State of Emergence

The remarkable social entrepreneur, thinker, and catalyst Tomas Björkman joins Terry to explore how a culture of consciousness development can drive societal change. Formerly a serial entrepreneur in…

Can society change faster than we think? Is there realistic, scientific ground for accelerating social transformation?

This week on State of Emergence, we present a recent talk from Terry Patten call…

Creator and host of The Daily Evolver podcast Jeff Salzman joins Terry Patten for a wild conversation—and at times, affable argument—about America’s fast-moving civic and political crisis. Jeff and T…

Harvard psychologist and senior meditation master Dr. Daniel P. Brown guides us through the entire path of psychological and spiritual development—from attachment and trauma to esteem and relationshi…

Spiritual teacher, mystic, and author Thomas Hübl is a leading voice in addressing both individual and collective trauma by integrating the timeless wisdom from our great spiritual traditions, discov…

Philosopher, author, and integrator Jeremy Lent brilliantly articulates how shifts in values, ideas and paradigms can serve to rewrite our human story. His important book, The Patterning Instinct: A …

Contemporary spiritual teacher Miranda Macpherson has been guiding others in the way of grace and nondual realization for thirty years. Her teaching of “ego relaxation” invites us to feel beyond reac…

Political philosopher and sociologist Daniel Görtz, Ph.D. is a leader of "the Nordic school" of metamodernism. This school of thought approaches what many know as Ken Wilber's integral theory, but ta…

A co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, as part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Karen O'Brien is a scientist and professor in the Department of Sociology and Human Geography at the…

Stephen Jenkinson is an activist, teacher, author, and farmer with a master's degree in theology from Harvard and an MSW from the University of Toronto. A former programme director and assistant prof…

Indra Adnan is Co-initiator of The Alternative UK political platform, a psycho-social therapist, founder and Director of the Soft Power Network, a writer and a events producer. She has consulted to t…

Co-author of the Pulitzer nominated global bestseller Stealing Fire and Executive Director of the Flow Genome Project, Jamie Wheal is an expert on peak performance and leadership, specializing in the…

Andrew Harvey is an internationally renowned religious scholar, writer, teacher, and author of more than 40 books, including the critically acclaimed The Hope; Son of Man, and Savage Grace with Carol…

Monica Sharma worked as Director of Leadership and Capacity Development at the United Nations, where she designed programs at scale for whole systems transformation and leadership development world-w…

We are living during a wild time on the planet. Humanity is facing impossible challenges, and we are also seeing the emergence of a new human culture. The urgency of our moment is calling us to wake …