MAGICommons

Why do we stand in front of great art — in the world's finest museums, surrounded by masterworks — and feel absolutely nothing? The answer, according to experience architect Abraham Burickson, has nothing to do with the art. It has everything to do with how we arrive.  Abraham unpacks what he calls the infrastructure of wonder: the hidden conditions that have to exist before any experience — a...

Ever feel like we are living a life by a set of rules we didn't even actually write?  In our latest conversation with Scott Silverston, a former corporate leader turned shamanic practitioner, he shared an interesting concept: "Invisible Agreements." These are the subconscious contracts we sign as kids or adults to stay safe or to fit in. Those hidden agreements can create massive gla...

What if your morning coffee was actually a food ritual — and your relationship with food said more about your inner world than any personality test ever could? In this episode, we sit down with Caroline Hobkinson, food anthropologist, immersive artist, and one of the most original thinkers working at the intersection of mindful eating, culture, and the senses. Together, we explore how intentional...

We’ve long been taught that the brain runs the show, but modern psychophysiology is flipping the script. The heart actually sends more signals to the brain than the other way around.  In our latest breakdown of heart coherence, featuring HeartMath Institute's Dr. Rollin McCraty, we explore how your Heart Rate Variability (HRV) reflects our mental clarity, emotional composure, and even your tea...

Have you ever walked into a room full of people and still felt completely invisible? Or longed to be truly seen and heard — while simultaneously wanting to disappear? You're not alone, and you're not broken.  The tension between feeling invisible and the fear of being seen is one of the most quietly universal human experiences of our time — and it runs far deeper than most of us realize.  ...

In this episode with CymaScope inventor John Stuart Reid to explore the science of sound healing, vagus nerve stimulation, and what it really means to use music as medicine.  Music as medicine is not a new idea — Pythagoras proposed it 2,500 years ago. Reid is building the science to prove it and make its healing impact more accessible in our daily life. Drawing on lab blood experiments conducted...

What if the way humans have always organized — in tribes, in gift economies, in shared village commons — never disappeared? It just kept reinventing itself. In this episode of MAGICommons, we sit down with Michel Bauwens, founder of the P2P Foundation and one of the leading voices in peer-to-peer theory, cosmolocalism, and the future of the commons.  Together we trace the four fundamental modes of...

Burnout costs the global economy $1 trillion annually.  Julian, Wellbeing Leadership founder and Marshall Goldsmith mentee, presents a proven four-core driver framework: self-awareness, emotional intelligence,, Sustainable Results Through Alignment, and Strategic Wellbeing Implementation.  His methodology has transformed 30,000+ Fortune 500 leaders, demonstrating that sustainable performance requi...

Strengths-based leadership transforms how high-performing teams innovate. In this conversation, award-winning educator and VP of Learning Development Maria Lawsley shares the "close looking" framework—a practice borrowed from art-making that shifts leadership from gap-finding to strength-spotting. Discover how to build psychological safety, overcome imposter syndrome, and sustain leaders...

Decades of research reveal that great leadership isn't about strategy or charisma—it's about love.  Marcel Schwantes unpacks loving leadership through the lens of agape love, the Greek concept of love as deliberate action.  This conversation explores why love and leadership create sustainable success, how self-compassion for leaders enables human-centered leadership, and the five tenets th...

For millennia, indigenous cultures have used music to create unity and shared consciousness. Now neuroscience confirms why: when we synchronize through rhythm, our nervous systems entrain together—the biological foundation of empathy and connection. Gary has invested 30 years exploring this ancient wisdom for leadership development and change management. Through rhythm-based facilitation and neura...

In a high-stakes UN meeting, numbers scrolled by: 125 missing children in Afghanistan. Just another statistic…until one person's tears stopped everything. That moment of authentic compassion sparked immediate action and revealed a truth:  At the bottom of degenerative behavior is fear.  If we start just being brave... living through your heart... then we automatically are regenerative. In this...

What if creative wellbeing isn't about constant happiness, but about learning to imagine otherwise?  In this @MAGICommon’s conversation, @Dr. Tasha Golden challenges us to see the world like Lego bricks—deconstructible and ready to be rebuilt.  The gap between what is and what could be might feel challenging, but it's also where transformation begins.  Discover how to cultivate a creative...

