturally bring forth life-sustaining values such as love, compassion, joy and gratitude. In this interview, Catherine Ayotte shares her intimate experience of shifting from the ''victim'' to the ''leader'', using integrity, community and dignity as anchors in the process. She shares about her initiatory journey of stepping into women’s facilitation work. To learn more about her work, visit: www.thesacredpathofthepriestess.com.2021-06-2439 min

Alliance for a Viable Future49. Trees, Water & People: Climate Resilience in Rural Communities - Sebastian Africano“We had to ask ourselves, if people are cutting down trees to cook their meals, then how can we help them reduce the amount of wood needed every time they cook.” These words from the co-founders point to their mission: to address the underlying causes of deforestation. For over twenty years, Trees, Water & People has been a leader in not only reforestation, but also in the design and distribution of clean cookstoves and other clean energy products which greatly reduce the use of natural resources for energy creation. The team is guided by two core beliefs: that natural resources are best...2021-06-091h 01

Alliance for a Viable Future48. Indigenous People’s Day: Taking a Stand in SolidarityIndigenous People's Day is a new holiday that is being observed instead of Columbus Day around the United States and the World, as part of the movement to take down statues of confederate leaders and to tell a more accurate history. Here in the Berkshires, the non-profit organization, Alliance for a Viable Future is organizing an Indigenous People's Day Walk in Great Barrington, on October 11th, as well as organize a Climate Resilience Workshop Series with a coalition of organizations who are dedicated to the deep connection between indigenous rights and climate resilience. To learn more visit www.allianceforaviablefuture.org...2021-05-2658 min

Alliance for a Viable Future47. Mother’s Day Episode: The Rites of Passage Project - Pooja PremaIn our modern culture, there's virtually no acknowledgment of personal rites of passage for women or any human being. The Rites of Passage Project features a diverse collective of sixty-five women of color from around the country. The purpose is to reclaim and expand the concept of a “rite of passage” to recognize that every significant experience in a woman's life from birth to death - the beautiful and the ugly, the holy and profane - can be a liberatory initiation. Through live performance-installations, an online platform, and forthcoming large-format photo book of photos and essays, we hope to re-frame, educ...2021-05-091h 04 $Tending Fire Men\'s Groups$ Tending Fire Men's Groups10. Sean Patrick Maher: Case Study 2021-05-0722 min

Alliance for a Viable Future46. Plant Medicine as a Rite of Passage into Ecological Leadership - Shayna Gladstone & Lev NatanPlant medicines have the power to be a rite of passage into a deeper commitment to social & ecological healing. This episode is a panel discussion, with Earth-rooted Leadership Coach, Shayna Gladstone and I, as part of the Mt. Tam Psychedelic Integration Online Conference. We explore the connection between the deeply personal experience of participating in a medicine ceremony and the practical work of stepping up as a climate leader in the movement for planetary healing for the sake of our children and the generations to come. Visit www.levnatan.com to learn more about finding support to walk your path...2021-04-261h 06 $Tending Fire Men\'s Groups$ Tending Fire Men's Groups9. How to Focus On What You Want 2021-04-2115 min $Tending Fire Men\'s Groups$ Tending Fire Men's Groups8. An Example of a Life Well Lived 2021-04-2102 min $Tending Fire Men\'s Groups$ Tending Fire Men's Groups7. How "I" Statements Will Change Your Life 2021-04-2104 min $Tending Fire Men\'s Groups$ Tending Fire Men's Groups6. Abra Kdabra: Speaking it is doing it 2021-04-2103 min

Alliance for a Viable Future45. Listen to Youth Speak Up for Climate Justice - JYCMYoung voices should not only be heard but recognized as having the power to make change. Jewish Youth Climate Movement (JYCM) is dedicated to empowering teens to mobilize intelligent responses to climate change. In this episode, we are joined by Yonah Sadeh, Alex Tananbaum and Eli Anderson, members of JYCM’s Executive Board about their motivation to create a more equitable and sustainable world for all. Their greater purpose is to be a resource for people of all ages and religions, spreading a multi-generational message to take a stand in the name of climate justice. You can see more of th...2021-04-1149 min

