The Power of Partnership

 Technology shapes how we relate, learn, work, and even imagine the future—but who controls it, and for whose benefit? In this episode of The Power of Partnership Podcast , Paola Ricuarte Quijano, Associate Professor at Tecnológico de Monterrey and co-founder of Tierra Común, explores how digital tools can perpetuate domination—or become catalysts for equity and care. From addressing gender dispar...

 In this moving conversation, writer, educator, and activist Belvie Rooks reflects on a lifetime of work at the intersection of social justice, spiritual growth, and cultural transformation. She shares stories from meeting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as a teenager, co-founding Growing a Global Heart , and her transformative journey to a Ghanaian slave dungeon that inspired a worldwide tree-planting...

Piera Giacconi, founder of the Italian Storytelling School, invites us into a world where fairy tales are not just for children, but a transformative tool for adults, organizations, and communities. Through her internationally certified method in narrative medicine, she blends storytelling, art, and meditation to awaken our deep humanity, build trust, and foster psychological safety. In this conve...

In this episode of The Power of Partnership Podcast , the fog isn’t just weather—it’s the “domination fog” that hides kindness, devalues care, and keeps our world from seeing clearly. Host Cherri Jacobs Pruitt talks with Riane Eisler and author-illustrator Victoria Friedman about their new children’s book, Fog Busters: The Eyes of Care . The story follows four children from the far corners of the...

In this episode of The Power of Partnership Podcast , host Cherri Jacobs Pruitt speaks with Dr. Teddie Potter, Clinical Professor and Director of the Center for Planetary Health and Environmental Justice at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Potter explains how human well-being and the health of the Earth are inseparable, and why solving climate change, biodiversity loss, and other crises requires s...

For too many men, pain is buried behind silence, stoicism, or the belief they must “push through” alone. In this episode of The Power of Partnership Podcast , entrepreneur, musician, and spoken word artist DXTR Spits shares how the How Men Cry movement is creating safe spaces for men to tell their stories, embrace vulnerability, and begin healing. Drawing on his own journey, he explores how partne...

What happens when a young human rights advocate discovers the power of economics to transform society? In this episode of The Power of Partnership Podcast , Robyn Baker shares her journey from studying political science to reimagining economic systems that value caregiving, nature, and equity. Inspired by Riane Eisler’s partnership framework, Robyn explores how tools like the Social Wealth Index a...

How can media—especially scholarly publishing—help shift our culture from domination to partnership? In this episode, Marty Lewis-Hunstiger and Liz Weinfurter share their experiences as editors of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies , exploring how language, representation, and open access can challenge bias and amplify diverse voices. From navigating cultural differences in trans...

In this episode of The Power of Partnership Podcast , host Cherri Jacobs Pruitt talks with Sara Saltee—Director of Education at the Center for Partnership Systems and founder of the Saltee Academy for Complex Creativity—about reclaiming creativity as an essential force for cultural transformation. Saltee challenges the dominance-driven “productivity ethos,” showing how it suppresses imagination, p...

In this episode, host Cherri Jacobs Pruitt interviews John C Havens on the intersection between technology and culture; and how our orientation on the Domination - Partnership social lens continuum impacts this intersection. This thought provoking discussion touches on knowing your values, consent in data usage, combating isolation, and resources such as the Center for Partnership Systems’ Partner...

 In this episode of The Power of Partnership Podcast , host Cherri Jacobs Pruitt talks with New York Assemblyman Ron Kim about transforming politics by putting care at its core. Drawing on Riane Eisler’s partnership–domination framework, Kim shares how he’s fought for truth during the long-term care crisis, exposed wage theft impacting immigrant home care workers, and built bipartisan coalitions t...

In this episode of The Power of Partnership Podcast , award-winning journalist Rickey Gard Diamond reveals how economic systems have been shaped to benefit a narrow few, often excluding women, people of color, and care for the planet. She challenges the myth that economics is fixed or purely technical, showing it as a human-made system we can redesign. Rickey highlights partnership-based alternati...

What if schools were designed to honor every child’s unique potential, spark curiosity, and prepare them to live and lead with empathy? In this episode, Tim Seldin—President of the Montessori Foundation and Chair of the International Montessori Council—shares how Montessori education embodies the principles of partnership. From multi-age classrooms to individualized learning and a culture of respe...

In "Healing Healthcare", Cherri Jacobs Pruitt interviews Teddie Potter, University of Minnesota’s School of Nursing’s Director of Planetary Health and Specialty Coordinator Doctor of Nursing Practice in Health Innovation and Leadership.  Dr. Potter and Dr. Riane Eisler co-authored Transforming Interprofessional Partnerships: A New Framework for Nursing and Partnership-Based Health Care  ...

How can Indigenous wisdom guide us toward a more sustainable and caring future? In this episode of The Power of Partnership Podcast, Cherri Jacobs Pruitt welcomes Lyla June , an Indigenous musician, scholar, and community organizer of Diné (Navajo), Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne), and European lineages. Together, they explore how ancestral practices — from regenerative land stewardship to honoring sac...

Riane Eisler describes gendered stereotyping of roles and behavior as the second cornerstone that shapes societies, along with childhood and family, economics, and narratives and stories. In this episode of the Power of Partnership podcast, Jed Diamond, renowned author of Male Menopause, The Irritable Male Syndrome and many others, sheds light on how our culture’s deeply ingrained domination narra...

Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt—internationally respected couples therapists, educators, and New York Times bestselling authors—share their groundbreaking Safe Conversations® approach for transforming conflict into connection. Drawing from decades of work, they reveal how shifting from “parallel monologue” to structured dialogue can dismantle domination patterns, foster equality, and creat...

What if there was a way to transform society into a more caring, equitable, and connected world? In this episode of The Power of Partnership Podcast , Cherri Jacobs Pruitt sits down with Dr. Riane Eisler — social scientist, attorney, author, and founder of the Center for Partnership Systems — to explore her pioneering work on the Partnership-Domination continuum. Drawing from her own story as a re...