Discover how toddlers’ fearless curiosity and playful confidence reveal unexpected leadership lessons, a research-backed approach showing how childlike wonder sparks creativity, innovation, and teamwork. In this @MAGICademy conversation with @HasanMerali, we explore how embracing unstructured play, asking fearless questions, and taking bold risks help leaders unlock growth mindsets, foster psychol...

Discover how the 3C Method transforms negative self-talk into leadership magic—a neuroscience-backed approach that invites leaders to turn the inner critic into a pathway for confidence and growth.  In this @MAGICademy conversation with @Suzy Burke, by catching, confronting, and changing self-doubt, leaders unlock resilient mindsets and foster cultures where curiosity and clarity thrive.  When min...

What if healing were as simple as listening to a note tuned precisely to your body’s natural rhythm? 🌊 Dr. Jeffrey Thompson’s work in sound healing, brainwave entrainment, and neuroacoustic therapy reveals how specific frequencies can reset the autonomic nervous system—activating the body’s “inner physician” and restoring balance at every level. Stress reduction and nervous system reset are at th...

Untangling the Knots: Immersive Play as the Future of Adult Healing | Strother Gaines Are you ready to untangle the behavioral "knots" caused by rigidity and self-judgment?  Many of us struggle with Personal Growth because we feel trapped, unable to shed the shame that accompanies failure.  The deepest path to genuine alignment, however, might not be found on a couch, but through the sur...

What is non-anxious leadership? What if true leadership begins from a non-anxious space—in the deeper awareness of your body and spirit?  In this @MAGICademy episode on non-anxious leadership, clinical psychologist @Dr. Nathan Brown explores how tuning into your body’s early signals can help reduce stress, enhance creativity, and foster a calm, centered presence rooted in spiritual wellbeing.  Usi...

I still remember the first day VR filmmaker Carlos Austin guided me in this mesmerizing virtual world as our avatars swung together with dolphins in deep ocean waters~ Until this day, I can still “hear” the singing sounds, “touch” the smooth belly of a playful dolphin, and “see” the deep blue waters surrounding us. Carlos invested decades in the space of wedding photography, something my dad also...

Do you know what it would feel like if you were a big whale hearing noises from big freighters deep in the ocean?  Can you imagine yourself “hearing” the engine rumbling, horn blasting, and propelling churning?  Can you “see” the bright lights constantly and unpredictably interrupt your soothing darkness? How does it feel to be surrounded by the sounds of the deep ocean—until industrial noise cras...

The Three Pillars of Wise Leadership | Dr. Gregory Stebbins What if leadership wasn’t about the burden to be the smartest in the room with all the tactics and strategies, or having all the answers? What if leadership is simply a gentle start from the heart? Starting from the heart is to cultivate self-wisdom through presence and deep self-reflection, nurturing relationships through acceptance and...

Unlock the power within with Tricia Eastman on the latest episode of @MAGICademy Podcast. @Tricia Eastman, a global thought leader and initiated medicine woman, explores the transformative practice of inner alchemy—the process of turning fear, ego, and ancestral wounds into spiritual gold. Through sacred healing, soul retrieval, and deep presence, she teaches us how to embrace our cracks and imper...

What if abundance wasn't just possible—but inevitable?  In this MAGICademy conversation with VR/AI pioneer Alvin Wang Graylin sees AI productivity exploding so dramatically that we'll transition from fighting over resources to having more than we know what to do with. Think "universal high income" where everyone lives comfortably while working maybe one day a week.  In this post-scarcity reality,...

What if there's a different way to think about developing skills? In this @MAGICademy conversation, Dr. Mark Johnson shares some fascinating insights through a simple paper-folding exercise that reveals something surprising about how we master new abilities.  We explore ideas like "latency"—the gap between hearing instructions and applying them—and why storytelling seems to help skil...

There was a moment when Judy Tuwaletstiwa stood crying in a Van Gogh exhibit, something cracking open in her heart that had been closed since childhood. She rushed home and made her first drawing in 20 years—launching a 50-year artistic journey that would take her from California studios to painting murals in war-torn Ukraine. Now in her 80s, Judy has discovered something remarkable: art isn't...