Alliance for a Viable Future44. Healing Trauma with Creativity & Resilience - Julia MayerAuthor Julia Mayer’s new book, Painting Resilience is a very personal exploration of the role Fred Terna’s art played in surviving four concentration camps, and living a creative life as a successful artist. In our interview, we spoke about what Fred’s capacity to be creative and resilient has to teach us about facing the convergent crises of our times. Fred himself says that living through it was luck but living with it takes skill. Julia wanted to discover and share what those skills are and how Fred came to acquire them. You can order her book at www.ju...2021-03-2745 min $Tending Fire Men\'s Groups$ Tending Fire Men's Groups5. What Men Can’t IgnoreDesire. Energy. Time & Task Management, Long-Term Visioning & Planning. Wisdom & Courage. Leadership in Action. These six “themes of the month” are essential tools for the development of mastery. Mastery is what we need, in order to face the challenges-at-hand and be effective.2021-03-1126 min $Tending Fire Men\'s Groups$ Tending Fire Men's Groups4. Key Elements of Facilitating a Men’s CircleCentering. Gratitude. Vision. Action. Inspiration. These elements bring focus, energy and results to small group men’s work. They breathe life into the core principles - consistency, accountability and support.2021-03-1129 min $Tending Fire Men\'s Groups$ Tending Fire Men's Groups3. Core Principles of Men’s WorkConsistency. Accountability. Support. These are the core principles of Tending Fire Men’s Groups. It’s why they work. It’s what men need, as a baseline, for anything else that is good, to grow in their life.2021-03-1104 min $Tending Fire Men\'s Groups$ Tending Fire Men's Groups2. Rites of PassageIn four words - states, stages, cycles and spirals. This episode is about the distinction between “states of consciousness” and “stages of development”; it’s about the difference between “cycles” and “spirals”; it’s about the journey of growth, and offers a map of the terrain that will keep you from getting lost.2021-03-1112 min $Tending Fire Men\'s Groups$ Tending Fire Men's Groups1. Why Men Need ThisYes. It’s time for men to claim a new, life-affirming, expression of masculine identity. The question is - how are we going to do it? Actually, the question is more like - where are we going to do it? We need a place to be real, so we can get clear about what we stand for, and where we stand. This kickoff, “welcome” episode gives you the “who, what, where, when, why and how” - of the growing Tending Fire Men’s Group Community. If you identify as a man, it will remind you why this work is essential for your sou...2021-03-0913 min

Alliance for a Viable Future43. Making Connections: Men’s Health, Racism & Creative Expression - Edson SeanEdson Sean is the kind of guy, you want to get to know. And, once you know him, you want to learn more. He is one of those unique artists who inspires us to be better human beings; he is a musician, emcee and producer, who gets real. In our conversation, we went deep and made significant connections: what it’s like to be a man in today’s world - a black man, and a white man - the importance of Love, and how art & music opens the healing journey. He has a heart of gold that welcomes you to r...2021-02-2652 min

Alliance for a Viable Future42. Sing Truth to Power - Arin MayaArin Maya opens new dimensions of possibility - a singer/songwriter on the rise, bringing political consciousness deeply rooted in soul lineage. She is, quite simply, a breath of fresh air. In our interview, we riff on her amazing new music video, Dancing a Red Line (watch here: https://youtu.be/-ALv3nBgKfQ), which inspires new vision for the more beautiful world that we all know is possible. She brings the Love, while catalyzing social awareness, racial justice and conscious activism.2021-01-2852 min

Alliance for a Viable Future41. Remembering Our History with a Native American Veteran - Jake SingerThe riot on the Capitol last week, led by far-right, white supremacists, has revealed the depths of this deeply vulnerable moment in our nation. Let’s focus on a unifying message from Jake Singer - a Sundance Chief, traditional Navajo Medicine Man, decorated Vietnam Veteran, and founder of the organization Walk with the Warriors, with the mission of honoring Native American Veterans for their service to the United States military. In our interview, he spoke to the federal government, saying “a promise is a promise,” which feels so relevant right now. For years, he has worked to establish a Native Americ...2021-01-1126 min

Alliance for a Viable Future40. Community Councils: Healing the Divide in 2021While the election is over, it has revealed a stark fracture in our communities. In 2021, how might we stay grounded in a vision that addresses the most poignant issues of our time - racial justice, climate change, and equity, while charting a sensible path that diffuses the brittle conflicts that have boiled over? As cultural healers, changemakers, and leaders committed to a viable future, how can we hold the spectrum of polarity in a way that fosters healing and understanding? Community Councils is a social technology that has gained traction throughout parts of Europe and the States - and looks...2020-12-2847 min

Alliance for a Viable Future39. How Sound Will Connect You to an Inspiring Vision for 2021 - Lev NatanSound healing is a mysterious portal into the sacred space of vision. Research shows that humming and toning boosts the immune system, enhances mental clarity, reduces stress, and increases "the trust hormone." In this powerful time of the winter solstice, we have an opportunity to utilize sound as a doorway into our deeper reservoirs of energy, vitality and vision.As we approach the winter solstice, it is a powerful time to slow down, rest, dream, gather your thoughts, prayers and intentions for the year to come, and plant them into the depths of this fertile darkness. What do you...2020-12-1514 min

