S4E15 - Creating Positive Change in the World with Laura Hartley

This episode was a fun and informative discussion with Laura Hartley, an activist, coach, speaker, and educator about how we can create real change in the world. She talks about "Self work for world work", meaning that in order to change the world we must begin with our own inner work. We must learn to look at our own relationships with the world with much greater self-awareness and world awareness - paying attention to what serves us and what doesn't serve us and why. She believes that, rather than throwing up our hands in despair, we must begin by "loving the world, and not fixing it". We need "love as public good", and I agree with that totally. Casting blame on someone else or something else is not constructive, and that's a big problem with modern politics. I believe that raising our own consciousness is the biggest and best thing we can do, and raising our consciousness to the energy of love is a good way to start. To create and share love as public good is why Laura created Public Love Enterprises through which she tries to "seed" love into public places and discussions as well as promoting collective visioning. Her online courses help individuals and organizations gain greater awareness of the need to do both the inner work and outer work in creating positive change in the  world. She suggested we think like this: Do your personal/spiritual practice, and then extend it outwards. Ask "What conditions that I create in myself can be extended outward to my community so it can thrive?" You can learn more about Laura Hartley at LauraHartley.com.

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