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Designing Gracious AI with Lisanne Buik

https://youtu.be/7fhYNEokTFI In this episode, we sit down with futurist and visionary Lisanne Buik, founder of the Gracious AI philosophy. Lisanne shares her journey from tech entrepreneurship and burnout to receiving a transformative vision that reshaped her approach to technology. Together, we explore: What it means to design technology with grace rather than control How feminine…

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Hyperhumanism, Endo-Technologies, and the Future of Consciousness, with Carl Hayden Smith

https://youtu.be/mO01BVw1Ls8?si=hsOEOXTVTmjOZA2G What does it truly mean to be human in an age of artificial intelligence, cyberdelics, and immersive technologies?In this electrifying conversation, we’re joined by Carl Hayden Smith—professor, researcher, and mythic technologist—whose work spans extended-state DMT research, journaling as consciousness architecture, and a framework he calls Hyperhumanism: a radical alternative to transhumanism that honors our…

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Schuyler Brown on Living Beyond the Illusion of Control

https://youtu.be/rL3ihq6fcv4?si=ao6e0lkv4nW_AW7l What happens when we treat work as a path of individuation rather than performance? How do we hold sacred space amid collapse, and what does it take to build the New Earth from the ground of our bodies—not the illusion of control? In this mythic, soul-stirring episode, strategist-turned-mystic Schuyler Brown joins us to explore…

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Awakening the Sacred Body with Pamela von Sabljar

https://youtu.be/vFlCYZtR0e8In this deeply embodied conversation, Pamela von Sabljar joins us to explore the fierce grace of relational leadership, the subtle art of polarity, and the invitation to live from the wisdom of the felt sense. We explore how awakening the feminine is not about gender—but about presence, eros, and the movement of life itself. Pamela…

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Polarity as Portal, with Timothée Bres

https://youtu.be/tzoGvj0F8oE What if artificial intelligence could be a mirror for your soul? It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the chaos of the world today. But what if, instead of turning away, we could use all that intensity to create something new? In this episode, we talk with Timothée Brès, a fascinating guide who works at…

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Monika Jiang on Loneliness, Belonging, and the Future of Community

https://youtu.be/qSfNdyxbvp0 In this soul-nourishing episode of Voices of Emergence, we’re joined by writer, facilitator, and community builder Monika Jiang, founder of The Oneliness Project. Monika’s life and work explore the fertile space between loneliness and belonging, between estrangement and interdependence. We talk about the hidden beauty in aloneness, the language of the body, and what…

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Finding Meaning in Uncertain Times with Brendan Graham Dempsey

https://youtu.be/6DqhxvRFz3k What happens when the stories we grew up with no longer make sense? In this episode, we sit down with Brendan Graham Dempsey—writer, poet, and cultural philosopher—to explore how we find meaning in uncertain times. Brendan shares his personal journey from losing faith to rebuilding a new relationship with spirituality, story, and culture. We…

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Thinking Like Gaia with Thomas Mansfield

https://youtu.be/YQ-bS8IBXI4 In this episode of Voices of Emergence, we sit down with regenerative strategist and eco-linguist Thomas Mansfield, founder of Pale Blue and creator of Cards for Life and the Thinking Like Gaia framework. Thomas invites us into a living conversation about language, systems, and transformation—from addiction and spiritual awakening to co-designing regenerative cultures. We…

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Borderless Belonging with Samina Vabo Ansari

https://youtu.be/UGgK32r-ZZ8 In this powerful episode of Voices of Emergence, we sit down with Samina Vabo Ansari, an Afghan-Norwegian leader, bridge-builder, and ethical technology advocate whose life traverses war zones, forests, UN chambers, and sacred dialogue circles.  Born into the chaos of post-Soviet Afghanistan, raised among Norwegian fjords, and shaped by a deep commitment to belonging,…

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Amánda Efthimiou on Integration and the Future of Conscious Leadership

https://youtu.be/zgynoTIXJvU What if science and ceremony weren’t at odds, but deeply connected? In this episode, we sit down with Amánda Efthimiou, a global speaker, systems thinker, and founder of INTEGRA, for a conversation that moves from brain science to ancestral wisdom, from personal growth to the future of AI. Amánda shares her story of navigating…

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