Alliance for a Viable Future38. Lineage, Initiation and Commitment - Lev NatanWhat gives you the courage to keep going? What do you do to remember the source of your care? How do you renew your commitment when you feel run down? When I reconnect to my lineage, and remember the long-line of mentors and teachers who inspire me, I find my center, once again. When I remember the initiations that I’ve endured, I find my commitment, once again. In this episode, I present the three stories of lineage, initiation & commitment: “Mogli” in the disney film, a book called CommonFire, an “Gather,” a documentary featuring Native American community leaders, who are reviving t...2020-11-3033 min

Alliance for a Viable Future37. Post-Election Reflections: How to Stay Grounded and Focused - Lev Natan“What is a good man but a bad man’s teacher? What is a bad man but a good man’s job?” These provocative, yet clarifying questions from the courageous wisdom of Lao Tzu and his masterpiece, the Tao Te Ching, a classic work of leadership, has much to offer in the wake of the intensity of the election. Yes, this dark moment in American is shifting. And, yet, we must still address the very real fact that 70,000 million people chose to vote for a man who is openly racist, womanizing, etc.. There is work to be done. And, NOW is the t...2020-11-1135 min

Alliance for a Viable Future36. Grandmother Wisdom: Indigenous Elder Speaks on Climate & Nature’s Intelligence - Carol DanaWhen I asked her how she wanted to be introduced, Carol Dana told me she is a mother and a grandmother - “that’s what really matters, not the credentials.” Carol is from the Penobscot tribe in Northern Maine. “The Wabanaki Confederacy (Wabenaki, translated to "People of the Dawn") are a First Nations confederation of four principal Eastern Algonquian tribes: the Miꞌkmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot.” In our conversation, she shares what her grandfather told her when she was young, about the coming of climate change, and what she has come to see, in her own life. She also shares the l...2020-10-2030 min

Alliance for a Viable Future35. WALK for a Viable Future | Northeast Virtual GatheringWhile indigenous people make up less than 5% of the world’s population, they steward 80% of the Earth’s biodiversity. The connection between indigenous rights and climate justice is clear. Yet, generations of colonialism, conquest and exploitation leave our collective psyche scarred by shame and guilt for the unthinkable abuses of our ancestors and current policies that still attack native communities. This week’s episode opens a pathway of solidarity, healing and positive action in the face of all odds. We hear from Jake Singer, of a Navajo medicine man and spiritual leader, Lilah Akin, a Penobscot woman active at Nibezun Wabana...2020-10-091h 18

Alliance for a Viable Future34. How to Contend with Doubt: Realize that this is for real. It’s not a fire drill.It says in the I-Ching, “In a very real sense the progress of the world depends upon your thoughts as an individual now.” In moments when doubt enters your mind, and your body feels the lethargy of hopelessness, we need you to catch yourself. In these most turbulent of times, we need all hands on deck, which means that we need your unique contribution, your daily efforts and heartfelt strivings towards a viable future. Together, we are unity in motion. And yet, doubt about your capacity, impacts our capacity, collectively, to do what needs to be done for the children, and...2020-09-2533 min

Alliance for a Viable Future33. What will you say when they ask you? How will you respond? - Lev NatanWith the fires blazing on the West Coast of the United States and the political climate as polarized as ever, the world is looking more and more like biblical descriptions of apocalyptic times. And yet, life remains simple. The question always remains: how will you respond? Who will you be in the midst of the collapse and breakdown of our conventional human systems. As your children grow up and become more and more aware of the unthinkably insane world that they are inheriting, they will examine your life. What were you doing to make a way for them? What will...2020-09-1834 min

Alliance for a Viable Future32. Pursue Desire or Be Content...that is the question? - Lev NatanYou are someone who is called to lead a life of commitment in a complex world. To make a difference takes courage, wisdom and an ever evolving state of conscious awareness. This state exists in the sweet spot between pursuing desire and being content. In this episode, you will reconnect with the power of gratitude as a fundamental, and ancient, leadership principle for excellence, precision and mastery. It is our human tendency to pursue our desires, on the one hand, while telling ourselves it's best to learn how to be content with what is, on the other hand. Gratitude is...2020-09-1034 min

Alliance for a Viable Future31. Remembering: Taking Time for Work Retreats - Lev NatanOnce upon a time there were three brickmasons. When asked what they were doing, the first said, “I’m laying brick,” the second replied, “I’m building a wall,” and the third declared, “I’m building a cathedral.” Which one are you? What are you doing when you go to work? When you take time to remember the deeper purpose of the work that you do, you connect to your guiding principles, commitments and values. You remember why you give it your all - why you play all out. It is from this deeper connection that you find the unending wellspring of cour...2020-09-0437 min

