CIIS Public Programs

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description. * Renowned developer of Somatic Experiencing Dr. Peter A. Levine changed the way psychologists, doctors, and healers understand and treat the wounds of trauma and abuse. * In this conversation with CIIS professor of somatic psychology Rae Johnson, he shares his...

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description. * Historically, the field of sexuality research in the United States has not included the experiences and wisdom of racialized sexologists, educators, therapists, or professionals. Instead, sexuality professionals have been trained using a color-free narrative t...

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description. * Christopher Marmolejo is a Brown, queer, and trans writer, diviner, and educator who uses divination to promote a literacy of liberation. In their latest book, Red Tarot, each card’s interpretation is further bolstered by the teachings of Toni Morrison, bell h...

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description. * Alice Wong is an acclaimed disabled activist whose work and writing has shaped the modern conversation around disability. As the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project, her work foregrounds the stories of those living with disabilities and p...

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description. * Empathy is so much more than feeling deeply—it holds transformative power to heal ourselves, strengthen our relationships, and amplify our purpose. Psychiatrist and bestselling author Judith Orloff presents empathy as a daily healing practice and a form of emo...

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description. * Did you know that attachment styles impact more than romantic relationships? As it turns out, most of us are thinking about Attachment Theory all wrong, and in her recent book, The New Rules of Attachment, triple board-certified clinical and forensic neuropsyc...

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description. * Alexis Nikole Nelson aka Black Forager uses her platform to engage with millions—yelling, singing, and celebrating the hidden bounty of edible plants waiting to be found in our backyards, on our nature hikes, growing from our sidewalks and in our parks across...

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description. * This is the CIIS Public Programs Podcast, featuring talks and conversations recorded live by California Institute of Integral Studies, a non-profit university located in San Francisco on unceded Ramaytush Ohlone Land. * Layla K. Feghali is a cultural worker an...

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description. * In the #1 New York Times bestseller So You Want To Talk About Race, writer Ijeoma Oluo offered a vital guide for how to talk about important issues of race and racism in society. In Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America, she discusse...

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description. * Bayo Akomolafe is a posthumanist thinker, philosopher, poet, author and founder of the Emergence Network, a planet-wide initiative that seeks to convene communities in new ways in response to the critical, civilizational challenges we face as a spe...

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description. * Writer and somatic facilitator Abigail Rose Clarke reminds us that truly meaningful embodiment practices nurture our relationships among self, nature, and community. In her latest book, Returning Home to Our Bodies, Abigail offers guidance for harn...

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description. * Thomas Hübl is a renowned teacher, author, and international facilitator who works within the complexity of systems and cultural change. In his most recent book, Attuned: Practicing Interdependence to Heal Our Trauma, Thomas examines how our world’...

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description. * African-centered scholars often point to mindfulness and meditation as important practices for those of African ancestry to tend to their inner landscapes and heal from the harm of systemic and internalized oppression. For Jenée Johnson, the Founde...

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description. * The I Ching, also known as The Book of Changes, is a 3000-year-old Chinese divination text. Many use the I Ching as a tool for life guidance, spiritual practice, and ancestral connection. It is a revelation of metaphysical philosophy, epistemology,...

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description. * The seasons and cycles of nature have incredible power to affect everything in our lives—including our creativity. Author and poet Jacqueline Suskin’s latest book, A Year in Practice, is a seasonal guide for creative seekers offering holistic pract...

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description. * In this episode, CIIS professor and clinical psychologist Jason Butler and clinical psychologist Genesee Herzberg are joined by psychotherapist and mentor in the CIIS Center for Psychedelic Therapies and Research Gisele Fernandes-Osterhold for a co...

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description. * The Zapatista movement emerging from Chiapas, Mexico over the past three decades has impacted people all over the world who struggle to liberate themselves from colonial capitalism and Cis-Heteropatiarchy. * Between 2012 and 2019, several delegatio...

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description. * Dr. Lyla June is a renowned Indigenous musician, songwriter, poet, hip-hop artist, human ecologist, and community organizer. Her music and message center around intergenerational and inter-ethnic healing and are poetic articulations of Indigenous p...

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description. * Sonya Renee Taylor is a world-renowned activist and thought leader on racial justice, body liberation, and transformational change. Her best-selling book, The Body Is Not an Apology, offers a radical framework for self-love and has helped many to i...

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description. * Across what we now call California, Indigenous communities are fighting to protect and preserve languages, cultural practices, and ways of being. * In this episode, Two-Spirit Tongva/Ajachmem artist and tribal activist L. Frank and Ramaytush descen...

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description. * Kai Cheng Thom grew up a Chinese Canadian transgender girl in a hostile world. As an activist, psychotherapist, conflict mediator, and spiritual healer, she's always pursued the same deeply personal mission: to embrace the revolutionary belief that...

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description. * The planet is burning and flooding, divisions and conflicts between people are on the rise, and we’re are all processing the collective trauma of a global pandemic. Among therapists and healers, burnout is rampant; hopelessness and despair as well....

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description. * In his latest book, Grounded, James Canton recounts his journey into the places where our ancestors experienced profound emotion—otherwise known as numinous experiences—to help us better understand who we are. In this episode, scholar and CIIS facu...

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description. * Healing doesn’t happen in isolation, and one of the best ways to move past individual trauma is through connection and community—healing ourselves and one another. * In this episode, wellness coach and licensed therapist Minaa B. is joined by traum...

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description. * What is the role of holistic and spiritual wisdom in social justice education? How do we address the disconnect between our social justice aspirations and institutions that are mired in bureaucratic processes? * In this episode, CIIS Dean of Facult...