Collapse Club

The relentless flood of bad news challenges our ability to make sense of the world. For those of us who are sensitive to the dissolution of consensus reality, collapse forces us to look inward.  How do we know what we should do? How do we give expression to our yearning for love and community? Where shall we find the courage to go on? ---  At Collapse Club , we offer two ' Emotional Resilienc...

In this freewheeling episode, Matthew Painton and David Baum start with the dictionary definition of "transcendence" (to climb to another level), discuss different kinds of transcendence (sacred and mundane), examine the relationship of transcendence to collapse (integrative or bypass), and end up describing how Collapse Club meetings help to transcend despair (relationship and metaboliz...

Collapse is accelerating, both in the realm of climate and in politics. The weather is becoming unreliable, and the governments are turning fascist.  David Baum and Matthew Painton, Conveners at Collapse Club, talk about how our "inner work" can still be useful to help us access our wisdom, humanity, and calm, even in the face of increasing threat. ---  At Collapse Club , we offer two &a...

Many of us feel we are living in a fake world. The world of "business-as-usual" cannot last, and yet we are required to live here, even though we see it is collapsing around us. To live in the world but to see beyond the world creates a certain pressure in the mind. In some circles, it's called "cognitive dissonance." In our circle, we call it "collapse awareness.&quo...

Collapse causes acute distress in people who learn how things really are, beyond the world of "business-as-usual." If distress is not "metabolized" in a group process, it can cause us to freeze up or spiral into despair. But if we make connections with others who share our understanding, we can take "wise action" which leads to "enlivenment," even in the sha...

How can we become "settled" with the idea that the world is ending? How are we supposed to "remain human" as we witness the crisis and terror of collapse? Where are the other people who can accompany us on our journey from "collapse awareness" to "collapse acceptance?" David Baum and Matthew Painton share their personal journeys to acceptance, and talk about...

People who are collapse-aware live "dual lives," with one foot in the world of "business-as-usual" and the other in a world where "normal" has lost its meaning. It's very lonely when no one — not even your closest friends and family — can talk with you about collapse and the feelings it brings up. Online meetings can relieve our isolation by acting as a "vil...

David B. talks with Kimberley Hare from Heartfordshire, England. Last year, Kim published a book called ' At the Edge: What Is Mine to Do? And Who Can I Do It With? ' She offers training and support for people who are collapse-aware.  Kim offers a retreat called 'The Edge', where people work through their feelings about collapse and discover what is theirs to do in response. Pe...

David B. talks with Terry LePage, who is a facilitator at the Deep Adaptation Forum, a minister with various churches in California, and author of the book ' Eye of the Storm: Facing climate and social chaos with calm and courage'. Terry shares her visceral reaction to the election of "47," and recounts her search for tranquility, community, and connection to the Earth. Terry&a...

David B. talks with Matthew Painton from Chichester, England. Matthew is a therapist and coach who helps people work through the difficult emotions that arise from becoming collapse-aware. Matthew says it’s valuable to “metabolize” those feelings, because when we’ve done that, we know who we really are. Matthew's Coaching Website : https://www.deepadaptationcoaching.com/ Matthew's Photog...