Alliance for a Viable Future30. Warm Data, Emergence and Living Systems - Lev NatanOur world’s problems are complex. They can’t be “solved” with simple 1+1 kind of equations. Warm data, developed by Nora Bateston, founder of the International Bateson Institute, is a way to gather contextual information that studies the interdependent relationships, interactions, and interconnections between diverse sectors of our society. In other words, it allows us to affirm our intuitive understanding that whole-systems awareness is deeply valuable in responding intelligently to the convergent crises that we are facing. This inspiring approach brings together inspirational energy and practical, strategic thinking, to tune your thinking, seeing and sensing to your highest potential.2020-08-2725 min

Alliance for a Viable Future29. Touching the Roots of Our Collective Crisis & Choosing to Stand for the Dignity of Life - Lev NatanIn this episode, we explore the connections between genocide, systemic racism and ecosystem destruction, and imagine a future where we each take more responsibility to uphold the protection, regeneration and the dignity of Life in our world. We reference the stories of three documentary films: (1) Watchers of the Sky, the story of Raphael Lemkin’s dedication to making genocide a crime in the international courts, (2) I Am Not Your Negro, about James Baldwin eloquent telling of Dr. MLK, Malcolm X, and Medgar Evers’ contributions to civil rights, and (3) Call of the Forest, featuring the author of The Global Forest, Diana Bere...2020-08-2025 min

Alliance for a Viable Future28. Initiation & Stages of Leadership - Lev NatanWhat is the connection between initiation and our capacity to step up as the leaders we need to be in these critical times? In this episode, Lev shares his personal experience participating in the Sundance ceremony as a means to his own growth as an organizational leader and his capacity to stand in his commitment to a viable future for the generations to come. He relates his journey to the five stages of leadership - ego, socialized, visionary, integral and unitive - as outlined in book Mastering Leadership. Finally, he asks, what is your leadership edge - and what initiatory...2020-08-1333 min

Alliance for a Viable Future27. How to Electrify Your Work Culture with Vital Energy - Lev NatanThe research shows that when we bring prayer, meditation and conscious intention in our organizations and movements for change, we increase capacity, amplify impact and establish greater efficacy. Learn the why, what and how, in this episode.2020-08-0531 min

Alliance for a Viable Future26. Getting Your Priorities Straight - Lev NatanWhat is most important to you? Do your actions reflect that? In this part-two episode focused on the Walk for a Viable Future, we explore this unique opportunity for you to "walk your talk" and align your thoughts, words and actions; your values with your choices, at home and in the office. The time is NOW for us to get our priorities straight, and gather the courage to make the necessary changes to follow through on what we know must be done. Recorded July 2020 2020-07-3029 min

Alliance for a Viable Future25. Why WALK for a Viable Future? - Lev NatanCeremony is transformative. Courage is needed. Now is an opportune historical moment to galvanize the momentum for change. The Black Lives Matter movement is establishing connections with awareness of Indigenous rights, as colonial statues are being called into question and taken down. Movements are ripe to collaborate. The WALK is an opportunity for all people to take a stand and declare their wholehearted solidarity with all Black Indigenous People of Color. We are walking to build a multiracial movement for systems-level paradigm shift, which begins with establishing rights and reparations for all Black and Indigenous People.2020-07-2227 min

Alliance for a Viable Future24. The Green Amendment: Securing Our Right to a Healthy Environment - Maya K. van Rossum“For decades, activists have relied on federal and state legislation to fight for a cleaner environment. And for decades, they’ve been fighting a losing battle. The sad truth is, our laws are designed to accommodate pollution rather than prevent it. It’s no wonder people feel powerless when it comes to preserving the quality of their water, air, public parks, and special natural spaces. But there is a solution, argues veteran environmentalist Maya K. van Rossum: bypass the laws and turn to the ultimate authority — our state and federal constitutions...The Green Amendment...will finally empower people, level the playing...2020-07-1757 min

Alliance for a Viable Future23. How to Steady Your Focus Amidst Chaos: Climate Leadership & Whole Systems Paradigm Shift - Lev NatanWhat might we do to withstand the turbulence of social discord, climate change, and the breakdown of our degenerative systems? When hurricanes sweep through forests, trees stay standing because their roots are connected. They hold onto each other. We can do the same. And, when we do, our nervous systems shift from fight, flight or freeze to connect, bond and collaborate. In this episode, Lev reflects on the core practices of climate leadership: self mastery, team resonance and alliance cultivation. Following these proper principles, we find guidance towards harmony, unity and capacity to establish a viable future in the face...2020-07-0833 min

Alliance for a Viable Future22. Rights of Nature (Part Two): Giving Ecosystems a Voice in Court - Mari Margil“Mari Margil serves as the Executive Director of Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights (www.centerforenvironmentalrights.org) and program manager for CDER’s International Center for the Rights of Nature. In 2008, she served as a consultant to Ecuador’s national Constituent Assembly, helping to draft the world’s first Rights of Nature constitutional provisions. Margil is widely viewed as one of the leading global voices for the recognition of legally enforceable rights of ecosystems and nature.” In this interview, she speaks to how the Rights of Nature movement is bringing together unlikely partners in business, government and civil society to collaborat...2020-07-0348 min

Alliance for a Viable Future21. Principles of Living Systems Catalyze Paradigm Shift - Marshall LeffertsMarshall Lefferts brings a perspective that inspires hope and intelligent action, in dark times, this interview weaves connections between physics, mathematics and music that underlie key principles in how to cultivate the conditions for living systems to thrive. "Throughout nature we can see patterns, structures, processes and systems that reflect an underlying order of energy dynamics that literally in-forms the observable universe across all scales" www.cosmemetry.com (Recorded December 2019)2020-06-241h 02

Alliance for a Viable Future20. Legal Rights for Nature: A Global Movement Whose Time Has Come - Thomas LinzeyThomas Linzey has worked with the first places in the world to establish legal rights of nature - from a small town in Pennsylvania to the national constitution of Ecuador. His organization, Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights (www.centerforenvironmentalrights.org) works with grassroots, tribal, and NGO partners and governments across the globe to develop, implement, and enforce Rights of Nature laws. Following in the footsteps of the civil rights and women’s rights movements, it is time for our international legal system to recognize the Rights of Nature. This is paradigm shifting work. Listen, learn and be moved to ac...2020-06-171h 00

Alliance for a Viable Future19. How Healing Happens in Groups: MatrixWorks for Circle Facilitation - Mukara Meredith"MatrixWorks is a revolutionary group process that utilizes principles of New Science, Whole Systems Thinking, Hakomi Psychotherapy, Spirituality, and Contemporary Psychology. It fosters leadership that supports the growth and development of healthy functioning teams and groups. It supports the transformative emergence of ‘Group Genius’ where relationships become collaborative, and mutuality and cooperation become new norms that promote wellbeing.” (From matrixworkslivingsystems.com | Interview recorded August 2019).2020-06-1049 min

Alliance for a Viable Future18. Black Lives Matter: Truth, Solidarity & Reparations - Lev NatanIn the wake of the unspeakable actions of the threatened who hunted down and murdered Breonna Taylor, Nina Pop, Sean Reed, Ahmaud Arbery, and George Floyd, Alliance for a Viable Future stands in solidarity with all Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC). We stand for racial justice and reparations for all people of color. Racial Justice and Climate Justice are deeply connected. In fact, they are one in the same. We will have a viable future only when we have both. In this podcast, we reference a number of published works, which can be found in our blog article...2020-06-0331 min

Alliance for a Viable Future17. How to Generate a Ripple Effect of Engagement and Participation - Lev NatanHow might we inspire our organizations to go beyond their bottom-line, and even beyond their social impact mission, and join a larger movement for change and ingenuity? How might we inspire a coordinated response to our collective dilemmas? In this episode, Lev reflects on his conversation with Dave Ford, CEO of Ocean Plastics Leadership Network (episode #16), and highlights the key principles that are essential for building impactful coalitions, networks and alliances that are able to transform our business-as-usual work culture en-route to the whole-systems paradigm shift that we need, in this post-COVID 19 era. (Recorded January 2020)2020-05-2623 min

Alliance for a Viable Future16. Ocean Plastics Leadership Network - Dave Ford, CEO(Recorded January 2020)How do you get companies like Pepsi and Dow Chemicals to sit with Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Fund? Ask Dave Ford, founder of the Ocean Plastics Leadership Network - a membership community that runs experiential summits in ocean plastics hotspots around the globe that drive accelerated, collaborative action. This network is an inspiring example of what the Collective Impact Framework (episode #11) looks like, when it’s put into practice. More than ever before, we need to learn to connect around shared commitments with people who think differently. We are still one human family living here on...2020-05-1946 min

Alliance for a Viable Future15. How Deep Listening & Silence Lead to Breakthrough - Al Bhatt"There is a space between cause and effect, between stimulus and habitual response. It is in this space that a full human life is possible.” Al Bhatt, breakthrough organizational consultant and professor of Organizational Leadership, has committed his life to the idea that silence is like the pot that a plant needs to grow. In a world of busyness, we need mentors who hold an empowering space for deep listening. This principle has allowed him to guide corporate executives, social impact entrepreneurs, activists, and young people to learn the art & science of breakthrough in their leadership. His words will fan th...2020-05-1246 min

Official PodcastOfficial Podcast Vol. 071 #71Так же, не забываем слушать на ITunes и ставить 5 звёзд))))) podcasts.apple.com/ru/podcast/… 01. STVCKS x Castion - Out Of My Head (Radio Mix) 02. David Crusher & JackMar feat. Lev - Somebody To Love (Extended Mix) 03. Castion & Krozz - Bright Lights (Extended Mix) 04. LOUD ABOUT US! & Koos - MY HOUSE 05. Asketa & Natan Chaim - Connection (Extended Mix) 06. Banghook & Kuka - Love Story (Extended Mix) 07. Don Diablo - Inside My Head (Voices) (Extended Mix) 08. Siks - Miracle (Extended Mix) 09. Bart B More - Round & Round (feat. Alex Hosking) (Extended Mix) 10. Danny Olson x Henry Hartley - Halcyon (Mo Falk Extended Remix) 11. HIDDN - Underground (Extended Mix) 12. EC Twins - ENERGY (Extended Mix) 13. Matt Nash x Pharien...2020-05-1200 min

Don Diablo Presents Hexagon RadioDon Diablo Hexagon Radio Episode 275On this week’s show Don plays new music from Rompasso, EX Twins, HIDDN, Conro, MorganJ and many more. 1. Rompasso - Take 2. Dave Crusher & Jackmar - Somebody To Love Ft. LEV3. FUBU & Tobtok - Freak Like Me4. Clouds - Close Your Eyes5. EC Twins - Instagram DJ6. MorganJ - We Can Ft. Christopher Blake7. Danny Olson X Henry Hartley - Halcyon (Mo Falk Remix)8. Don Diablo - Inside My Head (Voices)9. Oxymoron & Allen Oh - Disco Nap 2020 (Toastercookie Remix)10. DemoDay: Donkong - Hey, That's Fun11. Marty Guilfoyle - 1,2 St...2020-05-0659 min

Alliance for a Viable Future14. Kogi Elders on Qualities of LeadershipThe Sierra Nevada mountains on the northern tip of the Andes in Colombia are home to four separate but related peoples: the Arhuaco (or Ika), Wiwa, Kogi, and Kankuamo. Together they number more than 30,000. In 1990, they emerged as a global indigenous voice with a BBC documentary in which they warned of the need to change course. In 2012, they made another film called Aluna, which you can find online. They refer to themselves as elder brothers and express concern that non-indigenous outsiders, the younger brothers, are plundering and dismembering the Earth. Last summer, 2019, they visited the Berkshires, where I live, to...2020-05-0533 min

Alliance for a Viable Future13. Wisdom in Leadership (Part Two): How Questions Clarify Where You Stand and Why That Matters - Mel ToomeyThe old scripts of “posturing and pretending” are becoming more and more played out in a world that is in dire need for real people to guide us forward into the unknown. Knowing where you stand orients you to how to be a genuine, natural, authentic leader. The root of the word question is quest: What have you known, that you have always known? What do you see, that you have always seen? What do you sense, that you have always sensed? Where do you stand and what do you stand for? These are a few of key questions that Mel...2020-04-2949 min

Alliance for a Viable Future12. Wisdom in Leadership (Part One): The Power to Language - Mel ToomeyHow we speak about our world makes a huge difference for how others respond to our leadership. Language is the key creative element in shaping our non-physical reality. Your capacity to bring consciousness to every word that you think and speak takes mindful communication to a realm of self-responsibility that is absolutely necessary in these critical moments of navigating the COVID-19 pandemic and global climate change. Mel Toomey began mentoring me when I joined the one-of-a-kind Master’s in Organizational Leadership program that he founded in 2001. An organizational consultant for over forty years, I relate to Mel like Luke Skywalker an...2020-04-2952 min

Alliance for a Viable Future11. Collective Impact, Whole Systems Change & Paradigm Shift - Mark Kramer, John Kania, and Jennifer JusterIn this special interview, I had the rare opportunity to speak with both of the founders of the Collective Impact Framework, Mark Kramer and John Kania, as well as the Executive Director of the Collective Impact Forum, Jennifer Juster. These pioneering thought leaders work closely together to foster cross-sector dialogue through an international network of social impact organizations who are addressing systemic issues that can only be effectively engaged through collaboration, coalition building and emergent strategies. While this podcast was recorded in August 2019, the principles of collective impact are perhaps even more relevant now, in the post-Coronavirus / COVID-19 reality.2020-04-2049 min

Alliance for a Viable Future10. How to Be Resilient in These Uncertain Times - Lev NatanIn this reflection on Suzanne Koepplinger’s interview on healing trauma (episode 7), Lev speaks about the deep connection between healing and leadership. When we allow for ourselves to be fully human, and therefore, to go on a healing journey of our own, we are actually inviting ourselves to step more powerfully into our leadership. How does this work? Leadership and healing are connected on a spectrum of developmental growth. The deeper you go, on your healing journey, the more aware, intelligent and effective you are able to be, in showing up as a leader. So, it’s important to give your...2020-04-1521 min

Alliance for a Viable Future9. Coronavirus & Collective Initiation: Breakdown, Breakthrough and Leadership without Easy Answers - Dr. Kathleen AllenWe are living in unprecedented times with tremendous uncertainty - all the more reason to focus on this question: how do I want to show up in response to this new reality? In this practical, honest and expansive conversation with Dr. Kathleen Allen, we explore the principle of breakdown/breakthrough in leadership. In other words, as the intensity builds, and disruption continues to multiply, we are learning to change, respond and adapt. There is a presence, deep within us, that guides this process. Just as the birds adjust their migration patterns in response to climate change, we have the choice...2020-04-0855 min

Alliance for a Viable Future8. Coronavirus / COVID-19: Part Two - How Salmon Swim Upstream and Why that Matters NowHow do salmon swim against the powerful currents of a river and even jump ten-foot high waterfalls? In the midst of this global Coronavirus pandemic, our resilience is being tested - big time - both individually and collectively. And yet, there are guiding principles that allow us to actually accelerate and evolve our capacity to respond while dealing with intense disruption. Redwood seed pods actually need the heat of a forest fire to explode open and take root. It’s possible that the leadership capacity “seeds” that you’ve been cultivating for years might actually pop open now, with these unlikely...2020-04-0123 min

Alliance for a Viable Future7. Healing Trauma in Community: A Key to Climate Leadership - Suzanne KoepplingerWhat is the connection between healing trauma and addressing the climate crisis? How might a paradigm shift towards community-oriented healing practices transform our capacity to show up for the task at hand, with resilience, courage and wisdom? In this deeply inspiring interview, Suzanne Koepplinger takes us on an inside-out, walking-her-talk leadership journey. She shares her own experience as a Native American community leader who has learned to address generational trauma by listening to the true needs of her community. The programs and models that she has been fostering in Minneapolis, are receiving significant funding to be scaled to the national...2020-03-2553 min

Alliance for a Viable Future6. Why we Need Circles for Climate Leadership - Lev NatanSitting in circles has been part of human culture since we sat around the fire and told stories of the day’s adventures. We’ve all but forgotten this lost art In the business-as-usual workplace culture which tells us that productivity, efficiency and bottom lines are all that matter. The voice that is driving us to “get it done,” and done quickly, is the same voice that has us running around in a maze that always brings us back to the starting point, more exhausted than before. When we work in circles, we get in touch with our center, our root, ou...2020-03-1827 min

Alliance for a Viable Future5. The Magic of CircleWork - Jalaja Bonheim, PhDGathering in a circle has been a universal technology utilized by civilizations across the globe throughout human history to face our collective challenges. Living in the digital landscape of the cybersphere, we need this vital practice of CircleWork now more than ever. There is a power that comes from the circle’s sacred shape, which brings us resilience, alignment with others, and vision to access our inner resources of wisdom, courage and creative collaboration. Join us for this conversation with master CircleWork facilitator, Jalaja Bonheim, PhD as she transmits The Magic of CircleWork, and reveals why circles are so essential to...2020-03-1853 min

Alliance for a Viable Future4. How to Apply Nature-Based Principles to Organizational Leadership - Lev NatanWhat is the most essential ingredient in a business, organization or community? How can we learn to navigate the complex landscape of our world and be responsible, adaptable climate leaders? How might we see through the eyes of nature and why does it matter? In this reflection on Dr. Allen’s interview in episode #2, Lev explores sunlight as a metaphor for positive energy in groups, the distinction between closed systems vs. open systems, and the efficacy of flowing with the laws of nature, within ourselves, in groups and in all living systems. With deep listening and tracking patterns, we conserve en...2020-03-1824 min

Alliance for a Viable Future3. Leading from the Roots - Dr. Kathleen AllenHow can an organization be so resilient that it can weather any storm? How can an organizational leader leave a legacy that endures long into the future? What is the most important nutrient for a regenerative, living organization? Join us for this special conversation with Dr. Kathleen Allen, author of Leading From the Roots, as we understand how she found answers to these questions (and more) from her observations of the natural world. Legacy trees, old growth forests, and ecological stages shine light onto how we can create organizations and movements that will endure and thrive for generations to come.2020-03-181h 03

Alliance for a Viable Future2. Coronavirus / COVID-19: What can it teach us?How can we respond with wisdom, courage and intelligent action to this sudden spread of this global pandemic? The more seriously we take it, the less serious it will be. In this time-sensitive podcast, we explore key principles that will allow us to navigate this situation with wisdom, courage and intelligent action. For example, form follows function. What is your function, in your family, your organization, for your clients, and how can you think creatively about designing new forms and new ways of contributing in these poignant times? What do you need to let go of, in order to embrace...2020-03-1628 min

Alliance for a Viable Future1. Generating Bioregional Climate Leadership - Lev NatanWhat will it take for us to generate critical mass for climate solutions before 2030 in the Northeast bioregion? Climate leadership begins with Self and ripples out into our teams and alliance-building efforts. The Alliance’s vision of a latticework of leadership circles in the Northeast bioregion is inspired by a vision that the founder, Lev Natan, saw over ten years ago; old-growth trees sprouting up out of the earth, instantly reforesting the whole planet. This vision has served as a root metaphor to see the possibility of interconnectedness in our human and living systems. On a practical level, the Iroquois Co...2020-03-0937 min

The Conscious Consultant HourThe Medicine Tree With Lev NatanThis week, on The Conscious Consultant Hour, Sam welcomes Mastermind Council Facilitator, Leadership Coach, Sound Therapist, and Founder of The Medicine Tree, Lev Natan. Lev Natan utilizes sound meditation practices to create a fertile environment for his clients to access their deeper intelligence and creative imagination to effectively navigate life, relationships, career, and health in these turbulent times of accelerated complexity. He works with Change Makers – socially & ecologically conscious organizational leaders, entrepreneurs & business owners, holistic practitioners, activists, and anyone who cares deeply about humanity and the earth and is committed to creating more effective, meaningful and balanced ways of bringing th...2018-05-051h 01

World of Empowerment220: Lev Natan on Spiritual LeadershipWhat is "Spiritual Leadership"? In this episode, Aingeal Rose & Ahonu interview Lev Natan to find out what exactly is Spiritual Leadership. And no better person to ask because Lev Natan is the founder of The Medicine Tree Center for Integrative Health and Evolutionary Leadership, with the mission to steward a resilient and revitalized culture and economy that truly serves human society and planet Earth.Lev utilizes sound healing to create a safe and creative space for his clients to access their deeper intelligence for practical change in business, health, and relationships. He has been a musician his whole life...2017-05-2755 min

Lead The ChangeSustainable Business Fridays: Leading from Your Legacy, Your Personal and Collective Vision for World HealingOn November 6th, Bard MBA in Sustainability spoke with Lev Natan, Sacred Business Coach, The Medicine Tree about leading from your legacy.What does it mean to have a legacy? How do we consciously create a legacy and walk it out into the world? Why is it so important to be thinking in terms of legacy at this time in our world, and how does it relate to business, leadership, and sustainability? Lev Natan is certified both as an Empowerment Life Coach and Integrative Sound and Music Practitioner, and works with change-makers, pioneers, innovators, natural leaders and...2015-11-111h 01

The DifferenceWalk your unique medicine path & pay your bills on timeDo you want to walk your spiritual path and be able to pay your bills on time? Dr Robyn Mills with her co-host Claire Hennekam talk in depth to Lev Natan, founder of The Medicine Tree Center. This interview is for creative professionals, entrepreneurs, and business owners who have a desire to walk a unique spiritual path through engaging in meaningful work that pays the bills on time. - Lev is a life purpose mentor, business coach, and sound healer. And, the deepest most profound hunger that he feels in his life is yearning to feel connected to his sense of...2013-03-0600 min

The DifferenceHeart to Heart with Dr Robyn Mills: Lev NatanHeart to Heart Radio™with Dr. Love – Loving conversations, singing, mantras, poetry and interviews. Have your heart touched and your soul uplifted by open sharing of life journeys, inner wisdom and spiritual awakenings. Everyone loves a heart to heart. Come and join us. Dr Robyn Mills Melbourne Australia Lev Natan is a sound healer and life purpose coach. He weaves together a real-world pragmatism with a vision for a consciously evolving humanity that is emerging at this powerful time. At the core of his approach to life purpose coaching & sound healing is his training in shamanism, energy healing, and consciousness studies.2011-09-3057 min